Rex Hospital Open
Encyclopedia
The Rex Hospital Open is a regular golf
tournament on the Nationwide Tour
. It is played annually at the TPC Wakefield Plantation
in Raleigh, North Carolina
, United States
.
The 2011 purse was $550,000, with $99,000 going to the winner.
SAS Carolina Classic
BUY.COM Carolina Classic
NIKE Carolina 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...
. It is played annually at the TPC Wakefield Plantation
TPC Wakefield Plantation
TPC Wakefield Plantation is a private golf club located within the planned community of Wakefield Plantation in Raleigh, North Carolina.The Hale Irwin designed championship golf course, built adjacent to Falls Lake, opened in 2000 and is a member of the Tournament Players Club network operated by...
in Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh...
, United States
United States
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.
The 2011 purse was $550,000, with $99,000 going to the winner.
Winners
- 2011
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... - 2010 John RieggerJohn RieggerJohn Riegger is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Riegger was born in Metropolis, Illinois. He graduated from Lamar University in 1985 and turned professional that year....
- 2009 Kevin JohnsonKevin Johnson (golfer)Kevin Johnson is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.-College career:Johnson was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He attended Clemson University and was Clemson's first three-time All-American in golf...
- 2008 Scott GutschewskiScott GutschewskiScott Gutschewski is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Gutschewski was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He played college golf at the University of Nebraska and helped lead the Huskers to a 14th-place finish at the NCAA Championships in his senior year...
- 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
Brenden PappasBrenden PappasBrenden Pappas is a professional golfer from South Africa who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.-Early life:Pappas was born in Phalaborwa, South Africa. He is the youngest of three brothers, Sean and Deane . He and brother Deane attended the University of Arkansas where he graduated in 1993... - 2005 Eric AxleyEric AxleyEric Allen Axley is an American professional golfer.Axley was born in Athens, Tennessee. He turned professional in 1997.In 2006, Axley won the Valero Texas Open, claiming his first PGA Tour win...
SAS Carolina Classic
- 2004 Chris Anderson
- 2003
David Morland IVDavid Morland IVDavid Morland IV is a Canadian professional golfer who has played on the Canadian Tour, PGA Tour, and Nationwide Tour.Morland was born in North Bay, Ontario. He turned professional in 1991 after going to Kent State University... - 2002 Zoran ZorkicZoran ZorkicZoran Zorkic is an American professional golfer who played on the Nationwide Tour. Zorkic joined the Nationwide Tour in 2000. He won the SAS Carolina Classic in 2002, his only victory on Tour. He played on the Nationwide Tour until 2009...
BUY.COM Carolina Classic
- 2001 John MaginnesJohn MaginnesJohn Maginnes is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour and is currently a golf analyst with his own show on XM Radio.-Playing career:...
- 2000
Mark HensbyMark HensbyMark Adam Hensby is an Australian professional golfer.Hensby was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He grew up in Tamworth, New South Wales and attended Tamworth High School, leaving at the age of 16 to work as a postie while spending most of his time on the golf course...
NIKE Carolina Classic
- 1999 Vance VeazeyVance VeazeyVance Veazey is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Veazey was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1989 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree...
- 1998 Brian BatemanBrian BatemanBrian Bateman is an American professional golfer, who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Bateman was born in Monroe, Louisiana. He played collegiately at Louisiana State University where he graduated in 1996 with a degree in marketing...
- 1997 Ahmad BatemanAhmad BatemanAhmad Daniel Bateman is a Canadian-American professional golfer.Bateman played on the Nationwide Tour from 1996 to 2005, winning the NIKE Carolina Classic in 1997. He also played on the Asian Tour from 1999 to 2006.-External links:...
- 1996 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:...
- 1995 Michael Christie
- 1994 Skip KendallSkip KendallJules I. "Skip" Kendall is an American professional golfer.Kendall was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has three Nationwide Tour victories, and finished runner-up in PGA Tour tournaments on four occasions....