Colgate Hall of Fame Classic

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The Hall of Fame tournament was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1973 to 1982. It was played at the Pinehurst Country Club in Pinehurst, North Carolina, which was home to the World Golf Hall of Fame at the time.

It was first played in 1973 as the World Open Golf Championship and was a unique event. It was a 144-hole tournament (twice the normal size) contested over two weeks. The 240 player field was cut after 72 holes to the top 70 plus ties who played the remaining 72 holes. It offered the largest purse ($500,000) and first place prize ($100,000) in PGA Tour history. For the rest of its existence it was played as a standard 72-hole event with purses in line with other PGA Tour events. The purse for the 1982 event was $250,000 with $45,000 going to the winner.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Hall of Fame
1982	Jay Haas	276	−8	Playoff	John Adams
1981	Morris Hatalsky	275	−9	2 strokes	Jerry Pate D. A. Weibring
1980	Phil Hancock	275	−9	1 stroke	Scott Simpson
Colgate Hall of Fame Classic
1979	Tom Watson (2)	272	−12	Playoff	Johnny Miller
1978	Tom Watson	277	−7	1 stroke	Hale Irwin Tom Kite Howard Twitty
Colgate Hall of Fame Golf Classic
1977	Hale Irwin	264	−20	5 strokes	Leonard Thompson
World Open Golf Championship
1976	Raymond Floyd	274	−10	Playoff	Jerry McGee
1975	Jack Nicklaus	280	−4	Playoff	Billy Casper
1974	Johnny Miller	281	−4	Playoff	Frank Beard Bob Murphy Jack Nicklaus
1973	Miller Barber	570	+2	3 strokes	Ben Crenshaw

Year

Winner

Score

To par

Margin of
victory

Runner(s)-up

Hall of Fame

1982

Jay Haas