WNB Golf Classic explained

WNB Golf Classic
Location:Midland, Texas
Establishment:1992
Course:Midland Country Club
Par:72
Yardage:7380yd[1]
Tour:Web.com Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:April
Final Year:2014
Aggregate:264 Chad Campbell (2001)
To-Par:−24 as above
Final Champion: Andrew Putnam
Map:USA#USA Texas
Map Label:Midland CC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:32.065°N -102.095°W

The WNB Golf Classic was a professional golf tournament in the United States on the Web.com Tour. It was played annually at the Midland Country Club in Midland, Texas, and the title sponsor was Western National Bank.

It debuted in 1992 as the Ben Hogan Permian Basin Open at the Club at Mission Dorado in Odessa. The purse was $150,000 and the winner's share of $30,000 went to Taylor Smith on August 30.[2] [3] The course is now part of the Odessa Country Club.

For its 23rd and final edition in 2014, the purse had quadrupled to $600,000 and Andrew Putnam took the winner's share of $108,000.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
WNB Golf Classic
Andrew Putnam 196 −20 7 strokes Richard S. Johnson
Rod Pampling
Alex Aragon 272 −16 1 stroke Byron Smith
Luke Guthrie 271 −17 1 stroke Danny Lee
Cameron Percy
Danny Lee 270 −18 Playoff Harris English
270 −18 2 strokes Fabián Gómez
Brandt Jobe
Alistair Presnell
Garrett Willis 268 −20 1 stroke Chad Collins
Marc Leishman 267 −21 11 strokes Keoke Cotner
278 −10 Playoff Tjaart van der Walt
Vance Veazey
Ron Whittaker
Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic
Brandt Snedeker 272 −16 Playoff Aron Price
Kris Cox 270 −18 2 strokes Craig Bowden
Jerry Smith
Chris Tidland
282 −6 Playoff Jeff Gove
Craig Lile
D. J. Brigman 272 −16 1 stroke Jason Dufner
Mark Hensby
Jimmy Walker
Permian Basin Open
Tag Ridings 272 −16 Playoff Mark Hensby
Buy.com Permian Basin Open
Chad Campbell 264 −24 4 strokes Todd Fischer
268 −20 3 strokes Mark Hensby
Nike Permian Basin Open
269 −19 2 strokes Paul Gow
Dicky Thompson
276 −12 Playoff Woody Austin
Jeff Barlow
267 −21 2 strokes Steve Lamontagne
Michael Christie 270 −18 2 strokes Anthony Rodriguez
Hugh Royer III 275 −13 1 stroke Paul Claxton
Frank Conner
Kawika Cotner
Franklin Langham
Dave Miley
Chris Smith
Phil Tataurangi
Bruce Vaughan 269 −19 4 strokes Gary Rusnak
Bob Wolcott
202 −14 Playoff Doug Martin
Ben Hogan Permian Basin Open
204 −12 1 stroke Pete Jordan
Andy Morse
Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Web.com Tour regular-season money list.

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Notes and References

  1. News: WNG Golf Classic . ESPN . April 27, 2014 . February 8, 2017.
  2. News: Permian Basin Open. Victoria Advocate . (Texas). Associated Press . August 31, 1992 . 3B.
  3. News: Golf: Hogan Tour . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . August 31, 1992 . 4B.