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Dates: Thursday, August 9th through Sunday, August 12th
Site: Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club, Grand Blanc, Michigan
Course Architect: James Gilmore Harrison (1956),
Joe Lee - redesigned (1967 and 1990)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,105
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 5 567 Yds 10 - Par 4 401 Yds
2 - Par 4 431 Yds 11 - Par 3 190 Yds
3 - Par 3 187 Yds 12 - Par 4 335 Yds
4 - Par 4 401 Yds 13 - Par 5 548 Yds
5 - Par 4 437 Yds 14 - Par 4 322 Yds
6 - Par 4 421 Yds 15 - Par 4 457 Yds
7 - Par 5 584 Yds 16 - Par 5 580 Yds
8 - Par 3 199 Yds 17 - Par 3 197 Yds
9 - Par 4 413 Yds 18 - Par 4 435 Yds
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36 3,640 Yds 36 3,465 Yds
Annual: 42nd
Defending Champion: Rocco Mediate
Runner-Up: Chris Perry
Tournament Record: 262 (Robert Wrenn, 1987)
54-Hole Record: 195 (Robert Wrenn, 1987)
36-Hole Record: 128 (Robert Wrenn, 1987)
Course Record: 62 (Jim Furyk, 1995; Sonny Skinner, 1997)
9-Hole Record: 29 (Held by 6 players, last done in 1993 by Greg Norman)
Total Purse: $3,100,000
Shares: 1st Place - $558,000; 2nd Place - 334,800; 3rd Place - 210,800
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Rocco Mediate 268 Carl Paulson 274
Chris Perry 269 Dudley Hart 274
Hal Sutton 271 Jeff Maggert 274
Phil Mickelson 273 Brad Faxon 274
Woody Austin 273 Joe Ozaki 274
Past Buick Open Winners and Runners-up
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2000 -- Rocco Mediate (268) -- Chris Perry
1999 -- Tom Pernice, Jr. (270) -- Tom Lehman, Ted Tryba, Bob Tway
1998 -- Billy Mayfair (271) -- Scott Verplank
1997 -- Vijay Singh (273) -- Tom Byrum, Russ Cochran, Ernie Els, Brad Fabel,
Joe Ozaki
1996 -- Justin Leonard (266) -- Chip Beck
1995 -- *Woody Austin (270) -- Mike Brisky
1994 -- Fred Couples (270) -- Corey Pavin
1993 -- Larry Mize (272) -- Fuzzy Zoeller
1992 -- *Dan Forsman (276) -- Steve Elkington, Brad Faxon
1991 -- *Brad Faxon (271) -- Chip Beck
1990 -- Chip Beck (272) -- Mike Donald, Hale Irwin, Fuzzy Zoeller
1989 -- Leonard Thompson (273) -- Billy Andrade, Payne Stewart, Doug Tewell
1988 -- Scott Verplank (268) -- Doug Tewell
1987 -- Robert Wrenn (262) -- Dan Pohl
1986 -- Ben Crenshaw (270) -- J.C. Snead, Doug Tewell
1985 -- Ken Green (268) -- Wayne Grady
1984 -- Denis Watson (271) -- Payne Stewart
1983 -- Wayne Levi (272) -- Isao Aoki, Calvin Peete
1982 -- Lanny Wadkins (273) -- Tom Kite
1981 -- *Hale Irwin (277) -- Bobby Clampett, Peter Jacobsen, Gil Morgan
1980 -- Peter Jacobsen (276) -- Bill Kratzert, Mark Lye
1979 -- *John Fought (280) -- Jim Simons
1978 -- *Jack Newton (280) -- Mike Sullivan
1977 -- Bobby Cole (271) -- Fred Marti
1976 -- Ed Sabo (279) -- Randy Erskine
1975 -- Spike Kelley (208) -- Randy Erskine, Jim Marshall, Mike McCullough
1974 -- Bryan Abbott (135) -- Joe Porter
1973 -- Wilf Homenuik (215) -- Jim Ferriell
1972 -- Gary Groh (273) -- John Mahaffey
1971 -- Not Held
1970 -- Not Held
1969 -- Dave Hill (267) -- Frank Beard
1968 -- Tom Weiskopf (280) -- Mike Hill
1967 -- Julius Boros (283) -- Bob Goalby, R.H. Sikes, Bert Yancey
1966 -- Phil Rodgers (284) -- Johnny Pott, Kermit Zarley
1965 -- Tony Lema (280) -- Johnny Pott
1964 -- Tony Lema (277) -- Dow Finsterwald
1963 -- Julius Boros (274) -- Dow Finsterwald
1962 -- Bill Collins (284) -- Dave Ragan
1961 -- *Jack Burke, Jr. (284) -- Billy Casper, Johnny Pott
1960 -- Mike Souchak (282) -- Gay Brewer, Art Wall
1959 -- *Art Wall (282) -- Dow Finsterwald
1958 -- Billy Casper (285) -- Ted Kroll, Arnold Palmer
* - Won in Playoff.
Note: Formerly called Buick Open Invitational (1958-69), Vern Parsell Buick
Open (1972), Flint Lakes Open (1974-77), Buick Goodwrench Open
(1978-80). From 1972 through 1976 Satellite tournaments were held and
the events were unofficial.
Top Contenders in the Field
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Rocco Mediate - Defending champion, withdrew from last week's event
Mark Calcavecchia - 3rd in birdies, a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finish in 2001
Chris DiMarco - 19-of-22 cuts made with 7 top-10's but no wins
Joe Durant - 2nd in driving accuracy, 6th in money with two wins
Brad Faxon - Won Sony Open, 6 top-10's, 8th in putting, 6th last wk
Retief Goosen - Won U.S. Open, 37th on money list in only 7 events
Tom Lehman - 1st in greens in reg, runner-up here in 1999
Frank Lickliter - Won Kemper Open for first PGA Tour win, 10th in money
Phil Mickelson - Two wins, 9 top-5's, 1st in birdies, 2nd in eagles
Tom Pernice, Jr - Won last week in Colorado to climb to 34th on money list
Jeff Sluman - 15th on money list with one win and 7 top-10's
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Tom Lehman
Darkhorse - Hal Sutton
Last week's Pick to Win (Phil Mickelson) - Finished 71st
Last week's Darkhorse (Steve Lowery) - Missed the cut
NOTES:
One shot off the pace when Sunday's final round began, Rocco Mediate
carded a six-under 66 to edge third-round leader Chris Perry by one shot and
captured last year's event. Mediate, who never led the event until it was
over, trailed by one shot with one hole remaining, but made a 12-foot birdie
putt to tie Perry. Perry, who had not made a bogey in his last 28 holes, had a
chance to force a playoff, but his par putt from 10-feet missed its mark, as
he finished second for the seventh time in his career. Perry, who owns one
career PGA Tour win, was one of two players to post all four rounds in the
60's. Third-place finisher Hal Sutton, who finished three strokes back was the
other. Masters champion Tiger Woods has decided to skip this week's event to
tune-up for next week's PGA Championship. Woods shot rounds of 67-68 over the
weekend to tie for 11th last year. Mediate is attempting to join Tony Lema as
the only players in the history of the event to successfully defend his title.
Lema accomplished the feat in 1964-65. Julius Boros is the only other two-time
winner of this event, winning in 1963 and 1967, and is the only wire-to-wire
winner in Buick Open history (1963). Jim Furyk finished the tournament with
the fewest bogeys (1). Furyk had one eagle, 11 birdies and 59 pars to go along
with his one bogey. Despite his solid play, Furyk only tied for 16th. Brett
Quigley tied the tournament record for the best final round when he
shot a Sunday 64 to move from a tie for 62nd to a tie for 28th. Trailing by
eight shots heading into the final round in 1990, Chip Beck recorded the
biggest final-round comeback in tournament history when he shot a Sunday round
of 65 for a one-shot win. The course was originally designed by Ferdinand
Garbin in 1957, but was considered to severe, so in 1967 Joe Lee shortened the
course by nearly 300 yards. However, since then, Lee has come back to lengthen
the course to its present length of 7,105 yards. This event has been held at
Warwick Hills since 1978 and was held at Warwick Hills from 1958 through 1969.
Back in 1987, Dewey Arnette tied the PGA Tour record of eight consecutive
birdies at the Buick Open. Bob Goalby, Fuzzy Zoeller and Edward Fryatt
have also recorded eight straight birdies. Buick became the first title
sponsor of a PGA TOUR event in 1958 with the first playing of the Buick
Open at Warwick Hills. This year's purse was increased by $400,000 from
last year. 1997 champion Vijay Singh withdrew from the event due to a
scheduling conflict. This is the final tune-up for next week's last major of
the PGA season, The PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth,
Georgia where Woods will defend his title.
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