The Greenbrier American Express Championship Explained

The Greenbrier American Express Championship
Location:White Sulphur Springs,
West Virginia, U.S.
Establishment:1985
Course:The Greenbrier
Par:72
Tour:Senior PGA Tour
Format:Stroke play - 54 holes
(no cut)
Purse:$225,000
Month Played:July
Aggregate:200 Don January (1985)
200 Bruce Crampton (1987)
To-Par:−16 as above
Final Champion: Bruce Crampton

The Greenbrier American Express Championship was a professional golf tournament on the Senior PGA Tour (now PGA Tour Champions). Held from 1985 through 1987 in West Virginia, the 54-hole event was played in July at The Greenbrier resort near White Sulphur Springs.

The inaugural event was played Thursday through Saturday, starting on the Fourth of July.[1] Don January won the first two editions, the second in a sudden-death playoff.[2] Bruce Crampton opened with a 63 and won the final tournament in 1987 by six strokes, tying January's scoring record of 200 (–16).[3] [4]

The PGA Tour returned to the resort in 2010 with its Greenbrier Classic.

Results

Year Dates Winner Score To par Margin
of victory
Runner-upPurse ($)Winner's
share ($)
Notes
Jul 3–5 63-70-67=200 −16 6 strokes 225,00034,000
Jul 11–13 Don January (2) 70-66-71=207 −9 Playoff 200,00030,000
Jul 4–6 Don January 70-64-66=200 −16 2 strokes 200,00030,000

Source:[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: January wins . Reading Eagle . Pennsylvania . wire services . July 7, 1985 . C7.
  2. News: January takes senior playoff . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon . Associated Press . July 14, 1986 . 3B.
  3. News: Crampton champion . Reading Eagle . Pennsylvania . news services . July 6, 1987 . 23 .
  4. News: Golf: Greenbrier Seniors . Reading Eagle . Pennsylvania . Associated Press . July 6, 1987 . 25 .
  5. Web site: 2009 Champions Tour Official Media Guide . PGA Tour . 5:24–42 . 2019-05-07 . 2018-05-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180507181811/https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/Tour/WebTemplate/media.nsf/vwMainDisplay/C361BB117659F76A8525753E0058C218?openDocument . dead .