Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic
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The Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic is a golf
tournament on the Champions Tour
. It was played for the first time in 2010 at the Fallen Oak course in Biloxi, Mississippi
.
The purse for the 2011 tournament was $
1,600,000, with $240,000 going to the winner.
golf tournaments:
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...
. It was played for the first time in 2010 at the Fallen Oak course in Biloxi, Mississippi
Biloxi, Mississippi
Biloxi is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, in the United States. The 2010 census recorded the population as 44,054. Along with Gulfport, Biloxi is a county seat of Harrison County....
.
The purse for the 2011 tournament was $
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
1,600,000, with $240,000 going to the winner.
See also
Other Mississippi Gulf CoastMississippi Gulf Coast
The Mississippi Gulf Coast refers to the three Mississippi counties which lie on the Gulf of Mexico: Hancock, Harrison and Jackson counties.The region was severely damaged by Hurricane Camille in 1969 and again by Hurricane Katrina in 2005....
golf tournaments:
- Gulfport OpenGulfport OpenThe Gulfport Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that played in the 1940s on Mississippi's oldest golf course, the Great Southern Golf Club of Gulfport....
, a PGA TourPGA TourThe PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
event, played 1944-1945 - Mississippi Gulf Coast ClassicMississippi Gulf Coast ClassicThe Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour from 1990 to 1997. It was playedat 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...
, a Nationwide TourNationwide TourThe 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...
event, played 1990-1997 - Mississippi Gulf Coast OpenMississippi Gulf Coast OpenThe Mississippi Gulf Coast Open was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour from 1999 to 2000. It was played at The Oaks Golf Club in Pass Christian, Mississippi.The purse in 2000 was US$400,000, with $72,000 going to the winner.-Winners:...
, a Nationwide Tour event, played 1999-2000