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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 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 2004 to 2009. It was played annually at the Pete Dye Golf Club
Pete Dye Golf Club
The Pete Dye Golf Club is an 18-hole facility in Harrison County, just northwest of Bridgeport, West Virginia. It features 7,308 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 76.9 and it has a slope rating of 147. Designed by Pete Dye, ASGCA, the Pete Dye golf course...
in Bridgeport, West Virginia
Bridgeport, West Virginia
Bridgeport is a city in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 7,306 at the 2000 census.The town of Bridgeport had its beginning in pre-Revolutionary War times. In 1764, John Simpson entered the area and gave his name to Simpson Creek. Bridgeport was chartered in 1816....
, USA. The tournament was founded in 2004 as the Pete Dye West Virginia Classic.
The 2009 purse was $600,000, with $108,000 going to the winner. Also in 2008 and 2009, the field consisted of the top 144 players on the Nationwide Tour money list.
Winners
Nationwide Tour Players Cup- 2009
Tom GillisTom GillisThomas Charles Gillis is an American professional golfer.Gillis was born in Pontiac, Michigan, and graduated from Lake Orion High School in Lake Orion, Michigan... - 2008 Rick PriceRick Price (golfer)Rick Price is an American professional golfer who plays on the Nationwide Tour.Price joined the Nationwide Tour in 1999 where he played until 2001, took a hiatus in 2002 and rejoined in 2003...
National Mining Association Pete Dye Classic
- 2007 Jimmy WalkerJimmy Walker (golfer)Jimmy Walker is an American professional golfer.Walker was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is currently a member of the PGA Tour. He played on the Nationwide Tour full-time in 2003 and 2004. In 2004 he was the Nationwide Tour money winner and player of the year. By doing so he earned his PGA...
- 2006 Jason EnloeJason EnloeJason Enloe is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.Enloe was born in Decatur, Illinois...
- 2005 Jason GoreJason GoreJason William Gore is an American professional golfer.Gore was born in Van Nuys, California. He first attended the University of Arizona before transferring to Pepperdine University. While at Pepperdine, he was part of their NCAA Division I Championship team in 1997. He also played on the...
Pete Dye West Virginia Classic presented by National Mining Assn.
- 2004 D. A. PointsD. A. PointsDarren Andrew "D.A." Points is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Points was born in Pekin, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois and was a third team All-American member of the golf team. Points won the Illinois State Amateur three times; he lost to...