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Nike Greater Austin Open
Tournament information
Location	Austin, Texas
Established	1997
Course	The Hills Country Club
Par	72
Tour	Nike Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	$225,000
Month played	February
Final year	1998
Tournament record score
Aggregate	280 Michael Allen (1998)
To par	−8 as above
Final champion
	Michael Allen
Location map
	The Hills CC Location in the United States The Hills CC Location in Texas

The Austin Open was a golf tournament on the Nike Tour. It ran from 1997 to 1998 and was played at The Hills Country Club in Austin, Texas.

Eric Booker won the inaugural event that was rain-shortened to 36 holes.^[1]^[2] Michael Allen won the second and final event.^[3]^[4]

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref
Nike Greater Austin Open
1997	Eric Booker	140^[a]	−4	1 stroke	Brian Kamm	^[1]^[2]
1998	Michael Allen	280	−8	2 strokes	Gene Sauers Chris Zarmon	^[3]^[4]

1 2 "Eric Booker – Results – 1997". PGA Tour. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
1 2 "Booker wins rain-shortened Nike Greater Austin Open". Associated Press News. April 6, 1997.^{[dead link]}
1 2 "Michael Allen – Results – 1998". PGA Tour. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
1 2 "Allen Hangs On In Austin". Sun-Sentinel. March 9, 1998. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.

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