The Viking Classic
is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour named for its main sponsor, Viking Range Corporation. It is played annually in September in Madison, Mississippi. The tournament is held at the Annandale Golf Club. From 1968 to 1993 it was played at the Hattiesburg Country Club in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Known as the Magnolia State Classic
from 1968 through 1985 with notable winners including Roger Maltbie, Craig Stadler, and Payne Stewart, the tournament was re-named the Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic
in 1986. This tournament is usually played opposite of a major or limited field tournament, so the leading players in men's professional golf rarely participate. Until 1994, it was played opposite The Masters and then opposite the British Open in the mid-90s. In recent years, it has played opposite various World Golf Championships and The Tour Championship.
It has been an official money PGA Tour event since 1994. Prior to that, it was a satellite event with the money counting but the wins counting as unofficial.
In 2007, it was a part of the Fall Series; most of the players in the tournament were trying to make the Top 125 on the money list and retain their tour cards, or trying for a quick two-year exemption by winning. It was played in the same week as the Presidents Cup; most of the top Tour players played in that event instead of the Viking Classic. The situation will be similar in 2008, with the tournament being scheduled opposite the Ryder Cup. The 2008 purse was $3,600,000, with $648,000 going to the winner.
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