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Description

The
Pennsylvania Classic
was a
golf
tournament on the
PGA Tour
, held from
2000
through
2006
at three different
Pennsylvania
courses. The event's final title sponsor was lumber company
84 Lumber
. The host course from 2003 to 2006 was
Mystic Rock
near
Farmington
, designed by
Pete Dye
and part of the
Nemacolin Woodlands Resort
, owned by 84 Lumber founder
Joseph Hardy
.
Before the move to Mystic Rock, it was played outside
Philadelphia
in 2000 and 2002 at
Waynesborough
Country Club in
Paoli
, with the
2001
event at
Laurel Valley Golf Club
in
Ligonier
.
The 2001 event was the first PGA Tour tournament staged after the
September 11, 2001 attacks
; that year's venue, Laurel Valley, was about 40 miles (64 km) west of
Shanksville, Pennsylvania
, where
United Airlines Flight 93
went down. The hole flags used during the tournament were
American flags
.
[2]
Teenager
Michelle Wie
accepted an invitation by Wie family friend and 84 Lumber owner Joe Hardy to play in the 2006 tournament. It was her sixth attempt to make a cut in a PGA Tour event and third attempt in 2006.
[3]
It was expected that Wie's involvement would help draw fans to the event. Wie shot 14 over par over the first two rounds, finishing 23 strokes behind the leaders and last among all competitors who completed two rounds.
The 84 Lumber Company announced in April 2006 that it would no longer host the Classic.
[4]
Hardy's daughter, Maggie, explained the situation as the sponsorship of tournament being unfair to the thousands of 84 Lumber employees who had recently been laid off, and also unnecessary because the purpose of the tournament was to entertain clients — which the company could do at any other golf tournament.
84 Lumber Classic
2006
Ben Curtis
United States
274
−14
2 strokes
Charles Howell III
[5]
2005
Jason Gore
United States
274
−14
1 stroke
Carlos Franco
2004
Vijay Singh
Fiji
273
−15
1 stroke
Stewart Cink