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Dates: Thursday, July 19th through Sunday, July 22nd
Site: En-Joie Golf Club, Endicott, New York
Course Architect: Ernest E. Smith (1980); Re-designed - Pete Dye and David
Postlethwaite (1984), William Mitchell,
Dr. Michael Hurdzan (1998)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,974
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 367 yds 10 - Par 4 356 yds
2 - Par 4 379 yds 11 - Par 4 441 yds
3 - Par 5 554 yds 12 - Par 5 545 yds
4 - Par 3 175 yds 13 - Par 4 442 yds
5 - Par 5 565 yds 14 - Par 3 212 yds
6 - Par 4 433 yds 15 - Par 4 432 yds
7 - Par 3 188 yds 16 - Par 4 321 yds
8 - Par 5 553 yds 17 - Par 3 185 yds
9 - Par 4 407 yds 18 - Par 4 419 yds
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37 3,621 yds 35 3,353 yds
Annual: 31st
2000 Champion: Brad Faxon
Runner-Up: Esteban Toledo
Tournament Record: 265 (Calvin Peete, 1982)
54-Hole Record: 196 (Calvin Peete, 1982)
36-Hole Record: 128 (Joey Sindelar, 1987)
Course Record: 61 (Hal Sutton, 1995; Fred Funk, 1999)
9-Hole Record: 27 (Andy North, 1975)
Total Purse: $2,000,000
Shares: 1st Place - $360,000; 2nd Place - 216,000; 3rd Place - 136,000
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Brad Faxon 270 Brett Quigley 275
Esteban Toledo 271 Dave Stockton, Jr. 275
Bill Glasson 274 Richard Zokol 275
Glen Hnatiuk 274 Mathew Goggin 276
Jerry Kelly 275 Five players at 277
Past B.C. Open Winners and Runners-up
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2000 -- Brad Faxon (270) -- Esteban Toledo
1999 -- *Brad Faxon (273) -- Fred Funk
1998 -- Chris Perry (273) -- Peter Jacobsen
1997 -- Gabriel Hjertstedt (275) -- Chris Perry, Lee Rinker, Andrew Magee
1996 -- *#Fred Funk (197) -- Pete Jordan
1995 -- Hal Sutton (269) -- Jim McGovern
1994 -- Mike Sullivan (266) -- Jeff Sluman
1993 -- Blaine McCallister (271) -- Denis Watson
1992 -- John Daly (266) -- Joel Edwards, Ken Green, Jay Haas, Nolan Henke
1991 -- Fred Couples (269) -- Peter Jacobsen
1990 -- Nolan Henke (268) -- Mark Wiebe
1989 -- *Mike Hulbert (268) -- Bob Estes
1988 -- Bill Glasson (268) -- Wayne Levi, Bruce Lietzke
1987 -- Joey Sindelar (266) -- Jeff Sluman
1986 -- Rick Fehr (267) -- Larry Mize
1985 -- Joey Sindelar (274) -- Mike Reid
1984 -- Wayne Levi (275) -- Russ Cochran, Hal Sutton
1983 -- Pat Lindsey (268) -- Gil Morgan
1982 -- Calvin Peete (265) -- Jerry Pate
1981 -- Jay Haas (270) -- Tom Kite
1980 -- Don Pooley (271) -- Peter Jacobsen
1979 -- Howard Twitty (270) -- Tom Purtzer
1978 -- Tom Kite (267) -- Mark Hayes
1977 -- Gil Morgan (270) -- Lee Elder
1976 -- Bob Wynn (271) -- Bob Gilder
1975 -- Don Iverson (274) -- Jim Colbert, David Graham
1974 -- *Richie Karl (273) -- Bruce Crampton
1973 -- Hubert Green (266) -- Dwight Nevil
1972 -- Bob Payne (136) -- Dave Marad
1971 -- *Claude Harmon, Jr. (69) -- Chuck Courtney, Norman Rack, Hal Underwood
* - Won in Playoff.
# - Rain Shortened.
Note: Formerly called Broome County Open (1971). The tournament was not
an official event in 1971 and '72.
Top Contenders in the Field
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Trevor Dodds - Won earlier this year on the BUY.COM Tour, 20th in money
Fred Funk - Won this event in 1996 and was runner-up in 1999
Jay Haas - Tied for 10th last week with a final round of 67
Gabriel Hjertstedt - Won this event in 1997, only 7 cuts made this year
Charles Howell III - Lost in a playoff last week at Greater Milwaukee Open
Blaine McCallister - Shot Sunday round of 66 last week to tie for fifth
Gary Nicklaus - Has made just 8 of 21 cuts this year without a top-10
Brett Quigley - Played in 10 PGA events with 5 cuts made & 2 top-10's
Jeff Sluman - 31st on money list with five top-10 finishes
Garrett Willis - His only top-10 finish this year was a win at Tucson
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Jeff Sluman
Darkhorse - Brad Elder
Last week's Pick to Win (Scott Hoch) - Finished tied for 10th
Last week's Darkhorse (Chris Perry) - Finished tied for 61st
NOTES:
Tied for the lead with Esteban Toledo after three rounds, Brad Faxon
carded his second straight 68 to clip Toledo by one and become the first
player in tournament history to successfully defend his title. Faxon joined
Joey Sindelar as the only two-time winners of this event. Faxon, who garnered
his eighth career win earlier this year, was one of only two players in the
field to post all four rounds in the 60s (68-66-68-68). Brett Quigley, who tied
for fifth was the other. Faxon will not be on hand to defend his title as he is
competing at this week's British Open. This is the 31st year of the
tournament, all held at En-Joie Golf Club. En-Joie Golf Club is one of only
three municipal/public golf courses to host a PGA Tour event (Torrey Pines and
Brown Deer Park are the others). There have only been five playoffs in the 30-
year history of the event, the last coming in 1999 when Faxon defeated Fred
Funk. In 1974, club professional Richie Karl won this event by beating Bruce
Crampton with a 35-foot putt on the first playoff hole. Karl, who lived
along the 10th fairway, is the last club professional to win on the PGA Tour.
The tournament is named in honor of Johnny Hart, cartoonist of the syndicated
cartoon strip B.C. Hart is from Endicott and is a golf fan. The winner's
trophy is a sculpture of one of his cartoon characters. A fixture in late
August and September from 1977-99, the tournament returns to July this week
for the only time since 1974. En-Joie was the first-corporate built golf
course in the country. It was built for the Endicott Johnson workers, which is
a large shoe manufacturer that employs over a thousand individuals in the
Endicott area. En-Joie was completely re-designed due to the flooding which has
occurred over the years. The course was built upon an apple orchard. However,
currently no apple trees remain on the course. En-Joie is a level course that
is tree-lined. Water hazards come into play on 10 holes. Most of the greens are
slightly sloped, but some of them are very undulating. The signature hole is
No. 15, a 432-yard, par 4, which is continuously listed by the PGA TOUR as one
of the 18 toughest holes in the U.S. Eleven players have earned their first
career wins at the B.C. Open, starting in 1974 when Karl captured the event.
The last time a first-timer made this his inaugural win was in 1998 when
Chris Perry won. All of the top players in the world are playing in England at
the Open Championship where Tiger Woods is defending his title. The PGA Tour
moves to Illinois next week for the John Deere Classic where Michael Clark II
will defend his title.
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