U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee - Tournament Highlights

Tournament Highlights

• 1968: Dave Stockton wins the first Greater Milwaukee Open despite twice striking spectators with his drives in the final round. He beats Sam Snead by four shots.
• 1969: Ken Still shoots a final round 65 to beat Gary Player by two strokes. The win all but clinches Still a spot on the Ryder Cup team.
• 1970: Deane Beman makes the most of his withdrawal from the Open Championship to play in Milwaukee instead. He beats Don Massengale, Ted Hayes, and Dick Crawford by three shots.
• 1974: Ed Sneed is the tournament's first wire-to-wire winner. He beats Grier Jones by 4 shots.
• 1975: 51-year-old Art Wall, Jr. beats Gary McCord by one shot.
• 1978: Lee Elder defeats Lee Trevino on the 8th hole of a sudden death playoff.
• 1979: Black golfer Calvin Peete, who did not take up golf until he was 23-years-old, wins for the first time on the PGA Tour. He shoots a final round 65 to beat Jim Simons, Lee Trevino, and Victor Regalado by five shots.
• 1982: Calvin Peete wins at Milwaukee and on the PGA Tour for the second time and in almost carbon copy fashion from his 1979 win. He finishes two strokes ahead of Victor Regalado who was also runner-up in 1979.
• 1985: Jack Nicklaus competes in Milwaukee for the first time as a professional. He finishes second, four strokes behind winner Jim Thorpe.
• 1986: Corey Pavin wins in Milwaukee for the first time. He birdies the 4th hole of a sudden death playoff to defeat Dave Barr.
• 1989: Greg Norman competes in Milwaukee for the first time. He beats Andy Bean by 3 shots.
• 1993: Billy Mayfair holes a 20-foot chip shot on the fourth hole of a three-way sudden death playoff to defeat Mark Calcavecchia and earn his first PGA Tour title. Ted Schulz, who also made the playoff, had dropped out on the first playoff hole after making bogey.
• 1997: Loren Roberts attempt to become the first Greater Milwaukee Open champion to defend his title is foiled when Scott Hoch sinks a 60-foot chip shot for eagle on the 72nd hole to beat Roberts and David Sutherland by one shot.
• 1999: Carlos Franco wins for the second time in his rookie season on the PGA Tour. He beats Tom Lehman by two shots.
• 2003: Kenny Perry birdies the 72nd hole to win by one shot over Stephen Allan and Heath Slocum.
• 2006: Corey Pavin sets a 9-hole PGA Tour scoring record, 26, on his way to a first round 61. Pavin, who had first won in Milwaukee in 1986, goes on to win the tournament for a second time, beating Jerry Kelly by two shots.
• 2009: Bo Van Pelt wins the final edition of the tournament. He defeats John Mallinger on the second hole of a sudden death playoff.