U.S. Bank Championship

The U.S. Bank Championship is an annual golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It takes place in July at the Brown Deer Park Golf Course in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r029/ Bo Van Pelt earned his first PGA Tour victory in the 2009 event and won $720,000 of the $4,000,000 purse.http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r029/

On October 15, 2009 the Milwaukee Golf Charities dissolved the organization and the tournament due to poor attendance and lack of sponsorship. A new tournament website and information will be available when a new sponsor for the 2010 event is found.http://www.usbankchampionship.com/

The U.S. Bank Championship was originally known as the Milwaukee open and was founded in 1940. The first winner was Ralph Guldahl. The tournament wasn't held again until 1951, when it was renamed the Blue Ribbon Open and was won by Joe Kirkwood. After another four year absence of the tournament, it was renamed the Miller High Life Open in 1955. It was won by Cary Middlecoff, who won the event a second time in 1958. The event was renamed the Milwaukee Open Invitational for 1960 and 1961. There was a seven year absence of the event from the tour and in 1968, it was renamed the Greater Milwaukee Open. The tournament has been known as the U.S. Bank Championship since 2005. Notable winners include Corey Pavin, Greg Norman, Lee Trevino and Loren Roberts.http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r029/winners.html Corey Pavin, Ben Crane and Loren Roberts hold the record for lowest tournament score of 260 and Crane and Pavin hold the record for lowest score relative to par at minus 20.http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r029/winners.html

• 1940 Ralph Guldahl
• 1951 Joe Kirkwood
• 1955 Cary Middlecoff
• 1956 Ed Furgol
• 1957 Ken Venturi
• 1958 Cary Middlecoff
• 1959 Gene Littler
• 1960 Ken Venturi
• 1961 Bruce Crampton
• 1968 Dave Stockton
• 1969 Ken Still
• 1970 Deane Beman
• 1971 Dave Eichelberger
• 1972 Jim Colbert
• 1973 Dave Stockton
• 1974 Ed Sneed
• 1975 Art Wall
• 1976 Dave Hill
• 1977 Dave Eichelberger
• 1978 Lee Elder
• 1979 Calvin Peete
• 1980 Billy Kratzert
• 1981 Jay Haas
• 1982 Calvin Peete
• 1983 Morris Hatalsky
• 1984 Mark O'Meara
• 1985 Jim Thorpe
• 1986 Corey Pavin
• 1987 Gary Hallberg
• 1988 Ken Green
• 1989 Greg Norman
• 1990 Jim Gallagher, Jr.
• 1991 Mark Brooks
• 1992 Richard Zokol
• 1993 Billy Mayfair
• 1994 Mike Springer
• 1995 Scott Hoch
• 1996 Loren Roberts
• 1997 Scott Hoch
• 1998 Jeff Sluman
• 1999 Carlos Franco
• 2000 Loren Roberts
• 2001 Shigeki Maruyama
• 2002 Jeff Sluman
• 2003 Kenny Perry
• 2004 Carlos Franco
• 2005 Ben Crane
• 2006 Corey Pavin
• 2007 Joe Ogilvie
• 2008 Richard S. Johnson
• 2009 Bo Van Pelt