Michigan Golf Classic Explained

Michigan Golf Classic
Location:Walled Lake, Michigan
Establishment:1969
Course:Shenandoah Golf and Country Club
Par:70
Yardage:6708yd
Tour:PGA Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:September
Final Year:1969
Aggregate:272 Homero Blancas (1969)
272 Larry Ziegler (1969)
To-Par:−12 as above
Final Champion: Larry Ziegler
Map:USA#USA Michigan
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Shenandoah G&CC
Coordinates:42.558°N -83.398°W

The Michigan Golf Classic was a tournament on the PGA Tour that was played in September 1969 at the Shenandoah Golf & Country Club, a par-70, 6,708-yard course in Walled Lake, Michigan. The event was won by Larry Ziegler, a 30-year-old from Bonne Terre, Missouri, and was his first PGA Tour win.[1] He defeated former University of Houston star Homero Blancas with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.[2]

Tournament Supervisor George Walsh shocked the players when he revealed that the sponsors of the fledgling tournament said they didn't have enough money to pay all the prizes.[3] Players had been promised a total purse of $100,000 with $20,000 and a new car going to the winner.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1969 winners sorted by age . PGA Tour . March 18, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090217143756/http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/winners1969/ . February 17, 2009 .
  2. News: Shook, Richard L. . Larry Ziegler wins Michigan Golf Classic, but no money . The Bryan Times . Bryan, Ohio . September 8, 1969 . March 18, 2010.
  3. Sports Illustrated . A Roundup Of The Sports Information Of The Week . February 15, 2015 . September 15, 1969.
  4. News: Ziegler Victor in Michigan Golf . Paladino, Larry . Spartanburg, South Carolina . The Spartanburg Herald. September 8, 1969 . March 18, 2010.