Azalea Invitational
Encyclopedia
The Azalea Invitational is an annual amateur golf
tournament. It has been played since 1946 at the Country Club of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina
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Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament. It has been played since 1946 at the Country Club of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was made the county seat of Charleston County in 1901 when Charleston County was founded. The city's original name was Charles Towne in 1670, and it moved to its present location from a location on the west bank of the...
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Winners
- 2011 Cheng-Tsung Pan
- 2010 Tyson Alexander
- 2009 Tyson Alexander
- 2008 Zack Sucher
- 2007 Webb SimpsonWebb SimpsonJames Frederick "Webb" Simpson is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Simpson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He played high school golf at Broughton High before his collegiate golf career at Wake Forest University. He was a three-time All-American and...
- 2006 No tournament - course restoration
- 2005 Nathan J. Smith
- 2004 Webb SimpsonWebb SimpsonJames Frederick "Webb" Simpson is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Simpson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He played high school golf at Broughton High before his collegiate golf career at Wake Forest University. He was a three-time All-American and...
- 2003 Spencer LevinSpencer LevinSpencer Joseph Levin is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Levin was born in Sacramento, California. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles before transferring to the University of New Mexico, where he was a two-time All-American...
- 2002 D. J. TrahanD. J. TrahanDonald Roland "D.J." Trahan, Jr. is an American professional golfer.Trahan was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He moved to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, where he attended Hilton Head Island High School. He then moved to Spartanburg, South Carolina where he attended and graduated from Paul M....
- 2001 Casey WittenbergCasey WittenbergCasey Wittenberg is an American professional golfer who had a successful amateur career.Wittenberg was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He played collegiately at Oklahoma State University. He lost to Nick Flanagan in the finals of the 2003 U.S. Amateur.In 2004, he finished 13th at the Masters...
- 2000 David EgerDavid EgerDavid Benjamin Eger is an American professional golfer on the Champions Tour.Eger was born in Fort Meade, Maryland. He attended the University of North Carolina, and later East Tennessee State University...
- 1999 David EgerDavid EgerDavid Benjamin Eger is an American professional golfer on the Champions Tour.Eger was born in Fort Meade, Maryland. He attended the University of North Carolina, and later East Tennessee State University...
- 1998 Jeff Knox
- 1997 John Engler
- 1996 Ryuji ImadaRyuji Imadais a U.S.-based Japanese professional golfer.Imada was born in Mihara, Hiroshima, Japan. He came to the United States when he was 14 to attend a Tampa golf academy for Asian players. His instructor was Richard Abele, who became his legal guardian. Under Abele's teaching, he won several of the top ...
- 1995 Kelly Miller
- 1994 Mike Bright
- 1993 Frank Ford III
- 1992 Frank Ford III
- 1990-91 No tournament - Hurricane HugoHurricane HugoHurricane Hugo was a classical, destructive and rare Cape Verde-type hurricane which struck the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe, Montserrat, St. Croix, Puerto Rico and the USA mainland in South Carolina as a Category 4 hurricane during September of the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season...
damage - 1989 Frank Ford III
- 1988 Frank Ford III
- 1987 Hugh Royer IIIHugh Royer IIIHugh Royer III is an American professional golfer and golf instructor. He is the son of Hugh Royer, Jr., who played on the PGA Tour for 14 years and won the 1970 Western Open.Royer was born in Columbus, Georgia...
- 1986 Frank Ford III
- 1985 John InmanJohn Inman (golfer)John Samuel Inman is an American professional golfer and college men's golf head coach. He is the younger brother of professional golfer Joe Inman....
- 1984 Randy Sonnier
- 1983 John Finnin
- 1982 Frank Ford III
- 1981 David Lane
- 1980 Jim Burgess
- 1979 Bill BrittonBill BrittonWilliam Timothy Britton is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour for fifteen years during the 1980s and 1990s....
- 1978 Ken Green
- 1977 Vance HeafnerVance HeafnerVance Heafner is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, the Nationwide Tour and the Champions Tour. He is the son of professional golfer Clayton Heafner....
- 1976 Buddy AlexanderBuddy AlexanderStewart Murray "Buddy" Alexander is an American college golf coach and former amateur golfer. Alexander is the current head coach of the Florida Gators men's golf team of the University of Florida...
- 1975 Skip Dunaway
- 1974 George BurnsGeorge Burns (golfer)George Francis Burns III is an American professional golfer who has won several tournaments at both the amateur and professional levels....
- 1973 Bob Bryant
- 1972 Wally Kuchar
- 1971 Jim Belton
- 1970 Leroy Rabon
- 1969 Dick SiderowfDick SiderowfRichard L. Siderowf is an American amateur golfer, who is best known for winning the British Amateur twice.-Biography:Siderowf was born in New Britain, Connecticut. He attended Duke University and played golf for the Blue Devils....
- 1968 Dick Horne
- 1967 R. H. Watson
- 1966 Curtis Wagner
- 1965 Curtis Wagner
- 1964 Charlie Smith
- 1963 Bill Christian
- 1962 Dave Smith
- 1961 Billy Joe PattonBilly Joe PattonWilliam Joseph Patton was an American amateur golfer best known for almost winning the 1954 Masters Tournament.Patton was born in Morganton, North Carolina. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 1943....
- 1960 Dale Morey
- 1959 Dave Smith
- 1958 Charlie Smith
- 1957 Billy Thornton
- 1956 Mickey Gallagher
- 1955 Bobby Hackett
- 1954 Hobart Manley
- 1953 Hobart Manley
- 1952 Frank Ford, Sr.
- 1951 Moultrie McKevlin
- 1950 Frank Ford, Sr.
- 1949 Ben Goodes
- 1948 Ben Goodes
- 1947 Frank Ford, Sr.
- 1946 Frank Ford, Sr.