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 Dates: Thursday, September 7th through Sunday, September 10th
 Site: Glen Abbey Golf Club, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
 Course Architect: Jack Nicklaus (1977)
 Par: 72
 Yardage: 7,112
 Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 435 yds         10 - Par 4 443 yds
               2 - Par 4 414 yds         11 - Par 4 452 yds
               3 - Par 3 156 yds         12 - Par 3 187 yds
               4 - Par 4 417 yds         13 - Par 5 529 yds
               5 - Par 5 527 yds         14 - Par 4 426 yds
               6 - Par 4 437 yds         15 - Par 3 141 yds
               7 - Par 3 197 yds         16 - Par 5 516 yds
               8 - Par 4 433 yds         17 - Par 4 436 yds
               9 - Par 4 458 yds         18 - Par 5 508 yds
                   -------------              -------------
                    35 3,474 yds               37 3,638 yds
 
 Annual: 91st
 Defending Champion: Hal Sutton
 Runner-Up: Dennis Paulson
 Tournament Record: 263 (Johnny Palmer, 1952)
 54-Hole Record: 195 (Arnold Palmer, 1955)
 36-Hole Record: 129 (Scott Dunlap, 1986)
 Course Record: 62 (Greg Norman, 1986; Andy Bean, 1983; Leonard Thompson, 
1981)
 Total Purse: $3,100,000
 Shares: 1st Place - $558,000; 2nd Place - 334,800; 3rd Place - 210,800
 
                             1999 Finish
                             -----------
 
 Player                Score              Player                 Score
 ------                -----              ------                 -----
 Hal Sutton             275               David Sutherland        281
 Dennis Paulson         278               Scott Dunlap            282
 Dudley Hart            281               Nick Faldo              283
 Lee Janzen             281               Four players at         284
 Justin Leonard         281
 
             Past Bell Canadian Open Winners and Runners-up
             ----------------------------------------------
 
 1999 -- Hal Sutton (275) -- Dennis Paulson
 1998 -- *Billy Andrade (275) -- Bob Friend
 1997 -- Steve Jones (275) -- Greg Norman
 1996 -- #Dudley Hart (202) -- David Duval
 1995 -- *Mark O'Meara (274) -- Bob Lohr
 1994 -- Nick Price (275) -- Mark Calcavecchia
 1993 -- David Frost (279) -- Fred Couples
 1992 -- *Greg Norman (280) -- Bruce Lietzke
 1991 -- Nick Price (273) -- David Edwards
 1990 -- Wayne Levi (278) -- Ian Baker-Finch, Jim Woodward
 1989 -- Steve Jones (271) -- C.Burroughs, M.Calcavecchia, M.Hulbert
 1988 -- Ken Green (275) -- Bill Glasson, Scott Verplank
 1987 -- Curtis Strange (276) -- David Frost, Jodie Mudd, Nick Price
 1986 -- Bob Murphy (280) -- Greg Norman
 1985 -- Curtis Strange (279) -- Greg Norman, Jack Nicklaus
 1984 -- Greg Norman (278) -- Jack Nicklaus
 1983 -- *John Cook (277) -- Johnny Miller
 1982 -- Bruce Lietzke (277) -- Hal Sutton
 1981 -- Peter Oosterhuis (280) -- B.Lietzke, J.Nicklaus, A.North
 1980 -- Bob Gilder (274) -- Jerry Pate, Leonard Thompson
 1979 -- Lee Trevino (281) -- Ben Crenshaw
 1978 -- Bruce Lietzke (283) -- Pat McGowan
 1977 -- Lee Trevino (280) -- Peter Oosterhuis
 1976 -- Jerry Pate (267) -- Jack Nicklaus
 1975 -- *Tom Weiskopf (274) -- Jack Nicklaus
 1974 -- Bobby Nichols (270) -- John Schlee, Larry Ziegler
 1973 -- Tom Weiskopf (278) -- Forrest Fezler
 1972 -- Gay Brewer (275) -- Sam Adams, Dave Hill
 1971 -- *Lee Trevino (275) -- Art Wall
 1970 -- Kermit Zarley (279) -- Gibby Gilbert
 1969 -- *Tommy Aaron (275) -- Sam Snead
 1968 -- Bob Charles (274) -- Jack Nicklaus
 1967 -- *Billy Casper (279) -- Art Wall
 1966 -- Don Massengale (280) -- Chi Chi Rodriguez
 1965 -- Gene Littler (273) -- Jack Nicklaus
 1964 -- Kel Nagle (277) -- Arnold Palmer
 1963 -- Doug Ford (280) -- Al Geiberger
 1962 -- Ted Kroll (278) -- Charles Sifford
 1961 -- Jacky Cupit (270) -- B.Cupit, D.Finsterwald, B.Nichols
 1960 -- Art Wall (269) -- Bob Goalby, Jay Hebert
 1959 -- Doug Ford (276) -- D.Finsterwald, A.Wall, B.Wininger
 1958 -- Wesley Ellis, Jr. (267) -- Jay Hebert
 1957 -- George Bayer (271) -- Bo Wininger
 1956 -- *@Doug Sanders (273) -- Dow Finsterwald
 1955 -- Arnold Palmer (265) -- Jack Burke, Jr.
 1954 -- Pat Fletcher (280) -- Gordon Brydson, Bill Welch
 1953 -- Dave Douglas (273) -- Wally Ulrich
 1952 -- John Palmer (263) -- Fred Haas, Dick Mayer
 1951 -- Jim Ferrier (273) -- Fred Hawkins, Ed Oliver
 1950 -- Jim Ferrier (271) -- Ted Kroll
 1949 -- Dutch Harrison (271) -- Jim Ferrier
 1948 -- C.W. Congdon (280) -- Vic Ghezzi, Ky Laffoon, Dick Metz
 1947 -- Bobby Locke (268) -- Ed Oliver
 1946 -- *George Fazio (278) -- Dick Metz
 1945 -- Byron Nelson (280) -- Herman Barron
 1944 -- Not Held
 1943 -- Not Held
 1942 -- Craig Wood (275) -- Mike Turnesa
 1941 -- Sam Snead (274) -- Bob Gray, Jr.
 1940 -- *Sam Snead (281) -- Harold McSpaden
 1939 -- Harold McSpaden (282) -- Ralph Guldahl
 1938 -- *Sam Snead (277) -- Harry Cooper
 1937 -- Harry Cooper (285) -- Ralph Guldahl
 1936 -- Lawson Little (271) -- Jimmy Thompson
 1935 -- Gene Kunes (280) -- Victor Ghezzi
 1934 -- Tommy Armour (287) -- Ky Laffoon
 1933 -- Joe Kirkwood (282) -- Harry Cooper, Lex Robson
 1932 -- Harry Cooper (290) -- Al Watrous
 1931 -- *Walter Hagen (292) -- Percy Alliss
 1930 -- *Tommy Armour (273) -- Leo Diegel
 1929 -- Leo Diegel (274) -- Tommy Armour
 1928 -- Leo Diegel (282) -- A.Compston, Walter Hagen, Macdonald Smith
 1927 -- Tommy Armour (288) -- Macdonald Smith
 1926 -- Mac Smith (283) -- Gene Sarazen
 1925 -- Leo Diegel (295) -- Mike Brady
 1924 -- Leo Diegel (295) -- Gene Sarazen
 1923 -- C.W. Hackney (295) -- Tom Kerrigan
 1922 -- Al Watrous (303) -- Tom Kerrigan
 1921 -- W.H. Trovinger (293) -- Mike Brady
 1920 -- *J. Douglas Edgar (298) -- Tommy Armour, Charles R. Murray
 1919 -- J. Douglas Edgar (278) -- J.Barnes, Robert T. Jones, Jr., K.Keffer
 1918 -- Not Held
 1917 -- Not Held
 1916 -- Not Held
 1915 -- Not Held
 1914 -- Karl Keffer (300) -- George Cumming
 1913 -- Albert Murray (295) -- Nicol Thompson, Jack Burke, Sr.
 1912 -- George Sargent (299) -- James M. Barnes
 1911 -- Charles Murray (314) -- Davie Black
 1910 -- Daniel Kenny (303) -- George S. Lyon
 1909 -- Karl Keffer (309) -- George Cumming
 1908 -- Albert Murray (300) -- George Sargent
 1907 -- Percy Barrett (306) -- George Cumming
 1906 -- Charles Murray (170) -- George Cumming, Alex Robertson, Tom Reith
 1905 -- George Cumming (148) -- Percy Barrett
 1904 -- John H. Oke (156) -- Percy Barrett
 
 * - Won in Playoff.
 @ - Amateur.
 # - Rain Shortened.
 
                      Top Contenders in the Field
                      ---------------------------
 
 Hal Sutton        - Defending champion, two-time winner this year, 4th in money
 Mark Calcavecchia - Finished third last week with a final round of 67
 Sergio Garcia     - Has recorded three top-10 finishes in just 14 PGA events
 Steve Jones       - Two-time winner of this event, two top-five's this year
 Justin Leonard    - Has finished second three times in 2000, 18th in money
 Davis Love III    - 6th on money list with three runner-up finishes
 Mark O'Meara      - Has made 12 of 16 cuts this year but only 1 top-10
 Jesper Parnevik   - Two-time winner this year, 5th on money list, 9 top-10's
 Rory Sabbatini    - Won last week's Air Canada Championship for 1st career win
 Grant Waite       - Finished 2nd last week, 59th on money list, 2 top-10's
 Tiger Woods       - 8 wins in 16 events with 13 top-10's, 67.68 scoring average

 

 

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