The Chattanooga Classic was a

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tournament on the

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from 1986 to 1992. It was played at Valleybrook Country Club in

Hixson, Tennessee Hixson is a former unincorporated community and now part of the city of Chattanooga in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 14,216 in 2020. It is in the northeastern part of Chattanooga and is part of the Chattanooga, TN ...

from 1983 to 1991 and at the Council Fire Golf and Country Club in

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. It was founded in 1983 as the Michelob-Chattanooga Gold Cup Classic and from 1983 to 1985, it was part of the PGA Tour's "Tournament Players Series", a "satellite tour". In 1986, it was played opposite the

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and although the prize money counted as official the win did not. From 1987 to 1990, it was played opposite the

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and from 1991 to 1992 it was played opposite

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. The purse for the 1992 tournament was $800,000 with $144,000 going to the winner.

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