Greater Milwaukee Open on the PGA Tour

The Greater Milwaukee Open is a former PGA Tour golf tournament played for approximately 40 years from the late 1960s until nearly 2010. The tournament ended when its last title sponsor (it was at that point called the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee) withdrew its support. Despite the efforts of Wisconsin natives Steve Stricker and Jerry Kelly to help find a new sponsor, none was forthcoming.

First played: 1968

Last played: 2009

This tournament is probably best remembered for the fact that Tiger Woods played his first tournament as a pro golfer at the 1996 Greater Milwaukee Open. Woods finished in 60th place, but he did make a hole-in-one.

In 1975, nine years after his last PGA Tour win, Art Wall Jr. won this tournament at the age of 51. He there became the second-oldest winner of a PGA Tour tournament.

The 72-hole scoring record of 260 was first set by Loren Roberts in 2000 and matched by Ben Crane in 2005 and Corey Pavin in 2006. The event's 18-hole scoring record was 61, and was shared by four golfers: Ken Green (1988), Robert Gamez (1991), Steve Lowery (1999) and Pavin (2006). In Pavin's 2006 victory, he set the PGA Tour 9-hole scoring record of 26 over his first nine holes of the tournament. He finished with a 61 in the first round and went on to a wire-to-wire win.

Jack Nicklaus finished second 58 times in his PGA Tour career. And the last time he was the runner-up happened here, at the 1985 Greater Milkwaukee Open. ... In 2007, Richard S. Johnson teed off first in the final round and played as a single. He completed 18 holes in 1 hour, 21 minutes. (He won the tournament the following year.) ... There were no three-time winners of the U.S. Bank Championship, and no golfer won in back-to-back years. Scott Hoch came closest to consecutive wins, winning in 1995 and 1997. The longest gap between wins was 20 years by Pavin, whose first victory in Milwaukee was in 1986.

Also known as: U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee

Winners of the Greater Milwaukee Open

2009 — Bo Van Pelt, 267 (def. John Mallinger in playoff)
2008 — Richard S. Johnson, 264
2007 — Joe Ogilvie, 266
2006 — Corey Pavin, 260
2005 — Ben Crane, 260
2004 — Carlos Franco, 267
2003 — Kenny Perry, 268
2002 — Jeff Sluman, 261
2001 — Shigeki Maruyama, 266 (def. Charles Howell III in playoff)
2000 — Loren Roberts, 260
1999 — Carlos Franco, 264
1998 — Jeff Sluman, 265
1997 — Scott Hoch, 268
1996 — Loren Roberts, 265 (def. Jerry Kelly in playoff)
1995 — Scott Hoch, 269
1994 — Mike Springer, 268
1993 — Billy Mayfair, 270 (def. Mark Calcavecchia, Ted Schulz in playoff)
1992 — Richard Zokol, 269
1991 — Mark Brooks, 270
1990 — Jim Gallagher Jr., 271 (def. Ed Dougherty, Billy Mayfair in playoff)
1989 — Greg Norman, 269
1988 — Ken Green, 268
1987 — Gary Hallberg, 269
1986 — Corey Pavin, 272 (def. Dave Barr in playoff)
1985 — Jim Thorpe, 274
1984 — Mark O'Meara, 272
1983 — Morris Hatalsky, 275 (def. George Cadle in playoff)
1982 — Calvin Peete, 274
1981 — Jay Haas, 274
1980 — Billy Kratzert, 266
1979 — Calvin Peete, 269
1978 — Lee Elder, 275 (def. Lee Trevino in playoff)
1977 — Dave Eichelberger, 278
1976 — Dave Hill, 270
1975 — Art Wall, 271
1974 — Ed Sneed, 276
1973 — Dave Stockton, 276
1972 — Jim Colbert, 271
1971 — Dave Eichelberger, 270
1970 — Deane Beman, 276
1969 — Ken Still, 277
1968 — Dave Stockton, 275

Golf Courses: The tournament's final home was at Brown Deer Park Golf Course in Brown Deer, Wisc. Its longest-serving home was Tuckaway Country Club in Franklin, Wisc. It was also played at North Shore Country Club in Mequon, Wisc., and Tripoli Country Club in Milwaukee.