The Boone Valley Classic was a

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tournament on the

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from 1996 to 2001. It was last played in

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at the

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. The event was played at

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except that the last event, called the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Match Play Championship, was contested at both stroke play and

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. This event featured two days of stroke play, after which the field was cut to the top 16 players. These 16 competed at match play in morning and afternoon matches the last two days of the tournament. The purse for the 2001 tournament was US$2,000,000, with $300,000 going to the winner.

Winners

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Match Play Championship *2001 Leonard Thompson Boone Valley Classic *2000

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*1999

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*1998

*1997

*1996

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