SAS Championship
Encyclopedia
The SAS Championship is a golf
tournament on the Champions Tour
. It is played annually in September in Cary, North Carolina
at the Prestonwood Country Club
. SAS Institute
is the main sponsor of the tournament.
The purse for the 2011 tournament was US$2,100,000, with $315,000 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 2001.
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SAS Championship
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 is played annually in September in Cary, North Carolina
Cary, North Carolina
Cary is a large town and suburb of Raleigh, North Carolina in Wake and Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located almost entirely in Wake County, it is the second largest municipality in that county and the third largest municipality in The Triangle after Raleigh and Durham...
at the Prestonwood Country Club
Prestonwood Country Club
Prestonwood Country Club is a golf community in North Carolina, USA. In addition to 54 holes of golf, it has pools, tennis courts, a fitness center, and a club house. The residential housing around the club provides a wide range of homes...
. SAS Institute
SAS Institute
SAS Institute Inc. , headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, USA, has been a major producer of software since it was founded in 1976 by Anthony Barr, James Goodnight, John Sall and Jane Helwig...
is the main sponsor of the tournament.
The purse for the 2011 tournament was US$2,100,000, with $315,000 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 2001.
Winners
SAS Championship- 2011
Kenny PerryKenny PerryJames Kenneth Perry is an American professional golfer who currently plays on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour, for which he became eligible following his 50th birthday.-Early years:... - 2010 Russ CochranRuss CochranRussell Earl Cochran is an American professional golfer on the Champions Tour who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He is one of eight left-handed players to win a PGA Tour event....
- 2009 Tom Pernice, Jr.
- 2008
Eduardo RomeroEduardo RomeroEduardo Alejandro Romero is an Argentine professional golfer.Romero was born in Córdoba. He turned professional in 1982 at a relatively advanced age... - 2007 Mark WiebeMark WiebeMark Charles Wiebe is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Champions Tour. He has also played on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour.Wiebe was born in Seaside, Oregon and grew up in Escondido, California...
- 2006 Tom JenkinsTom JenkinsThomas Wayne Jenkins is an American golfer.Jenkins was born in Houston, Texas. He attended the University of Houston, where he was a member of the winning 1970 NCAA Division I golf team. He graduated in 1971 and turned professional. His only PGA Tour victory was the 1975 IVB-Philadelphia Golf...
- 2005 Hale IrwinHale IrwinHale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...
SAS Championship presented by Forbes
- 2004 Craig StadlerCraig StadlerCraig Robert Stadler is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level....
SAS Championship presented by BusinessWeek
- 2003 D. A. WeibringD. A. WeibringDonald Albert "D.A." Weibring, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments including several on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....
SAS Championship
- 2002 Bruce LietzkeBruce LietzkeBruce Alan Lietzke is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.Lietzke was born in Kansas City, Kansas...
- 2001 Bruce LietzkeBruce LietzkeBruce Alan Lietzke is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.Lietzke was born in Kansas City, Kansas...