The Buick Invitational, is a PGA Tour professional golf tournament established in 1952 in La Jolla, California, and played in the San Diego, California area in the early part of the Tour season, and is known as the "West Coast Swing." The tournament was originally known as the San Diego Open, and was noted for having singer-actor Andy Williams as a celebrity host during much of its existence. The Buick Invitational is the fourth event on the 2008 PGA Tour schedule.
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The tournament was played at San Diego Country Club in Chula Vista, California, from 1952-53, before spending 1954 at Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe, California, and in 1955 the event moved to Mission Valley Country Club in San Diego, California. After the 1956 event was played at Singing Hills Country Club in El Cajon, California, and returned to Mission Valley CC until 1961. Mission Valley CC changed its name to Stardust Country Club in 1962 and the event stayed there from 1962-63, after spending 1964 at Rancho Bernardo Country Club in San Diego, California, it returned to Stardust CC until 1967. The event began its relationship with Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, California, in 1968, and has been played there ever since.