The AT&T Champions Classic was a professional golf tournament on the Champions Tour in southern California from 1990 to 2009 . A mid-autumn event through 2000 , it was moved to late winter in 2001 . AT&T was the main sponsor of the tournament for its final editions, held at Valencia Country Club in Santa Clarita, California .
2-590: The tournament was founded in November 1990 as the " Security Pacific Senior Classic" at Rancho Park Golf Club , a municipal course in the city of Los Angeles , where it was played through 1994 . Rancho Park hosted the Los Angeles Open on the PGA Tour from 1956 through 1972 (except 1968 ). The purse for the inaugural event was $ 500,000 with a winner's share of $ 75,000. From 1995 through 2000, it
4-645: Was played at Wilshire Country Club, then moved north to Valencia in March 2001. The purse in 2009 was $ 1.6 million, with a winner's share of $ 240,000 to playoff winner Dan Forsman , his first victory on the senior tour. AT&T Champions Classic AT&T Classic SBC Classic SBC Senior Classic Pacific Bell Senior Classic Ralphs Senior Classic Security Pacific Senior Classic Source: 34°25′08″N 118°34′41″W / 34.419°N 118.578°W / 34.419; -118.578 1990 Senior PGA Tour The 1990 Senior PGA Tour
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