Price Cutter Charity Championship

The Price Cutter Charity Championship is one of the tournaments which have been part of the Nationwide Tour since 1990. The meet was started in the same year the tour was born. It is annually played at the Highlands Springs Country Club in Springfield, Missouri towards the end of July. The tournament is played in the strokeplay format with a cut off mark after the second round. Initially it was known as the Ben Hogan Greater Ozarks Open but after many name changes it came to be known by its present name in 2002.

• Ben Hogan Greater Ozarks Open (1990-92)
• NIKE Ozarks Open (1993-99)
• BUY.COM Ozarks Open (2000-01)
• Price Cutter Charity Championship (2002)

Doug LaBelle II was crowned the winner at the 2006 Price Cutter Charity Championship. He defeated Nick Flanagan by two strokes to also take the winner’s cheque of $ 100,080. The total prize purse was $ 556,000.

Past Winners
Chris DiMarco had won the Price Cutter Charity Championship in 1997. He later went on to make it big on the senior tour. Jeff Cook had won the inaugural meet in 1990. Here is a list of winners who have won here since it became part of the Nationwide Tour.

• Doug LaBelle II 2006
• Roger Tambellini 2005
• Brad Ott 2004
• Tom Carter 2003
• Patrick Sheehan 2002
• Steve Haskins 2001
• Pat Perez 2000
• Ryan Howison 1999
• Anthony Painter 1998
• Chris DiMarco 1997
• Stewart Cink 1996
• Mike Schuchary 1995
• Jerry Haas 1994
• Tommy Tolles 1993
• Lennie Clements 1992
• Rick Dalpos 1991
• Jeff Cook 1990

The Price Cutter Charity Championship is the 17th tournament on the tour’s roster. As we continue on this tour we will learn about the other tournaments in the Nationwide Tour.