The Bank One Classic was a
golf tournament on the
Champions Tour
PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour) is a men's professional senior golf tour, administered as a branch of the PGA Tour.
History and format
The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many years ...
from 1983 to 1997. It was played in
Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington is a city in Kentucky, United States that is the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, Fayette County. By population, it is the List of cities in Kentucky, second-largest city in Kentucky and List of United States cities by popul ...
at the Griffin Gate Golf Club (1983-1989) and at the Kearney Hill Links (1990-1997).
The purse for the 1997 tournament was US$800,000, with $120,000 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 1983 as the Citizens Union Senior Golf Classic.
Winners
;Bank One Classic
*1997
Vicente Fernández
*1996
Mike Hill
*1995
Gary Player
;Bank One Senior Classic
*1994
Isao Aoki
*1993
Gary Player
*1992
Terry Dill
Terrance Darby Dill (born May 13, 1939) is an American professional golfer who has competed on the PGA Tour, Champions Tour, and most recently, the European Seniors Tour.
Dill won one tournament on the Senior PGA Tour (now Champions Tour), the 1 ...
*1991
DeWitt Weaver
;Vantage Bank One Classic
*1990
Rives McBee
;RJR Bank One Classic
*1989
Rives McBee
;Vantage presents Bank One Senior Golf Classic
*1988
Bob Charles
*1987
Bruce Crampton
;Bank One Senior Golf Classic
*1986
Gene Littler
;Citizens Union Senior Golf Classic
*1985
Lee Elder
Robert Lee Elder (July 14, 1934 – November 28, 2021) was an American professional golfer. In 1975, he became the first African-American to play in the Masters Tournament, where he missed the cut. Elder was invited to the tournament after he wo ...
*1984
Gay Brewer
*1983
Don January
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References
{{Former Champions Tour Events
Former PGA Tour Champions events
Golf in Kentucky
Sports in Lexington, Kentucky
Recurring sporting events established in 1983
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1997
1983 establishments in Kentucky
1997 disestablishments in Kentucky