Colgate Hall of Fame Classic

The Hall of Fame tournament was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1973 to 1982. It was played at the Pinehurst Country Club in Pinehurst, North Carolina which was home to the World Golf Hall of Fame at the time.

It was first played in 1973 as the World Open Golf Championship and was a unique event. It was a 144-hole tournament (twice the normal size) contested over two weeks. The 240 player field was cut after 72 holes to the top 70 plus ties who played the remaining 72 holes. It offered the largest purse ($500,000) and first place prize ($100,000) in PGA Tour history. For the rest of its existence it was played as a standard 72-hole event with purses in line with other PGA Tour events. The purse for the 1982 event was $250,000 with $45,000 going to the winner.

In 1983, a Senior PGA Tour event, the Hall of Fame Tournament was played at Pinehurst.

Winners

Hall of Fame

• 1982 Jay Haas
• 1981 Morris Hatalsky
• 1980 Phil Hancock

Colgate Hall of Fame Classic

• 1979 Tom Watson
• 1978 Tom Watson

Colgate Hall of Fame Golf Classic

• 1977 Hale Irwin

World Open Golf Championship

• 1976 Raymond Floyd
• 1975 Jack Nicklaus
• 1974 Johnny Miller
• 1973 Miller Barber

External links

• Hall of Fame Tournament results from GolfObserver.com - Final scores and earnings of each event played from 1973 to 1982