Colgate Hall of Fame Classic

Template:Short description Template:Short description Template:Template other 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

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Hall of Fame
1982	Template:Flagicon Jay Haas	276	−8	Playoff	Template:Flagicon John Adams
1981	Template:Flagicon Morris Hatalsky	275	−9	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Jerry Pate Template:Flagicon D. A. Weibring
1980	Template:Flagicon Phil Hancock	275	−9	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Scott Simpson
Colgate Hall of Fame Classic
1979	Template:Flagicon Tom Watson (2)	272	−12	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Johnny Miller
1978	Template:Flagicon Tom Watson	277	−7	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Hale Irwin Template:Flagicon Tom Kite Template:Flagicon Howard Twitty
Colgate Hall of Fame Golf Classic
1977	Template:Flagicon Hale Irwin	264	−20	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Leonard Thompson
World Open Golf Championship
1976	Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd	274	−10	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Jerry McGee
1975	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus	280	−4	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Billy Casper
1974	Template:Flagicon Johnny Miller	281	−4	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Frank Beard Template:Flagicon Bob Murphy Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus
1973	Template:Flagicon Miller Barber	570	+2	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw

External links

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

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