Shreveport Open

Hibernia Southern Open
Tournament information
LocationShreveport, Louisiana
Established1991
Course(s)Southern Trace Country Club
Par72
Tour(s)Buy.com Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund$425,000
Final year2003
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Pat Bates (2001)
To par−20 as above
Final champion
David Morland IV
Location map
Southern Trace CC
Location in the United States
Southern Trace CC
Location in Louisiana

The Shreveport Open was a golf tournament on the Buy.com Tour from 1991 to 2002. It was played at the Southern Trace Country Club in Shreveport, Louisiana. In its last year, it was sponsored by Hibernia National Bank and called the Hibernia Southern Open.

The purse in 2002 was $425,000, with $76,500 going to the winner.

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref
Ben Hogan Shreveport Open
1991 Jeff Coston 210 −6 Playoff Beau Baugh [1]
1992 Ted Tryba 202 −14 2 strokes Skip Kendall [2]
Nike Shreveport Open
1993 Sonny Skinner 278 −10 1 stroke Bob May [3]
1994 Omar Uresti 270 −18 Playoff Pat Bates [4]
1995 Brad Fabel 131[a] −13 4 strokes Chris Smith [5]
1996 Tim Loustalot 277 −11 1 stroke Joe Durant [6]
1997 Mark Wurtz 275 −13 1 stroke Brian Kamm [7]
1998 Vance Veazey 280 −8 Playoff John Wilson [8]
1999 Bob Heintz 283 −5 1 stroke Craig Bowden
Joel Edwards
[9]
Buy.com Shreveport Open
2000 Kent Jones 273 −15 1 stroke Keith Clearwater
Tripp Isenhour
[10]
2001 Pat Bates 268 −20 1 stroke Brian Kamm [11]
Hibernia Southern Open
2002 David Morland IV 197[b] −19 3 strokes Steven Alker
John Morse
[12]

Notes

  1. ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to rain.
  2. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

  1. ^ "Jeff Coston Wins Shreveport Open". Tyler Morning Telegraph. Texas. Associated Press. March 11, 1991. p. 2 (section 2) – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Soprano, Joe (April 20, 1992). "Tryba grabs glory". The Times Leader. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. p. 1C – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Skinner swamps May in Shreveport". The Houston Post. Texas. April 19, 1993. p. C3 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Uresti Wins Nike Tour Golf In Playoffs At Sixth Hole". Tyler Courier-Times. Texas. Associated Press. April 25, 1994. p. 5 (section 4) – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Fabel claims Nike Shreveport Open". The Huntsville Times. Alabama. April 24, 1995. p. C2 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Dramatic ending seen at Nike event". The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, Louisiana. Associated Press. April 29, 1996. p. C5 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Wurtz wins Nike Shreveport Open". Morning News. Florence, South Carolina. Associated Press. October 13, 1997. p. 4B – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Veazey birdies 1st playoff hole, wins Shreveport Open". North Hills News Record. Warrendale, Pennsylvania. April 13, 1998. p. B2 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Heintz takes Nike Shreveport Open". The Stuart News. Florida. Associated Press. April 19, 1999. p. D3 – via newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Golf: Isenhour ties for 2nd after late bogey". Press Journal. Vero Beach, Florida. Associated Press. April 17, 2000. p. B8 – via newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Record Broken at Shreveport Open". Statesman Journal. Salem, Oregon. October 22, 2001. p. 6B – via newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Buy.com bonanza". North Bay Nugget. North Bay, Ontario. The Canadian Press. October 21, 2002. p. B1 – via newspapers.com.