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The Buick Open was played at Warwick Hills in Grand Blanc for its first decade. After
1969, professional golf events in the area fell off the PGA Tour schedule and a series of pro-ams
and other similarly unofficial events took place, mostly at Flint Elks Country Club in Grand Blanc.
The Buick Open made its return to the PGA Tour in 1977 at Flint Elks County Club, and in
1978 the event returned to Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club, where it has remained to the
present.
The 17th hole at Warwick, a par 3, is known for having one of the rowdiest galleries in
professional golf. Fans often create chants directed at particular golfers, making it a fun place to
watch the tournament. The famed 17th hole is also known by locals as the second largest outdoor
cocktail party in the world. Players of the tournament love the hole because of the atmosphere it
creates.
Past winners of the Buick Open include:
2006: Tiger Woods
2005: Vijay Singh
2004: Vijay Singh
2003: Jim Furyk
2002: Tiger Woods
2001: Kenny Perry
2000: Rocco Mediate
1999: Tom Pernice, Jr.
1998: Billy Mayfair
1997: Vijay Singh
1996: Justin Leonard
1995: Woody Austin
1994: Fred Couples
1993: Larry Mize
1992: Dan Forsman
1991: Brad Faxon
1990: Chip Beck
1989: Leonard Thompson
1988: Scott Verplank
1987: Robert Wrenn
1986: Ben Crenshaw
1985: Ken Green
1984: Denis Watson
1983: Wayne Levi
1982: Lanny Wadkins
1981: Hale Irwin
1980: Peter Jacobsen
1979: John Fought
1978: Jack Newton
1977: Bobby Cole
1976: Ed Sabo
1975: Spike Kelley
1974: Bryan Abbott
1973: Wilf Homenuik
1972: Gary Groh
1971: No Tournament
1970: No Tournament
1969: Dave Hill
1968: Tom Weiskopf
1967: Julius Boros
1966: Phil Rodgers
1965: Tony Lema
1964: Tony Lema
1963: Julius Boros
1962: Bill Collins
1961: Jack Burke, Jr.
1960: Mike Souchak
1959: Art Wall
1958: Billy Casper
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