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Dates: Thursday, July 19th through Sunday, July 22nd
Site: Wykagyl Country Club, New Rochelle, New York
Architect: Lawrence Van Etten (1904), Donald Ross (1920),
A.W. Tillinghast (1931), Arthur Hills (1994)
Par: 71
Yardage: 6,161
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 5 493 yds 10 - Par 4 401 yds
2 - Par 3 160 yds 11 - Par 4 365 yds
3 - Par 5 482 yds 12 - Par 4 398 yds
4 - Par 3 197 yds 13 - Par 3 139 yds
5 - Par 4 384 yds 14 - Par 4 379 yds
6 - Par 4 357 yds 15 - Par 5 432 yds
7 - Par 3 222 yds 16 - Par 3 164 yds
8 - Par 4 365 yds 17 - Par 4 396 yds
9 - Par 4 346 yds 18 - Par 5 481 yds
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35 3,006 yds 36 3,155 yds
Annual: 12th
Defending Champion: Annika Sorenstam
Runner-Up: Rosie Jones
Tournament Record (Par 71): 265 (Annika Sorenstam, 1998 - 19-under par)
Tournament Record (Par 72): 273 (Betsy King, 1990 - 15-under par)
54-Hole Record: 198 (Annika Sorenstam, 1998)
36-Hole Record: 130 (Betsy King, 1990; Juli Inkster, 1992)
Course Record: 63 (Betsy King, 1990)
9-Hole Record: 30 (Colleen Walker, 1991; Juli Inkster, 1992; Michele Redman,
Annika Sorenstam, 1997; Sherri Steinhauer, Rachel
Hetherington, 1999)
Total Purse: $950,000
Shares: 1st Place - $142,500; 2nd Place - 88,438; 3rd Place - 64,536
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Annika Sorenstam # 206 Beth Daniel 209
Rosie Jones 207 Kim Williams 210
Allison Finney 208 Jennifer Feldott 210
Moira Dunn 209 Ashli Bunch 211
Jackie Gallagher-Smith 209 Eight players at 212
# - Rain shortened.
Past Sybase Big Apple Classic Winners and Runners-up
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2000 -- #Annika Sorenstam (206) -- Rosie Jones
1999 -- *Sherri Steinhauer (273) -- Lorie Kane
1998 -- Annika Sorenstam (265) -- Joan Pitcock
1997 -- Michele Redman (272) -- Annika Sorenstam
1996 -- Caroline Pierce (211) -- Tina Barrett, Karrie Webb
1995 -- Tracy Kerdyk (273) -- Elaine Crosby, Caroline Pierce, Michelle
McGann, Carin Koch
1994 -- *Beth Daniel (276) -- Laura Davies
1993 -- Hiromi Kobayashi (278) -- Rosie Jones
1992 -- Juli Inkster (273) -- Nancy Lopez
1991 -- Betsy King (279) -- Ayako Okamoto
1990 -- Betsy King (273) -- Beth Daniel
* - Won in playoff.
# - Rain shortened.
Note: Formerly called JAL Big Apple Classic (1990-2000).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Annika Sorenstam - Defending champion, five-time winner this year
Beth Daniel - Has finished third three times this year, 16th in money
Maria Hjorth - Four-time runner-up in 2001, 4th on money list
Juli Inkster - A perfect 14-for-14 in cuts made with one victory
Rosie Jones - One win and six top-10 finishes in 13 events this year
Lorie Kane - 6th on money list with a win and eight top-10's
Betsy King - Two-time winner of this event, won last month in NJ
Emilee Klein - Won last week's Michelob Light Classic for 1st 2001 win
Janice Moodie - 20th on money list with 16 cuts made in 17 tournaments
Dottie Pepper - Has two seconds and four thirds this year, 8 top-five's
Rachel Teske - 8th on money list with a win and three top-10 finishes
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Juli Inkster
Darkhorse - Laura Diaz
Last week's Pick to Win (Annika Sorenstam) - Finished tied for 2nd
Last week's Darkhorse (Kris Tschetter) - Finished tied for 7th
NOTES:
Annika Sorenstam took the lead with a birdie on the 17th hole and held
on to edge Rosie Jones by one shot for the title at last year's Big Appleassic.
Classic. Sorenstam carded a one-over-par 72 on Sunday, but finished with a
three-day total of seven-under 206 in the rain-shortened event. Jones also
carded a 72 in the final round to finish alone in second, while second round
leader Allison Finney stumbled home with a 75 to finish third. Finney ended
Friday's second round with a one-shot lead over Sorenstam, then had a day to
think about her tenuous lead because rain washed out play on Saturday and
forced officials to shorten the tournament to 54 holes. Sorenstam joined Betsy
King as the only multiple winners of this event. King accomplished the feat
the first two years of the events existence while Sorenstam won this event for
the first time in 1998. Sorenstam will attempt to tie her personal best of six
wins in a single season (1997). In her six appearances at this event, Sorenstam
has won twice and finished second onece. There have been only two playoffs in
the events history (1994 and 1999). Wykagyl Country Club has hosted this event
since its inception in 1990. The purse was increased by $50,000 from last year
and has increased every year except one (1992). Only two past winners of this
event are not competing this week, Tracy Kerdyk and Caroline Pierce. Next week
the LPGA Tour moves to Ohio for the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic where Dorothy
Delasin will defend her title.
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