The 25 Greatest Moments from the first 25 years -- 1981-2004

2004 The tournament raises a record $350,000 for charity, bringing its total contributions to $3.75 million since the tournament began as the Marlboro Classic in 1981.

2004 Craig Stadler shoots a final round 64 to win. After his round, "The Walrus" watches his son Kevin on TV earn his first win on the Nationwide Tour, making Craig and Kevin only the second father/son ever to win PGA TOUR events on the same day.

2003 Hometown hero Allen Doyle shoots a tournament record 63 in the second round en route to a win. Doyle's record round included a 6-under 29 on the front nine, and his 63 broke the 18-hole record (64) that Don January had set in 1983 in the final round and that was tied by seven other players in the intervening 20 years.

2003 Grant Fuhr shoots a first-round 68 en route to wining the first-ever NHL Drive Fore The Goal charity competition played in conjunction with the tournament's championship rounds.

2002 By the final round, Hale Irwin had shot a record 20 consecutive rounds under par at the tournament.

2002 PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem announces the Boys & Girls Club of Assabet Valley, which has its headquarters in Maynard, Mass., as the Champions Tour's national "Charity of the Year."

2002 Bob Gilder birdies the third playoff hole to defeat John Mahaffey, becoming the first ever wire-to-wire tournament winner. His 13-under 203 earned him $225,000.

2002 Arnold Palmer, at age 73, records two eagles in the same round, including a 40-yard eagle chip on the 10^th hole.

2001 Tom Kite, near the top of the leader board as he stood on the tee at the par-3 17^th hole, hits a purple martin bird in flight, dropping his ball in the hazard and grounding his victory hopes.

2000 Arnold Palmer betters his age for the first time in tournament play when he shoots a 3-under 69 in the second round.

2000 Former Champions join fans, the Concord Minuteman, the singing Massachusetts State Trooper, F-16 fighter jets from Hanscom Air Force Base and a 2,500-pound cake shaped like a fairway topped by a giant golf ball to celebrate the tournament's 20^th Anniversary. Chi Chi Rodriguez, the only player to win the tournament three consecutive times uses his famous sword-play to cut the first slice.

1999 The SENIOR TOUR selects long-time tournament volunteer Pete Ziner the national SENIOR TOUR Volunteer of the Year.

1999 Hale Irwin comes within a stroke of matching Chi Chi Rodriguez's feat of three straight titles, but loses in a playoff to unheralded Tom McGinnis.

1997 Hale Irwin's nearly 50-foot-long, triple-breaking snake of a putt from the back of 17^th green prompts cheers from the gallery loud enough to be heard on the 18^th green where Bob Wynn and Jerry McGee were about to two-putt for pars and second place to Irwin's 13-under 203 for the first of his two consecutive championships. He took home $150,000.

1996 Jim Dent breaks out of a three-way tie with a five-foot birdie putt on the 18^th hole to win $120,000 with a 12-under 204.

1995 Isao Aoki knocks a bunker shot one-foot from the cup and birdies the 18^th hole to win the tournament and $120,000 by a stroke with a 12-under 204.

1993 Bank of America (Bank of Boston) replaces Digital as Title Sponsor of tournament and remains only the second title sponsor the tournament has had in 25 years.

1991 Rocky Thompson wins by driving from the 5^th tee over the 6^th fairway to land on the 5^th fairway to improve his birdie chances. Before the next tournament, a tree, called the Rocky Thompson Tree, has been planted between the 6^th fairway and the dogleg in the 5^th fairway to prevent future players from doing the same thing.

1990 Bob Charles repeats as Champion, edging Lee Trevino, to successfully defend his title and become the third player to win two consecutive tournaments. His 13-under 203 won him $52,500.

1988 Chi Chi Rodriguez bests Bob Charles by one stroke, scoring a 14-under 202 to become the first and only player (as of the 25^th Anniversary) to win three consecutive tournaments. First prize was $45,000.

1985 Lee Elder's birdie on the first extra hole defeats Jerry Barber in the tournament’s first-ever sudden-death playoff. Elder shot an 8-under 208 for the $30,000 first prize.

1984 Digital Computers becomes the first title sponsor of the tournament.

1984 Tournament moves to Nashawtuc Country Club, as Don January becomes the first of five repeat champions. January is the only player to win titles on different courses - Marlboro Country Club, then Nashawtuc Country Club.

1982 Upon winning the second annual Bank of America Championship, Arnold Palmer accepts a trophy, check, cigar and rocking chair during 18^th green ceremonies and promptly sat down and began rocking - a great photo opportunity, but the chair was ruining the green.

1981 Bob Goalby fends off Art Wall to claim the first Bank of America Championship, then called Marlboro Classic, with a 2-under 208 to take home the $25,000 first prize.