Dates: Friday, May 26th through Sunday, May 28th
Site: Boone Valley Golf Club, Augusta, Missouri
Course Architect: P.B. Dye (1992)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,731
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 405 Yds 10 - Par 4 361 Yds
2 - Par 4 410 Yds 11 - Par 4 426 Yds
3 - Par 3 183 Yds 12 - Par 3 181 Yds
4 - Par 4 435 Yds 13 - Par 4 425 Yds
5 - Par 4 430 Yds 14 - Par 5 476 Yds
6 - Par 5 505 Yds 15 - Par 4 345 Yds
7 - Par 4 344 Yds 16 - Par 3 224 Yds
8 - Par 3 128 Yds 17 - Par 5 491 Yds
9 - Par 5 561 Yds 18 - Par 4 401 Yds
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36 3,401 Yds 36 3,330 Yds
Annual: 5th
Defending Champion: Hale Irwin
Runner-Up: Al Geiberger
Tournament Record: 200 (Hale Irwin, 1997; Larry Nelson, 1998)
36-Hole Record: 131 (Bunky Henry, 1996)
Course Record: 63 (Hale Irwin, 1996)
Total Purse: $1,500,000
Shares: 1st Place - $225,000; 2nd Place - 132,000; 3rd Place - 108,000
1999 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Hale Irwin 203 Jim Dent 208
Al Geiberger 205 Dana Quigley 208
Kermit Zarley 206 Bruce Summerhays 208
Allen Doyle 207 John Jacobs 209
Jose Maria Canizares 208 Tom Jenkins 209
Past Boone Valley Classic Winners and Runners-up
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1999 -- Hale Irwin (203) -- Al Geiberger
1998 -- Larry Nelson (200) -- Graham Marsh
1997 -- Hale Irwin (200) -- Gil Morgan
1996 -- *Gibby Gilbert (203) -- Hale Irwin
* - Won in playoff
Top Contenders in the Field
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Hale Irwin - Defending champion, two-time winner at this tournament
Jim Colbert - Opened with 61 last week but finished third
Ed Dougherty - 29th on money list with three top-10's in 14 events
Allen Doyle - Has recorded six top-10's in 11 tournaments, has 1 win
Vicente Fernandez - 13th on money list with a pair of runner-up finishes
John Jacobs - Won earlier this year, 9th on money list, 5 top-10's
David Lundstrom - Has posted three top-five finishes, fourth last week
Larry Nelson - 3rd on money list with one win and three seconds
Dana Quigley - Won last week's event, leads tour with nine top-10's
Bruce Summerhays - 19th on money list with 5 top-10's in 15 events
Doug Tewell - Won PGA Seniors' Championship, 6th on money list
Lanny Wadkins - Won earlier this year in Florida but has struggled
Tom Watson - Finished 2nd last week for the third time this year
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