Alberta Classic
Encyclopedia
The Alberta Classic was a golf
tournament on the Nationwide Tour
from 2003 to 2005. It was played in the Calgary
, Alberta
, Canada
area. In 2003, it was played at The Links of Glen Eagles in Cochrane
. In 2004 and 2005, it was played at the Redwood Meadows Golf and Country Club near Bragg Creek.
The purse each year was US$450,000, with $81,000 going to the winner.
Alberta Calgary 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 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...
from 2003 to 2005. It was played in the Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
area. In 2003, it was played at The Links of Glen Eagles in Cochrane
Cochrane, Alberta
Cochrane is a town in the Canadian province of Alberta. The town is located 18 km west of the Calgary city limits along Highway 1A. With a population of 15,424 , Cochrane is the second largest town in Alberta and one of the fastest growing communities in Canada...
. In 2004 and 2005, it was played at the Redwood Meadows Golf and Country Club near Bragg Creek.
The purse each year was US$450,000, with $81,000 going to the winner.
Winners
Alberta Classic- 2005 Peter TomasuloPeter TomasuloPeter Tomasulo is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Tomasulo was born in Long Beach, California. He attended the University of California and in 2004 was named a first team All-American and captained the University of California's NCAA championship team...
- 2004 David Hearn
Alberta Calgary Classic
- 2003 Tom CarterTom Carter (golfer)Tom Carter is an American professional golfer. Carter was born in Abington, Pennsylvania.Carter is currently a member of the Nationwide Tour. He played on the Nationwide Tour in 2001-03 and 2005-06. He won three Nationwide Tour events in 2003 and that gave him an immediate promotion to the PGA Tour...