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Four Tour challenge to
take place at Pebble Beach
Defending champion Kevin Sutherland and U.S. Senior Open winner Bruce Fleisher
head a field of players from four pro tours at the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach
Invitational.
The 72-hole tournament starts Thursday at Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass
Hill Golf Course and Del Monte Golf Course. Players from the PGA Tour, Senior
PGA Tour, LPGA Tour and Buy.com Tour will compete for $300,000 in prize money.
Each tour's players will tee off from different spots.
Sutherland made a 5-foot birdie putt on the final hole last year for a one-stroke
victory over Don Pooley. Sutherland's second-place finish at the Tucson Open in
January was his top showing this year on the PGA Tour. He's 32nd on the money
list with more than $1.5 million.
Tom Lehman, the 1998 champion, is also entered, as are 1987 U.S. Open champion
Scott Simpson, Kirk Triplett, Duffy Waldorf, Mike Reid, Brett Quigley, Paul Stankowski,
Rich Beem, Bob May and Olin Browne.
Fleisher, who had three Senior PGA Tour wins this season, is second on the
money list with more than $2.4 million. Jim Thorpe, Andy North, and John Mahaffey
are among the other Senior Tour players here.
LPGA Tour players include Helen Alfredsson and Michelle McGann.
The Buy.com Tour contingent includes Todd Fischer, third in the tournament
last year, and leading money-winner Chad Campbell.
The first three rounds of the event incorporate a pro-am format, in which a
four-player team will compete with a different professional each day.
Players will rotate between Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill and Del Monte over
the first three days, while the entire field plays Pebble Beach in Sunday's final
round.
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