Buick Open Golf Tournament Facts
The Buick Open golf tournament has been held at the Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club for 48 years of its 49-year history- Tiger Woods has two victories (2002 and 2006)
- Vijay Singh has three victories, two of them consecutive (1997, 2004, 2005)
- Three professional golfers who earned their only US PGA tour win at the Buick open were Robert Wrenn in 1987; Jack Newton in 1978; and Bobby Cole in 1977.
- The first Buick Open Champion not born in the United States was South African-born Bobby Cole.
- The Buick Open Champion who set a tournament record of 17 under par for the 4-round event, with a record that remained unmatched for 7 years, was Bobby Cole.
- The only Buick Open Champion winner who did not win on the course at Warwick Hills was also Bobby Cole! The 1977 tournament was played at the Flint Elks Country Club.
- The prize money has increased from $52 000 dollars in 1958 to 4.2 million dollars in 2007, of which winner Brian Bateman took home $882,000 and a new Buick.
- The top money leader on the PGA Tour is Tiger Woods (USA) at $73,536,709, followed closely by Vijay Sing (Fiji) at $53,847,258
- No professional golfer with a surname beginning with the letter “Q” has ever won a PGA Tour event!
- The Buick Open golf tournament donates all proceeds after expenses to charities. Nearly $8 million has been donated to Southeast Michigan charities since 1982.
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