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Dates: Thursday, August 31st through Sunday, September 3rd
Site: Northview Golf & Country Club (Ridge Course), Surrey, British Columbia
Course Architect: Arnold Palmer (1993)
Par: 71
Yardage: 7,065
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 432 Yds 10 - Par 4 412 Yds
2 - Par 4 424 Yds 11 - Par 3 153 Yds
3 - Par 4 444 Yds 12 - Par 5 548 Yds
4 - Par 5 590 Yds 13 - Par 4 415 Yds
5 - Par 3 200 Yds 14 - Par 4 400 Yds
6 - Par 4 440 Yds 15 - Par 4 334 Yds
7 - Par 5 584 Yds 16 - Par 3 187 Yds
8 - Par 4 410 Yds 17 - Par 4 448 Yds
9 - Par 3 214 Yds 18 - Par 4 430 Yds
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36 3,738 Yds 35 3,327 Yds
Annual: 6th
Defending Champion: Rory Sabbatini
Runner-Up: Grant Waite
Tournament Record: 265 (Mark Calcavecchia, 1997; Brandel Chamblee, 1998)
54-Hole Record: 198 (Payne Stewart, 1998)
36-Hole Record: 131 (Len Mattiace, Richard Zokol, Steve Pate, 1997;
Brandel Chamblee, Chris DiMarco, 1998; Jesper Parnevik,
2000)
Course Record: 61 (Scott McCarron, 1999)
Total Purse: $3,400,000
Shares: 1st Place - $612,000; 2nd Place - 367,200; 3rd Place - 231,200
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Rory Sabbatini 268 Doug Barron 271
Grant Waite 269 Chris Riley 271
Mark Calcavecchia 270 Brent Geiberger 272
Michael Clark II 271 Dave Stockton, Jr. 272
Sergio Garcia 271 K.J. Choi 272
Past Air Canada Championship Winners and Runners-up
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2000 -- Rory Sabbatini (268) -- Grant Waite
1999 -- Mike Weir (266) -- Fred Funk
1998 -- Brandel Chamblee (265) -- Payne Stewart
1997 -- Mark Calcavecchia (265) -- Andrew Magee
1996 -- Guy Boros (272) -- Emlyn Aubrey, Lee Janzen, Taylor Smith
Note: Formerly called Greater Vancouver Open (1996-98).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Rory Sabbatini - Defending champ, 65th on money list with just 2 top-10's
Aaron Baddeley - Won playoff against Sergio Garcia to win Greg Norman event
Luke Donald - Missed the cut last week in Reno with rounds of 75-69
Fred Funk - Has made 20 of 24 cuts this year but only 2 top-10's
David Gossett - Missed the cut in last 2 events after winning in Milwaukee
Charles Howell - In 16 events on PGA Tour has banked over $1,000,000
Lee Janzen - Has missed 10 cuts in 2001, but ranks 55th on money list
Jerry Kelly - Triple-bogeyed the 16th last week to finish 2nd to Cook
Matt Kuchar - Competing in his sixth PGA event as a pro, made $72,000
Shigeki Maruyama - 31st on money list with one win and four top-10 finishes
Bryce Molder - Finished 3rd last week in Reno for 1st PGA Tour check
Jesper Parnevik - Won earlier this year, 30th on money list, 3 top-10's
Jean Van De Velde - Broke 70 only once last week and finished 11 shots back
Grant Waite - Shot four rounds int he 60's last year, but finished 2nd
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Jesper Parnevik
Darkhorse - Jim McGovern
NEC
Last week's Pick to Win (Tiger Woods) - Finished 1st
Last week's Darkhorse (Bernhard Langer) - Finished tied for 11th
RENO-TAHOE
Last week's Pick to Win (Billy Andrade) - Missed the cut
Last week's Darkhorse (Bob May) - Missed the cut
NOTES:
Three shots off the pace of Grant Waite after three rounds, Rory
Sabbatini carded a final round 65, including a 30-foot birdie putt on
the final hole for a one-stroke victory over Waite last year. Sabbatini,
who carded all four rounds in the 60's, registered his first career PGA
Tour win. The victory enabled Sabbatini to become the tournament's fourth
first-time winner in the event's five-year history. Waite, along with
Sabbatini, Sergio Garcia and K.J. Choi were the only players in the field to
post four rounds in the 60's. Choi shot four straight 68's. The purse was
increased by $600,000 from last year. This was the first full-field tournament
added to the official PGA Tour schedule since the Sprint International in 1986
when it was added in 1996. This is not the first time the PGA Tour has played
in British Columbia. In 1955, Dow Finsterwald captured the British Columbia
Open Invitational and Jim Ferree won the 1958 Vancouver Open Invitational.
Northview Golf & Country Club has hosted this event since its inception. The
venue was modified in 2000, extending the course 252 yards. The course has
120 bunkers, 68 on the front nine and 52 on the back. Only the 14th and 16th
holes do not have water hazards. The course is built on blue-clay. When it
receives heavy rainfall, the surface really compacts. In turn, when it starts
to dry down with sunny and windy conditions, the fairways and greens roll
very quickly. The Northview golf facility has a 32,000 square foot driving
range deck, and a 19,000 square foot putting green. The facility offers two,
championship 18-hole courses that are entirely unique from each other. The
Ridge Course is more wooded and incorporates more elevation changes into its
design. The Canal Course is more of a Florida-style course, featuring more
water, more wind coming into play, and a wider, more open playing area. From
both courses, there are beautiful views of the mountains to the north as well
as two Bald Eagles, who are residents of the club, and a variety of other
animals and foliage. Last year, the course played to an average of 70.472 with
the 18th hole proving to be the most difficult with a scoring average of
4.251. The par-5 12th was the easiest at 4.558. 2000 U.S. Amateur champion
Jeff Quinney is making his PGA Tour debut along with James Driscoll. Next week
the PGA Tour remains in Canada for the Bell Canadian Open in Montreal. Tiger
Woods captured last year's event at Glen Abbey Golf Course in Ontario.
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