The Kroger Classic was a

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

tournament on the

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from 1990 to 2004. It was played in

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at the Golf Center at Kings Island (1990–2001) and

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at the TPC at River's Bend (2002–2004). The purse for the 2004 tournament was US$1,500,000, with $225,000 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 1990 as the Kroger Senior Classic.

Winners

*2004 Bruce Summerhays *2003

Gil Morgan Gilmer Bryan Morgan II, OD (born September 25, 1946) is an American professional golfer. Early life Morgan was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma. He graduated from East Central State College in Ada, Oklahoma in 1968. Professional career In 1972, ...

Kroger Senior Classic *2002

Bob Gilder Robert Bryan Gilder (born December 31, 1950) is an American professional golfer. He won six tournaments on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour, where he has ten wins since joining in 2001 Senior PGA Tour, 2001. Early life and ...

*2001

Jim Thorpe James Francis Thorpe (; May 22 or 28, 1887March 28, 1953) was an American athlete who won Olympic gold medals and played professional American football, football, baseball, and basketball. A citizen of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was ...

*2000

Hubert Green Hubert Myatt Green (December 28, 1946 – June 19, 2018) was an American professional golfer. Green won 19 PGA Tour events including two major championships: the 1977 U.S. Open and the 1985 PGA Championship. He was inducted into the World Go ...

*1999

*1998

Hugh Baiocchi Hugh John Baiocchi (born 17 August 1946) is a South African professional golfer who has won more than 20 professional tournaments around the world. Early life Baiocchi was born in Johannesburg. Professional career In 1971, Baiocchi turned ...

*1997

Jay Sigel Robert Jay Sigel (November 13, 1943 – April 19, 2025) was an American professional golfer. He enjoyed one of the more illustrious careers in the history of U.S. amateur golf, before turning pro in 1993 at age 50, when he became a member of th ...

*1996

Isao Aoki is a Japanese professional golfer. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004. Early life Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. Professional career I ...

*1995 Mike Hill *1994

Jim Colbert James Joseph Colbert (born March 9, 1941) is an American professional golfer. Early life and amateur career Colbert was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He attended Kansas State University, where he finished second in the NCAA golf championsh ...

*1993

Simon Hobday Simon Forbes Newbold Hobday (23 June 1940 – 2 March 2017) was a South African professional golfer who won tournaments on three continents. Early life Hobday was born in the British Embassy in Mafikeng, South Africa. Both of his parents were ...

*1992

Gibby Gilbert C. L. "Gibby" Gilbert II (born January 14, 1941) is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour. Gilbert was born and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and still makes his home there with his ...

*1991

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*1990 Jim Dent Source:

References

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