The Frys.com Open is an annual tournament on the PGA Tour. It takes place at the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona during the PGA Tour Fall Series, which takes place at the end of the year. The 2009 event was held from October 21 through October 25.http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r464/ On November 5, 2009, officials from the PGA Tour announced that the event will be held at CordeValle in San Martin in 2010.http://www.mercurynews.com/sports-headlines/ci_13716516 On May 24, 2010 the Bayonet Course was selected to host the Monday qualifier for the tournament.http://www.worldgolf.com/newswire/browse/63048-Bayonet-Selected-Host-Fryscom-Open-Monday-Qualifier
Background
The Frys.com Open was originally known as the Fry's Electronics Open when it was founded in 2007. Mike Weir won the inaugural event shooting 14 strokes under par.http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/leaderboard/2007/360 Cameron Beckman won the 2008 event when he defeated Kevin Sutherland by three strokes. Beckman took home $900,000 of the $5,000,000 purse.http://www.pgatour.com/leaderboards/current/r464/index.html The tournament record for lowest score relative to part is minus 18 set by Cameron Beckman, Rickie Fowler and Troy Matteson.http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r464/winners.html
2009 Tournament
Nick O'Hern was the first round leader with a seven under par round of 63. He was just even par for the round after nine holes, but then had six consecutive birdies and finished the back nine with a score of seven under par 28. Rickie Fowler and Greg Owen were tied for the lead after the second round at eleven under par. O'Hern fell back to a tie for fourth at nine under par after a second round 68.http://www.thegolfchannel.com/pga-tour/2009-fryscom-open/scores/?x=5&y=10# Troy Matteson shot a 61 during both the second and third round to finish at sixteen under par after three rounds. He had a three shot lead over Tim Clark, Webb Simpson and Chris Stroud. First round leader Nick O'Hern was another shot back at twelve under par.http://www.thegolfchannel.com/pga-tour/2009-fryscom-open/scores/?sc=23316# Matteson, Fowler and Jamie Lovemark finished the final round tied at eighteen under par. Matteson won the tournament with a birdie on the second hole of the sudden death playoff.http://www.thegolfchannel.com/pga-tour/2009-fryscom-open/scores/?x=15&y=9
Winners
- 2007 Mike Weir
- 2008 Cameron Beckman
- 2009 Troy Matteson