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Dates: Friday, February 9th through Sunday, February 11th
Site: Pelican Marsh Golf Club, Naples, Florida
Course Architect: Robert von Hagge (1996)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,960
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 371 Yds 10 - Par 4 395 Yds
2 - Par 5 522 Yds 11 - Par 4 420 Yds
3 - Par 4 425 Yds 12 - Par 3 186 Yds
4 - Par 3 178 Yds 13 - Par 5 533 Yds
5 - Par 4 433 Yds 14 - Par 4 411 Yds
6 - Par 5 552 Yds 15 - Par 4 438 Yds
7 - Par 4 405 Yds 16 - Par 5 502 Yds
8 - Par 3 171 Yds 17 - Par 3 159 Yds
9 - Par 4 421 Yds 18 - Par 4 438 Yds
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36 3,478 Yds 36 3,482 Yds
Annual: 14th
Defending Champion: Lanny Wadkins
Runner-up: Tom Watson, Walter Hall, Jose Maria Canizares
Tournament Record: 197 (Jimmy Powell, 1992)
36-Hole Record: 131 (Al Geiberger, 1996)
18-Hole Record: 63 (Mike Hill, 1994; Al Geiberger, 1996)
Course Record: 64 (Dana Quigley, Jim Thorpe, Lanny Wadkins, 2000)
Total Purse: $1,400,000
Shares: 1st Place - $210,000; 2nd Place - 123,200; 3rd Place - 100,800
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Lanny Wadkins * 202 Stewart Ginn 204
Tom Watson 202 Dana Quigley 204
Walter Hall 202 John Mahaffey 206
Jose Maria Canizares 202 Jim Thorpe 206
Allen Doyle 203 Three players at 207
* - Won in playoff.
Past ACE Group Classic Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- *Lanny Wadkins (202) -- Tom Watson, Walter Hall, Jose Maria Canizares
1999 -- Allen Doyle (203) -- Vicente Fernandez
1998 -- Gil Morgan (210) -- Dale Douglass, Ray Floyd
1997 -- Hale Irwin (201) -- Bob Murphy
1996 -- Al Geiberger (202) -- Isao Aoki
1995 -- #Bob Murphy (137) -- Ray Floyd
1994 -- Mike Hill (201) -- Tom Wargo
1993 -- Mike Hill (202) -- Dave Stockton
1992 -- Jimmy Powell (197) -- Lee Trevino
1991 -- Lee Trevino (205) -- Dale Douglass
1990 -- Lee Trevino (200) -- Bruce Crampton
1989 -- Gene Littler (209) -- Harold Henning
1988 -- Gary Player (207) -- Dave Hill
# - rain shortened
Note: Previously called Aetna Challenge (1988-92), Better Homes and
Gardens Challenge (1993), Intellinet Challenge (1994-95), Greater
Naples Intellinet Challenge (1996), LG Championship (1997-98).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Lanny Wadkins - Defending Champion, hopes to rebound from sore elbow
Isao Aoki - Finished 2nd last week at Royal Caribbean Classic
Ed Dougherty - 4th on money list with third-place finish in week one
Allen Doyle - Already two top-10 finishes in two events
Vicente Fernandez - Tied for 9th last week in south Florida, 15th in money
Bruce Fleisher - Has recorded two top-15 finishes in 2001, 3rd on money list
Tom Jenkins - 6th on money list with one top-10, 11 top-10's in 2000
Tom Kite - 2nd in eagle frequency, 6th in greens in regulation
Gil Morgan - Failed to crack the top-10 so far in 2001
Larry Nelson - 2000 Player of the year, two for two in 2001
Tom Watson - Lost in a playoff last year to Wadkins, 8th in scoring
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