Terra Cotta Invitational
Encyclopedia
The Terra Cotta Invitational is an annual amateur golf
tournament. It has been played since 1996 at Naples National Golf Club in Naples, Florida
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It is a "category B" tournament in the World Amateur Golf Ranking
, meaning it is one of the top 100 men's amateur tournaments in the world.
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. It has been played since 1996 at Naples National Golf Club in Naples, Florida
Naples, Florida
Naples is a city in Collier County, Florida, United States. As of July 1, 2007, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 21,653. Naples is a principal city of the Naples–Marco Island Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated total population of 315,839 on July 1, 2007...
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It is a "category B" tournament in the World Amateur Golf Ranking
World Amateur Golf Ranking
The World Amateur Golf Ranking for men was introduced by the R&A, the governing body of amateur golf outside the United States and Mexico, on 23 January 2007. It is based on the results of over 750 amateur tournaments and is updated weekly. Rankings are based on the players' average performances in...
, meaning it is one of the top 100 men's amateur tournaments in the world.
Winners
- 2011 Emiliano Grillo
- 2010 Justin Thomas
- 2009 Matt Ceravolo
- 2008 Bud CauleyBud CauleyWilliam "Bud" Cauley is an American professional golfer.-Amateur career:Cauley was born in Jacksonville, Florida were he was home schooled by his parents. He was ranked top-five nationally in junior golf and among top 15 in the world. As a junior golfer, Cauley was a member of the 2006 Junior...
- 2007 Peter UihleinPeter UihleinPeter Uihlein is an American amateur golfer. He was a member of the victorious U.S. team at the 2009 Walker Cup, where he compiled a 4-0 match record. A junior at Oklahoma State University, Uihlein won the 2010 U.S...
- 2006 Arnond Vongvanij
- 2005 Tommy Brennan
- 2004 Danny Green
- 2003 Casey WittenbergCasey WittenbergCasey Wittenberg is an American professional golfer who had a successful amateur career.Wittenberg was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He played collegiately at Oklahoma State University. He lost to Nick Flanagan in the finals of the 2003 U.S. Amateur.In 2004, he finished 13th at the Masters...
- 2002 John HarrisJohn Harris (golfer)John Richard Harris is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.Harris was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and grew up in Roseau, Minnesota, near the Canadian border. He attended the University of Minnesota, where he distinguished himself in both golf and...
- 2001 Tom McKnight
- 2000 Danny Green
- 1999 Sean Knapp
- 1998 Gene Elliott
- 1997 Matt KucharMatt KucharMatthew Gregory Kuchar is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He has ranked as high as number six in the Official World Golf Rankings.-Early career:...
- 1996 Jerry Courville, Jr.