AT&T Classic
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The AT&T Champions Classic was a golf
tournament on the Champions Tour
from 1990 to 2009. It was played annually in March in Valencia, California
at the Valencia Country Club. AT&T
is the main sponsor of the tournament.
The purse for the 2009 tournament was US$1,600,000, with $240,000 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 1990 as the Security Pacific Senior Classic.
AT&T Classic
SBC Classic
SBC Senior Classic
Pacific Bell Senior Classic
Ralphs Senior Classic
Security Pacific Senior Classic
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 on the 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...
from 1990 to 2009. It was played annually in March in Valencia, California
Valencia, California
Valencia is an affluent planned community located in the City of Santa Clarita, California and Los Angeles County, California, U.S. in the northwestern corner of the Santa Clarita Valley, adjacent to Interstate 5. In 1987, it was one of the four unincorporated communities that merged to create the...
at the Valencia Country Club. AT&T
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
is the main sponsor of the tournament.
The purse for the 2009 tournament was US$1,600,000, with $240,000 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 1990 as the Security Pacific Senior Classic.
Winners
AT&T Champions Classic- 2009 Dan ForsmanDan ForsmanDaniel Bruce Forsman is an American professional golfer.-Early years:Forsman was born in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. He grew up in northern California, where he learned to play golf at Los Altos Golf and Country Club. He attended Arizona State University.-Professional career:Forsman turned...
- 2008 Denis WatsonDenis WatsonDenis Leslie Watson is a professional golfer from Zimbabwe.Watson was born in Salisbury, Rhodesia and educated at Oriel Boys High School, Chisipite...
- 2007 Tom PurtzerTom PurtzerThomas Warren Purtzer is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour....
AT&T Classic
- 2006 Tom KiteTom KiteThomas Oliver Kite, Jr. is an American professional golfer and golf course architect. He spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1989 and 1994....
SBC Classic
- 2005 Des SmythDes SmythDesmond John Smyth is an Irish professional golfer.Smyth was born in Drogheda, County Louth. He turned professional in 1974 and was a member of the European Tour for over a quarter of a century. His best finish on the European Tour Order of Merit was seventh in 1988...
- 2004 Gil MorganGil MorganGilmer Bryan Morgan II, OD is an American professional golfer.Morgan was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma. He graduated from East Central State College in Ada, Oklahoma in 1968. In 1972, Morgan earned a Doctor of Optometry degree from the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tennessee before turning...
- 2003 Tom PurtzerTom PurtzerThomas Warren Purtzer is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour....
SBC Senior Classic
- 2002 Tom KiteTom KiteThomas Oliver Kite, Jr. is an American professional golfer and golf course architect. He spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1989 and 1994....
- 2001 Jim ColbertJim ColbertJames Joseph Colbert is an American professional golfer.Colbert was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He attended Kansas State University, where he finished second in the NCAA golf championships in 1964, before graduating and turning professional in 1965.Colbert won eight times on the PGA Tour,...
- 2000 Joe InmanJoe InmanJoseph Cooper Inman, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.Inman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and is the eldest of six children...
Pacific Bell Senior Classic
- 1999 Joe InmanJoe InmanJoseph Cooper Inman, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.Inman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and is the eldest of six children...
- 1998 Joe InmanJoe InmanJoseph Cooper Inman, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.Inman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and is the eldest of six children...
Ralphs Senior Classic
- 1997 Gil MorganGil MorganGilmer Bryan Morgan II, OD is an American professional golfer.Morgan was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma. He graduated from East Central State College in Ada, Oklahoma in 1968. In 1972, Morgan earned a Doctor of Optometry degree from the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tennessee before turning...
- 1996 Gil MorganGil MorganGilmer Bryan Morgan II, OD is an American professional golfer.Morgan was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma. He graduated from East Central State College in Ada, Oklahoma in 1968. In 1972, Morgan earned a Doctor of Optometry degree from the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tennessee before turning...
- 1995 John BlandJohn BlandJohn Louis Bland is a South African professional golfer who has won more than thirty professional tournaments around the world....
- 1994 Jack KieferJack KieferLeo C. "Jack" Kiefer was an American professional golfer who won two Senior PGA Tour events in the 1990s....
- 1993 Dale DouglassDale DouglassDale Dwight Douglass is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments at both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour level....
- 1992 Raymond FloydRaymond FloydRaymond Loran "Ray" Floyd is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....
Security Pacific Senior Classic
- 1991 John BrodieJohn BrodieJohn Riley Brodie is a former professional American football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, and had a second career as a Senior PGA Tour professional golfer.-Early years and education:...
- 1990 Mike Hill