Michelob Championship at Kingsmill
Winners' sign at Kingsmill Resort
Tournament information
LocationWilliamsburg, Virginia
Established1968
Course(s)Kingsmill Resort
Par71
Length6,588 yards (6,024 m)[1]
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$3,700,000
Month playedOctober
Final year2002
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Scott Hoch (1996)
To par−19 Billy Casper (1971)
−19 Scott Hoch (1996)
Final champion
United States Charles Howell III
Location Map
Kingsmill Resort is located in the United States
Kingsmill Resort
Kingsmill Resort
Location in the United States
Kingsmill Resort is located in Virginia
Kingsmill Resort
Kingsmill Resort
Location in Virginia

The Michelob Championship at Kingsmill was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1968 to 2002. It was played in Virginia at the River Course of Kingsmill Golf Club outside of Williamsburg, from 1981 to 2002. From 1977 through 1995, it was known as the Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic.

The event was founded in 1968 as the Kaiser International Open Invitational, which was played in northern California at Silverado Country Club in Napa through 1980. In its second year, it was played twice. At the second edition in January 1969, three days of rain washed out the final two rounds of play and 36-hole leader Miller Barber was declared the winner, but only half the prize money was distributed.[2][3] The tournament was rescheduled for late October/early November and Jack Nicklaus was the winner in a four-man playoff, decided on the second extra hole on Monday.[4][5]

The purse of the inaugural event in 1968 was $125,000, and Kermit Zarley took the winner's share of $25,000 in January for his first tour win.[6] The final event in 2002 had a purse of $3.7 million, with a winner's share of $666,000 to Charles Howell III in early October.[1]

From 2003 to 2009, an LPGA Tour event, the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill, was played at the same location. In 2012, the LPGA Tour event returned, renamed the Kingsmill Championship.

Tournament highlights

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
Michelob Championship at Kingsmill
2002United States Charles Howell III270−142 strokesUnited States Scott Hoch
United States Brandt Jobe
666,000
2001United States David Toms (2)269−151 strokeUnited States Kirk Triplett630,000
2000United States David Toms271−13PlayoffCanada Mike Weir540,000
1999United States Notah Begay III274−10PlayoffUnited States Tom Byrum450,000
1998United States David Duval (2)268−163 strokesNew Zealand Phil Tataurangi342,000
1997United States David Duval271−13PlayoffNew Zealand Grant Waite
United States Duffy Waldorf
279,000
1996United States Scott Hoch265−194 strokesUnited States Tom Purtzer225,000
Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic
1995United States Ted Tryba271−121 strokeUnited States Scott Simpson198,000
1994United States Mark McCumber (2)267−173 strokesUnited States Glen Day198,000
1993United States Jim Gallagher Jr.269−152 strokesUnited States Chip Beck198,000
1992United States David Peoples271−131 strokeUnited States Bill Britton
United States Ed Dougherty
United States Jim Gallagher Jr.
198,000
1991United States Mike Hulbert266−18PlayoffUnited States Kenny Knox180,000
1990United States Lanny Wadkins266−185 strokesUnited States Larry Mize180,000
1989United States Mike Donald268−16PlayoffUnited States Tim Simpson
United States Hal Sutton
153,000
1988United States Tom Sieckmann270−14PlayoffUnited States Mark Wiebe117,000
1987United States Mark McCumber267−171 strokeUnited States Bobby Clampett110,160
1986United States Fuzzy Zoeller274−102 strokesUnited States Jodie Mudd90,000
1985United States Mark Wiebe273−11PlayoffUnited States John Mahaffey90,000
1984United States Ronnie Black267−171 strokeUnited States Willie Wood63,000
1983United States Calvin Peete (2)276−81 strokeUnited States Tim Norris63,000
1982United States Calvin Peete203−102 strokesUnited States Bruce Lietzke63,000
1981United States John Mahaffey276−82 strokesUnited States Andy North54,000
1980United States Ben Crenshaw272−164 strokesUnited States Jack Renner54,000
1979United States John Fought273−151 strokeUnited States Buddy Gardner
United States Alan Tapie
United States Bobby Wadkins
54,000
1978United States Tom Watson270−183 strokesUnited States Ed Sneed40,000
1977United States Miller Barber (2)272−162 strokesUnited States George Archer40,000
Kaiser International Open Invitational
1976United States J. C. Snead274−142 strokesUnited States Gibby Gilbert
United States Johnny Miller
35,000
1975United States Johnny Miller (2)272−163 strokesUnited States Rod Curl35,000
1974United States Johnny Miller271−178 strokesUnited States Billy Casper
United States Lee Trevino
30,000
1973United States Ed Sneed275−13PlayoffUnited States John Schlee30,092
1972Canada George Knudson271−173 strokesUnited States Hale Irwin
United States Bobby Nichols
30,000
1971United States Billy Casper269−194 strokesUnited States Fred Marti30,000
1970United States Ken Still278−10PlayoffUnited States Lee Trevino
United States Bert Yancey
30,000
1969
(Nov)
United States Jack Nicklaus273−15PlayoffUnited States George Archer
United States Billy Casper
United States Don January
28,000
1969
(Jan)
United States Miller Barber135[lower-alpha 1]−91 strokeAustralia Bruce Devlin13,500
1968United States Kermit Zarley273−151 strokeUnited States Dave Marr25,000

Notes

  1. Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.

References

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  19. Black rallies for Anheuser-Busch title
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  25. "Begay goes for it, wins Michelob". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). wire reports. October 11, 1999. p. 30.
  26. Golf Roundup; Begay wins in a playoff
  27. "Michelob win just what Toms needed". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. October 8, 2001. p. C2.
  28. PLUS: GOLF; Toms Wins Michelob With a 3-Under 68
  29. "Howell wins first in last tournament at Kingsmill". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. October 7, 2002. p. C8.
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