The Golden Bear Tour was an American third-tier professional golf tour based in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It was founded in 1996 by Jack Nicklaus, nicknamed the Golden Bear, through his company Golden Bear International and run by John Montgomery, who later founded the competing Montgomery Tour.[1][2] The tour ran through to early 2005, when it merged with the Gateway Tour.

Golden Bear Tour
SportGolf
Founded1996
FounderJack Nicklaus
First season1996
Ceased2004
CountriesUnited States
RegionBased in Florida
Most titlesMoney list titles:
United States Hiroshi Matsuo (2)
Related
competitions
Gateway Tour

Seasons

edit

Money list winners

edit
Year Winner Prize money (US$)
2005 No money list awarded
2004   Ryan LaVoie 86,950
2003   Michael Henderson 105,448
2002   Hiroshi Matsuo (2) 123,486
2001   Hiroshi Matsuo 162,842
2000   Tim Petrovic 166,569
1999   Danny Ellis 133,008
1998   Patrick Sheehan 164,353
1997   Chris Stutts 64,149
1996   Steve Lamontagne 72,628

References

edit
  1. ^ Tays, Alan (August 1, 2004). "Mini-tours often end up big failures". The Palm Beach Post. pp. 1BB, 4BB. Retrieved November 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Murphy, Bill (2015). Three Up on Seventeen. Dog Ear Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 9781457540776 – via Google Books.
edit