Michigan Golf Classic
The Michigan Golf Classic was a tournament on the PGA Tour that was played in September 1969 at the Shenandoah Golf & Country Club, a par-70, 6,708-yard course in Walled Lake, Michigan. The event was won by Larry Ziegler, a 30-year-old from Bonne Terre, Missouri, and was his first PGA Tour win.[1] He defeated former University of Houston star Homero Blancas with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.[2]
Tournament Supervisor George Walsh shocked the players when he revealed that the sponsors of the fledgling tournament said they didn't have enough money to pay all the prizes.[3] Players had been promised a total purse of $100,000 with $20,000 and a new car going to the winner.[4]
Winner
- 1969 Larry Ziegler
References
- ^ "1969 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on February 17, 2009. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ^ Shook, Richard L. (September 8, 1969). "Larry Ziegler wins Michigan Golf Classic, but no money". The Bryan Times. Bryan, Ohio. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ^ "A Roundup Of The Sports Information Of The Week". Sports Illustrated. September 15, 1969. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- ^ Paladino, Larry (September 8, 1969). "Ziegler Victor in Michigan Golf". The Spartanburg Herald. Spartanburg, South Carolina. Retrieved March 18, 2010.