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Michigan Golf Classic

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Michigan Golf Classic
Tournament information
LocationWalled Lake, Michigan
Established1969
Course(s)Shenandoah Golf and Country Club
Par70
Length6,708 yards (6,134 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$100,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year1969
Tournament record score
Aggregate272 Homero Blancas (1969)
272 Larry Ziegler (1969)
To par−12 as above
Final champion
United States Larry Ziegler
Location map
Shenandoah G&CC is located in the United States
Shenandoah G&CC
Shenandoah G&CC
Location in the United States
Shenandoah G&CC is located in Michigan
Shenandoah G&CC
Shenandoah G&CC
Location in Michigan

The Michigan Golf Classic was a tournament on the PGA Tour that was played in September 1969 at the Shenandoah Golf & Country Club, a par-70, 6,708-yard course in Walled Lake, Michigan. The event was won by Larry Ziegler, a 30-year-old from Bonne Terre, Missouri, and was his first PGA Tour win.[1] He defeated former University of Houston star Homero Blancas with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.[2]

Tournament Supervisor George Walsh shocked the players when he revealed that the sponsors of the fledgling tournament said they didn't have enough money to pay all the prizes.[3] Players had been promised a total purse of $100,000 with $20,000 and a new car going to the winner.[4]

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1969 United States Larry Ziegler 272 −12 Playoff United States Homero Blancas

References

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  1. ^ "1969 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on February 17, 2009. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
  2. ^ Shook, Richard L. (September 8, 1969). "Larry Ziegler wins Michigan Golf Classic, but no money". The Bryan Times. Bryan, Ohio. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
  3. ^ "A Roundup Of The Sports Information Of The Week". Sports Illustrated. September 15, 1969. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  4. ^ Paladino, Larry (September 8, 1969). "Ziegler Victor in Michigan Golf". The Spartanburg Herald. Spartanburg, South Carolina. Retrieved March 18, 2010.