Walt Disney World Golf Classic

The Walt Disney World Golf Classic was an annual golf tournament on the PGA Tour. The tournament was played on the Palm and Magnolia courses at the Walt Disney World Resort. It was played under several names, reflecting sponsorship changes.

The tournament was founded in 1971 as the Walt Disney World Open Invitational. From 1974 to 1981, the tournament was played as a two-man team event with a better-ball format. Title sponsors have included Oldsmobile, National Car Rental, Funai, and Children's Miracle Network.

From 2007 to 2012, it was the final event in the PGA Tour Fall Series, and also the final official event of the PGA Tour season. As such, it was a final chance for many players to earn or retain a PGA Tour card through winning or getting into the top 125 on the Tour's money list. The 2010 and 2012 winners, Robert Garrigus and Charlie Beljan respectively, were both outside the top 125 before their wins.

The tournament was removed from the PGA Tour schedule for the 2013–14 wrap-around season after Children's Miracle Network declined to renew their sponsorship and no others were found.

The 2012 purse was $4,700,000, with $846,000 going to the winner.

Television

The event was televised by ESPN and ABC Sports, until the demotion of the event to the Fall Series in 2007, when it was relegated to cable-only on the Golf Channel. While ESPN and ABC, which are owned by Disney, covered both courses as a form of publicity for both, the Golf Channel covered only the Magnolia course with highlight packages sent in from the Palm. However, this is the manner in which the network has always covered tournaments with multiple venues.

Courses

The Magnolia Course at Walt Disney World is known as more "tour"-style than its sister the Palm Course. The Palm course is known as the prettier of the two, however. In the 2006 telecast, one commentator is quoted as saying that the Palm course has the better greens of the two courses. The Magnolia has grown to 7,516 yards to battle the usual low scores during the tournament's history.

The nearby Lake Buena Vista golf course has also been part of the tournament, along with the Palm and Magnolia.

Winners

Year	Winner(s)Template:Efn	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)
Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic
2012	Template:Flagicon Charlie Beljan	272	−16	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Matt Every Template:Flagicon Robert Garrigus	846,000
2011	Template:Flagicon Luke Donald	271	−17	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Justin Leonard	846,000
Children's Miracle Network Classic
2010	Template:Flagicon Robert Garrigus	267	−21	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Roland Thatcher	846,000
2009	Template:Flagicon Stephen Ames (2)	270	−18	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Justin Leonard Template:Flagicon George McNeill	846,000
2008	Template:Flagicon Davis Love III	263	−25	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Tommy Gainey	828,000
2007	Template:Flagicon Stephen Ames	271	−17	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Tim Clark	828,000
Funai Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort
2006	Template:Flagicon Joe Durant	263	−25	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon Frank Lickliter Template:Flagicon Troy Matteson	828,000
2005	Template:Flagicon Lucas Glover	265	−23	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Tom Pernice Jr.	792,000
2004	Template:Flagicon Ryan Palmer	266	−22	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Briny Baird Template:Flagicon Vijay Singh	756,000
2003	Template:Flagicon Vijay Singh	265	−23	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon Stewart Cink Template:Flagicon Scott Verplank Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods	720,000
Disney Golf Classic
2002	Template:Flagicon Bob Burns	263	−25	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Chris DiMarco	666,000
National Car Rental Golf Classic Disney
2001	Template:Flagicon José Cóceres	265	−23	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Davis Love III	612,000
2000	Template:Flagicon Duffy Waldorf	262	−26	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Steve Flesch	540,000
1999	Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods (2)	271	−17	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Ernie Els	450,000
1998	Template:Flagicon John Huston (2)	272	−16	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Davis Love III	360,000
Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic
1997	Template:Flagicon David Duval	270	−18	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Dan Forsman	270,000
1996	Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods	267	−21	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Payne Stewart	216,000
1995	Template:Flagicon Brad Bryant	198Template:Efn	−18	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Hal Sutton Template:Flagicon Ted Tryba	216,000
1994	Template:Flagicon Rick Fehr	269	−19	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Craig Stadler Template:Flagicon Fuzzy Zoeller	198,000
1993	Template:Flagicon Jeff Maggert	265	−23	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Greg Kraft	198,000
1992	Template:Flagicon John Huston	262	−26	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Mark O'Meara	180,000
1991	Template:Flagicon Mark O'Meara	267	−21	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon David Peoples	180,000
1990	Template:Flagicon Tim Simpson (2)	264	−24	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon John Mahaffey	180,000
1989	Template:Flagicon Tim Simpson	272	−16	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Donnie Hammond	144,000
1988	Template:Flagicon Bob Lohr	263	−25	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Chip Beck	126,000
1987	Template:Flagicon Larry Nelson (2)	268	−20	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Morris Hatalsky Template:Flagicon Mark O'Meara	108,000
1986	Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd	275	−13	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Lon Hinkle Template:Flagicon Mike Sullivan	90,000
1985	Template:Flagicon Lanny Wadkins	267	−21	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Mike Donald Template:Flagicon Scott Hoch	72,000
Walt Disney World Golf Classic
1984	Template:Flagicon Larry Nelson	266	−22	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Hubert Green	72,000
1983	Template:Flagicon Payne Stewart	269	−19	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Nick Faldo Template:Flagicon Mark McCumber	72,000
1982	Template:Flagicon Hal Sutton	269	−19	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Bill Britton	72,000
Walt Disney World National Team Championship
1981	Template:Flagicon Vance Heafner and Template:Flagicon Mike Holland	246	−42	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Chip Beck and Template:Flagicon Rex Caldwell	36,000 (each)
1980	Template:Flagicon Danny Edwards and Template:Flagicon David Edwards	253	−35	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Gibby Gilbert and Template:Flagicon Grier Jones Template:Flagicon Dan Halldorson and Template:Flagicon Dana Quigley Template:Flagicon Mike Harmon and Template:Flagicon Barry Harwell	31,500 (each)
1979	Template:Flagicon George Burns and Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw	255	−33	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Peter Jacobsen and Template:Flagicon D. A. Weibring Template:Flagicon Jeff Hewes and Template:Flagicon Sammy Rachels Template:Flagicon Scott Bess and Template:Flagicon Dan Halldorson	22,500 (each)
1978	Template:Flagicon Wayne Levi and Template:Flagicon Bob Mann	254	−34	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Bobby Wadkins and Template:Flagicon Lanny Wadkins	20,000 (each)
1977	Template:Flagicon Gibby Gilbert and Template:Flagicon Grier Jones	253	−35	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Steve Melnyk and Template:Flagicon Andy North	20,000 (each)
1976	Template:Flagicon Woody Blackburn and Template:Flagicon Billy Kratzert	260	−28	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Gay Brewer and Template:Flagicon Bobby Nichols	20,000 (each)
1975	Template:Flagicon Jim Colbert and Template:Flagicon Dean Refram	252	−36	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Bobby Cole and Template:Flagicon John Schlee Template:Flagicon Victor Regalado and Template:Flagicon Charlie Sifford	20,000 (each)
1974	Template:Flagicon Hubert Green and Template:Flagicon Mac McLendon	255	−33	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Sam Snead and Template:Flagicon J. C. Snead Template:Flagicon Ed Sneed and Template:Flagicon Bert Yancey	25,000 (each)
Walt Disney World Golf Classic
1973	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus (3)	275	−13	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Mason Rudolph	30,000
Walt Disney World Open Invitational
1972	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus (2)	267	−21	9 strokes	Template:Flagicon Jim Dent Template:Flagicon Bobby Mitchell Template:Flagicon Larry Wood	30,000
1971	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus	273	−15	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Deane Beman	30,000

External links

• Official site
• PGATOUR.com Tournament website