MasterCard Classic (Champions Tour)
Encyclopedia
The MasterCard Classic was a golf
tournament on the Champions Tour
from 2000 to 2004. It was played in late February/early March in Mexico
, first in Puebla
for two years and then in the Mexico City
area. It was the first Champions Tour event in Mexico.
The purse for the 2004 tournament was US$2,000,000, with $300,000 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 2000 as the Audi Senior Classic.
Audi Senior Classic
Mexico Senior Classic
Audi 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 2000 to 2004. It was played in late February/early March in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, first in Puebla
Puebla, Puebla
The city and municipality of Puebla is the capital of the state of Puebla, and one of the five most important colonial cities in Mexico. Being a planned city, it is located to the east of Mexico City and west of Mexico's main port, Veracruz, on the main route between the two.The city was founded...
for two years and then in the Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
area. It was the first Champions Tour event in Mexico.
The purse for the 2004 tournament was US$2,000,000, with $300,000 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 2000 as the Audi Senior Classic.
Winners
- 2004 Ed FioriEd FioriEdward Ray Fiori is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.Fiori was born in Lynwood, California. As a youth, Fiori would sneak through a barbed wire fence to a nine-hole course near his Downey, California home to practice his game. He attended the...
- 2003 David EgerDavid EgerDavid Benjamin Eger is an American professional golfer on the Champions Tour.Eger was born in Fort Meade, Maryland. He attended the University of North Carolina, and later East Tennessee State University...
Audi Senior Classic
- 2002 Bruce LietzkeBruce LietzkeBruce Alan Lietzke is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.Lietzke was born in Kansas City, Kansas...
Mexico Senior Classic
- 2001 Mike McCullough
Audi Senior Classic
- 2000 Hubert GreenHubert GreenHubert Myatt Green is an American professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level....
See also
- Puerto Vallarta Blue Agave Golf ClassicPuerto Vallarta Blue Agave Golf ClassicThe Puerto Vallarta Blue Agave Golf Classic was a Champions Tour golf tournament played only in 2006. It was played at the Vista Vallarta Club de Golf in the resort of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico over a course which was designed by Jack Nicklaus. It was the only Champions Tour event in Mexico in 2006,...
- the former Champions Tour event in Mexico - MasterCard ClassicMasterCard ClassicThe MasterCard Classic Honoring Alejo Peralta was a golf tournament for professional female golfers, played on the LPGA Tour. It was played each year between 2005 and 2009 at Bosque Real Country Club in Mexico City, Mexico.-Winners:...
- the LPGA Tour event in Mexico