Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club
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Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club is a private country club
located on South Saginaw Road
in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan
, a suburb of Flint, Michigan
, United States
. From 1958 to 2009, Warwick Hills was home to the PGA Tour
's Buick Open
tournament. The course was opened in June 1957. The country club also participates in a caddie program.
The Warwick Hills golf course
plays to a par of 72 with a length of 7112 from the championship tees. Tiger Woods
and Billy Mayfair
jointly hold the course record of 61.
The Associated Press reported July 28, 2009 that General Motors
would end its sponsorship of the Buick Open
after the 2009 tournament, in order to devote its marketing resources to cars and trucks, thus ending the PGA Tour's association with Warwick Hills.
A booster group for the course is trying to bring professional golf back to Warwick Hills, either with the PGA's Champions Tour
, the PGA's Nationwide Tour
, or an LPGA event.
42.8997354°N 83.5954857°W
Country club
A country club is a private club, often with a closed membership, that typically offers a variety of recreational sports facilities and is located in city outskirts or rural areas. Activities may include, for example, any of golf, tennis, swimming or polo...
located on South Saginaw Road
Saginaw trail
Saginaw Trail is the collective name for a set of connected roads in Southeastern Michigan that runs from Detroit to Saginaw through Pontiac and Flint. It was originally a tribal foot trail. On December 7, 1818 the Michigan Territorial government authorized the building of a road from Detroit to...
in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan
Grand Blanc Township, Michigan
Grand Blanc Charter Township is a charter township of Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 35,705 at the 2010 census. The city of Grand Blanc is situated within the township, but is administratively autonomous...
, a suburb of Flint, Michigan
Flint, Michigan
Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau reports the 2010 population to be placed at 102,434, making Flint the seventh largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. From 1958 to 2009, Warwick Hills was home to the PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
's Buick Open
Buick Open
The Buick Open was a PGA Tour golf tournament from 1958 to 2009. In 2007, the tournament was held at the end of June, a change from its traditional spot between The Open Championship and the PGA Championship...
tournament. The course was opened in June 1957. The country club also participates in a caddie program.
The Warwick Hills golf course
Golf course
A golf course comprises a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, fairway, rough and other hazards, and a green with a flagstick and cup, all designed for the game of golf. A standard round of golf consists of playing 18 holes, thus most golf courses have this number of holes...
plays to a par of 72 with a length of 7112 from the championship tees. Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
and Billy Mayfair
Billy Mayfair
William Fred Mayfair is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour .-Early years and amateur career:Mayfair was born in Phoenix, Arizona. Before his fifteenth birthday, he had won a number of junior golf tournaments. In 1981, he was on the cover of Boys' Life magazine as "golf's...
jointly hold the course record of 61.
The Associated Press reported July 28, 2009 that General Motors
General Motors
General Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...
would end its sponsorship of the Buick Open
Buick Open
The Buick Open was a PGA Tour golf tournament from 1958 to 2009. In 2007, the tournament was held at the end of June, a change from its traditional spot between The Open Championship and the PGA Championship...
after the 2009 tournament, in order to devote its marketing resources to cars and trucks, thus ending the PGA Tour's association with Warwick Hills.
A booster group for the course is trying to bring professional golf back to Warwick Hills, either with the PGA's 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...
, the PGA's 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...
, or an LPGA event.
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