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]