2008 Tournament
Tiger Woods really loves this tournament. He ran away with the 2008 title, winning by eight strokes with rounds of 67-65-66-71--269 (19-under). Ryuji Imada was the distant second.
2007 Recap
Tiger Woods won the 2007 Buick Invitational with rounds of 66-72-69-66 for a 15-under total of 273. Woods started the day two shots off the lead, but surged on the back nine while others faltered, winning his 3rd straight here.
- Overall: 266 - George Burns, 1987, and Tiger Woods, 1999
- Tournament course record: Torrey Pines North Course - 61, Mark Brooks, 1990, and Brandt Snedeker, 2007; Torrey Pines South Course - 62, Tiger Woods, 1999
Torrey Pines Golf Course, a 36-hole municipal facility north of San Diego in the suburb of La Jolla, is the current site of the PGA Tour Buick Invitational. Torrey Pines has hosted the tournament every year since 1968, with rounds split between its North Course and South Course (the South Course always hosts the final round).
(Courses in San Diego, Calif., unless noted)
- Mission Valley Country Club, 1955, 1957-61
- Rancho Bernardo Country Club, 1964
- Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., 1954
- San Diego Country Club, 1952-53
- Singing Hills Country Club, El Cajon, Calif., 1956
- Stardust Country Club, 1962-63, 1965-67
- Tiger Woods is the only six-time winner of the tournament, and Phil Mickelson the only other golfer to win more than twice.
- Hall of Famer Gene Littler is the only golfer to win the tournament as an amateur, doing so in 1954. Littler, a San Diego native, never won as a pro - although he was runnerup three times (1969, 1974, 1978).
- One of the most memorable years in the tournament's history was 1982, when Johnny Miller outdueled Jack Nicklaus to win by one stroke over the Golden Bear.
- Tiger Woods (2005-08) won the tournament four straight years. J.C. Snead (1975-76) and Phil Mickelson (2000-01) won back-to-back.
(a-amateur; p=playoff; w-weather shortened)
Buick Invitational
2008 - Tiger Woods, 269
2007 - Tiger Woods, 273
2006 - Tiger Woods-p, 278
2005 - Tiger Woods, 272
2004 - John Daly-p, 278
2003 - Tiger Woods, 272
2002 - Jose M. Olazabal
2001 - Phil Mickelson-p, 269
2000 - Phil Mickelson, 270
1998 - Scott Simpson-p-w, 204
1997 - Mark O'Meara, 275
1996 - Davis Love III, 269
1995 - Peter Jacobsen, 269
1994 - Craig Stadler, 268
1993 - Phil Mickelson, 278
1992 - Steve Pate-w, 200
Shearson Lehman Brothers Open
1991 - Jay Don Blake, 268
Shearson Lehman Hutton Open
1990 - Dan Forsman, 275
1989 - Greg Twiggs, 271
1988 - 1. Steve Pate, 269
Shearson Lehman Brothers Andy Williams Open
1987 - George Burns, 266
1986 - Bob Tway-p-w, 204
Isuzu/Andy Williams San Diego Open
1985 - Woody Blackburn-p, 269
1984 - Gary Koch-p, 272
1983 - Gary Hallberg, 271
Wickes/Andy Williams San Diego Open
1982 - Johnny Miller, 270
1981 - Bruce Lietzke-p 278
Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational
1980 - Tom Watson-p, 275
1979 - Fuzzy Zoeller, 282
1978 - Jay Haas, 278
1977 - Tom Watson, 269
1976 - J.C. Snead, 272
1975 - J.C. Snead-p, 279
1974 - Bobby Nichols, 275
1973 - Bob Dickson, 278
1972 - Paul Harney, 275
1971 - George Archer, 272
1970 - Pete Brown-p, 275
1969 - Jack Nicklaus, 284
1968 - Tom Weiskopf, 273
San Diego Open Invitational
1967 - Bob Goalby, 269
1966 - Billy Casper, 268
1965 - Wes Ellis-p, 267
1964 - Art Wall, 274
1963 - Gary Player, 270
1962 - Tommy Jacobs-p, 277
1961 - Arnold Palmer-p, 271
1960 - Mike Souchak, 269
1959 - Marty Furgol, 274
1958 - No Tournament
1957 - Arnold Palmer, 271
Convair-San Diego Open
1956 - Bob Rosburg, 270
1955 - Tommy Bolt, 274
San Diego Open
1954 - Gene Littler-a, 274
1953 - Tommy Bolt, 274
1952 - Ted Kroll, 276
