Tournament information | |
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Location | Pine Mountain, Georgia |
Established | 1970 |
Course(s) | Callaway Gardens Resort |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,057 yards (6,453 m) |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$3,700,000 |
Month played | October |
Final year | 2002 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 261 Jonathan Byrd (2002) |
To par | −27 as above |
Final champion | |
Jonathan Byrd | |
Location map | |
Location in the United States Location in Georgia |
The Southern Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1970 to 2002. It was played at the Green Island Country Club in Columbus, Georgia, from 1970 to 1990 and at the Callaway Gardens Resort (Mountain View Course), Pine Mountain, Georgia, from 1991 to 2002. It was founded in 1970 as the Green Island Open Invitational but was known for most of its existence as the Southern Open. The purse for the 2002 tournament was $3,700,000, with $666,000 going to the winner.