Centel Classic
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The Centel Classic was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1969 to 1989. It was played at Killearn Country Club in Tallahassee, Florida.
It was founded in 1969 as the Tallahassee Open Invitational. From 1983 to 1985, it was part of the PGA Tour's "Tournament Players Series", a "satellite tour". The purse for the 1989 tournament was $750,000 with 135,000 going to the winner.
From 1990 to 1992, Killearn Country Club hosted a LPGA event by the same name.
[edit] Winners
Centel Classic
- 1989 Bill Britton
- 1988 Bill Glasson
- 1987 Keith Clearwater
Tallahassee Open
- 1986 Mark Hayes (unofficial win, official money)
- 1985 Jeff Sluman (Tournament Players Series)
- 1984 Kermit Zarley (Tournament Players Series)
- 1983 Bob Charles (Tournament Players Series)
- 1982 Bob Shearer
- 1981 Dave Eichelberger
- 1980 Mark Pfeil
- 1979 Chi Chi Rodriguez
- 1978 Barry Jaeckel
- 1977 Ed Sneed
- 1976 Gary Koch
- 1975 Rik Massengale
- 1974 Allen Miller
- 1973 Hubert Green
- 1972 Bob Shaw
Tallahassee Open Invitational
- 1971 Lee Trevino
- 1970 Harold Henning
- 1969 Chuck Courtney