Dates: Friday, July 7th through Sunday, July 9th
Site: Hobbit's Glen Golf Club, Columbia, Maryland
Course Architect: Edmund Ault (1967)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,983
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 406 yds 10 - Par 4 404 yds
2 - Par 4 390 yds 11 - Par 3 157 yds
3 - Par 5 563 yds 12 - Par 4 367 yds
4 - Par 3 195 yds 13 - Par 4 441 yds
5 - Par 5 507 yds 14 - Par 4 467 yds
6 - Par 4 399 yds 15 - Par 5 558 yds
7 - Par 4 410 yds 16 - Par 3 202 yds
8 - Par 3 177 yds 17 - Par 4 381 yds
9 - Par 4 429 yds 18 - Par 5 530 yds
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36 3,476 yds 36 3,507 yds
Annual: 3rd
Defending Champion: Christy O'Connor
Runner-Up: Bruce Fleisher
Tournament Record: 198 (Christy O'Connor, 1999)
36-Hole Record: 131 (Christy O'Connor, 1999)
Course Record: 65 (Tom Jenkins, David Graham, Frank Conner, 1998;
Christy O'Connor, Bruce Fleisher, 1999)
Total Purse: $1,350,000
Shares: 1st Place - $202,500; 2nd Place - 118,800; 3rd Place - 97,200
1999 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Christy O'Connor 198 Jim Dent 209
Bruce Fleisher 199 John Jacobs 209
Dana Quigley 207 Fred Gibson 209
Terry Dill 208 Hugh Baiocchi 209
Hubert Green 208 Three players at 210
Past State Farm Senior Classic Winners and Runners-up
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1999 -- Christy O'Connor (198) -- Bruce Fleisher
1998 -- Bruce Summerhays (206) -- Walter Hall, Hale Irwin
Top Contenders in the Field
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Christy O'Connor - Defending champion, only 1 top-10 this year in 15 events
Jose M. Canizares - 17th on money list with five top-10's in 18 tournaments
Jim Colbert - Tied for 10th last week closing with three straight 70's
Allen Doyle - 8th in scoring, 6th in driving accuracy, 8 to-10's
Bruce Fleisher - Runner-up last week at Senior Open, 1st in scoring
Hubert Green - 7th in scoring, 3rd in putting, 2nd in driving accuracy
Tom Jenkins - Only top-10 money winner without a win this season
David Lundstrom - 25th on money list with four top-10's in 17 events
Larry Nelson - Two-time winner this year with a Tour leading 12 top-10's
Dana Quigley - One win and three second's, 4th on money list
Bruce Summerhays - Has played in all 21 official events this year
Jim Thorpe - Tied for 6th last week at U.S. Senior Open, 6 top-10's
Lee Trevino - The Merry Mex won two weeks ago at Cadillac Classic
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