PGA Tour Transitions Championship

The 2009 PGA Tour Transitions Championship was held in Innisbrook Resort & Golf Club (Copperhead Course), in Tampa Bay, Florida. It is a men's professional golf tournament annually played along with the WGC-American Express Championship on September 13-16, 2001 but was cancelled due to the September 11 terrorist attacks. The tournament was instituted in 2000 as the Tampa Bay Classic where the Chrysler Corporation was the title sponsor from 2003 to 2006. The the PODS Group of Clearwater, Florida announced its six-year sponsorship agreement on January 24, 2007, but later withdrew after the 2008 event. Fortunately, the Transitions Optical, Inc. on June 4, 2008 became the new title sponsor.

PGA Tour Transitions Championship Winners

Transitions Championship
2009 Retief Goosen - 276

PODS Championship
2008 Sean O'Hair - 280
2007 Mark Calcavecchia - 274

Chrysler Championship
2006 K.J. Choi - 271
2005 Carl Pettersson - 275
2004 Vijay Singh - 266
2003 Retief Goosen - 272

Tampa Bay Classic presented by Buick
2002 K.J. Choi - 267

Tampa Bay Classic
2001 No tournament (September 11, 2001 terrorist attack)
2000 John Huston - 271

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