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Dates: Thursday, February 8th through Sunday, February 11th
Site: Torrey Pines Golf Club (North and South Courses), La Jolla, CA
Course Architect: William Bell and William Bell, Jr. (1957)
David Rainville (1975 - re-design)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,854 (North Course)
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 5 520 Yds 10 - Par 4 416 Yds
2 - Par 4 326 Yds 11 - Par 4 471 Yds
3 - Par 3 121 Yds 12 - Par 3 190 Yds
4 - Par 4 438 Yds 13 - Par 4 474 Yds
5 - Par 4 371 Yds 14 - Par 5 507 Yds
6 - Par 3 206 Yds 15 - Par 4 397 Yds
7 - Par 4 400 Yds 16 - Par 4 338 Yds
8 - Par 4 436 Yds 17 - Par 3 172 Yds
9 - Par 5 551 Yds 18 - Par 5 520 Yds
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Par 36 3,369 Yds Par 36 3,485 Yds
Yardage: 7,055 (South Course)
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 447 Yds 10 - Par 4 373 Yds
2 - Par 4 365 Yds 11 - Par 3 207 Yds
3 - Par 3 173 Yds 12 - Par 4 468 Yds
4 - Par 4 453 Yds 13 - Par 5 535 Yds
5 - Par 4 404 Yds 14 - Par 4 398 Yds
6 - Par 5 557 Yds 15 - Par 4 389 Yds
7 - Par 4 453 Yds 16 - Par 3 203 Yds
8 - Par 3 171 Yds 17 - Par 4 425 Yds
9 - Par 5 536 Yds 18 - Par 5 498 Yds
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Par 36 3,559 Yds Par 36 3,496 Yds
Annual: 49th
Defending Champion: Phil Mickelson
Runner-up: Tiger Woods, Shigeki Maruyama
Tournament Record: 266 (George Burns, 1987; Tiger Woods, 1999)
54-Hole Record: 198 (Woody Blackburn, 1985)
36-Hole Record: 129 (Lennie Clements, 1996)
Course Records: 61 (Mark Brooks, 1990 - North Course)
62 (Tiger Woods, 1999 - South Course)
9-Hole Record: 28 (Jeff Julian, 1996 - North Course)
Total Purse: $3,500,000
Shares: 1st Place - $630,000; 2nd Place - 378,000; 3rd Place - 238,000
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Phil Mickelson 270 Kirk Triplett 276
Tiger Woods 274 Fred Couples 276
Shigeki Maruyama 274 Bradley Hughes 276
Davis Love III 275 Stephen Sear 277
Kevin Sutherland 276 Four players at 279
Past Buick Invitational Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- Phil Mickelson (270) -- Tiger Woods, Shigeki Maruyama
1999 -- Tiger Woods (266) -- Billy Ray Brown
1998 -- #*Scott Simpson (204) -- Skip Kendall
1997 -- Mark O'Meara (275) -- D.Hammond, D.Ogrin, M.Hulbert, L.Janzen,
J.Parnevik, C.Stadler, D.Waldorf
1996 -- Davis Love III (269) -- Phil Mickelson
1995 -- Peter Jacobsen (269) -- M.Calcavecchia, M.Hulbert, H.Sutton, K.Triplett
1994 -- Craig Stadler (268) -- Steve Lowery
1993 -- Phil Mickelson (278) -- Dave Rummells
1992 -- #Steve Pate (200) -- Chip Beck
1991 -- Jay Don Blake (268) -- Bill Sander
1990 -- Dan Forsman (275) -- Tommy Armour III
1989 -- Greg Twiggs (271) -- Steve Elkington, Brad Faxon, Mark O'Meara,
M.Wiebe
1988 -- Steve Pate (269) -- Jay Haas
1987 -- George Burns (266) -- J.C. Snead, Bobby Wadkins
1986 -- *#Bob Tway (204) -- Bernhard Langer
1985 -- *Woody Blackburn (269) -- Ron Streck
1984 -- *Gary Koch (272) -- Gary Hallberg
1983 -- Gary Hallberg (271) -- Tom Kite
1982 -- Johnny Miller (270) -- Jack Nicklaus
1981 -- *Bruce Lietzke (278) -- Ray Floyd, Tom Jenkins
1980 -- *Tom Watson (275) -- D.A. Weibring
1979 -- Fuzzy Zoeller (282) -- B.Kratzert, W.Levi, A.McNickle, T.Watson
1978 -- Jay Haas (278) -- Andy Bean, Gene Littler, John Schroeder
1977 -- Tom Watson (269) -- Larry Nelson, John Schroeder
1976 -- J.C. Snead (272) -- Don Bies
1975 -- *J.C. Snead (279) -- Bobby Nichols, Ray Floyd
1974 -- Bobby Nichols (275) -- Rod Curl, Gene Littler
1973 -- Bob Dickson (278) -- B.Casper, B.Crampton, G.Jones, P.Rodgers
1972 -- Paul Harney (275) -- Hale Irwin
1971 -- George Archer (272) -- Dave Eichelberger
1970 -- *Pete Brown (275) -- Tony Jacklin
1969 -- Jack Nicklaus (284) -- Gene Littler
1968 -- Tom Weiskopf (273) -- Al Geiberger
1967 -- Bob Goalby (269) -- Gay Brewer
1966 -- Billy Casper (268) -- Tommy Aaron, Tom Weiskopf
1965 -- *Wes Ellis (267) -- Billy Casper
1964 -- Art Wall (274) -- Tony Lema, Bob Rosburg
1963 -- Gary Player (270) -- Tony Lema
1962 -- *Tommy Jacobs (277) -- Johnny Pott
1961 -- *Arnold Palmer (271) -- Al Balding
1960 -- Mike Souchak (269) -- Johnny Pott
1959 -- Marty Furgol (274) -- J.Campbell, B.Casper, D.Ragan, M.Souchak,
B.Wininger
1958 -- Not Held
1957 -- Arnold Palmer (271) -- Al Balding
1956 -- Bob Rosburg (270) -- Dick Mayer
1955 -- Tommy Bolt (274) -- Johnny Palmer
1954 -- @Gene Littler (274) -- E.J. Harrison
1953 -- Tommy Bolt (274) -- Doug Ford
1952 -- Ted Krol (276) -- Jimmy Demaret
* - Won in Playoff
# - Rain Shortened
@ - Amateur
Note: Formerly called Buick Invitational of California (1992-95), Shearson
Lehman Brothers Open (1991), Shearson Lehman Hutton Open (1989-90),
Shearson Lehman Hutton Andy Williams Open (1988), Shearson Lehman
Brothers Andy Williams Open (1986-87), Isuzu/Andy Williams San Diego
Open (1983-85), Wickes/Andy Williams San Diego Open (1981-82), Andy
Williams-San Diego Open Invitational (1968-80), San Diego Open
Invitational (1957-67), Convair-San Diego Open (1955-56) and San Diego
Open (1952-54).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Phil Mickelson - Defender, double-bogeyed final hole to finish 3rd at Pebble
Stuart Appleby - Finished 2000 season 24th on money list with 5 top-10's
Fred Couples - Tied for 5th last year at this tournament, 94th in money
Brad Faxon - Won in Hawaii last month, 2nd on money list, 2 top-five's
Jim Furyk - Won Mercedes Championships, playing in 3rd event of year
Miguel A. Jimenez - Missed the cut last week at Pebble with one round under par
Bernhard Langer - Failed to break par in 3 rounds last week at Pebble event
Tom Lehman - Has made the cut in 4 of 5 events with three top-10's
Davis Love III - Won last week's AT&T with spectacular final round of 63
Jose M. Olazabal - Tied for 23rd last week with weekend rounds of 67-68
Steve Stricker - Won season-opening World Match Play Championship
Hal Sutton - Has made the cut in all four events entered, but no top-10's
Tiger Woods - Is the heir apparent slipping, no wins in 3 tries in 2001
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