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Description

The
Western Open
was a professional
golf
tournament in the United States, for most of its history an event on the
PGA Tour
.
The tournament's founding in 1899 actually pre-dated the start of the Tour, which is generally dated from 1916, the year the
PGA of America
was founded. The Western Open, organized by the
Western Golf Association
, was first played in September 1899 at the
Glen View Club
in
Golf, Illinois
the week preceding the
U.S. Open
. At the time of its final edition in
2006
, it was the third-oldest active PGA Tour tournament, after
The Open
(
1860
) and
U.S. Open
(
1895
). The tournament was held a total of 103 times over the course of 108 years. The event was not held in 1900, nor in 1918 because of
World War I
, and not from 1943-1945 because of
World War II
. Golfers from the United States won the tournament 77 times, and players from Scotland won it 15 times.
Walter Hagen
had the most victories with five wins, and 17 other players won the event at least twice. Two amateurs also won the tournament:
Chick Evans
in 1910 and
Scott Verplank
in 1985.
Beginning in 2007, the Western Open was renamed the
BMW Championship
, part of the
FedEx Cup
playoff series, and played with the PGA Tour's point system as the sole qualification standard. It is no longer open to amateurs.
Title
sponsorship
was introduced in
1987
, and included
Beatrice
,
Centel
,
Sprint
,
Motorola
,
Advil
,
Golf Digest
,
and
Cialis
Motorola Western Open
1999
Tiger Woods
(2)
United States
273
−15
3 strokes
Mike Weir
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club
Lemont, Illinois
1998
Joe Durant
United States
271
−17
2 strokes
Vijay Singh
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club
Lemont, Illinois
1997
Tiger Woods
United States
275
−13
3 strokes
Frank Nobilo
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club
Lemont, Illinois
1996
Steve Stricker
United States
270
−18
8 strokes
Billy Andrade
Jay Don Blake
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club
Lemont, Illinois
1995
Billy Mayfair
United States
279
−9
1 stroke
Jay Haas
Justin Leonard
Jeff Maggert
Scott Simpson
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club
Lemont, Illinois
1994
Nick Price
(2)
Zimbabwe
277
−11
1 stroke
Greg Kraft
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club
Lemont, Illinois