Greater Kansas City Golf Classic
Encyclopedia
The Greater Kansas City Golf Classic was a golf
tournament on the Champions Tour
from 1987 to 2006. It was last played in Overland Park, Kansas
at The Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate.
The purse for the 2006 tournament was US$1,650,000, with $248,000 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 1987 as the Silver Pages Classic.
Bayer Advantage Classic
Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-Am
TD Waterhouse Championship
Saint Luke's Classic
VFW Senior Championship
Southwestern Bell Classic
Silver Pages Classic
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 on the Champions Tour
Champions Tour
The Champions Tour, a golf tour run by the PGA Tour, hosts a series of events annually in the United States and the United Kingdom for golfers 50 years of age and older. Many of the PGA Tour's most successful golfers have gone on to play on the Champions Tour.The Senior PGA Championship, founded in...
from 1987 to 2006. It was last played in Overland Park, Kansas
Overland Park, Kansas
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 149,080 people, 59,703 households, and 39,702 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,627.0 people per square mile . There were 62,586 housing units at an average density of 1,102.9 per square mile...
at The Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate.
The purse for the 2006 tournament was US$1,650,000, with $248,000 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 1987 as the Silver Pages Classic.
Winners
- 2006 Dana QuigleyDana QuigleyDana C. Quigley is an American professional golfer.Quigley was born in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1969 and turned professional in 1971....
Bayer Advantage Classic
- 2005 Dana QuigleyDana QuigleyDana C. Quigley is an American professional golfer.Quigley was born in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1969 and turned professional in 1971....
Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-Am
- 2004 Allen DoyleAllen DoyleAllen Michael Doyle is an American golfer who currently plays on the Champions Tour.Doyle was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island and raised in the Boston suburb of Norwood, Massachusetts. He attended Catholic Memorial High School in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, and Norwich University in Vermont...
- 2003 Jay SigelJay SigelRobert Jay Sigel is an American professional golfer. He enjoyed one of the more illustrious careers in the history of U.S...
TD Waterhouse Championship
- 2002 Bruce LietzkeBruce LietzkeBruce Alan Lietzke is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.Lietzke was born in Kansas City, Kansas...
- 2001 Ed DoughertyEd DoughertyEdward Matthew "Doc" Dougherty is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour.Dougherty was born in Chester, Pennsylvania. He was drafted into the Army after high school and served a tour of duty in Vietnam...
- 2000 Dana QuigleyDana QuigleyDana C. Quigley is an American professional golfer.Quigley was born in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1969 and turned professional in 1971....
- 1999 Allen DoyleAllen DoyleAllen Michael Doyle is an American golfer who currently plays on the Champions Tour.Doyle was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island and raised in the Boston suburb of Norwood, Massachusetts. He attended Catholic Memorial High School in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, and Norwich University in Vermont...
Saint Luke's Classic
- 1998 Larry ZieglerLarry ZieglerLarry Ziegler is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.Ziegler was born in St. Louis and grew up in Creve Coeur, Missouri. He was one of 14 children; he had seven brothers and six sisters. He began as a caddie and worked his way up to head club pro...
- 1997 Bruce SummerhaysBruce SummerhaysBruce Patton Summerhays is an American professional golfer. He is currently a mission president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tampa, Florida.-Career:...
VFW Senior Championship
- 1996 Dave EichelbergerDave EichelbergerMartin Davis Eichelberger, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has won several tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour levels....
- 1995 Bob MurphyBob Murphy (golfer)Robert Joseph Murphy, Jr. is an American professional golfer who was formerly a member of the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour. Murphy has won 21 tournaments as a professional.-Early years:...
Southwestern Bell Classic
- 1994 Jim ColbertJim ColbertJames Joseph Colbert is an American professional golfer.Colbert was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He attended Kansas State University, where he finished second in the NCAA golf championships in 1964, before graduating and turning professional in 1965.Colbert won eight times on the PGA Tour,...
- 1993 Dave StocktonDave StocktonDavid Knapp Stockton is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour....
- 1992 Gibby GilbertGibby GilbertC.L. "Gibby" Gilbert II is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....
- 1991 Jim ColbertJim ColbertJames Joseph Colbert is an American professional golfer.Colbert was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He attended Kansas State University, where he finished second in the NCAA golf championships in 1964, before graduating and turning professional in 1965.Colbert won eight times on the PGA Tour,...
- 1990 Jimmy Powell
- 1989 Bobby NicholsBobby NicholsRobert Herman Nichols is an American professional golfer, best known for winning the 1964 PGA Championship.Nichols was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He attended St. Xavier High School in Louisville and later played golf at Texas A&M University were his team won the Southwest Conference Championship...
- 1988 Gary PlayerGary PlayerGary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six...
Silver Pages Classic
- 1987 Chi Chi Rodriguez