• Emerald Coast Tour

History

• 1989 Founded by Geno Celano; first series of 10 tournaments held from mid-April through May; ^[1] further 8 tournaments through June ^[2]

Seasons

1989

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
Apr 11–12		Seascape GC, Destin, FL		Mike Parrish
Apr 18–19		Linksman GC, Mobile, AL		Gary March
Apr 20–21		Fort Walton Beach Municipal, Fort Walton Beach, FL		Carl Peterson
Apr 24–25		Tiger Point GC, Gulf Breeze, FL		Damon Green
May 2–3		Perdido Bay Resort, Pensacola, FL
May 8–9		The Club at Hidden Creek, Navarre, FL		Britt Richbourg
May 12–13		Santa Rosa Beach GC, Grayton Beach, FL
May 15–16		Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL
May 23–24		Sandestin Resort (Links), Sandestin, FL
Jun 1–2		Tanglewood CC, Milton, FL		Damon Green
Jun 5–6		Tiger Point GC (East), Gulf Breeze, FL		Jack Slocum
Jun 8–9		Seascape GC, Destin, FL
Jun 12–13		GC at Bluewater Bay, Niceville, FL
Jun 15–16		The Club at Hidden Creek, Navarre, FL
Jun 19–20		Bay Point GC (Lagoon Legends), Panama City, FL
Jun 22–23		Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		Jack Slocum
Jun 29–30		Monsanto GC, Pensacola, FL		Mike Campbell
Jul 31–Aug 1		Seascape GC, Destin, FL		Jack Slocum
Aug 3–4		Isle Dauphine GC, Dauphin Island, AL		Dale Snellman
Aug 7		Tanglewood CC, Milton, FL		Jack Slocum
Aug 10–11		Shoal River CC, Crestview, FL		Scott Warzecha
Aug 15–16		Sandestin Resort (Links), Sandestin, FL		Joe Durant
Aug 22–23				Roger Rowland
Aug 29–31		The Club at Hidden Creek, Navarre, FL		Joe Durant
Sep 5–6		Seascape Resort, Destin, FL			Joe Durant leading after 27 holes
Sep 7–8		Tiger Point GC (East), Gulf Breeze, FL		Steve Ford
Sep 11–12	Team Championship	GC at Bluewater Bay, Niceville, FL		Scott Smith & John Fridge
Sep 19–20		Perdido Bay Resort, Pensacola, FL		Scott Warzecha
Oct 3–4		Sandestin Resort (Links), Sandestin, FL		Joe Hamorski
Oct 5–6		Fort Walton Beach Municipal, Fort Walton Beach, FL		Mike Campbell
Oct 9–10		Indian Bayou GC, Destin, FL		Tommy Moore
Oct 12–13		The Club at Hidden Creek, Navarre, FL		Alan Pate
Oct 30–31	Team Championship	Panama City CC, Panama City, FL		Alan Pate & John Arata
Nov 2–3		Bay Point GC, Panama City, FL		Griff Rudolph
Nov 7		The Club at Hidden Creek, Navarre, FL		David Beck/ Mike Stewart (tie)
Nov 21–22		Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		Mike Stewart
Nov 30–Dec 1		Sandestin Resort (Links), Sandestin, FL		Scott Warzecha
Dec 5–6		Craft Farms (Cotton Creek), Gulf Shores, AL		Jeff Buder	?

1990

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
Feb 12–		Tanglewood CC, Milton, FL
Feb 15–		Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL
Mar 1–		The Club at Hidden Creek, Navarre, FL
Mar 13–14		Azalea City GC, Mobile, AL		Wren Lum
Mar 26–27		Panama City CC, Panama City, FL		John Lee
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Aug 27–28		Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		Steve Ford
Sep 5–6		Seascape Resort, Destin, FL		Sammy Rachels
Sep 11–12		Hombre GC, Panama City, FL		Craig Rudolph
Sep 17–18	Team Championship	Panama City CC, Panama City, FL		Joe Durant & Scott Warzecka
Sep 26–27		The Club at Hidden Creek, Navarre, FL		Jon Worrell
Oct 4–6	Emerald Coast Pro-Am Classic	Tiger Point GC (East), Gulf Breeze, FL		Glen Hnatiuk
Oct 11–12		Stonebrook Village GC, Pace, FL		Joe Durant
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Nov 15–17		Santa Rosa Beach Club, Santa Rosa Beach, FL		Glen Hnatiuk	First round at Sandestin Resort (Baytowne)
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Dec 13		Seascape Resort, Destin, FL		Joe Durant
Dec 17–18		Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		Ben Bates

1991

• Schedule (Jan-Apr): ^[1]

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
Jan 10–11		Tanglewood CC, Milton, FL
Jan 17–18		Stonebrook Village GC, Pace, FL		Jon Worrell
Jan 24–25		Seascape Resort, Destin, FL
Jan 31–Feb 1		The Club at Hidden Creek, Navarre, FL		Glen Hnatiuk
Feb 4–5		Marcus Pointe GC, Pensacola, FL		Ray Freeman
Feb 11–12		Gator Lakes GC, Hurlburt Field, FL		Ray Freeman
Feb 19–20		Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		Mark Trauner
Feb 25–26		Lakeview CC, Foley, AL
Mar 7–8		Hombre GC, Panama City, FL		Mike Small
Mar 12–13		Linksman GC, Mobile, AL		Hicks Malonson
Mar 20		Bay Point YC (Lagoon Legends), Panama City, FL		Jeff Buder
Mar 25–27		Panama City CC, Panama City, FL
Apr 4–5		Sandestin Resort (Links), Sandestin, FL
Apr 11–12		The Club at Hidden Creek, Navarre, FL		Glen Hnatiuk
Apr 16		Stonebrook Village GC, Pace, FL		E. J. Pfister
Apr 25–26		Killearn CC, Tallahassee, FL
Apr 27–		Stonebrook Village GC, Pace, FL			Team Championship
May 23–24		Tiger Point GC (East & West), Gulf Breeze, FL		John Kitsos
May 29–31		Seascape Resort, Destin, FL		John Kitsos
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Sep 4–5		Panama City CC, Panama City, FL		Earl Boles
Sep 17–19		Killearn CC, Tallahassee, FL		Barry Harwell
Sep 25–26		Seascape Resort, Destin, FL		Steve Thomas
Oct 1–3		Hombre GC, Panama City, FL		Glen Hnatiuk
Oct 9–10		Panama City CC, Panama City, FL		Steve Ford
Oct 14–15		Gator Lakes GC, Hurlburt Field, FL		Mark Trauner
Oct 23–24		Bay Point YC (Lagoon Legends), Panama City, FL		Randy Wylie
Nov 2–4		The Club at Hidden Creek, Navarre, FL		Joe Durant
Nov 7–8		Holiday Beach Club, Panama City, FL		Craig Rudolph
Nov 12–13		Lakeview CC, Foley, AL		John Arata
Nov 19–20		Perdido Bay Resort, Pensacola, FL		Bobby Stroble
Nov 25–26		Marcus Pointe GC, Pensacola, FL		Joe Durant
Dec 2–3		Craft Farms (Cotton Creek), Gulf Shores, AL		Joe Durant
Dec 12		Tanglewood CC, Milton, FL		Joe Durant
Dec 18–19	Team Championship	Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		Dean Refram & Hiroshi Matsuo	Scramble & better ball

1992

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
Jan 14–16		Tanglewood CC, Milton, FL		Glen Hnatiuk
Jan 22–23		Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		Glen Hnatiuk
Jan 29–30		Stonebrook Village GC, Pace, FL		David Beck
Feb 10		Gator Lakes GC, Hurlburt Field, FL		Pat Jackson
Feb 14		Stonebrook Village GC, Pace, FL		Bert Thomas
Feb 18–19		Marcus Pointe GC, Pensacola, FL		John Fridge
Feb 24–25		Craft Farms (Cotton Creek), Gulf Shores, AL		Glen Hnatiuk
Feb 28		Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		Tom Zachary
Mar 11–13		Panama City CC, Panama City, FL		Bert Thomas
Mar 18–19		Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		Kevin Wentworth
Mar 25–26		Lakeview CC, Foley, AL		Tom Eubank
Mar 31		Stonebrook Village GC, Pace, FL		Damon Green
Apr 9–11	Pro-Am Classic	The Club at Hidden Creek, Navarre, FL		Glen Hnatiuk
Apr 16–17		The Hombre GC, Panama City, FL		Rudy Virga
Apr 22–24		Seminole GC, Tallahassee, FL		Ben Bates
May 1		GC ay Bluewater Bay, Niceville, FL		David Beck
May 6–7		Perdido Bay Resort, Pensacola, FL		Jeff Guest
May 13–14		Seascape Resort, Destin, FL		John Bizik
May 20–21		Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		Fritz Johnson
May 26–28	Contel Cellular Spring Championship	Marcus Pointe GC, Pensacola, FL		John Fridge
Sep 3–4		Stonebrook Village GC, Pace, FL		John Fridge
Sep 8–10		Seascape Resort, Destin, FL		Alan Pate
Sep 21–23		Seminole GC, Tallahassee, FL		Jimmy Green
Sep 30–Oct 1		Auburn Links at Mill Creek, Auburn, AL		Jimmy Green
Oct 5		Tiger Point GC (East), Gulf Breeze, FL		Joe Durant
Oct 13–14		Perdido Bay Resort, Pensacola, FL		John Fridge
Oct 28–30		The Hombre GC, Panama City, FL		Sonny Skinner
Nov 20–22		Emerald Bay GC, Destin, FL		Jimmy Green
Dec 11		Tiger Point GC (East), Gulf Breeze, FL		David Harper
Dec 17–18	Team Championship	Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		Sammy Rachels & David Marchand

1993

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
Jan 12–14		Stonebrook Village GC, Pace, FL		Mike Heinen
Jan 20–21		GC at Bluewater Bay, Niceville, FL		Jimmy Green
Jan 27–28		Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		Jimmy Green
Feb 3–4		Tiger Point GC, Gulf Breeze, FL		Jimmy Green
Feb 8–9		Lakewood GC, Point Clear, AL		John Fridge
Feb 23–25		Craft Farms (Cotton Creek), Gulf Shores, AL		Jimmy Green
Mar 10–12		Emerald Bay GC, Destin, FL		John Fridge
Mar 18–19		Hombre GC, Panama City, FL		David Beck
Mar 24–25		Sandestin Resort (Links), Sandestin, FL		Lan Gooch
Apr 14–15		The Club at Hidden Creek, Navarre, FL		John Fridge
May 21–23	Spring Championship	Perdido Bay Resort, Pensacola, FL		Bert Thomas
Aug 28–30	Hubert Green Sunbank Classic	Hombre GC, Panama City, FL		Bert Thomas
Sep 9–10		Moors GC, Milton, FL		Joe Allinder
Sep 15–17		Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		Eddie Macon (a)
Sep 22–23	Cellular One Pro-Am	Marcus Pointe GC, Pensacola, FL		John Fridge
Sep 29–30		Auburn Links at Mill Creek, Auburn, AL		Mike Small
Oct 6		Tiger Point GC (West), Gulf Breeze, FL		Bert Thomas
Oct 7–8		Tiger Point GC (East), Gulf Breeze, FL		Joe Allinder
Oct 19–20		The Club at Hidden Creek, Navarre, FL		Joe Allinder
Oct 26–27		GC ay Bluewater Bay, Niceville, FL		Lan Gooch
Nov 3–4		Hombre GC, Panama City, FL		Mike Small
Nov 19–21	Fall Championship	Emerald Bay GC, Destin, FL		Mike Heinen
Nov 23		Santa Rosa Beach Club, Santa Rosa Beach, FL		Mike Heinen
Nov 30–Dec 1		Panama City CC, Panama City, FL		Úlfar Jónsson
Dec 6–7		Gator Lakes GC, Hurlburt Field, FL		Jimmy Green
Dec 10		Stonebrook Village GC, Pace, FL		Eddie Macon (a)
Dec 12–13	Four-ball Classic	Emerald Bay GC, Destin, FL		Bob Stye & Fred Peel
Dec 16–17	Team Championship	Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		Alan Pate & Fritz Johnson

1994

• Royal Grip Emerald Coast Tour through April (at least)

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
Jan 11–13		The Moors GC, Milton, FL		Lan Gooch
Jan 19–20		Stonebrook Village GC, Pace, FL		Joe Durant
Jan 26–27		Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		Joe Shahady
Feb 1		Tiger Point GC (West), Gulf Breeze, FL		Todd Rice
Feb 2–3		Tiger Point GC (East), Gulf Breeze, FL		Darrett Brinker
Feb 8–10		Lakewood GC, Point Clear, AL		Joe Durant
Feb 15–16		Gator Lakes GC, Hurlburt Field, FL		Todd Flanary
Feb 24–25	Winter Championship	Rock Creek GC, Fairhope, AL		Joe Durant
Mar 9–11		Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		Darrett Brinker
Mar 17–18		The Moors GC, Milton, FL		Vance Veazey
Mar 30–31		Marcus Pointe GC, Pensacola, FL		Jeff Amershadian
Apr 6–7		Panama City CC, Panama City, FL		Paul Devenport
Apr 14–15		Emerald Bay GC, Destin, FL		Mike Small
May 5–6		Stonebrook Village GC, Pace, FL		John Fridge
May 11–12		GC ay Bluewater Bay, Niceville, FL
May 20–22	Spring Championship	Summerbrook GC, Tallahassee, FL		John Fridge
Jun 2–3		Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		Bert Thomas
Jul 15–17	Summer Championship	Tiger Point GC, Gulf Breeze, FL		Trey Coker
Sep 7–9		Marcus Pointe GC, Pensacola, FL		Steve Wilson
Oct 6–8		Tiger Point GC, Gulf Breeze, FL		Steve Wilson
Oct 19–20		GC ay Bluewater Bay, Niceville, FL		Fritz Johnson
Oct 26–28		Gator Lakes GC, Hurlburt Field, FL		Joe Durant
Nov 1–3		Panama City CC, Panama City, FL		Darrett Brinker
Nov 5–		The Moors GC, Milton, FL		Mike Small
Nov 9–10		Seascape Resort, Destin, FL		Todd Flanary
Nov 18–20	Fall Championship	Emerald Bay GC, Destin, FL		Joe Shahady
Nov 22		Seascape Resort, Destin, FL		Mike Small
Dec 5–7		Craft Farms (Cotton Creek & Woodlands), Gulf Shores, AL		Trey Coker
Dec 10–11	Four-ball Classic	Seascape Resort, Destin, FL		Randy & Nathan Bertsch
Dec 11		Tiger Point GC, Gulf Breeze, FL		Randy McCracken
Dec 15–16	Team Championship	Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		Don & Ray Reese
Dec 20–22		Sandestin Resort (Links), Sandestin, FL		Joe Durant

1995

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
Jan –		GC ay Bluewater Bay, Niceville, FL
Jan 10–12		Sandestin Resort, Sandestin, FL		Joe Durant
Jan 15		The Club at Hidden Creek, Navarre, FL		Ed Schwent
Jan 17–19		The Moors GC, Milton, FL		Joe Durant
Jan 24–26		Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		Randy McCracken
Feb 1–2		Marcus Pointe GC, Pensacola, FL		Hick Malonson
Feb 14–16		Stonebrook Village GC, Pace, FL		Joe Durant
Feb 19		Emerald Bay GC, Destin, FL		Darrett Brinker
Mar 1–3	Winter Championship	Lakewood GC, Point Clear, AL		Darrett Brinker
Mar 7–9		Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		Steve Thomas
Mar 11–12		Emerald Bay GC, Destin, FL		Darrett Brinker
Mar 16–17		The Moors GC, Milton, FL		J. J. Dunn
Mar 23–24		Seascape Resort, Destin, FL		Shane Supple
Mar 29–30		Stonebrook Village GC, Pace, FL		Tom Gillis
Apr 13–14		Killearn CC, Tallahassee, FL		Brian Gay
Apr 19		Bay Dunes, Panama City, FL		Joe Graham
Apr 20–21		Bay Dunes GC, Panama City, FL		Cliff Kresge	Reduced to 18 holes
May 4–5		Holiday Beach Club, Destin, FL		John Fridge
May 17–19		Santa Rosa Beach Club, Santa Rosa Beach, FL		Paul Devenport
May 23–25		Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		Jimmy Green
May 31–Jun 2		Seascape Resort, Destin, FL		Alan Pate
Jun 2–4	Spring Championship	Summerbrook GC, Tallahassee, FL			Not held???
Jun 13–15		Perdido Bay Resort, Pensacola, FL		Alan Pate
Jun 19–21		The Club at Hidden Creek, Navarre, FL		David Beck
Jun 28–30		The Moors GC, Milton, FL		Todd Bailey
Jul 7–9	Summer Championship	Marcus Pointe GC, Pensacola, FL		Joe Durant
Jul 26–27		Stonebrook Village GC, Pace, FL		Wes Tuck
Aug 10–11		Seascape Resort, Destin, FL		Jon Stanley
Aug 31–Sep 1		Emerald Bay GC, Destin, FL		Joe Durant
Sep 7–		Perdido Bay Resort, Pensacola, FL
Sep 18–20		Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		David Holt
Sep 27–28		Stonebrook Village GC, Pace, FL		Mike Genovese
Oct 11–12		The Moors GC, Milton, FL		Joe Durant
Nov 1		The Club at Hidden Creek, Navarre, FL		Joe Durant
Nov 9–10		Holiday Beach Club, Destin, FL		Gary Christian (a)
Nov 17–19	Fall Championship	Emerald Bay GC, Destin, FL		Mike Small
Nov 28–29		Santa Rosa Beach Club, Santa Rosa Beach, FL		Eddie Macon
Dec 15–16	Team Championship	Shalimar Pointe GC, Shalimar, FL		Alan Pate & Fritz Johnson
Dec 18–20		Seascape Resort, Destin, FL		Randy McCracken

1996

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
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–	Fall Championship			Shane Supple
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1997

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
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–	Fall Championship			Gary Rusnak
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1998

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
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–	Fall Championship			Joe Durant
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1999

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
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–	Fall Championship			Don Reese
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2000

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
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–	Fall Championship			Don Reese
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2001

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
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2002

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
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–	Fall Championship			Scott Sterling
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2003

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
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–	Fall Championship			Scott Parel
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2004

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
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–	Fall Championship			Bubba Watson
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2005

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
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–	Fall Championship			Payton Osborn
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2006

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
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–	Fall Championship			Bryant Mackellar
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2007

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
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–	Fall Championship			Ben Bates
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2008

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
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–	Fall Championship			Garrett Osborn
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2009

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
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–	Fall Championship			Nick Rousey
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2010

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
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–	Fall Championship			Scott Parel
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2011

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
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–	Fall Championship			Garrett Osborn
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2012

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
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–	Fall Championship			Nick Rousey
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2013

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
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–	Fall Championship			Scott Stromeyer
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2014

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
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–	Fall Championship			Glen Day
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2015

Dates	Tournament	Location	Prize fund ( US$)	Winner	Notes
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Nov 21–23	Fall Championship	Indian Bayou GC, Destin, FL
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Money list winners

Year	Winner	Prize money ( US$)	Notes
1989	Alan Pate
1990	Glen Hnatiuk
1991	Glen Hnatiuk	11,230	[1]
1992	John Fridge
1993	Bert Thomas
1994	Joe Durant
1995	Joe Durant
1996	Shane Supple
1997	Gary Rusnak
1998	Wes Tuck
1999	Boo Weekley
2000	Wes Tuck
2001	Wes Tuck
2002	Wes Tuck	14,750
2003	Scott Parel	7,800
2004	Wes Tuck	10,905
2005
2006
2007
2008	Gary Rusnak	7,076
2009	Kyle Sapp	8,870
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015	Nick Rousey	23,266
2016	Josh Broadaway	23,125
2017	Glenn Northcutt	16,425
2018	Jacob Harper	17,403
2019	Jacob Harper	26,325
2020	Brandon Pierce	24,300
2021	Jacob Harper	29,846
2022	Jacob Harper	46,325
2023	Jacob Harper	26,650

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