Michigan Golf Classic

The Michigan Golf Classic was a tournament on the PGA Tour that was played in September 1969 at the Shenandoah Golf & Country Club, a par-70, 6,708-yard course in Walled Lake, Michigan. The event was won by Larry Ziegler, a 30-year-old from Bonne Terre, Missouri, and was his first PGA Tour win.[1] He defeated former University of Houston star Homero Blancas with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.[2]

Tournament Supervisor George Walsh shocked the players when he revealed that the sponsors of the fledgling tournament said they didn't have enough money to pay all the prizes.[3] Players had been promised a total purse of $100,000 with $20,000 and a new car going to the winner.[4]

Winner

1969 Larry Ziegler

References

"1969 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on February 17, 2009. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
Shook, Richard L. (September 8, 1969). "Larry Ziegler wins Michigan Golf Classic, but no money". The Bryan Times. Bryan, Ohio. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
"A Roundup Of The Sports Information Of The Week". Sports Illustrated. September 15, 1969. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
Paladino, Larry (September 8, 1969). "Ziegler Victor in Michigan Golf". The Spartanburg Herald. Spartanburg, South Carolina. Retrieved March 18, 2010.

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[1] "1969 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on February 17, 2009. Retrieved March 18, 2010.

[bt-2] Shook, Richard L. (September 8, 1969). "Larry Ziegler wins Michigan Golf Classic, but no money". The Bryan Times. Bryan, Ohio. Retrieved March 18, 2010.

[3] "A Roundup Of The Sports Information Of The Week". Sports Illustrated. September 15, 1969. Retrieved February 15, 2015.

[hj-4] Paladino, Larry (September 8, 1969). "Ziegler Victor in Michigan Golf". The Spartanburg Herald. Spartanburg, South Carolina. Retrieved March 18, 2010.