Liggett & Myers Open

Liggett & Myers Open

Tournament information
Location	Cary, North Carolina
Established	1972
Course(s)	MacGregor Downs Country Club
Par	71
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$100,000
Month played	August
Final year	1973
Tournament record score
Aggregate	278 Bert Greene (1973)
To par	−6 as above
Final champion
Bert Greene
Location map
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The Liggett & Myers Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It was sponsored by the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company.

It was played in 1972 and 1973 in conjunction with the U.S. Professional Match Play Championship. After the first two rounds of play, the top eight players dropped from the Liggett & Myers Open and joined eight exempt players to compete in the U.S. Professional Match Play Championship.^[1] The purse for the Liggett & Myers Open was $100,000 with $20,000 going to the winner, while the purse for the U.S. Professional Match Play Championship was $150,000 with $40,000 going to the winner and $5,000 going to first round losers.

Tournament hosts

• 1973 MacGregor Downs Country Club in Cary, North Carolina.
• 1972 Country Club of North Carolina in Pinehurst, North Carolina.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
1973	Bert Greene	278	−6	Playoff	Miller Barber	[2]
1972	Lou Graham	285	−3	1 stroke	David Graham Hale Irwin Larry Ziegler	[3]

References

1. "Golfers Slated For Doubleheader". The Victoria Advocate. Victoria, Texas. AP. August 24, 1972. p. 4C.
2. "Schroeder Captures Pro Match Play Title". The Spartanburg Herald. Spartanburg, South Carolina. AP. August 27, 1973. p. B!.
3. Green, Bob (August 28, 1972). "Nicklaus Wins Match Title". The Argus-Press. Owosso, Michigan. AP. p. 14.

External links

• Results for golfstats.com