Dakota Dunes Open Explained

Buy.com Siouxland Open
Location:Dakota Dunes, South Dakota
Establishment:1990
Course:Dakota Dunes Country Club
Par:72
Tour:Buy.com Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:July
Final Year:2001
Aggregate:268 Chris Smith (1997)
To-Par:−20 as above
Final Champion: Pat Bates
Map:USA#USA South Dakota
Map Label:Dakota Dunes CC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:42.485°N -96.492°W

The Dakota Dunes Open was a golf tournament on the Buy.com Tour. It was inaugurated in 1990 as one of the founding tournaments on the tour,[1] then known as the Ben Hogan Tour, and ran until 2001. It was played in Sioux City, Iowa for the first three years before moving to the Dakota Dunes Country Club in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota in 1993, where it stayed for the remainder of its existence.[2]

In 2001 the winner received $76,500.[1]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Buy.com Siouxland Open
273 −15 1 stroke Matt Kuchar
Eric Meeks
Buy.com Dakota Dunes Open
270 −18 1 stroke Mike Schuchart
Nike Dakota Dunes Open
270 −18 Playoff Ryan Howison
Craig Kanada
274 −14 Playoff Ryan Howison
Sean Murphy
Chris Smith (2) 268 −20 2 strokes Glen Hnatiuk
275 −13 Playoff Chad Magee
272 −16 1 stroke Greg Hamilton
Clarence Rose
276 −12 2 strokes Rex Caldwell
Gary Webb
260 −16 1 stroke Stan Utley
Ben Hogan Dakota Dunes Open
207 −9 Playoff David Jackson
196 −20 1 stroke Stephen Ames
Kel Devlin
Kelly Gibson
197 −19 1 stroke Mike Springer
Steve Stricker

Multiple winners

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Siouxland Open One of the Originals . Golf Channel . July 17, 2001 . April 7, 2020.
  2. Web site: Recalling the Dakota Dunes Open . Sioux City Journal . Terry . Hersom . September 3, 2018 . April 7, 2020.