Dates: Friday, September 15th through Sunday, September 17th
Site: The Golf Center at Kings Island (Grizzly Course), Mason, Ohio
Course Architect: Jack Nicklaus and Desmond Muirhead (1973)
Par: 70
Yardage: 6,639
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 430 Yds 10 - Par 4 366 Yds
2 - Par 4 430 Yds 11 - Par 4 398 Yds
3 - Par 4 374 Yds 12 - Par 3 198 Yds
4 - Par 5 518 Yds 13 - Par 4 412 Yds
5 - Par 3 163 Yds 14 - Par 4 423 Yds
6 - Par 4 402 Yds 15 - Par 4 369 Yds
7 - Par 4 377 Yds 16 - Par 3 186 Yds
8 - Par 3 200 Yds 17 - Par 4 392 Yds
9 - Par 4 455 Yds 18 - Par 5 546 Yds
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35 3,349 Yds 35 3,290 Yds
Annual: 11th
Defending Champion: Gil Morgan
Runner-Up: Ed Dougherty
Tournament Record: 195 (Jay Sigel, 1997)
36-Hole Record: 129 (Jay Sigel, 1997)
Course Record: 62 (J.C. Snead, 1996)
Total Purse: $1,400,000
Shares: 1st Place - $210,000; 2nd Place - 123,200; 3rd Place - 100,800
1999 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Gil Morgan 198 Joe Inman 202
Ed Dougherty 200 John Mahaffey 203
Dana Quigley 201 Lee Trevino 203Hale Irwin
Graham Marsh 202 David Graham 204
Jimmy Powell 204
Past Kroger Senior Classic Winners and Runners-up
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1999 -- Gil Morgan (198) -- Ed Dougherty
1998 -- *#Hugh Baiocchi (133) -- B.Charles, F.Conner, L.Nelson, B.Summerhays
1997 -- Jay Sigel (195) -- Isao Aoki
1996 -- Isao Aoki (198) -- Mike Hill, Rocky Thompson
1995 -- Mike Hill (196) -- Isao Aoki
1994 -- Jim Colbert (199) -- Ray Floyd
1993 -- Simon Hobday (202) -- Gibby Gilbert, Mike Hill, Bob Reith
1992 -- *Gibby Gilbert (198) -- J.C. Snead
1991 -- Al Geiberger (203) -- Larry Laoretti
1990 -- #Jim Dent (133) -- Harold Henning
* - Won in Playoff.
# - Rain Shortened.
Top Contenders in the Field
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Gil Morgan - Defending Champion, won last week for third win in 2000
Ed Dougherty - 15th on money list with one win and seven top-10 finishes
Allen Doyle - 12 top-10's in 2000, 7th on money list, 7th in scoring
Bruce Fleisher - Four-time winner this year, 16 top-10's, 1st in money
Hubert Green - 11th on money list with one win and five top-five's
Hale Irwin - Three wins this year, 15 top-10's in 18 tournaments
Tom Jenkins - 8th on money list with one win and eight top-five finishes
Larry Nelson - Four wins this year and five runner-up finishes in 24 events
Dana Quigley - Registered his 16th top-10 last week, 4th on money list
Bruce Summerhays - Only 1 top-three finish this year but seven top-10's
Doug Tewell - Three-time winner this year, 6th on money list
Jim Thorpe - 10th in birdies, 8th in greens in regulation, 10th in money
Lee Trevino - All-time Senior Tour wins leader, 31st on money list
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