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The Buick Open officially made its return to the PGA Tour in 1977 at the Flint Elks Club, and in 1978 the event returned to Warwick Hills G&CC, where it remained until its demise. The Associated Press reported July 28, 2009, that General Motors would end its sponsorship of the Buick Open after the 2009 tournament, in order to devote its ...
The 1977 PGA Tour was the 62nd season of the PGA Tour, ... Buick Open: Michigan: 100,000: Bobby Cole (1) Alternate event Sep 5: World Series of Golf: Ohio: 400,000 ...
He played on the PGA Tour from 1974 to 1979, with his best finish coming at the 1977 Buick Open where he tied for fifth place. [3] As a professional, he won the 1978 Michigan PGA Championship, was a five-time winner of the Michigan Open (1976, 1978, 1979, 1984, and 1985), and a two-time winner of the MPGA Match Play.
Cole is a two-time winner of the South African Open in 1974 and 1980. In 1986, he won the South African PGA Championship. On the PGA Tour, Cole won the 1977 Buick Open. He has had nine top-25 finishes in the major championships including a tie for third in the 1975 Open Championship, one stroke out of a playoff.
The Southern Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1970 to 2002. It was played at the Green Island Country Club in Columbus, Georgia , from 1970 to 1990 and at the Callaway Gardens Resort (Mountain View Course), Pine Mountain, Georgia , from 1991 to 2002.
Cole is the son of Bobby Cole, who won the Buick Open on the 1977 PGA Tour and had three top-10 finishes in major championships. In 1966, Cole's father, 18 years old, became the youngest winner ever of the British Amateur.
His first win came in 1985 at the Buick Open, and his last was at the Kmart Greater Greensboro Open in 1989. His best year in professional golf was 1988, when he won two events on the PGA Tour, as well as the Dunlop Phoenix in Japan. His best finish in a major was a seventh-place tie at the 1996 U.S. Open.
He was a member of the 1977 Walker Cup team. In addition, Hallberg was the individual medalist at the 1979 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships . [ 1 ] There were expectations that he would turn pro at this time.