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WNB Golf Classic

Coordinates: 32°03′54″N 102°05′42″W / 32.065°N 102.095°W / 32.065; -102.095
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WNB Golf Classic
Tournament information
LocationMidland, Texas, U.S.
Established1992
Course(s)Midland Country Club
Par72
Length7,380 yards (6,750 m)[1]
Tour(s)Web.com Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund$600,000
Month playedApril
Final year2014
Final champion
United States Andrew Putnam
Midland is located in the United States
Midland
Midland
Midland is located in Texas
Midland
Midland

The WNB Golf Classic was a professional golf tournament in the United States on the Web.com Tour. It was played annually at the Midland Country Club in Midland, Texas, and the title sponsor was Western National Bank.

It debuted in 1992 as the Ben Hogan Permian Basin Open at the Club at Mission Dorado in Odessa. The purse was $150,000 and the winner's share of $30,000 went to Taylor Smith on August 30.[2][3] The course is now part of the Odessa Country Club.

For its 23rd and final edition in 2014, the purse had quadrupled to $600,000 and Andrew Putnam took the winner's share of $108,000.

Winners

Year Winner Country Score To par Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up
WNB Golf Classic
2014 Andrew Putnam  United States 196 −20 7 strokes Sweden Richard S. Johnson
Australia Rod Pampling
2013 Alex Aragon  United States 272 −16 1 stroke United States Byron Smith
2012 Luke Guthrie  United States 271 −17 1 stroke New Zealand Danny Lee
Australia Cameron Percy
2011 Danny Lee  New Zealand 270 −18 Playoff United States Harris English
2010 Nate Smith  United States 270 −18 2 strokes Argentina Fabián Gómez
United States Brandt Jobe
Australia Alistair Presnell
2009 Garrett Willis  United States 268 −20 1 stroke United States Chad Collins
2008 Marc Leishman  Australia 267 −21 11 strokes United States Keoke Cotner
2007 Brad Adamonis  United States 278 −10 Playoff South Africa Tjaart van der Walt
United States Vance Veazey
United States Ron Whittaker
Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic
2006 Brandt Snedeker  United States 272 −16 Playoff Australia Aron Price
2005 Kris Cox  United States 270 −18 2 strokes Australia Craig Bowden
United States Jerry Smith
United States Chris Tidland
2004 Charley Hoffman  United States 282 −6 Playoff United States Jeff Gove
South Africa Craig Lile
2003 D. J. Brigman  United States 272 −16 1 stroke United States Jason Dufner
Australia Mark Hensby
United States Jimmy Walker
Permian Basin Open
2002 Tag Ridings  United States 272 −16 Playoff Australia Mark Hensby
Buy.com Permian Basin Open
2001 Chad Campbell  United States 264 −24 4 strokes United States Todd Fischer
2000 Kevin Johnson  United States 268 −20 3 strokes Australia Mark Hensby
Nike Permian Basin Open
1999 David Berganio, Jr.  United States 269 −19 2 strokes Australia Paul Gow
United States Dicky Thompson
1998 Stiles Mitchell  United States 276 −12 Playoff United States Woody Austin
United States Jeff Barlow
1997 Paul Gow  Australia 267 −21 2 strokes United States Steve Lamontagne
1996 Michael Christie  United States 270 −18 2 strokes United States Anthony Rodriguez
1995 Hugh Royer III  United States 275 −13 1 stroke United States Paul Claxton
United States Frank Conner
United States Kawika Cotner
United States Franklin Langham
United States Dave Miley
United States Chris Smith
New Zealand Phil Tataurangi
1994 Bruce Vaughan  United States 269 −19 4 strokes United States Gary Rusnak
United States Bob Wolcott
1993 Franklin Langham  United States 202 −14 Playoff United States Doug Martin
Ben Hogan Permian Basin Open
1992 Taylor Smith  United States 204 −12 1 stroke United States Pete Jordan
United States Andy Morse

Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Web.com Tour regular-season money list.

References

  1. ^ "WNG Golf Classic". ESPN. April 27, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  2. ^ "Permian Basin Open". Victoria Advocate. (Texas). Associated Press. August 31, 1992. p. 3B.
  3. ^ "Golf: Hogan Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). August 31, 1992. p. 4B.

32°03′54″N 102°05′42″W / 32.065°N 102.095°W / 32.065; -102.095