Mississippi Gulf Coast Open
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Preivew of this years tournament
News and report from the 1st round
Scores from the 1st round
News and report from the 2nd round
Scores from the 2nd round
News and report from the 3rd round
Scores from the 3rd round
News and report from the 4th round
Scores from the 4th round
Golf Today report of last years event 
 Dates: Thursday, March 2nd through Sunday, March 5th

 Site: The Oaks Golf Club, Pass Christian, Mississippi

 Course Architect: Landmark National (1998)

 Par: 72

 Yardage: 6,885

 Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 378 Yds   10 - Par 5 500 Yds

               2 - Par 4 445 Yds   11 - Par 4 426 Yds

               3 - Par 4 409 Yds   12 - Par 3 165 Yds

               4 - Par 4 457 Yds   13 - Par 4 430 Yds

               5 - Par 3 180 Yds   14 - Par 4 346 Yds

               6 - Par 5 552 Yds   15 - Par 5 549 Yds

               7 - Par 3 173 Yds   16 - Par 3 176 Yds

               8 - Par 5 517 Yds   17 - Par 4 420 Yds

               9 - Par 4 420 Yds   18 - Par 4 442 Yds

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                    36 3,431 Yds         36 3,454 Yds

 

 Annual: 2nd

 Defending Champion: Joel Edwards

 Runner-up: John Riegger

 Tournament Record: 280 (Joel Edwards, 1999)

 54-Hole Record: 209 (Kevin Johnson, 1999)

 36-Hole Record: 138 (Joel Edwards, 1999)

 Course Record: 67 (Dave Barr, Keith Nolan, Kris Cox, Chris Tidland, 1999)

 Total Purse: $400,000

 Shares: 1st Place - $72,000; 2nd Place - 45,400; 3rd Place - 33,000

 
                             1999 Finish

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 Player                Score              Player                 Score

 ------                -----              ------                 -----

 Joel Edwards           280               Joe Daley               285

 John Riegger           281               Kelly Gibson            285

 Kevin Johnson          283               Brad Elder              285

 Shane Supple           285               Glen Hnatiuk            286

 Mike Heinen            285               Mike Grob               286

                                          Ryan Howison            286


        Past Buy.Com Mississippi Gulf Coast Open Winners and Runners-Up

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 1999 -- Joel Edwards (280) -- John Riegger

 

 Note: Formerly called NIKE Mississippi Gulf Coast Open (1999).

 

                      Top Contenders in the Field

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 Briny Baird          - 15th on money list with one top-10 finish

 Kris Cox             - Owner of the course record, one top-10 this year

 Jeff Gallagher       - Fifth on money list after a second-place finish

 Kelly Grunewald      - Has finished in the top-10 in both events this year

 Donnie Hammond       - First on money list with one win at Lakeland

 Mark Hensby          - 4th in scoring average, 3rd on money list

 Kevin Johnson        - 2nd on tour in putting, 10th in scoring, 7th in money

 Tom Kalinowski       - 4th on money list, leads tour in eagle frequency

 Fran Quinn           - Won season-opening Florida Classic, 2nd on money list

 Mike Standly         - 9th on money list with one top-10 finish

 

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