Napa Valley Championship Explained

The Napa Valley Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1989 to 2002. It was played in Napa, California at the Silverado Country Club.

The purse for the 2002 tournament was US$1,300,000, with $195,000 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 1989 as the Transamerica Senior Golf Championship.

Winners

Napa Valley Championship presented by Beringer Vineyards

• 2002 Tom Kite

The Transamerica

• 2001 Sammy Rachels
• 2000 Jim Thorpe
• 1999 Bruce Fleisher
• 1998 Jim Colbert
• 1997 Dave Eichelberger
• 1996 John Bland
• 1995 Lee Trevino
• 1994 Kermit Zarley
• 1993 Dave Stockton

Transamerica Senior Golf Championship

• 1992 Bob Charles
• 1991 Charles Coody
• 1990 Lee Trevino
• 1989 Billy Casper

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Notes and References

1. Web site: 2009 Champions Tour Official Media Guide . PGA Tour . 5:24–42 . 2019-05-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180507181811/https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/Tour/WebTemplate/media.nsf/vwMainDisplay/C361BB117659F76A8525753E0058C218?openDocument . 2018-05-07 . dead .