BellSouth Senior Classic on Champions Tour

The BellSouth Senior Classic was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour (Senior Tour) played from the mid-1990s into the mid-2000s. It was played in Nashville, Tennessee.

First played: 1994

Last played: 2003

The tournament's lowest winning score of 196 was set in the event's final year, 2003, by Jim Ahern. The 18-hole scoring record was 62, first recorded by Dave Stockton in 1994 and matched by Isao Aoki in 1998.

Aoki and Gil Morgan were the tournament's only multiple champions, each with two wins. Morgan also finished runner-up once.

In 2003, Morris Hatalsky set a then-Championship Tour record for consecutive holes without a bogey at 98. His streak ended in this tournament when he bogeyed the second hole in the second round.

Hale Irwin, second in Champions Tour history with 45 wins, won this tournament in 2000. He made his debut on the Senior Tour in the 1995 BellSouth Senior Classic, finishing fourth that year.

Winners of the BellSouth Senior Classic

1994 — Lee Trevino, 199
1995 — Jim Dent, 203
1996 — Isao Aoki, 202
1997 — Gil Morgan, 202
1998 — Isao Aoki, 198
1999 — Bruce Fleisher, 200
2000 — Hale Irwin, 198
2001 — Sammy Rachels, 199
2002 — Gil Morgan, 202
2003 — Jim Ahern, 196

Also known as: The tournament was sometimes billed as the BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland. In its final year, it was named the Music City Championship at Gaylord Opryland.

Golf course: The tournament took place every year it was played at Springhouse Golf Club in Nashville, Tenn.

Sources:
PGA Tour. Champions Tour Official 2004 Media Guide.