Showdown at Somerby explained

Rochester Area Charities Showdown
Location:Byron, Minnesota
Establishment:2004
Course:Somerby Golf Club
Par:72
Yardage:7209yd
Tour:Nationwide Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:June
Final Year:2007
Aggregate:266 Jason Gore (2005)
To-Par:−16 Jeff Quinney (2006)
−16 Brandt Snedeker (2006)
−16 Jamie Lovemark (2007)
−16 Chris Riley (2007)
Final Champion: Chris Riley
Map:USA#USA Minnesota
Map Label:Somerby GC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:44.048°N -92.635°W

The Showdown at Somerby was a regular golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It was played at Troy Burne Golf Club in Hudson, Wisconsin in 2004 and 2005 and moved to the Somerby Golf Club in Byron, Minnesota for 2006 and 2007. It was cancelled[1] after four years because of a lack of corporate sponsorship.[2]

The title sponsor from 2004 to 2006 was Scholarship America, which is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) charity that is the largest provider of scholarships for postsecondary education in the country. The presenting sponsor for the 2007 tournament was Think Mutual Bank.

The 2007 purse was $500,000, with $90,000 going to the winner.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Rochester Area Charities Showdown
272 −16 Playoff Jamie Lovemark (a)
Scholarship America Showdown
Brandt Snedeker 272 −16 Playoff Jeff Quinney
Jason Gore 266 −14 4 strokes Bill Haas
Kevin Stadler 269 −11 Playoff Mathew Goggin
Kyle Thompson
Chris Tidland
Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the final Nationwide Tour money list.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?a=303154&z=22 Nationwide Tour says so long to Somerby Golf Club
  2. http://postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=2&a=303223 Somerby loses Nationwide Tour event