The Greater Hickory Kia Classic at Rock Barn was a
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
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 year ...
. It was played annually in June in
Conover, North Carolina
Conover is a city in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,421 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Hickory– Lenoir– Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area and Charlotte Metropolitan Area.
History
The City ...
at the
Rock Barn Golf & Spa.
The purse for the 2014 tournament was US$1,600,000, with $240,000 going to the winner,
Jay Haas. The tournament was founded in 2003.
Winners
Greater Hickory Kia Classic at Rock Barn
*2014
Jay Haas
*2013
Michael Allen
Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn
*2012
Fred Funk
Frederick Funk (born June 14, 1956) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions.
Early life
Fred Funk was born in Takoma Park, Maryland. He tried several sports, and even boxed for eight years for a juni ...
*2011
Mark Wiebe
Mark Charles Wiebe (born September 13, 1957) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He also played on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour.
Early life
Wiebe was born in Seaside, Oregon and grew up in Escondi ...
Ensure Classic at Rock Barn
*2010
Gary Hallberg
Gary George Hallberg (born May 31, 1958) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, and Champions Tour.
Amateur career
Hallberg was born in Berwyn, Illinois. He attended Wake Forest University in Winston ...
Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn
*2009
Jay Haas
*2008
R. W. Eaks
*2007
R. W. Eaks
*2006
Andy Bean
Thomas Andrew Bean (born March 13, 1953) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.
Bean has won numerous tournaments at both the amateur and professional level. Bean won 11 PGA Tour victories, includin ...
*2005
Jay Haas
*2004
Doug Tewell
Douglas Fred Tewell (born August 27, 1949) is an American professional golfer who has won several tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level, including two senior major championships.
Tewell was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and ...
*2003
Craig Stadler
Craig Robert Stadler (born June 2, 1953) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level, including one major championship, the 1982 Masters Tournament.
Early life
Stadler was bor ...
References
External links
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Coverage on the Champions Tour's official site
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Former PGA Tour Champions events
Golf in North Carolina
Tourist attractions in Catawba County, North Carolina
Recurring sporting events established in 2003
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2014