Greater Milwaukee Open on the PGA Tour

The Greater Milwaukee Open is a former PGA Tour golf tournament played for approximately 40 years from the late 1960s until nearly 2010. The tournament ended when its last title sponsor (it was at that point called the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee) withdrew its support. Despite the efforts of Wisconsin natives Steve Stricker and Jerry Kelly to help find a new sponsor, none was forthcoming.

This tournament is probably best remembered for the fact that Tiger Woods played his first tournament as a pro golfer at the 1996 Greater Milwaukee Open. ... In 1975, nine years after his last PGA Tour win, Art Wall Jr. won this tournament at the age of 51. He there became the second-oldest winner of a PGA Tour tournament.

First played: 1968

Last played: 2009

Also known as: U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee

Winners of the Greater Milwaukee Open
2009 — Bo Van Pelt
2008 — Richard S. Johnson
2007 — Joe Ogilvie
2006 — Corey Pavin
2005 — Ben Crane
2004 — Carlos Franco
2003 — Kenny Perry
2002 — Jeff Sluman
2001 — Shigeki Maruyama
2000 — Loren Roberts
1999 — Carlos Franco
1998 — Jeff Sluman
1997 — Scott Hoch
1996 — Loren Roberts
1995 — Scott Hoch
1994 — Mike Springer
1993 — Billy Mayfair
1992 — Richard Zokol
1991 — Mark Brooks
1990 — Jim Gallagher Jr.
1989 — Greg Norman
1988 — Ken Green
1987 — Gary Hallberg
1986 — Corey Pavin
1985 — Jim Thorpe
1984 — Mark O'Meara
1983 — Morris Hatalsky
1982 — Calvin Peete
1981 — Jay Haas
1980 — Billy Kratzert
1979 — Calvin Peete
1978 — Lee Elder
1977 — Dave Eichelberger
1976 — Dave Hill
1975 — Art Wall
1974 — Ed Sneed
1973 — Dave Stockton
1972 — Jim Colbert
1971 — Dave Eichelberger
1970 — Deane Beman
1969 — Ken Still
1968 — Dave Stockton

Golf Courses: The tournament's final home was at Brown Deer Park Golf Course in Brown Deer, Wisc. Its longest-serving home was Tuckaway Country Club in Franklin, Wisc. It was also played at North Shore Country Club in Mequon, Wisc., and Tripoli Country Club in Milwaukee.