The Dakota Dunes Open was a golf tournament on the Buy.com Tour. It was inaugurated in 1990 as one of the founding tournaments on the tour,[1] then known as the Ben Hogan Tour, and ran until 2001. It was played in Sioux City, Iowa for the first three years before moving to the Dakota Dunes Country Club in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota in 1993, where it stayed for the remainder of its existence.[2]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Dakota Dunes, South Dakota |
| Established | 1990 |
| Course(s) | Dakota Dunes Country Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Tour(s) | Buy.com Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$425,000 |
| Month played | July |
| Final year | 2001 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 268 Chris Smith (1997) |
| To par | −20 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Pat Bates | |
| Location map | |
  Dakota Dunes CC Location in the United States  Dakota Dunes CC Location in South Dakota | |
In 2001 the winner received $76,500.[1]
Winners edit
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buy.com Siouxland Open | ||||||
| 2001 | Pat Bates |
273 | −15 | 1 stroke | Matt Kuchar Eric Meeks
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| Buy.com Dakota Dunes Open | ||||||
| 2000 | Spike McRoy |
270 | −18 | 1 stroke | Mike Schuchart
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| Nike Dakota Dunes Open | ||||||
| 1999 | Fran Quinn |
270 | −18 | Playoff | Ryan Howison Craig Kanada
| |
| 1998 | John Maginnes |
274 | −14 | Playoff | Ryan Howison Sean Murphy
| |
| 1997 | Chris Smith (2) |
268 | −20 | 2 strokes |  Glen Hnatiuk
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| 1996 | Gary Webb |
275 | −13 | Playoff | Chad Magee
| |
| 1995 | Chris Smith |
272 | −16 | 1 stroke | Greg Hamilton Clarence Rose
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| 1994 | Pat Bates |
276 | −12 | 2 strokes | Rex Caldwell Gary Webb
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| 1993 | Alan Pate |
260[a] | −16 | 1 stroke | Stan Utley
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| Ben Hogan Dakota Dunes Open | ||||||
| 1992 | Rick Todd |
207 | −9 | Playoff | David Jackson
| |
| 1991 |  Jeff Woodland |
196 | −20 | 1 stroke |  Stephen Ames Kel Devlin Kelly Gibson
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| 1990 | Kim Young |
197 | −19 | 1 stroke | Mike Springer Steve Stricker
| |
Notes edit
- ^ Unofficial scoring record due to each round being shortened to 17 holes (par 69) because of flooding.
Multiple winners edit
- 2 wins: Pat Bates, Chris Smith
References edit
- ^ a b "Siouxland Open One of the Originals". Golf Channel. July 17, 2001. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
- ^ Hersom, Terry (September 3, 2018). "Recalling the Dakota Dunes Open". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
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