PP1393 WDW - 1998 Walt Disney World Golf Classic - National Car Rental (sponsor)
Pin Stats
- Origin: WDW - Walt Disney World
- Limited Edition: Undefined
- Year on Pin / Released: 1987-1999
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- Original Price: $
- Owns: 0
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Front Description
This is a white rectangular pin with a gold border. 1998 is on the top left of the pin. National Car Rental GOLF CLASSIC AT WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORT is on the bottom. In the middle is the outline of a golfer's torso in full swing with a golf ball in flight. The golfer graphic with ball in flight was used from 1998-2001, the years that National Car Rental sponsored the event. It is for the 1998 National Car Rental Classic Tournament. This is a PGA tournament that used to be the Oldsmobile Golf Classic. The Walt Disney World Golf Classic was an annual golf tournament on the PGA Tour. The tournament was played on the Palm and Magnolia courses at the Walt Disney World Resort. It was played under several names, reflecting sponsorship changes. The tournament was founded in 1971 as the Walt Disney World Open Invitational. From 1974 to 1981, the tournament was played as a two-man team event with a better-ball format. Title sponsors have included Oldsmobile, National Car Rental, Funai, and Children's Miracle Network. From 2007 to 2012, it was the final event in the PGA Tour Fall Series, and also the final official event of the PGA Tour season. As such, it was a final chance for many players to earn or retain a PGA Tour card through winning or getting into the top 125 on the Tour's money list. The 2010 and 2012 winners, Robert Garrigus and Charlie Beljan respectively, were both outside the top 125 before their wins. The tournament was removed from the PGA Tour schedule for the 2013–14 wrap-around season after Children's Miracle Network declined to renew their sponsorship and no others were found. The 2012 purse was $4,700,000, with $846,000 going to the winner. The event was televised by ESPN and ABC Sports, until the demotion of the event to the Fall Series in 2007, when it was relegated to cable-only on the Golf Channel. While ESPN and ABC, which are owned by Disney, covered both courses as a form of publicity for both, the Golf Channel covered only the Magnolia course with highlight packages sent in from the Palm. However, this is the manner in which the network has always covered tournaments with multiple venues. The Magnolia Course at Walt Disney World is known as more "tour"-style than its sister the Palm Course. The Palm course is known as the prettier of the two, however. In the 2006 telecast, one commentator is quoted as saying that the Palm course has the better greens of the two courses. The Magnolia has grown to 7,516 yards to battle the usual low scores during the tournament's history. The nearby Lake Buena Vista golf course has also been part of the tournament, along with the Palm and Magnolia. 1998 winner: John Huston (score 272), runner-up: Davis Love III.
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