Dates: Thursday, April 13th through Sunday, April 16th
Site: PGA National Golf Club (Champion Course), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Course Architect: Tom and George Fazio (1981)
Jack Nicklaus, Re-designed (1990)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,754
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 346 yds 10 - Par 5 549 yds
2 - Par 4 419 yds 11 - Par 4 412 yds
3 - Par 5 539 yds 12 - Par 4 397 yds
4 - Par 4 355 yds 13 - Par 4 386 yds
5 - Par 3 171 yds 14 - Par 4 422 yds
6 - Par 5 484 yds 15 - Par 3 164 yds
7 - Par 3 185 yds 16 - Par 4 428 yds
8 - Par 4 422 yds 17 - Par 3 152 yds
9 - Par 4 395 yds 18 - Par 5 528 yds
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36 3,316 yds 36 3,438 yds
Annual: 61st
Defending Champion: Allen Doyle
Runner-Up: Vicente Fernandez
Tournament Record: 268 (Sam Snead, 1973)
54-Hole Record: 199 (Sam Snead, 1973)
36-Hole Record: 132 (S.Snead, 1973; A.Palmer, 1984; J.Nicklaus, 1991)
Course Record: 63 (Arnold Palmer, 1984; Buck White, 1961)
Total Purse: $1,800,000
Shares: 1st Place - $324,000; 2nd Place - 194,400; 3rd Place - 122,400
Key Players to Watch
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Finish Last Eight Years
Player 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
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Allen Doyle dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp Won
Vicente Fernandez dnp dnp dnp dnp 3rd T-35 T-6 2nd
Jose M. Canizares dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-35 T-22 T-3
Bruce Fleisher dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-3
Dana Quigley dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-40 T-6 T-5
Bruce Summerhays dnp dnp dnp T-26 T-37 T-23 T-47 T-5
Hugh Baiocchi dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-35 T-36 7th
John Jacobs dnp dnp dnp dnp T-31 mc T-13 T-8
J.C. Snead T-30 T-9 T-15 T-16 T-20 26th T-36 T-8
Larry Ziegler T-22 T-39 T-24 T-21 T-15 dnp T-47 T-8
Hale Irwin dnp dnp dnp dnp Won Won Won T-11
Gil Morgan dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-15 3rd T-11
Ed Dougherty dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-11
Joe Inman dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-11
Bob Dickson dnp dnp dnp T-14 T-22 T-40 T-18 T-15
Isao Aoki dnp 3rd T-5 T-5 2nd T-20 T-44 T-15
Lee Trevino Won T-23 Won T-2 T-22 T-27 mc T-15
Graham Marsh dnp dnp T-24 T-5 T-15 T-20 T-18 T-18
Gibby Gilbert T-19 T-27 T-29 13th mc T-4 mc T-18
John Mahaffey dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-18
Jay Sigel dnp dnp 13th T-30 T-11 T-40 T-6 T-22
George Archer 13th T-16 dnp T-10 dnp dnp T-11 T-22
Mike McCullough dnp dnp dnp dnp T-25 T-46 T-13 T-24
Ray Floyd dnp T-13 T-3 Won 19th T-35 15th T-24
Terry Dill mc T-45 mc T-16 T-46 mc T-29 T-24
John D. Morgan dnp dnp dnp mc mc T-4 T-57 T-29
Frank Conner dnp dnp dnp dnp T-25 T-46 mc T-29
Jim Colbert T-30 T-45 2nd 9th T-41 T-32 T-44 31st
Dave Stockton 4th T-23 T-3 mc dnp T-15 T-4 T-32
Bob Charles T-7 T-4 T-10 T-5 T-15 T-7 T-29 T-32
Jim Dent T-14 T-32 T-29 T-58 T-46 mc T-22 T-34
Bob Duval dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-22 T-34
Tommy Horton mc T-32 T-60 T-30 T-46 T-11 mc T-34
Tom Wargo dnp Won T-10 T-30 T-15 mc T-11 T-39
Bob Murphy dnp T-39 T-10 T-10 T-7 T-27 T-22 T-39
Jim Albus T-22 T-7 T-38 T-10 dnp T-27 T-39 T-39
Hubert Green dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp mc mc T-39
Larry Nelson dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp 2nd T-43
Gary Player 5th T-16 T-19 T-60 T-31 T-20 T-39 T-43
David Graham dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-11 wd T-50
Kermit Zarley dnp T-21 mc T-21 DQ T-11 T-39 T-58
Ed Sneed dnp dnp dnp T-14 T-11 mc mc T-62
Dave Eichelberger dnp dnp dnp 38th mc mc mc T-67
Walt Morgan dnp dnp dnp T-55 T-11 10th T-6 mc
Simon Hobday T-51 T-27 T-29 T-51 mc mc T-22 mc
Leonard Thompson dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-22 mc
DeWitt Weaver T-10 T-23 T-5 T-16 T-37 T-15 mc mc
Brian Barnes dnp dnp dnp dnp T-4 T-23 mc mc
Tom Shaw T-47 T-37 46th 47th T-53 T-63 mc mc
Arnold Palmer T-47 T-27 mc mc mc mc mc mc
John Bland dnp dnp dnp dnp T-25 T-7 T-29 wd
Jack Nicklaus T-10 T-9 9th 8th T-22 T-2 T-6 dnp
Tom Kite dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp
Lanny Wadkins dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp
Tom Watson dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp
mc - Missed Cut.
wd - Withdrew.
dnp - Did Not Play.
Past PGA Seniors Championship Winners and Runners-up
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1999 -- Allen Doyle (274) -- Vicente Fernandez
1998 -- Hale Irwin (275) -- Larry Nelson
1997 -- Hale Irwin (274) -- Dale Douglass, Jack Nicklaus
1996 -- Hale Irwin (280) -- Isao Aoki
1995 -- Ray Floyd (277) -- Lee Trevino, John Paul Cain, Larry Gilbert
1994 -- Lee Trevino (279) -- Jim Colbert
1993 -- *Tom Wargo (275) -- Bruce Crampton
1992 -- Lee Trevino (278) -- Mike Hill
1991 -- Jack Nicklaus (271) -- Bruce Crampton
1990 -- Gary Player (281) -- Chi Chi Rodriguez
1989 -- Larry Mowry (281) -- Miller Barber, Al Geiberger
1988 -- Gary Player (284) -- Chi Chi Rodriguez
1987 -- Chi Chi Rodriguez (282) -- Dale Douglass
1986 -- Gary Player (281) -- Lee Elder
1985 -- Not Held
1984 -- Peter Thomson (286) -- Don January
1984 -- Arnold Palmer (282) -- Don January
1983 -- Not Held
1982 -- Don January (288) -- Julius Boros
1981 -- Miller Barber (281) -- Arnold Palmer
1980 -- *Arnold Palmer (289) -- Paul Harney
1979 -- Don January (270) -- George Bayer
1979 -- *Jack Fleck (289) -- Bob Erickson, Bill Johnston
1978 -- Joe Jimenez (286) -- Joe Cheves, Manuel de la Torre
1977 -- Julius Boros (283) -- Fred Haas, Jr.
1976 -- Pete Cooper (283) -- Fred Wampler
1975 -- Charlie Sifford (280) -- Fred Wampler
1974 -- Roberto De Vicenzo (273) -- Julius Boros, Art Wall
1973 -- Sam Snead (268) -- Julius Boros
1972 -- Sam Snead (286) -- Tommy Bolt, Julius Boros
1971 -- Julius Boros (285) -- Tommy Bolt
1970 -- Sam Snead (290) -- Fred Haas, Jr.
1969 -- Tommy Bolt (278) -- Pete Fleming
1968 -- Chandler Harper (279) -- Sam Snead
1967 -- Sam Snead (279) -- Bob Hamilton
1966 -- Fred Haas, Jr. (286) -- John Barnum, Dutch Harrison
1965 -- Sam Snead (278) -- Joe Lopez, Sr.
1964 -- Sam Snead (279) -- John Barnum
1963 -- Herman Barron (272) -- John Barnum
1962 -- Paul Runyan (278) -- Errie Ball, Dutch Harrison, Joe Brown
1961 -- Paul Runyan (278) -- Jimmy Demaret
1960 -- Dick Metz (284) -- Tony Longo, Paul Runyan
1959 -- Willie Goggin (284) -- Leland Gibson, Paul Runyan, Denny Shute
1958 -- Gene Sarazen (288) -- Charles Sheppard
1957 -- *Al Watrous (210) -- Bob Stupple
1956 -- Pete Burke (215) -- Ock Willoweit
1955 -- Mortie Dutra (213) -- Mike Murra, Gene Sarazen, Denny Shute
1954 -- Gene Sarazen (214) -- Perry Del Vecchio, Al Watrous
1953 -- Harry Schwab (142) -- Charles McKenna, Gene Sarazen
1952 -- Ernie Newnham (146) -- Al Watrous
1951 -- *Al Watrous (142) -- Jock Hutchison
1950 -- Al Watrous (142) -- Bill Jelliffe
1949 -- Marshall Crichton (145) -- Louis Chiapetta, J.Hutchison, G.Smith
1948 -- Charles McKenna (141) -- Ben Richter
1947 -- Jock Hutchison (145) -- Ben Richter
1946 -- Eddie Williams (146) -- Jock Hutchison
1945 -- Eddie Williams (148) -- Jock Hutchison
1944 -- Not Held due to World War II
1943 -- Not Held due to World War II
1942 -- Eddie Williams (138) -- Jock Hutchison
1941 -- Jack Burke, Sr. (142) -- Eddie Williams
1940 -- Otto Hackbarth (146) -- Jock Hutchison
1939 -- Not Held
1938 -- *Fred McLeod (154) -- Otto Hackbarth
1937 -- Jock Hutchison (223) -- George Gordon
* - Won in Playoff.
2000 Grand Slam Finishes
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Tradition
Tom Kite Won
Tom Watson T-2
Larry Nelson T-2
Bruce Fleisher 4th
Joe Inman 5th
Andy North T-6
John Jacobs 8th
Jack Nicklaus T-9
Mike McCullough T-9
Fred Gibson T-9
John Bland T-9
Ed Dougherty T-9
Bruce Summerhays T-9
Jose Maria Canizares T-15
Dave Eichelberger T-15
Gil Morgan T-15
Vicente Fernandez T-19
Jay Sigel T-19
Graham Marsh T-19
John Mahaffey T-25
Lanny Wadkins T-25
George Archer T-25
David Graham T-31
Dave Stockton T-31
Hale Irwin T-37
Dana Quigley T-37
Tom Wargo T-61
Ray Floyd WD
Jim Colbert WD
Christy O'Conner WD
Brian Barnes WD
Jim Dent DNP
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