WNB Golf Classic

WNB Golf Classic
Tournament information
Location	Midland, Texas
Established	1992
Course(s)	Midland Country Club
Par	72
Length	7,380 yards (6,750 m)
Tour(s)	Web.com Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$600,000
Month played	April
Final year	2014
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 Chad Campbell (2001)
To par	−24 as above
Final champion
	Andrew Putnam
Location map
	Midland CC Location in the United States Midland CC Location in Texas

The WNB Golf Classic was a professional golf tournament in the United States on the Web.com Tour. It was played annually at the Midland Country Club in Midland, Texas, and the title sponsor was Western National Bank.

It debuted in 1992 as the Ben Hogan Permian Basin Open at the Club at Mission Dorado in Odessa. The purse was $150,000 and the winner's share of $30,000 went to Taylor Smith on August 30.^[2]^[3] The course is now part of the Odessa Country Club.

For its 23rd and final edition in 2014, the purse had quadrupled to $600,000 and Andrew Putnam took the winner's share of $108,000.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
WNB Golf Classic
2014	Andrew Putnam	196^[a]	−20	7 strokes	Richard S. Johnson Rod Pampling
2013	Alex Aragon	272	−16	1 stroke	Byron Smith
2012	Luke Guthrie	271	−17	1 stroke	Danny Lee Cameron Percy
2011	Danny Lee	270	−18	Playoff	Harris English
2010	Nate Smith	270	−18	2 strokes	Fabián Gómez Brandt Jobe Alistair Presnell
2009	Garrett Willis	268	−20	1 stroke	Chad Collins
2008	Marc Leishman	267	−21	11 strokes	Keoke Cotner
2007	Brad Adamonis	278	−10	Playoff	Tjaart van der Walt Vance Veazey Ron Whittaker
Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic
2006	Brandt Snedeker	272	−16	Playoff	Aron Price
2005	Kris Cox	270	−18	2 strokes	Craig Bowden Jerry Smith Chris Tidland
2004	Charley Hoffman	282	−6	Playoff	Jeff Gove Craig Lile
2003	D. J. Brigman	272	−16	1 stroke	Jason Dufner Mark Hensby Jimmy Walker
Permian Basin Open
2002	Tag Ridings	272	−16	Playoff	Mark Hensby
Buy.com Permian Basin Open
2001	Chad Campbell	264	−24	4 strokes	Todd Fischer
2000	Kevin Johnson	268	−20	3 strokes	Mark Hensby
Nike Permian Basin Open
1999	David Berganio Jr.	269	−19	2 strokes	Paul Gow Dicky Thompson
1998	Stiles Mitchell	276	−12	Playoff	Woody Austin Jeff Barlow
1997	Paul Gow	267	−21	2 strokes	Steve Lamontagne
1996	Michael Christie	270	−18	2 strokes	Anthony Rodriguez
1995	Hugh Royer III	275	−13	1 stroke	Paul Claxton Frank Conner Kawika Cotner Franklin Langham Dave Miley Chris Smith Phil Tataurangi
1994	Bruce Vaughan	269	−19	4 strokes	Gary Rusnak Bob Wolcott
1993	Franklin Langham	202	−14	Playoff	Doug Martin
Ben Hogan Permian Basin Open
1992	Taylor Smith	204	−12	1 stroke	Pete Jordan Andy Morse

Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Web.com Tour regular-season money list.

Notes

^ Shortened to 54 holes due to strong winds.

References

^ "WNG Golf Classic". ESPN. April 27, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
^ "Permian Basin Open". Victoria Advocate. (Texas). Associated Press. August 31, 1992. p. 3B.
^ "Golf: Hogan Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). August 31, 1992. p. 4B.