B.C. Open
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The B.C. Open is an official PGA Tour event that has been held annually since 1971.
The tournament is played at the En-Joie Golf Course in Endicott in Upstate New York and is operated by Broome County Community Charities, Inc. Since its inception, the B.C. Open has turned back to local charities in excess of $7.4 million dollars through 2003. It currently takes place the same July week as the British Open, so the leading players are not available and it is one of the smaller events on the PGA Tour schedule. The prize fund for 2006 is $3 million.
The tournament was founded in 1971 and was called the Broome County Open that first year - initials B.C. The next year it switched to its current name. Alternatively it is said to be named after the comic strip B.C., created by Johnny Hart, who was born and raised in Endicott. Johnny Hart's B.C. characters have been used in advertising the event.
The 2006 B.C. Open will be the last held on the PGA Tour due to a schedule revamp based on the introduction of the FedEx Cup. The B.C. Open may move to either the Champions Tour or the Nationwide Tour. [link]
The 2006 tournament will be held at the Atunyote Golf Club in Verona, New York, about 90 miles NNE of Endicott, because of severe flooding in the Southern Tier of New York, and sponsored by Verona's Turning Stone Casino & Resort.[link]
Winners
- 2005 Jason Bohn
- 2004 Jonathan Byrd
- 2003 Craig Stadler
- 2002 Spike McRoy
- 2001 Jeff Sluman
- 2000 Brad Faxon
- 1999 Brad Faxon
- 1998 Chris Perry
- 1997 Gabriel Hjertstedt
- 1996 Fred Funk
- 1995 Hal Sutton
- 1994 Mike Sullivan
- 1993 Blaine McCallister
- 1992 John Daly
- 1991 Fred Couples
- 1990 Nolan Henke
- 1989 Mike Hulbert
- 1988 Bill Glasson
- 1987 Joey Sindelar
- 1986 Rick Fehr
- 1985 Joey Sindelar
- 1984 Wayne Levi
- 1983 Pat Lindsey
- 1982 Calvin Peete
- 1981 Jay Haas
- 1980 Don Pooley
- 1979 Howard Twitty
- 1978 Tom Kite
- 1977 Gil Morgan
- 1976 Bob Wynn
- 1975 Don Iverson
- 1974 Richie Karl
- 1973 Hubert Green
- 1972 Bob Payne
- 1971 Claude Harmon
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