Colgate Hall of Fame Classic

Hall of Fame
Tournament information
LocationPinehurst, North Carolina
Established1973
Course(s)Pinehurst Resort
(No. 2 course)
Par71
Length7,005 yards (6,405 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$250,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year1982
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Hale Irwin (1977)
To par−20 as above
Final champion
United States Jay Haas
Location map
Pinehurst Resort is located in the United States
Pinehurst Resort
Pinehurst Resort
Location in the United States
Pinehurst Resort is located in North Carolina
Pinehurst Resort
Pinehurst Resort
Location in North Carolina

The Hall of Fame tournament was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1973 to 1982. It was played at the Pinehurst Country Club in Pinehurst, North Carolina, which was home to the World Golf Hall of Fame at the time.

It was first played in 1973 as the World Open Golf Championship and was a unique event. It was a 144-hole tournament (twice the normal size) contested over two weeks. The 240 player field was cut after 72 holes to the top 70 plus ties who played the remaining 72 holes. It offered the largest purse ($500,000) and first place prize ($100,000) in PGA Tour history. For the rest of its existence it was played as a standard 72-hole event with purses in line with other PGA Tour events. The purse for the 1982 event was $250,000 with $45,000 going to the winner.

In 1983, a Senior PGA Tour event, the Hall of Fame Tournament, was played at Pinehurst.

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Hall of Fame
1982 United States Jay Haas 276 −8 Playoff United States John Adams
1981 United States Morris Hatalsky 275 −9 2 strokes United States Jerry Pate
United States D. A. Weibring
1980 United States Phil Hancock 275 −9 1 stroke United States Scott Simpson
Colgate Hall of Fame Classic
1979 United States Tom Watson (2) 272 −12 Playoff United States Johnny Miller
1978 United States Tom Watson 277 −7 1 stroke United States Hale Irwin
United States Tom Kite
United States Howard Twitty
Colgate Hall of Fame Golf Classic
1977 United States Hale Irwin 264 −20 5 strokes United States Leonard Thompson
World Open Golf Championship
1976 United States Raymond Floyd 274 −10 Playoff United States Jerry McGee
1975 United States Jack Nicklaus 280 −4 Playoff United States Billy Casper
1974 United States Johnny Miller 281 −4 Playoff United States Frank Beard
United States Bob Murphy
United States Jack Nicklaus
1973 United States Miller Barber 570 +2 3 strokes United States Ben Crenshaw
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