Toshiba Classic (golf)
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The Toshiba Classic is a golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It is played annually in March in Newport Beach, California at the Newport Beach Country Club. Toshiba is the main sponsor of the tournament. The tournament was founded in 1995 as the Toshiba Senior Classic.
The longest playoff in the history of the Champions Tour occurred at the 1997 event when Bob Murphy defeated Jay Sigel on the ninth hole.[1]
The purse for the 2012 tournament was $1,750,000, with $262,500 going to the winner.
[edit] Winners
Toshiba Classic
- 2012 Loren Roberts
- 2011 Nick Price
- 2010 Fred Couples
- 2009 Eduardo Romero
- 2008 Bernhard Langer
- 2007 Jay Haas
- 2006 Brad Bryant
Toshiba Senior Classic
- 2005 Mark Johnson
- 2004 Tom Purtzer
- 2003 Rodger Davis
- 2002 Hale Irwin
- 2001 José Maria Cañizares
- 2000 Allen Doyle
- 1999 Gary McCord
- 1998 Hale Irwin
- 1997 Bob Murphy
- 1996 Jim Colbert
- 1995 George Archer
[edit] References
- ^ Zullo, Allan, "Astonishing but True Golf Facts", Andrew McMeels Publishing, Forest Fairview, North Carolina, 2001.
[edit] External links
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