Buick Championship
The Buick Championship is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played annually in June in Cromwell, Connecticut. Since 1984 the tournament has been held on the course at the TPC River Highlands. Buick is the main sponsor of the tournament.
The purse for the 2006 tournament is $4,400,000, with $792,000 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 1952 as the Insurance City Open, and from 1973 through 1988 bore the name of entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr., who would often play in the pro-ams. Canon was a long-time sponsor of this tournament, and their employees would often take vacation time during tournament week to volunteer at the event.
[edit] Winners
- 2005 Brad Faxon
- 2004 Woody Austin
Greater Hartford Open
- 2003 Peter Jacobsen
Canon Greater Hartford Open
- 2002 Phil Mickelson
- 2001 Phil Mickelson
- 2000 Notah Begay III
- 1999 Brent Geiberger
- 1998 Olin Browne
- 1997 Stewart Cink
- 1996 D.A. Weibring
- 1995 Greg Norman
- 1994 David Frost
- 1993 Nick Price
- 1992 Lanny Wadkins
- 1991 Billy Ray Brown
- 1990 Wayne Levi
- 1989 Paul Azinger
Canon Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford
- 1988 Mark Brooks
Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open
- 1987 Paul Azinger
- 1986 Mac O'Grady
- 1985 Phil Blackmar
Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open
- 1984 Peter Jacobsen
- 1983 Curtis Strange
- 1982 Tim Norris
- 1981 Hubert Green
- 1980 Howard Twitty
- 1979 Jerry McGee
- 1978 Rod Funseth
- 1977 Billy Kratzert
- 1976 Rik Massengale
- 1975 Don Bies
- 1974 Dave Stockton
- 1973 Billy Casper
Greater Hartford Open Invitational
- 1972 Lee Trevino
- 1971 George Archer
- 1970 Bob Murphy
- 1969 Bob Lunn
- 1968 Billy Casper
- 1967 Charles Sifford
Insurance City Open Invitational
- 1966 Art Wall
- 1965 Billy Casper
- 1964 Ken Venturi
- 1963 Billy Casper
- 1962 Bob Goalby
- 1961 Billy Maxwell
- 1960 Arnold Palmer
- 1959 Gene Littler
- 1958 Jack Burke, Jr.
- 1957 Gardner Dickinson
Insurance City Open
- 1956 Arnold Palmer
- 1955 Sam Snead
- 1954 Tommy Bolt
- 1953 Bob Toski
- 1952 Ted Kroll
