The Wendy's Champions Skins Game was an unofficial golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It was played annually in January/February in Maui, Hawaii at Kaanapali Golf Resort (Royal Kaanapali Golf Course). Wendy's was the main sponsor of the tournament. Before that, from 2001 through 2007, it was played at the Wailea Golf Club in Maui on their Gold Course.
The tournament was founded in 1988 as the Senior Skins Game. It was played in a skins game format where each hole, and the money or "skin" associated with it, was won by one player only if they win that hole outright. If no player won the hole, the "skin" carried over to the next hole. From 1988 to 2005, it was played as an individual event with four players (five in 1991). Beginning in 2006, it was played as an alternate-shot two-man team event with four teams.
The tournament was discontinued in December 2011. The purse for the final tournament in 2011 was US$770,000.
Winners Team event (2006–2011) YearWinnersRunners-upWendy's Champions Skins Game2011 Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson Bernhard Langer and Mark O'Meara2010 Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson Ben Crenshaw and Fuzzy Zoeller2009 Ben Crenshaw and Fuzzy Zoeller Greg Norman and Jay Haas2008 Peter Jacobsen and Fuzzy Zoeller Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson2007 Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson Gary Player and Jay Haas2006 Raymond Floyd and Dana Quigley Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson
Individual event (1988–2005) Year Winner Country Runner-upWendy's Champions Skins Game 2005 Jack Nicklaus Craig Stadler2004 Tom Watson Arnold PalmerConAgra Foods Champions Skins Game2003 Lee Trevino Hale IrwinSenior Skins Game2002 Hale Irwin Jack Nicklaus2001 Hale Irwin Jack Nicklaus2000 Gary Player Tom Watson1999 Hale Irwin Raymond Floyd1998 Raymond Floyd Hale Irwin1997 Raymond Floyd Jack Nicklaus1996 Raymond Floyd Jim Colbert1995 Raymond Floyd Jack Nicklaus1994 Raymond Floyd Arnold Palmer1993 Arnold Palmer Chi-Chi Rodríguez1992 Arnold Palmer Chi-Chi Rodríguez1991 Jack Nicklaus Lee Trevino1990 Arnold Palmer Jack Nicklaus1989 Chi-Chi Rodríguez Gary Player1988 Chi-Chi Rodríguez Gary Player
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External links PGATOUR.com tournament site