BMW Championship Winners
Legendary Tiger Woods won the first BMW Championship, which replaced the Western Open in 2007, with a record-breaking score of 67-67-65-63=262 (-22).
Title sponsors of the Western Open over recent decades have included Cialis, Golf Digest, Advil, Motorola, Sprint, Centel and Beatrice.
BMW Championship Winners / Western Open Winners in the 2000s
The Cog Hill Golf & Country Club in Lemont, Illinois hosted the Western Open from 1991 onwards. In 2007, it also hosted the first BMW Championship.
| Year | Winner | Score | To Par | Prize Money |
| BMW Championship | ||||
| 2007 | Tiger Woods | 67-67-65-63 = 262 | -22 | $1,260,000 |
| Cialis Western Open | ||||
| 2006 | Trevor Immelman | 69-66-69-67 = 271 | -13 | $ 900,000 |
| 2005 | Jim Furyk | 64-70-67-69 = 270 | -14 | $ 900,000 |
| 2004 | Stephen Ames | 67-73-64-70 = 274 | -10 | $ 864,000 |
| 100th Western Open presented by Golf Digest | ||||
| 2003 | Tiger Woods | 63-70-65-69 = 267 | -21 | $ 810,000 |
| Advil Western Open | ||||
| 2002 | Jerry Kelly | 67-69-68-65 = 269 | -19 | $ 720,000 |
| 2001 | Scott Hoch | 69-68-66-64 = 267 | -21 | $ 648,000 |
| 2000 | Robert Allenby | 69-69-68-68 = 274 | -14 | $ 540,000 |
In 2000, Robert Allenby won the tournament through a playoff, in which he beat Nick Price with a par on the first extra hole.
Western Open Winners from 1975 - 2000
Motorola Western Open
1999: Tiger Woods
1998: Joe Durant
1997: Tiger Woods
1996: Steve Stricker
1995: Billy Mayfair
1994: Nick Price
Sprint Western Open
1993: Nick Price
Centel Western Open
1992: Ben Crenshaw - United States
1991: Russ Cochran - United States
1990: Wayne Levi - United States
Beatrice Western Open
1989: Mark McCumber - United States
1988: Jim Benepe - United States
1987: DA Weibring - United States
Western Open
1986: Tom Kite
1985: Scott Verplank (amateur)
1984: Tom Watson
1983: Mark McCumber
1982: Tom Weiskopf
1981: Ed Fiori
1980: Scott Simpson
1979: Larry Nelson
1978: Andy Bean
1977: Tom Watson
1976: Al Geiberger
1975: Hale Irwin
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