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The Procore Championship, previously the Fortinet Championship and the Safeway Open, is a professional golf tournament, part of the PGA Tour. Originally sponsored by Fry's Electronics , it was first staged in 2007 as the Fry's Electronics Open at Grayhawk Golf Club 's Raptor Course in Scottsdale, Arizona .
The tournament was founded 72 years ago in 1952 as the Insurance City Open; [2] It was renamed the Greater Hartford Open in 1967, a title that was retained through 2003. From 1973 through 1988 , the GHO also bore the name of entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. , who would often play in the pro-ams.
The three courses rotated the hosting of the championship until 1892 when Muirfield hosted the event. The Honourable Company of Edinburgh golfers built their own course at Muirfield and Musselburgh was removed from the rota as a result. [7] Royal St George's Golf Club became the first course outside Scotland to host the championship in 1894. [8]
Jack Nicklaus, three-time Open Champion in 1966, 1970, and 1978 Seve Ballesteros, three-time Open Champion in 1979, 1984, and 1988 Nick Faldo, three-time Open Champion in 1987, 1990, and 1992 Tiger Woods, three-time Open Champion in 2000, 2005, and 2006. He is one of six champions to win wire-to-wire after 72-holes played with his victory in 2005.
The Farmers Insurance Open is an annual professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held in San Diego, California. Founded in 1952, the tournament has been held at Torrey Pines Golf Course , a 36-hole municipal facility in La Jolla , since 1968.
Woods first broke 70 on a regulation golf course at age 12. [42] When Woods was 13 years old, he played in the 1989 Big I, which was his first major national junior tournament. In the final round, he was paired with pro John Daly, who was then relatively unknown. The event's format placed a professional with each group of juniors who had qualified.
Anthony Kim had forged himself a burgeoning golf career by the time he was 26.. He had won multiple times on the PGA Tour, had risen to No. 6 in the world and had featured on a victorious Team USA ...
The year the golf course was originally built is shown in parentheses. Prestwick Golf Club (1851): [126] Prestwick is The Open's original venue, and hosted 24 Opens in all, including the first 12. [68] Old Tom Morris designed the original 12 hole course, [126] but it was subsequently redesigned and expanded to be an 18-hole course in 1882. [127]