The Gold Rush 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

Champions Tour PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour) is a men's professional senior golf tour, open to golfers age 50 and over, administered as a branch of the PGA Tour. History and format The Senior PGA Championship, f ...

from 1987 to 2001. It was played in Rancho Murieta, California at the Rancho Murieta Country Club (1987–1995) and in El Dorado Hills, California at Serrano Country Club (1996–2001). The purse for the 2001 tournament was US$1,300,000, with $195,000 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 1987 as the Rancho Murieta Senior Gold Rush.

Winners

Gold Rush Classic *2001

Tom Kite Thomas Oliver Kite Jr. (born December 9, 1949) is an American professional golfer and golf course architect. He won the U.S. Open in 1992 and spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking between 1989 and 1994. Early life a ...

*2000

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 ...

Raley's Gold Rush Classic *1999 David Graham *1998

Dana Quigley Dana C. Quigley (born April 14, 1947) is an American professional golfer. Early life Quigley was born in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1969. Professional career In 1971, Quigley turned profess ...

*1997 Bob Eastwood *1996

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Raley's Senior Gold Rush *1995

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*1994 Bob Murphy *1993

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*1992 Bob Charles *1991

Rancho Murieta Senior Gold Rush *1990

*1989 Dave Hill *1988 Bob Charles *1987 Orville Moody Source:

References

{{Former Champions Tour Events Former PGA Tour Champions events Golf tournaments in California Recurring sporting events established in 1987 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2001 1987 establishments in California 2001 disestablishments in California