GTE Northwest Classic

GTE Northwest Classic
Tournament information
Location	Kenmore, Washington, U.S.
Established	1986
Course(s)	Inglewood Golf Club; (1987–1995)
Par	72
Length	6,440 yards (5,889 m)
Tour(s)	Senior PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 54 holes
Prize fund	$600,000
Month played	September
Final year	1995
Tournament record score
Aggregate	198 Mike Hill (1991)
To par	–18 as above
Final champion
	Walter Morgan

Kenmore

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Location in the United States

Inglewood GC

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Location in Washington

The GTE Northwest Classic was a professional golf tournament in the Seattle area on the Senior PGA Tour. Played for ten seasons, from 1986 through 1995, its inaugural event was at Sahalee Country Club^[2] (now in Sammamish) and the last nine were at Inglewood Golf Club in Kenmore. The title sponsor was GTE Northwest, a local telephone operating company headquartered in Everett.

Bruce Crampton was the only multiple winner, with victories at both venues; the only playoff was in 1994, won by Simon Hobday with a birdie on the third extra hole to defeat Jim Albus.^[3] The purse for the final edition in 1995 was $600,000, with a winner's share of $90,000,^[4] which was at the low end of the scale. The sponsors opted not to renew for 1996 and the event was discontinued.^[5]

The senior tour returned to the Seattle area in 2005 with the Boeing Classic at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge in Snoqualmie.

Winners

Year	Dates	Champion	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)
1995	Sep 8–10	Walter Morgan	68-68-67=203	−13	3 strokes	600,000	90,000
1994	Sep 2–4	Simon Hobday	70-69-70=209	−7	Playoff	550,000	82,500
1993	Aug 20–22	Dave Stockton	65-68-67=200	−16	4 strokes	500,000	75,000
1992	Aug 21–23	Mike Joyce	70-70-64=204	−12	2 strokes	450,000	67,500
1991	Aug 16–18	Mike Hill	68-66-64=198	−18	2 strokes	400,000	60,000
1990	Aug 24–26	George Archer	69-66-70=205	−11	2 strokes	350,000	52,500
1989	Aug 18–20	Al Geiberger	68-68-68=204	−12	3 strokes	350,000	52,500
1988	Jul 8–10	Bruce Crampton (2)	69-68-70=207	−9	1 stroke	300,000	45,000
1987	Aug 21–23	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	70-68-68=206	−10	1 stroke	300,000	45,000
1986	Aug 15–17	Bruce Crampton	67-71-72=210	−6	2 strokes	250,000	37,500

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.

Only the first edition in 1986 was held at Sahalee Country Club, set at 6,696 yards (6,123 m) and par 72.^[2]

Source:^[6]

References

^ "GTE Northwest victory Morgan's first as senior". Boca Raton News. Florida. September 11, 1995. p. 2B.
^ ^a ^b "Bruce Crampton edges January for GTE seniors championship". Gainesville Sun. Florida. Associated Press. August 18, 1986. p. 3B.
^ "Hobday wins Classic". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. September 5, 1994. p. 5B.
^ "GTE Northwest Classic". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. September 11, 1995. p. D6.
^ Raley, Dan (April 13, 2004). "Senior golf stars returning to Seattle". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
^ "2009 Champions Tour Official Media Guide". PGA Tour. p. 5:24–42. Archived from the original on 2018-05-07. Retrieved 2019-05-07.