Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic
Encyclopedia
The Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic was a golf
tournament on the Nationwide Tour
from 1990 to 1997. It was played
at the Windance Country Club in Gulfport, Mississippi
from 1990 to 1995 and at the Mississippi National Golf Club in Gautier, Mississippi
from 1996 to 1997.
The purse in 1997 was US$200,000, with $36,000 going to the winner.
Ben Hogan Gulf Coast 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 Nationwide Tour
Nationwide Tour
The Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level...
from 1990 to 1997. It was played
at the Windance Country Club in Gulfport, Mississippi
Gulfport, Mississippi
Gulfport is the second largest city in Mississippi after the state capital Jackson. It is the larger of the two principal cities of the Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, Mississippi Combined Statistical Area. As of the...
from 1990 to 1995 and at the Mississippi National Golf Club in Gautier, Mississippi
Gautier, Mississippi
Gautier is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States, along the Gulf of Mexico west of Pascagoula. It is part of the Pascagoula, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 11,681 at the 2000 census. In 2002, Gautier annexed land nearly doubling its population to...
from 1996 to 1997.
The purse in 1997 was US$200,000, with $36,000 going to the winner.
Winners
NIKE Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic- 1997 Jeff BrehautJeff Brehaut-Early life:Breahut was born in Mountain View, California and attended the University of the Pacific, where he graduated in 1986 with a degree in Communications.-Professional career:...
- 1996 Joe DurantJoe DurantJoseph Scott Durant is an American professional golfer.Durant was born in Pensacola, Florida. He attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama, where he majored in Marketing and graduated in 1987. At Huntingdon, he was a three-time NAIA All-American and won the 1987 NAIA Championship.Durant...
- 1995 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...
- 1994 John ElliottJohn Elliott (golfer)John Elliott is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Elliott joined the Nationwide Tour in 1991 and didn't find much success but went through qualifying school and earned his PGA Tour card for 1992. He struggled during his rookie year and had to go...
- 1993 Jim FurykJim FurykJames Michael Furyk is an American professional golfer, 2010 FedEx Cup champion, and 2010 PGA Tour Player of the Year. He has won one major championship, the 2003 U.S. Open. Furyk is known for consistently playing at the top level and for a visibly unconventional, looping golf swing...
Ben Hogan Gulf Coast Classic
- 1992 Glen HnatiukGlen Hnatiuk-Early life:Hnatiuk was born in Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada and attended the University of Southern Mississippi for college in the United States. He turned professional in 1990 and would then play on the Nationwide Tour for many years.-Professional career:...
- 1991 Tom LehmanTom LehmanThomas Edward Lehman is an American professional golfer.Lehman was born in Austin, Minnesota, but Alexandria, Minnesota is credited as his official Minnesota hometown. He attended the University of Minnesota, graduating with a degree in Business/Accounting and turned professional in 1982. It took...
- 1990 Dick MastDick MastRichard Mast is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, and Champions Tour.Mast was born in Bluffton, Ohio. He graduated from St. Petersburg Junior College in 1971 with a degree in business. He turned pro in 1972.Mast played on the PGA Tour intermittently...