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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Greenbrier Classic

The Greenbrier Classic was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held from 2010 to 2019 at The Old White at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. For its final two editions, the tournament was titled A Military Tribute at the Greenbrier.

Course

Opened 110 years ago in 1914, The Old White course joined the TPC network of courses in March 2011. It was extended to 7,287 yards (6,663 m) in 2013, and reduced by a yard in 2017; the average elevation is approximately 1,850 feet (565 m) above sea level.

Old White TPC Course in 2018

Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 First 449 4 10 Principal's Nose 385 4
2 Hog's Back 488 4 11 Meadow 493 4
3 Biarritz 205 3 12 Long 568 5
4 Racetrack 427 4 13 Alps 492 4
5 Mounds 388 4 14 Narrows 401 4
6 Lookout 471 4 15 Eden 229 3
7 Plateau 440 4 16 Cape 415 4
8 Redan 234 3 17 Oaks 616 5
9 Punchbowl 408 4 18 Home 177 3
Out 3,510 34 In 3,776 36
Source: Total 7,286 70

History

The Greenbrier Classic made its debut in 2010 and replaced the long-standing Buick Open in Grand Blanc, Michigan, on the tour schedule. In the final round of the inaugural year, Stuart Appleby shot a 59 (the fifth in PGA Tour history) to win by one stroke. It was his first win on tour in four years.

Played in late July for its first two editions, The Greenbrier Classic moved to early July in 2012. Prior to the 2012 event, the original six-year contract with the PGA Tour was extended another six years, through 2021. The 2012 event was the first time Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson both missed the cut in the same tournament.

Due to the effects of severe flooding in June 2016, that year's tournament was cancelled.

In 2018, the event was renamed A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier, in honor of U.S. military involvement at the Greenbrier site (such as its use as a military hospital during World War II, and Project Greek Island).

As part of major changes to the PGA Tour schedule, the event moved to September in 2019. Since the season began in the fall, the event skipped the 2018–19 season and was the first event of the 2019–20 season. It was announced in April 2020 that, due in part to decreased attendance in its September date making the tournament less appealing to sponsors, the event would not return and the remainder of the contract with the tour had been cancelled by mutual agreement.

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Purse
($)
Winner's
share ($)
Ref
A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier
2019 Chile Joaquín Niemann 259 −21 6 strokes United States Tom Hoge 7,500,000 1,350,000
2018 United States Kevin Na 261 −19 5 strokes United States Kelly Kraft 7,300,000 1,314,000
Greenbrier Classic
2017 United States Xander Schauffele 266 −14 1 stroke United States Robert Streb 7,100,000 1,278,000
2016 Canceled due to flooding
2015 New Zealand Danny Lee 267 −13 Playoff Canada David Hearn
United States Kevin Kisner
United States Robert Streb
6,700,000 1,206,000
2014 Argentina Ángel Cabrera 264 −16 2 strokes United States George McNeill 6,500,000 1,170,000
2013 Sweden Jonas Blixt 267 −13 2 strokes Australia Steven Bowditch
Australia Matt Jones
United States Johnson Wagner
United States Jimmy Walker
6,300,000 1,134,000
2012 United States Ted Potter Jr. 264 −16 Playoff United States Troy Kelly 6,100,000 1,098,000
2011 United States Scott Stallings 270 −10 Playoff United States Bob Estes
United States Bill Haas
6,000,000 1,080,000
2010 Australia Stuart Appleby 258 −22 1 stroke United States Jeff Overton 6,000,000 1,080,000