Western Open

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Western Open
Tournament information
LocationLemont, Illinois
Established1899
CourseTemplate:Pluralize from textCog Hill Golf & Country Club
(Dubsdread Course)
Par71
Length7,309 yards (6,683 m)[1]
Organized byWestern Golf Association
TourTemplate:Pluralize from textPGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundTemplate:Currency
Month playedJuly
Final year2006
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Scott Hoch (2001)
267 Tiger Woods (2003)
To par−21 as above
Final champion
Template:Flagicon Trevor Immelman
Location map
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The Western Open was a professional golf tournament in the United States, for most of its history an event on the PGA Tour.

The tournament's founding in 1899 actually pre-dated the start of the Tour, which is generally dated from 1916, the year the PGA of America was founded. The Western Open, organized by the Western Golf Association, was first played in September 1899 at the Glen View Club in Golf, Illinois, the week preceding the U.S. Open. At the time of its final edition in 2006, it was the third-oldest active PGA Tour tournament, after The Open (1860) and U.S. Open (1895). The tournament was held a total of 103 times over the course of 108 years. The event was not held in 1900, 1918 (World War I), and 1943–45 (World War II). Players from the U.S. won the tournament 77 times, followed by Scotland with fifteen wins. Walter Hagen had the most victories with five, and seventeen others won the event at least twice. The champions' list includes two amateurs: Chick Evans in 1910 and Scott Verplank in 1985.

Beginning in 2007, the Western Open was renamed the BMW Championship, the penultimate event of the FedEx Cup playoff series. Played with the PGA Tour's point system as the sole qualification standard, it is no longer open to amateurs.

Title sponsorship was introduced in 1987, and included Beatrice, Centel, Sprint, Motorola, Advil, Golf Digest, and Cialis.

History

The Western Open, founded and run by the Western Golf Association, was first played in 1899 in Illinois at the Glen View Club in Golf, a northern suburb of Chicago[2] Like the U.S. Open, in its early days it was almost exclusively won by immigrant golf professionals from the British Isles, most of whom gained full citizenship to the United States. In its early decades it was widely regarded as one of the premier golf tournaments in the US, along with other notables of the day like the North and South Open, the PGA Championship and the Shawnee Open.

The Western Golf Association was, in some ways, and for some years, something of a rival to the United States Golf Association, especially in the midwestern and western sections of the country.[3]

From the event's inception through 1961, it was played at a variety of midwestern locations, as well as places such as Arizona (Phoenix), Utah (Salt Lake City) and California (San Francisco, Los Angeles). In 1923, it was held in Tennessee at the Colonial Country Club in Memphis.[2]

Beginning in 1962, the Western Open settled within the Chicago metropolitan area and was held at a variety of courses through 1973. In 1974, it found an annual home at the Butler National Golf Club in Oak Brook, a western suburb. It was played here through 1990, when the PGA Tour adopted a policy of holding events only at clubs which allowed minorities and women to be members.[4][5] It moved in 1991 to Cog Hill Golf & Country Club in Lemont, southwest of Chicago.[4][6] A 72-hole public complex, its Dubsdread Course hosted the Western Open for sixteen editions, through 2006.[2]

In 1899, the prize fund was $150, and Willie Smith's winner's share was fifty dollars. The purse in 2006 was $5 million, with $900,000 to the final winner, Trevor Immelman.

During the second round of the 1975 tournament on Friday, June 27, Lee Trevino and Jerry Heard were struck by lightning on the 13th green of Butler National while waiting out a rain delay.[7][8][9] Also struck at other parts of the course were Bobby Nichols, Jim Ahern, and Tony Jacklin.[10][11][12]

BMW Championship

In 2007, the Western Open was renamed—and changed in terms of invitational criteria—to the BMW Championship, part of the four-event FedEx Cup Playoff Series. The Western Golf Association continues to run the tournament. The BMW Championship is the last FedEx Cup playoff event before The Tour Championship

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Location
Cialis Western Open
2006 Template:Flagicon Trevor Immelman 271 −13 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Mathew Goggin
Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods		 Cog Hill Lemont, Illinois
2005 Template:Flagicon Jim Furyk 270 −14 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods Cog Hill Lemont, Illinois
2004 Template:Flagicon Stephen Ames 274 −10 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Steve Lowery Cog Hill Lemont, Illinois
Western Open
2003 Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods (3) 267 −21 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Rich Beem Cog Hill Lemont, Illinois
Advil Western Open
2002 Template:Flagicon Jerry Kelly 269 −19 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Davis Love III Cog Hill Lemont, Illinois
2001 Template:Flagicon Scott Hoch 267 −21 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Davis Love III Cog Hill Lemont, Illinois
2000 Template:Flagicon Robert Allenby 274 −14 Playoff Template:Flagicon Nick Price Cog Hill Lemont, Illinois
Motorola Western Open
1999 Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods (2) 273 −15 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Mike Weir Cog Hill Lemont, Illinois
1998 Template:Flagicon Joe Durant 271 −17 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Vijay Singh Cog Hill Lemont, Illinois
1997 Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods 275 −13 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Frank Nobilo Cog Hill Lemont, Illinois
1996 Template:Flagicon Steve Stricker 270 −18 8 strokes Template:Flagicon Billy Andrade
Template:Flagicon Jay Don Blake		 Cog Hill Lemont, Illinois
1995 Template:Flagicon Billy Mayfair 279 −9 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Jay Haas
Template:Flagicon Justin Leonard
Template:Flagicon Jeff Maggert
Template:Flagicon Scott Simpson		 Cog Hill Lemont, Illinois
1994 Template:Flagicon Nick Price (2) 277 −11 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Greg Kraft Cog Hill Lemont, Illinois
Sprint Western Open
1993 Template:Flagicon Nick Price 269 −19 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Greg Norman Cog Hill Lemont, Illinois
Centel Western Open
1992 Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw 276 −12 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Greg Norman Cog Hill Lemont, Illinois
1991 Template:Flagicon Russ Cochran 275 −13 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Greg Norman Cog Hill Lemont, Illinois
1990 Template:Flagicon Wayne Levi 275 −13 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Payne Stewart Butler National Oak Brook, Illinois
Beatrice Western Open
1989 Template:Flagicon Mark McCumber (2) 275 −13 Playoff Template:Flagicon Peter Jacobsen Butler National Oak Brook, Illinois
1988 Template:Flagicon Jim Benepe 278 −10 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Peter Jacobsen Butler National Oak Brook, Illinois
1987 Template:Flagicon D. A. Weibring 207 −9 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Larry Nelson
Template:Flagicon Greg Norman		 Butler National Oak Brook, Illinois
Western Open
1986 Template:Flagicon Tom Kite 286 −2 Playoff Template:Flagicon Fred Couples
Template:Flagicon David Frost
Template:Flagicon Nick Price		 Butler National Oak Brook, Illinois
1985 Template:Flagicon Scott Verplank (a) 279 −9 Playoff Template:Flagicon Jim Thorpe Butler National Oak Brook, Illinois
1984 Template:Flagicon Tom Watson (3) 280 −8 Playoff Template:Flagicon Greg Norman Butler National Oak Brook, Illinois
1983 Template:Flagicon Mark McCumber 284 −4 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Tom Watson Butler National Oak Brook, Illinois
1982 Template:Flagicon Tom Weiskopf 276 −12 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Larry Nelson Butler National Oak Brook, Illinois
1981 Template:Flagicon Ed Fiori 277 −11 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Jim Colbert
Template:Flagicon Greg Powers
Template:Flagicon Jim Simons		 Butler National Oak Brook, Illinois
1980 Template:Flagicon Scott Simpson 281 −7 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Andy Bean Butler National Oak Brook, Illinois
1979 Template:Flagicon Larry Nelson 286 −2 Playoff Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw Butler National Oak Brook, Illinois
1978 Template:Flagicon Andy Bean 282 −6 Playoff Template:Flagicon Bill Rogers Butler National Oak Brook, Illinois
1977 Template:Flagicon Tom Watson (2) 283 −5 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Wally Armstrong
Template:Flagicon Johnny Miller		 Butler National Oak Brook, Illinois
1976 Template:Flagicon Al Geiberger 288 +4 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Joe Porter Butler National Oak Brook, Illinois
1975 Template:Flagicon Hale Irwin 283 −1 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Bobby Cole Butler National Oak Brook, Illinois
1974 Template:Flagicon Tom Watson 287 +3 2 strokes Template:Flagicon J. C. Snead
Template:Flagicon Tom Weiskopf		 Butler National Oak Brook, Illinois
1973 Template:Flagicon Billy Casper (4) 272 −12 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Larry Hinson
Template:Flagicon Hale Irwin		 Midlothian Midlothian, Illinois
1972 Template:Flagicon Jim Jamieson 271 −13 6 strokes Template:Flagicon Labron Harris Jr. Sunset Ridge Northfield, Illinois
1971 Template:Flagicon Bruce Crampton 279 −5 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Bobby Nichols Olympia Fields Olympia Fields, Illinois
1970 Template:Flagicon Hugh Royer Jr. 273 −11 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Dale Douglass Beverly Chicago, Illinois
1969 Template:Flagicon Billy Casper (3) 276 −8 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Rocky Thompson Midlothian Midlothian, Illinois
1968 Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus (2) 273 −11 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Miller Barber Olympia Fields Olympia Fields, Illinois
1967 Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus 274 −10 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Doug Sanders Beverly Chicago, Illinois
1966 Template:Flagicon Billy Casper (2) 283 −1 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Gay Brewer Medinah Medinah, Illinois
1965 Template:Flagicon Billy Casper 270 −14 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Jack McGowan
Template:Flagicon Chi-Chi Rodríguez		 Tam O'Shanter Niles, Illinois
1964 Template:Flagicon Chi-Chi Rodríguez 268 −16 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer Tam O'Shanter Niles, Illinois
1963 Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer (2) 280 −4 Playoff Template:Flagicon Julius Boros
Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus		 Beverly Chicago, Illinois
1962 Template:Flagicon Jacky Cupit 281 −3 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Billy Casper Medinah Medinah, Illinois
1961 Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer 271 −13 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Sam Snead Blythefield Belmont, Michigan
1960 Template:Flagicon Stan Leonard 278 −10 Playoff Template:Flagicon Art Wall Jr. Western Redford, Michigan
1959 Template:Flagicon Mike Souchak 272 −8 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1958 Template:Flagicon Doug Sanders 275 −13 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Dow Finsterwald Red Run Royal Oak, Michigan
1957 Template:Flagicon Doug Ford 279 −5 Playoff Template:Flagicon George Bayer
Template:Flagicon Gene Littler
Template:Flagicon Billy Maxwell		 Plum Hollow Southfield, Michigan
1956 Template:Flagicon Mike Fetchick 284 −4 Playoff Template:Flagicon Doug Ford
Template:Flagicon Jay Hebert
Template:Flagicon Don January		 Presidio San Francisco, California
1955 Template:Flagicon Cary Middlecoff 272 −16 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Mike Souchak Portland Portland, Oregon
1954 Template:Flagicon Lloyd Mangrum (2) 277 −7 Playoff Template:Flagicon Ted Kroll Kenwood Cincinnati, Ohio
1953 Template:Flagicon Dutch Harrison 278 −2 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Ed Furgol
Template:Flagicon Fred Haas
Template:Flagicon Lloyd Mangrum		 Bellerive Saint Louis, Missouri
1952 Template:Flagicon Lloyd Mangrum 274 −6 8 strokes Template:Flagicon Bobby Locke Westwood Saint Louis, Missouri
1951 Template:Flagicon Marty Furgol 270 −10 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Cary Middlecoff Davenport Pleasant Valley, Iowa
1950 Template:Flagicon Sam Snead (2) 282 −2 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Jim Ferrier
Template:Flagicon Dutch Harrison		 Brentwood Los Angeles, California
1949 Template:Flagicon Sam Snead 268 −20 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Cary Middlecoff Keller Saint Paul, Minnesota
1948 Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan (2) 281 −7 Playoff Template:Flagicon Ed Oliver Brookfield Clarence, New York
1947 Template:Flagicon Johnny Palmer 270 −18 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Bobby Locke
Template:Flagicon Ed Oliver		 Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, Utah
1946 Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan 271 −17 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Lloyd Mangrum Sunset Saint Louis, Missouri
1943–1945: No tournament due to World War II
1942 Template:Flagicon Herman Barron 276 −8 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Henry Picard Phoenix Phoenix, Arizona
1941 Template:Flagicon Ed Oliver 275 −9 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan
Template:Flagicon Byron Nelson		 Phoenix Phoenix, Arizona
1940 Template:Flagicon Jimmy Demaret 293 +9 Playoff Template:Flagicon Toney Penna River Oaks Houston, Texas
1939 Template:Flagicon Byron Nelson 281 −2 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Lloyd Mangrum Medinah Medinah, Illinois
1938 Template:Flagicon Ralph Guldahl (3) 279 −5 7 strokes Template:Flagicon Sam Snead Westwood Saint Louis, Missouri
1937 Template:Flagicon Ralph Guldahl (2) 288 E Playoff Template:Flagicon Horton Smith Canterbury Beachwood, Ohio
1936 Template:Flagicon Ralph Guldahl 274 −10 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Ray Mangrum Davenport Pleasant Valley, Iowa
1935 Template:Flagicon Johnny Revolta 290 +6 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Willie Goggin South Bend South Bend, Indiana
1934 Template:Flagicon Harry Cooper 274 −14 Playoff Template:Flagicon Ky Laffoon Country Club of Peoria Peoria Heights, Illinois
1933 Template:Flagicon Macdonald Smith (3) 282 E 6 strokes Template:Flagicon Tommy Armour Olympia Fields Olympia Fields, Illinois
1932 Template:Flagicon Walter Hagen (5) 287 −1 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Olin Dutra Canterbury Beachwood, Ohio
1931 Template:Flagicon Ed Dudley 280 −4 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Walter Hagen Miami Valley Dayton, Ohio
1930 Template:Flagicon Gene Sarazen 278 −10 7 strokes Template:Flagicon Al Espinosa Indianwood Lake Orion, Michigan
1929 Template:Flagicon Tommy Armour 273 −7 8 strokes Template:Flagicon Horton Smith Ozaukee Mequon, Wisconsin
1928 Template:Flagicon Abe Espinosa 291 +3 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Johnny Farrell North Shore Glenview, Illinois
1927 Template:Flagicon Walter Hagen (4) 281 −1 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Al Espinosa
Template:Flagicon Bill Mehlhorn		 Olympia Fields Olympia Fields, Illinois
1926 Template:Flagicon Walter Hagen (3) 279 −1 9 strokes Template:Flagicon Harry Cooper
Template:Flagicon Gene Sarazen		 Highland Indianapolis, Indiana
1925 Template:Flagicon Macdonald Smith (2) 281 −7 6 strokes Template:Flagicon Leo Diegel
Template:Flagicon Johnny Farrell
Template:Flagicon Emmet French
Template:Flagicon Walter Hagen
Template:Flagicon Bill Mehlhorn		 Youngstown Youngstown, Ohio
1924 Template:Flagicon Bill Mehlhorn 293 +5 8 strokes Template:Flagicon Al Watrous Calumet Homewood, Illinois
1923 Template:Flagicon Jock Hutchison (2) 281 −3 6 strokes Template:Flagicon Bobby Cruickshank
Template:Flagicon Leo Diegel
Template:Flagicon Walter Hagen
Template:Flagicon Joe Kirkwood, Sr.		 Colonial Cordova, Tennessee
1922 Template:Flagicon Mike Brady 291 +3 10 strokes Template:Flagicon Laurie Ayton, Snr
Template:Flagicon Jock Hutchison		 Oakland Hills Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1921 Template:Flagicon Walter Hagen (2) 287 +3 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Jock Hutchison Oakwood Cleveland Heights, Ohio
1920 Template:Flagicon Jock Hutchison 296 +4 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Jim Barnes
Template:Flagicon Clarence Hackney
Template:Flagicon Harry Hampton		 Olympia Fields Olympia Fields, Illinois
1919 Template:Flagicon Jim Barnes (3) 283 +3 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Leo Diegel Mayfield Lyndhurst, Ohio
1918: No tournament due to World War I
1917 Template:Flagicon Jim Barnes (2) 283 −5 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Walter Hagen Westmoreland Wilmette, Illinois
1916 Template:Flagicon Walter Hagen 286 −2 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Jock Hutchison
Template:Flagicon George Sargent		 Blue Mound Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1915 Template:Flagicon Tom McNamara 304 +4 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Alex Cunningham Glen Oak Glen Ellyn, Illinois
1914 Template:Flagicon Jim Barnes 293 −3 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Willie Kidd Interlachen Edina, Minnesota
1913 Template:Flagicon John McDermott 295 −1 7 strokes Template:Flagicon Mike Brady Memphis Memphis, Tennessee
1912 Template:Flagicon Macdonald Smith 299 +11 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Alex Robertson Idlewild Flossmoor, Illinois
1911 Template:Flagicon Bobby Simpson (2) 2 and 1 Template:Flagicon Tom McNamara Kent Grand Rapids, Michigan
1910 Template:Flagicon Chick Evans (a) 6 and 5 Template:Flagicon George Simpson Beverly Chicago, Illinois
1909 Template:Flagicon Willie Anderson (4) 288 9 strokes Template:Flagicon Stewart Gardner Skokie Glencoe, Illinois
1908 Template:Flagicon Willie Anderson (3) 299 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Fred McLeod Normandie Saint Louis, Missouri
1907 Template:Flagicon Bobby Simpson 307 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Willie Anderson
Template:Flagicon Fred McLeod		 Hinsdale Clarendon Hills, Illinois
1906 Template:Flagicon Alex Smith (2) 306 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Jack Hobens Homewood Flossmoor, Illinois
1905 Template:Flagicon Arthur Smith 278 2 strokes Template:Flagicon James Maiden Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio
1904 Template:Flagicon Willie Anderson (2) 304 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Alex Smith Kent Grand Rapids, Michigan
1903 Template:Flagicon Alex Smith 318 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Laurie Auchterlonie
Template:Flagicon David Brown		 Milwaukee River Hills, Wisconsin
1902 Template:Flagicon Willie Anderson 299 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Willie Smith
Template:Flagicon Bert Way		 Euclid Cleveland Heights, Ohio
1901 Template:Flagicon Laurie Auchterlonie 160 2 strokes Template:Flagicon David Bell Midlothian Midlothian, Illinois
1900: No tournament
1899 Template:Flagicon Willie Smith 156 Playoff Template:Flagicon Laurie Auchterlonie Glen View Golf, Illinois

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