Buick Open winners

With the industry struggling, sponsoring a PGA Tour stop is no longer in the budget for Buick. That’s why the automaker is getting out of the golf business, making this year’s Buick Open the last of its kind.

The event went out with a bang, as Tiger Woods won for the third time in eight years.

Here’s a list of winners since 1981:

1981: Hale Irwin
1982: Lanny Wadkins
1983: Wayne Levi
1984: Denis Watson
1985: Ken Green
1986: Ben Crenshaw
1987: Robert Wrenn
1988: Scott Verplank
1989: Leonard Thompson
1990: Chip Beck
1991: Brad Faxon
1992: Dan Forsman
1993: Larry Mize
1994: Fred Couples
1995: Woody Austin
1996: Justin Leonard
1997: Vijay Singh
1998: Billy Mayfair
1999: Tom Pernice, Jr.
2000: Rocco Mediate
2001: Kenny Perry
2002: Tiger Woods
2003: Jim Furyk
2004: Vijay Singh
2005: Vijay Singh
2006: Tiger Woods
2007: Brian Bateman
2008: Kenny Perry
2009: Tiger Woods

Source: PGA Tour.com