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- The Buick Open was a PGA Tour golf tournament from 1958 to 2009. In 2007, the tournament was held at the end of June, a change from its traditional spot between The Open Championship and the PGA Championship. Regardless, many prominent players used it as a "tune-up" for the subsequent major. For the event's first decade, the Buick Open Invitational was played at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club in Grand Blanc, Michigan. After 1969, professional golf events in the area fell off the PGA Tour schedule and a series of pro-ams and other similarly unofficial events took place, mostly at Flint Golf Club in Flint, Michigan. Flint native, and PGA touring professional Larry Mancour had returned to Michigan to play in the Buick Open and stayed to build the Grand Blanc Golf Club. He then added nine holes at the Flint Elks Golf Club where he remained the professional for 20 years. He rescued the Buick Open when General Motors dropped sponsorship of the tournament. With local Buick dealers Mancour started the Little Buick Open in 1969. It drew players and fans and led to the rebirth of the Buick Open in 1977. The Buick Open officially made its return to the PGA Tour in 1977 at the Flint Elks Club, and in 1978 the event returned to Warwick Hills G&CC, where it remained until its demise. The Associated Press reported July 28, 2009, that General Motors would end its sponsorship of the Buick Open after the 2009 tournament, in order to devote its marketing resources to cars and trucks. The PGA Tour replaced the tournament with the Greenbrier Classic at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. As in the 1970s, a series of pro-ams and other unofficial events now take place in Grand Blanc, with the AJGA's Randy Wise Open taking place at Warwick Hills and most pro-ams and a golf festival at the Jewel of Grand Blanc (the former Grand Blanc Golf Club). In 2014, an unrelated tournament with the same name was started in China. The event is played on PGA Tour China. In 2018, the former General Motors financing arm, now Ally Bank, returned to Warwick Hills to sponsor a PGA Tour Champions event, The Ally Challenge. Jim Furyk is the only player to have won both, winning the 2003 Buick Open, and the 2020 Ally Challenge, which also was the Champions' return after the pandemic, winning in his first tournament. (en)
- Le Buick Open est un tournoi du golf du PGA Tour en Stroke-play qui se tient au Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club à Grand Blanc (Michigan). Il fut créé en 1958 sous le nom Buick Open Invitational. L'édition 2007 était dotée de 4,9 millions de dollars. Le record du tournoi est détenu par qui signa 262 coups, soit 26 coups sous le par. (fr)
- Het Buick Open was een golftoernooi van de Amerikaanse PGA Tour van 1958 tot 2009. Van 1958 - 1969 en van 1978 - 2009 werd het toernooi gespeeld op de Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club in Grand Blanc, Michigan. In 1970 en 1971 werd het niet gespeeld en werd het vervangen door enkele Pro-Am toernooien. Daarna werd het toernooi opnieuw gespeeld, meestal op de in Flint, Michigan, maar tot 1976 telde het niet mee voor de PGA Tour. Toen de sponsor zich terugtrok, werd het toernooi in 1972 gered door , een Tour-speler die ook twintig jaar les gaf op Flint en de Grand Blanc Golf Club oprichtte. Hij nodigde spelers en fans uit en kreeg het voor elkaar dat het toernooi in 1977 weer op de agenda van de PGA Tour kwam. Het werd dat jaar nog in Flint gespeeld, daarna verhuisde het toernooi terug naar de Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club. De laatste toernooien werden gewonnen door 'longhitters' zoals Tiger Woods en Vijay Singh. Toen het toernooi in 2009 zijn sponsor verloor en stopte, werd het vervangen door de Greenbrier Classic. (nl)
- O Buick Open foi um torneio masculino de golfe no PGA Tour. O torneio utilizava o formato de jogo por tacadas e foi disputado entre os anos de 1958 e 2009 no , em Grand Blanc, Michigan. Em 1987, o jogador norte-americano Robert Wrenn estabeleceu o recorde do torneio ao marcar 262 tacadas, 26 abaixo do par. (pt)
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- Le Buick Open est un tournoi du golf du PGA Tour en Stroke-play qui se tient au Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club à Grand Blanc (Michigan). Il fut créé en 1958 sous le nom Buick Open Invitational. L'édition 2007 était dotée de 4,9 millions de dollars. Le record du tournoi est détenu par qui signa 262 coups, soit 26 coups sous le par. (fr)
- O Buick Open foi um torneio masculino de golfe no PGA Tour. O torneio utilizava o formato de jogo por tacadas e foi disputado entre os anos de 1958 e 2009 no , em Grand Blanc, Michigan. Em 1987, o jogador norte-americano Robert Wrenn estabeleceu o recorde do torneio ao marcar 262 tacadas, 26 abaixo do par. (pt)
- The Buick Open was a PGA Tour golf tournament from 1958 to 2009. In 2007, the tournament was held at the end of June, a change from its traditional spot between The Open Championship and the PGA Championship. Regardless, many prominent players used it as a "tune-up" for the subsequent major. The Buick Open officially made its return to the PGA Tour in 1977 at the Flint Elks Club, and in 1978 the event returned to Warwick Hills G&CC, where it remained until its demise. In 2014, an unrelated tournament with the same name was started in China. The event is played on PGA Tour China. (en)
- Het Buick Open was een golftoernooi van de Amerikaanse PGA Tour van 1958 tot 2009. Van 1958 - 1969 en van 1978 - 2009 werd het toernooi gespeeld op de Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club in Grand Blanc, Michigan. In 1970 en 1971 werd het niet gespeeld en werd het vervangen door enkele Pro-Am toernooien. Daarna werd het toernooi opnieuw gespeeld, meestal op de in Flint, Michigan, maar tot 1976 telde het niet mee voor de PGA Tour. (nl)
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