THE TOUR Championship
THE TOUR Championship (the capitalisation is official) is the final event of golf's PGA Tour season. Beginning in 1997, the event alternated between Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas and East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia; since 2004, East Lake has been the event's permanent home. Since 2002, it has been sponsored as "THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola". The first Tour Championship was staged in 1991, as a successor to the "Nabisco Championship", which ran from 1987 to 1990.
The top 30 money winners on the PGA Tour after the penultimate event qualify for the Championship, which is one of the richest tournaments on the tour. It takes place in early November, the week after the comparable event in Europe, the Volvo Masters, which allows players who are members of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour to play in both end of season events. After The Tour Championship, the money list for the season is finalised. There are a number of additional events between The Tour Championship and Christmas which are recognised by the PGA Tour, but prize money won in them is unofficial.
Winners
- 2004 Retief Goosen - South Africa
- 2003 Chad Campbell - United States
- 2002 Vijay Singh - Fiji
- 2001 Mike Weir - Canada
- 2000 Phil Mickelson - United States
- 1999 Tiger Woods - United States
- 1998 Hal Sutton - United States
- 1997 David Duval - United States
- 1996 Tom Lehman - United States
- 1995 Billy Mayfair - United States
- 1994 Mark McCumber - United States
- 1993 Jim Gallagher, Jr. - United States
- 1992 Paul Azinger - United States
- 1991 Craig Stadler - United States
Winners of the Nabisco Championship
- 1990 Jodie Mudd - United States
- 1989 Tom Kite - United States
- 1988 Curtis Strange - United States
- 1987 Tom Watson - United States
External link
THE TOUR Championship's page on the PGA Tour's official website