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Viking Classic
Tournament information
Location Madison, Mississippi
Established 1968
Course(s) Annandale Golf Club
Par 72
Yardage 7,199
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Format Stroke play
Purse $3,500,000
Month Played September
Tournament record scores
Aggregate 263 Dan Halldorson (1986)
To-par -22 Steve Lowery (2000)
-22 Skip Kendall (2000)
-22 Fred Funk (2004)
Current champion
Chad Campbell

The Viking Classic is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour. Madison is a city in Madison County, Mississippi, USA. The population was 14691 at the 2000 census The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional Golf tours in the United States. Stroke play is a scoring system for Golf (compare to Match play) The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Daniel Albert Halldorson (born April 2, 1952) is a Canadian Professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Canadian Tour Stephen Brent Lowery (born October 12 1960) is an American professional Golfer Lowery was born in Birmingham Alabama. Jules I "Skip" Kendall (born September 9, 1964) is an American professional Golfer He was born in Milwaukee Wisconsin Professional wins (16 PGA Tour (8 1992 (1 Shell Houston Open 1995 (2 Ideon Classic at Pleasant Valley PGA Tour career summary Professional wins (20 PGA Tour wins (4 2003 (1 The Tour Championship 2004 The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional Golf tours in the United States. It is played annually in September in Madison, Mississippi. Madison is a city in Madison County, Mississippi, USA. The population was 14691 at the 2000 census The tournament is held at the Annandale Golf Club. From 1968 to 1993 it was played at the Hattiesburg Country Club in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Hattiesburg, known as "The Hub City" is a city in Forrest and Lamar Counties in the U

Known as the Magnolia State Classic from 1968 through 1985 with notable winners including Roger Maltbie, Craig Stadler, and Payne Stewart, the tournament was re-named the Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic in 1986. Roger Lin Maltbie (born June 30, 1951) is an American Professional golfer and on-course analyst for NBC Sports. Professional wins (29 PGA Tour wins (13 1980 (2 Bob Hope Desert Classic, Greater Greensboro Open 1981 Golfing life Stewart failed to earn a PGA Tour card at Qualifying School in his graduation year so he played on the Asian Tour for a couple of years This tournament is usually played opposite of a major or limited field tournament, so the leading players in men's professional golf rarely participate. Until 1994, it was played opposite The Masters and then opposite the British Open in the mid-90s. The Masters Tournament, also known as The Masters or The US Masters (outside of the United States is one of four major championships in men's The Open Championship, or simply The Open (often referred to as the British Open outside the UK) is the oldest of the four major championships In recent years, it has played opposite various World Golf Championships and The Tour Championship.

It has been an official money PGA Tour event since 1994. Prior to that, it was a satellite event with the money counting but the wins counting as unofficial.

The 2007 purse was $3,500,000, with $630,000 going to the winner. In 2007, it was a part of the Fall Series; most of the players in the tournament were trying to make the Top 125 on the money list and retain their tour cards, or trying for a quick two-year exemption by winning. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The PGA Tour Fall Series is a series of events on the PGA Tour that covers the end of the calendar year It was played in the same week as the Presidents Cup; most of the top Tour players played in that event instead of the Viking Classic. The Presidents Cup is a series of men's Golf matches between a United States team and an International Team representing the rest of the world less Europe The situation will be similar in 2008, with the tournament being scheduled opposite the Ryder Cup. The Ryder Cup is a Golf trophy donated by Samuel Ryder, which is awarded Biennially in an event called the "Ryder Cup Matches" between teams from

Winners

Viking Classic

Southern Farm Bureau Classic

Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic

Magnolia State Classic

External links

PGA Tour career summary Professional wins (20 PGA Tour wins (4 2003 (1 The Tour Championship 2004 Amateur wins (11 2000 US Amateur Public Links 2001 Jones Cup South Carolina Amateur 2002 Azalea Invitational, Monroe Professional wins (5 PGA Tour wins (2 2004 Chrysler Classic of Tucson 2005 Southern Farm Bureau Classic Professional wins (16 PGA Tour (8 1992 (1 Shell Houston Open 1995 (2 Ideon Classic at Pleasant Valley Professional wins (11 PGA Tour wins (7 1990 (1 Honda Classic 1992 (1 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic Biography Born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, Donald and his brother Christian played junior golf at Hazlemere and Beaconsfield Golf Clubs - Christian now Cameron Reid Beckman (born February 15, 1970) is an American professional Golfer Beckman was born in Minneapolis Minnesota. Stephen Brent Lowery (born October 12 1960) is an American professional Golfer Lowery was born in Birmingham Alabama. Brian Hatfield Henninger (born October 19, 1962) is an American Professional golfer, currently playing on the Nationwide Tour. Professional wins (16 PGA Tour (8 1992 (1 Shell Houston Open 1995 (2 Ideon Classic at Pleasant Valley Billy Ray Brown (born April 5, 1963) is a former American Professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1980s and 1990s and Willie West Wood (born October 1, 1960) is an American Professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Edward Matt "Doc" Dougherty (born November 4, 1947) is an American Professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Brian Hatfield Henninger (born October 19, 1962) is an American Professional golfer, currently playing on the Nationwide Tour. Greg Kraft (born April 4, 1964) is an American Professional golfer on the PGA Tour. Richard Francis "Dick" Zokol (born August 21, 1958) is a Canadian Professional golfer who has played on the Canadian Tour Gene Craig Sauers (born August 22, 1962) is an American Professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide James Daniel "Jim" Booros (born April 22, 1951) is an American Professional golfer who played full-time on the PGA Tour David Ogrin (born December 31, 1957) is an American professional Golfer He was born in Waukegan Illinois. Daniel Albert Halldorson (born April 2, 1952) is a Canadian Professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Canadian Tour Professional wins (7 PGA Tour wins (5 1990 (1 Greater Milwaukee Open 1993 (2 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic Lance Ten Broeck (born March 21, 1956) is an American Professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour Russell Earl Cochran (born October 31, 1958) is an American Professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Golfing life Stewart failed to earn a PGA Tour card at Qualifying School in his graduation year so he played on the Asian Tour for a couple of years Roger Lin Maltbie (born June 30, 1951) is an American Professional golfer and on-course analyst for NBC Sports. Professional wins (29 PGA Tour wins (13 1980 (2 Bob Hope Desert Classic, Greater Greensboro Open 1981 Mike McCullough (born March 21, 1945) is an American Professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour Robert "Bob" Wynn ( January 27, 1940 &ndash May 18, 2005) was an American Professional golfer who played on the Dwight Nevil (born August 25, 1944) is an American Professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s and later played on Dwight Nevil (born August 25, 1944) is an American Professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s and later played on Mike Morley (born June 17, 1946) is an American Golf course architect and a former Professional golfer who played on the PGA Larry Mowry (born October 20, 1936) is an American Professional golfer who has won tournaments on the Senior PGA Tour (now known as Benson Rayfield "Mac" McLendon Jr (born August 10, 1945) is an American Professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour
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