Dates: Friday, September 29th through Sunday, October 1st
Site: Tanglewood Park Golf Club (Championship Course), Clemmons, North
Carolina
Course Architect: Robert Trent Jones
Par: 70
Yardage: 6,600
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 418 Yds 10 - Par 4 399 Yds
2 - Par 4 364 Yds 11 - Par 4 364 Yds
3 - Par 3 165 Yds 12 - Par 4 460 Yds
4 - Par 4 444 Yds 13 - Par 3 182 Yds
5 - Par 4 400 Yds 14 - Par 4 395 Yds
6 - Par 5 588 Yds 15 - Par 4 385 Yds
7 - Par 4 345 Yds 16 - Par 4 373 Yds
8 - Par 3 190 Yds 17 - Par 3 183 Yds
9 - Par 4 430 Yds 18 - Par 5 515 Yds
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35 3,344 Yds 35 3,256 Yds
Annual: 14th
Defending Champion: Fred Gibson
Runner-Up: Bruce Fleisher
Tournament Record: 195 (Hale Irwin, 1997; Fred Gibson, 1999)
36-Hole Record: 126 (Hale Irwin, 1997)
Course Record: 62 (Hale Irwin, Dave Eichelberger, 1997; Terry Dill, 1998;
Fred Gibson, 1999)
Total Purse: $1,500,000
Shares: 1st Place - $225,000; 2nd Place - 132,000; 3rd Place - 108,000
1999 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Fred Gibson 195 Vicente Fernandez 201
Bruce Fleisher 198 Tom Jenkins 201
Jay Sigel 199 Hubert Green 202
Bob Duval 200 Christy O'Connor 202
David Graham 200 Three players at 203
Past Vantage Championship Winners and Runners-up
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1999 -- Fred Gibson (195) -- Bruce Fleisher
1998 -- Gil Morgan (198) -- Hale Irwin
1997 -- Hale Irwin (195) -- Dave Eichelberger
1996 -- Jim Colbert (204) -- Hale Irwin, Gary Player, Kermit Zarley
1995 -- Hale Irwin (199) -- Dave Stockton
1994 -- Larry Gilbert (198) -- Ray Floyd
1993 -- Lee Trevino (198) -- DeWitt Weaver
1992 -- #Jim Colbert (132) -- Jim Dent
1991 -- Jim Colbert (205) -- George Archer, Jim Dent, Gibby Gilbert
1990 -- Charles Coody (202) -- Bob Charles, Al Geiberger
1989 -- Gary Player (207) -- Rives McBee
1988 -- Walt Zembriski (278) -- Al Geiberger, Dave Hill, Dick Rhyan
1987 -- Al Geiberger (206) -- Dave Hill
# - Rain shortened.
Note: Formerly called RJR Championship (1989).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Fred Gibson - Defending champion, 37th on money list with 5 top-10's
Jim Colbert - Three-time winner of this event, 22nd on money list
Allen Doyle - 7th on money list with one win and 13 top-10 finishes
Bruce Fleisher - Four-time winner and four-time runner-up in 2000
Ray Floyd - Won SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, 25th on money list
Hubert Green - Two-time winner this year, 12 top-10's in 24 tournaments
Hale Irwin - 3rd on money list with 3 wins and four seconds
Tom Kite - Has a pair of victories in 16 events, 7 top-10's
Gil Morgan - Three-time winner this year and four-time runner-up
Larry Nelson - Won last week for the fifth time in 2000, 1st on money list
Dana Quigley - 4th on money list with one win and 5 second-place finishes
Doug Tewell - Three-time winner, 6th on money list, 7 top-10's
Leonard Thompson - Has nine top-10 finishes in 30 events with one win
Jim Thorpe - Only top-10 money winner without a win, three runner-ups
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