Dates: Thursday, March 30th through Sunday, April 2nd
Site: Golf Club at Desert Mountain (Cochise Course), Scottsdale, Arizona
Course Architect: Jack Nicklaus (1987)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,990
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 397 yds 10 - Par 4 424 yds
2 - Par 3 181 yds 11 - Par 3 189 yds
3 - Par 4 475 yds 12 - Par 5 511 yds
4 - Par 5 546 yds 13 - Par 3 146 yds
5 - Par 4 448 yds 14 - Par 4 450 yds
6 - Par 4 358 yds 15 - Par 5 548 yds
7 - Par 3 194 yds 16 - Par 4 413 yds
8 - Par 5 569 yds 17 - Par 3 197 yds
9 - Par 4 433 yds 18 - Par 5 511 yds
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36 3,601 yds 36 3,389 yds
Annual: 12th
Defending Champion: Graham Marsh
Runner-up: Larry Nelson
Tournament Record: 266 (Gil Morgan, 1997)
54-Hole Record: 199 (Gil Morgan, 1997)
36-Hole Record: 132 (Phil Rodgers, 1991; Gil Morgan, 1997)
Course Record: 64 (Al Geiberger, 1993; Jim Colbert, 1995; Rocky Thompson,
1996)
9-Hole Record: 30 (Simon Hobday, Jack Nicklaus, 1997)
Total Purse: $1,600,000
Shares: 1st Place - $240,000; 2nd Place - 140,800; 3rd Place - 115,200
1999 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Graham Marsh # 136 Gary McCord 141
Larry Nelson 139 John Morgan 142
Vicente Fernandez 140 Jim Thorpe 142
Leonard Thompson 140 Brian Barnes 143
Bob Duval 141 John Bland 143
Terry Dill 143
Howard Twitty 143
# - Snow shortened.
Past The Countrywide Tradition Winners and Runners-up
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1999 -- #Graham Marsh (136) -- Larry Nelson
1998 -- Gil Morgan (276) -- Tom Wargo
1997 -- Gil Morgan (266) -- Isao Aoki
1996 -- Jack Nicklaus (272) -- Hale Irwin
1995 -- *Jack Nicklaus (276) -- Isao Aoki
1994 -- *Ray Floyd (271) -- Dale Douglass
1993 -- Tom Shaw (269) -- Mike Hill
1992 -- Lee Trevino (274) -- Jack Nicklaus
1991 -- Jack Nicklaus (277) -- Jim Colbert, Jim Dent, Phil Rodgers
1990 -- #Jack Nicklaus (206) -- Gary Player
1989 -- Don Bies (275) -- Gary Player
* - Won in Playoff.
# - Weather Shortened.
Note: Formerly called The Tradition at Desert Mountain (1989-91); The
Tradition (1992-99).
Key Players to Watch
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Finish Last Seven Years
Player 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
------ ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Graham Marsh dnp dnp T-33 T-17 T-19 T-6 T-13 Won
Larry Nelson dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-44 2nd
Vicente Fernandez dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-46 3rd T-3
Leonard Thompson dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-51 42nd T-3
Gary McCord dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-5
John D. Morgan dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-46 10th T-7
Jim Thorpe dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-7
Terry Dill T-31 T-17 T-45 59th T-31 T-8 T-17 T-9
John Bland dnp dnp dnp dnp T-7 T-25 T-25 T-9
Brian Barnes dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp 24th 30th T-9
Howard Twitty dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-9
Mike McCullough dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-17 T-6 T-14
Bruce Summerhays dnp dnp dnp T-8 T-23 T-25 9th T-14
George Archer T-12 T-25 T-12 T-17 T-7 T-8 T-13 T-14
J.C. Snead T-8 T-23 T-17 T-20 T-9 T-13 T-25 T-14
Walt Morgan dnp dnp dnp dnp T-5 T-15 T-60 T-14
Hale Irwin dnp dnp dnp dnp 2nd T-13 4th T-20
Ray Floyd dnp T-3 Won T-6 3rd T-19 5th T-20
Dave Stockton T-5 T-14 T-9 T-12 T-19 T-15 T-6 T-20
Al Geiberger T-17 7th dnp 40th T-5 T-51 T-23 T-20
Jose M. Canizares dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-25 T-20
Bruce Fleisher dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp 27th
Tom Wargo dnp T-17 T-9 T-45 T-37 T-11 2nd T-28
Dale Douglass T-60 T-3 2nd T-8 T-23 T-46 T-53 T-28
Jay Sigel dnp dnp T-52 T-6 11th 5th 66th T-28
John Mahaffey dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-28
John Jacobs dnp dnp dnp dnp T-31 3rd T-6 T-36
Dave Eichelberger dnp dnp 72nd T-28 T-50 T-21 T-49 T-36
Rocky Thompson T-36 T-40 73rd T-12 T-17 T-67 T-39 T-40
Butch Baird T-31 T-52 T-25 66th T-12 T-34 T-49 T-40
Bob Eastwood dnp dnp dnp dnp T-37 T-8 T-20 T-45
Hugh Baiocchi dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-25 T-45
Jim Albus T-28 T-17 T-15 T-54 T-65 dnp T-53 T-45
Jimmy Powell T-12 T-65 T-4 5th T-17 T-11 T-13 T-50
Gary Player T-20 T-17 T-27 T-17 T-9 T-51 T-17 T-50
Gibby Gilbert T-36 T-3 T-7 T-36 T-43 T-51 T-60 T-50
Charles Coody mc T-9 T-12 T-36 T-31 T-21 62nd T-50
David Graham dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-21 wd 59th
Jim Dent T-24 T-35 T-17 T-12 T-43 T-6 dnp T-60
Chi Chi Rodriguez 3rd T-30 T-37 wd T-12 T-43 70th T-65
Tom Shaw T-24 Won T-23 T-25 T-43 T-34 43rd T-69
Calvin Peete dnp dnp T-17 T-28 T-27 dnp 75th 74th
Bob Charles T-24 T-11 T-15 T-12 T-19 T-17 T-31 75th
Jim Colbert T-33 T-14 3rd 4th T-31 T-59 T-11 wd
Gil Morgan dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp Won Won dnp
Jack Nicklaus 2nd T-9 T-4 Won Won T-25 T-25 dnp
Tom Kite dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp
Andy North dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp
Doug Tewell 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
dnp - Did Not Play.
mc - Missed Cut.
wd - Withdrew.
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