Colgate Hall of Fame Classic

The Hall of Fame tournament was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1973 to 1982. It was played at the Pinehurst Country Club in Pinehurst, North Carolina, which was home to the World Golf Hall of Fame at the time.

Hall of Fame
Tournament information
LocationPinehurst, North Carolina
Established1973
Course(s)Pinehurst Resort
(No. 2 course)
Par71
Length7,005 yards (6,405 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$250,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year1982
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Hale Irwin (1977)
To par−20 as above
Final champion
United States Jay Haas
Location map
Pinehurst Resort is located in the United States
Pinehurst Resort
Pinehurst Resort
Location in the United States
Pinehurst Resort is located in North Carolina
Pinehurst Resort
Pinehurst Resort
Location in North Carolina

It was first played in 1973 as the World Open Golf Championship and was a unique event. It was a 144-hole tournament (twice the normal size) contested over two weeks. The 240 player field was cut after 72 holes to the top 70 plus ties who played the remaining 72 holes. It offered the largest purse ($500,000) and first place prize ($100,000) in PGA Tour history. For the rest of its existence it was played as a standard 72-hole event with purses in line with other PGA Tour events. The purse for the 1982 event was $250,000 with $45,000 going to the winner.

In 1983, a Senior PGA Tour event, the Hall of Fame Tournament, was played at Pinehurst.

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Hall of Fame
1982   Jay Haas 276 −8 Playoff   John Adams
1981   Morris Hatalsky 275 −9 2 strokes   Jerry Pate
  D. A. Weibring
1980   Phil Hancock 275 −9 1 stroke   Scott Simpson
Colgate Hall of Fame Classic
1979   Tom Watson (2) 272 −12 Playoff   Johnny Miller
1978   Tom Watson 277 −7 1 stroke   Hale Irwin
  Tom Kite
  Howard Twitty
Colgate Hall of Fame Golf Classic
1977   Hale Irwin 264 −20 5 strokes   Leonard Thompson
World Open Golf Championship
1976   Raymond Floyd 274 −10 Playoff   Jerry McGee
1975   Jack Nicklaus 280 −4 Playoff   Billy Casper
1974   Johnny Miller 281 −4 Playoff   Frank Beard
  Bob Murphy
  Jack Nicklaus
1973   Miller Barber 570 +2 3 strokes   Ben Crenshaw
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