The Songdo IBD Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It was played for the first time as the Posco E&C Songdo Championship in September 2010 at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Songdo, South Korea. It was the Champions Tour's first tournament in Asia.[2]
Tournament information | |
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Location | Songdo, Incheon, South Korea |
Established | 2010 |
Course(s) | Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,087 yards[1] |
Tour(s) | Champions Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$3,000,000 |
Month played | September |
Final year | 2011 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 203 Jay Don Blake (2011) 203 John Cook (2011) 203 Mark O'Meara (2011) 203 Peter Senior (2011) |
To par | –13 Jay Don Blake (2011) –13 John Cook (2011) –13 Mark O'Meara (2011) –13 Peter Senior (2011) |
Final champion | |
Jay Don Blake |
The purse in 2011 was US$3,000,000, with $456,000 going to the winner. This was the largest purse ever for a Champions Tour event.[2]
Winners
edit- Songdo IBD Championship presented by Korean Air
- 2011 Jay Don BlakePO
- Posco E&C Songdo Championship presented by Gale International
- 2010 Russ CochranPO
Note: PO Denotes win in a playoff
References
edit- ^ "Posco E&C Songdo Championship: Course". PGA Tour. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ a b Funk, Allen, Blake grab lead in South Korea Archived 13 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine