Oregon Classic
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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 1998 to 2008. It was played at the Shadow Hills Country Club in Junction City, Oregon
Junction City, Oregon
Junction City is a city in Lane County, Oregon, United States. The population was 5,392 at the 2010 census.- History :In the 1870s, Junction City was named by railroad magnate Ben Holladay, who decided this would be where the rail line on the east side of the Willamette Valley would meet the rail...
, USA.
The 2008 purse was $500,000, with $99,000 going to the winner.
Winners
Oregon Classic presented by Kendall Automotive Group- 2008 Matt BettencourtMatt BettencourtMatt Bettencourt is an American professional golfer.Born in Alammeda, California, he turned professional in 2001 after attending Modesto Junior College....
- 2007 Kyle ThompsonKyle ThompsonKyle Thompson is an American professional golfer.Thompson is currently a member of the PGA Tour. Thompson was a member of the Nationwide Tour from 2003 to 2007. He won two events in 2007 which put him in the top 25 on the money list which earned him a PGA Tour card for 2008...
- 2006 Cliff KresgeCliff KresgeClifford Terry Kresge is an American professional golfer. He has played on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour since 1997....
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- 2005 Jeff GoveJeff GoveJeff Gove is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Gove is currently a member of the PGA Tour...
Oregon Classic
- 2004 Jeff QuinneyJeff QuinneyJeffrey Michael Quinney is an American professional golfer.Quinney was born in Eugene, Oregon. He had a successful amateur career, winning the U.S. Amateur in 2000, and represented the USA in the Walker Cup in 2001....
- 2003 Chris CouchChris Couch (golfer)Christian Stratton Couch is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Couch was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida...
- 2002 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...
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- 2001 Tournament canceled due to September 11 attacks
- 2000 Keoke CotnerKeoke CotnerKeoke Cotner is an American professional golfer who played on the Nationwide Tour.Cotner joined the Nationwide Tour in 2000. In his rookie year on Tour he recorded three top-10 finishes and won the BUY.COM Oregon Classic. The following year he also recorded three top-10 finishes while finishing in...
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- 1999 Kelly GibsonKelly GibsonKelly Gibson is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Gibson joined the Nationwide Tour in 1990. He won the Ben Hogan Tri-Cities Open in 1991 and also earned his PGA Tour card that year through qualifying school...
- 1998 Charles RaulersonCharles RaulersonCharles Raulerson is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Raulerson joined the Nationwide Tour in 1990. He went through PGA Tour qualifying school in 1993 and joined the Tour in 1994. After a poor year on Tour he took a hiatus from Tour until 1998 when...