2012 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial

Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial

When: May 23 - 27 2012

Where: Fort Worth, Texas

Golf Course: Colonial Country Club

First Year Played: 1946

The Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Country Club is a regular stop on the PGA Tour, scheduled to be played in Fort Worth, Texas May 23 - 27, 2012. Played every May, the Crowne Plaza Invitational is one of four invitational tournaments held on the PGA Tour, and at 64 years is also the longest running PGA event still to be held at its original site. It is commonly known as the Colonial Golf Tournament. The new name came from a 6-year sponsorship contract that Crowne Plaza signed with the tournament. Prior to that Bank of America had been the title sponsor of the tournament.

The Crowne Plaza Invitational is a restricted field event on the PGA Tour, thus only guaranteeing invites to the first 80 players on the previous year's money list. The Invitational also has a unique tradition for the PGA Tour. known as the Champion's Choice invitation, each year a committee of former Colonial champions selects two deserving, and otherwise ineligible, young players to compete in the tournament.

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Crowne Plaza Invitational Golf History

The Colonial has been played since 1946. The players of today know they are competing on the same hallowed ground as the great Ben Hogan won the championship five times in his hometown. His legacy permeates the event, and that's just part of the tradition that helps make the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial what it is, one of the most prestigious events on the PGA Tour. It is well known, even to casual golf fans, because of the distinctive red plaid jacket that is awarded to the winner.

Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas features one of the country's, and world's, highest ranked golf courses. Built in 1936, the traditional layout attracts pros from all over the world who appreciate its overall challenge. As long as golf course rankings have been made, Colonial has always made America’s top 100, one of the few PGA TOUR courses to do so.

Colonial is a par 70 course that measures just over 7,000 yards in length. The tournament is a normal stroke play event, with the winner being the player who cards the lowest score over 72 holes. They do play a playoff if more than one player is tied after 72 holes.

The Colonial Golf Tournament has a long and distinguished list of champions. Winners of the Colonial include: Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Billy Casper, Lee Trevino, Ben Crenshaw, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Phil Mickleson. In fact Hogan, Casper and Crenshaw were some of the multiple time winners of this distinguished tournament. The 2009 purse was $6,200,000, with $1,116,000 going to winner Steve Stricker.

2011 Crowne Plaza Invitational Results

More than five years after he last won, a week after losing in a playoff and a day after blowing a seven-stroke lead at Colonial to go into the final round trailing, the 44-year-old, David Toms shot a 3-under 67 on Sunday to win at Hogan's Alley. Toms regained the lead for good from Charlie Wi with an eagle with a wedge shot from 83 yards at the par-5 11th hole, and finished 15 under — a stroke ahead of Wi. "It's one of the most perfect shots I've ever hit," Toms said. Toms' long-elusive 13th career victory came a week after a playoff loss to K.J. Choi at The Players Championship, when he missed a short par putt on the extra hole for his sixth runner-up finish since last winning in January 2006 at the Sony Open in Hawaii.

2010 Crowne Plaza Results

Zach Johnson now has a plaid jacket to go along with his green one, after an extended wait before slipping on his prize at the Colonial. Johnson won at Hogan's Alley with a tournament record 21-under 259, sealing his victory with a pair of birdies in the short span of play in between two late weather delays Sunday. When Johnson drained a 14-foot birdie putt at the 17th hole to take a two-stroke lead over Brian Davis, he had a wide smile on his face and emphatically pumped his fist. But the real celebration had to wait.

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