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Dates: Thursday, May 10th through Sunday, May 13th
Site: Tournament Players Club-Four Seasons Resort, Irving, Texas
Cottonwood Valley Golf Course, Irving, Texas
Course Architects: TPC - Jay Morrish (1985)
(Ben Crenshaw/Byron Nelson - Consultants)
Cottonwood - Robert Trent Jones, Jr. (1982)
Jay Morrish (1985)
(Holes 1, 11-18 by Jones; 2-10 by Morrish)
Par: 70 - TPC at Las Colinas
Yardage: 6,899
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 385 yds 10 - Par 4 447 yds
2 - Par 3 176 yds 11 - Par 4 347 yds
3 - Par 4 490 yds 12 - Par 4 426 yds
4 - Par 4 425 yds 13 - Par 3 183 yds
5 - Par 3 176 yds 14 - Par 4 409 yds
6 - Par 4 396 yds 15 - Par 4 445 yds
7 - Par 5 533 yds 16 - Par 5 554 yds
8 - Par 4 457 yds 17 - Par 3 196 yds
9 - Par 4 439 yds 18 - Par 4 415 yds
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35 3,477 yds 35 3,422 yds
Par: 70 - Cottonwood Valley
Yardage: 6,846
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 448 yds 10 - Par 4 432 yds
2 - Par 3 154 yds 11 - Par 5 545 yds
3 - Par 4 475 yds 12 - Par 3 191 yds
4 - Par 4 427 yds 13 - Par 4 409 yds
5 - Par 4 417 yds 14 - Par 4 383 yds
6 - Par 4 360 yds 15 - Par 4 441 yds
7 - Par 4 400 yds 16 - Par 5 539 yds
8 - Par 4 394 yds 17 - Par 3 204 yds
9 - Par 3 188 yds 18 - Par 4 439 yds
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34 3,263 yds 36 3,583 yds
Annual: 48th
Defending Champion: Jesper Parnevik
Runner-Up: Phil Mickelson, Davis Love III
Tournament Record: 262 (Loren Roberts, Steve Pate, 1999)
54-Hole Record: 194 (Loren Roberts, 1999)
36-Hole Record: 126 (Sam Snead, 1957)
TPC Course Record: 61 (Billy Mayfair, 1993; Charlie Rymer, 1996)
Cottonwood Course Record: 61 (Ernie Els, 1995; Tiger Woods, 1999)
Tournament 18-Hole Record: 60 (Sam Snead, 1957)
Total Purse: $4,500,000
Shares: 1st Place - $810,000; 2nd Place - 486,000; 3rd Place - 306,000
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Jesper Panevik * 269 Bob Estes 271
Phil Mickelson 269 Brandel Chamblee 272
Davis Love III 269 Mark Brooks 272
Tiger Woods 270 Jerry Smith 273
John Huston 270 Three players at 274
* - Won in playoff.
Past Verizon Byron Nelson Classic Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- *Jesper Parnevik (269) -- Phil Mickelson, Davis Love III
1999 -- *Loren Roberts (262) -- Steve Pate
1998 -- John Cook (265) -- Fred Couples, Hal Sutton, Harrison Frazar
1997 -- Tiger Woods (263) -- Lee Rinker
1996 -- Phil Mickelson (265) -- Craig Parry
1995 -- Ernie Els (263) -- Mike Heinen, D.A. Weibring, Robin Freeman
1994 -- *#Neal Lancaster (132) -- D.Ogrin, D.Edwards, M.Carnevale, T.Byrum,
Y.Mizumaki
1993 -- Scott Simpson (270) -- Corey Pavin, D.A. Weibring
1992 -- *#Billy Ray Brown (199) -- Ray Floyd, Ben Crenshaw, Bruce Lietzke
1991 -- Nick Price (270) -- Craig Stadler
1990 -- #Payne Stewart (202) -- Lanny Wadkins
1989 -- *Jodie Mudd (265) -- Larry Nelson
1988 -- *Bruce Lietzke (271) -- Clarence Rose
1987 -- *Fred Couples (266) -- Mark Calcavecchia
1986 -- Andy Bean (269) -- Mark Wiebe
1985 -- *Bob Eastwood (272) -- Payne Stewart
1984 -- Craig Stadler (276) -- David Edwards
1983 -- Ben Crenshaw (273) -- Hal Sutton, Brad Bryant
1982 -- Bob Gilder (266) -- Curtis Strange
1981 -- *Bruce Lietzke (281) -- Tom Watson
1980 -- Tom Watson (274) -- Bill Rogers
1979 -- *Tom Watson (275) -- Bill Rogers
1978 -- Tom Watson (272) -- Lee Trevino
1977 -- Ray Floyd (276) -- Ben Crenshaw
1976 -- Mark Hayes (273) -- Don Bies
1975 -- Tom Watson (269) -- Bob E. Smith
1974 -- Buddy Allin (269) -- Charles Coody, Homero Blancas, Lee Trevino,
Tom Watson
1973 -- *Lanny Wadkins (277) -- Dan Sikes
1972 -- *Chi Chi Rodriguez (273) -- Billy Casper
1971 -- Jack Nicklaus (274) -- Jerry McGee, Frank Beard
1970 -- *Jack Nicklaus (274) -- Arnold Palmer
1969 -- Bruce Devlin (277) -- Frank Beard, Bruce Crampton
1968 -- Miller Barber (270) -- Kermit Zarley
1967 -- Bert Yancey (274) -- Roberto de Vicenzo
1966 -- Roberto de Vicenzo (276) -- Ray Floyd, Joe Campbell, Harold Henning
1965 -- Not Held
1964 -- Charles Coody (271) -- Jerry Edwards
1963 -- Not Held
1962 -- Billy Maxwell (277) -- Johnny Pott
1961 -- Earl Stewart, Jr. (278) -- Gay Brewer, Doug Sanders, Arnold Palmer
1960 -- *Johnny Pott (275) -- Bo Winninger, Ted Kroll
1959 -- Julius Boros (274) -- Earl Stewart, Jr., Dow Finsterwald,
Bo Winninger
1958 -- *Sam Snead (272) -- Gary Player, Julius Boros, John McMullin
1957 -- Sam Snead (264) -- Billy Maxwell, Cary Middlecoff, Bob Inman
1956 -- *Peter Thomson (267) -- Gene Littler, Cary Middlecoff
1956 -- Don January (268) -- Dow Finsterwald, Doug Ford
1955 -- Not Held
1954 -- Not Held
1953 -- Not Held
1952 -- Not Held
1951 -- Not Held
1950 -- Not Held
1949 -- Not Held
1948 -- Not Held
1947 -- Not Held
1946 -- Ben Hogan (284) -- Herman Keiser, Paul Runyan
1945 -- Sam Snead (276) -- Harold McSpaden
1944 -- Byron Nelson (276) -- Harold McSpaden
* - Won in Playoff
# - Rain Shortened
Note: Formerly called GTE Byron Nelson Classic (188-2000), Byron Nelson Golf
Classic (1968-87), Dallas Open (1944-67). The event was held twice in
1956 (May and June)
Top Contenders in the Field
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Jesper Parnevik - Defending champion, 19th on money list with one victory
Robert Allenby - Won Nissan Open earlier this year, 23rd on money list
Stuart Appleby - Has made 9 of 12 cuts in 2001 with two top-10 finishes
Jose Coceres - Won WORLDCOM Classic last month for 1st PGA Tour win
Fred Couples - Has failed to crack the top-10 in 9 events, 1 missed cut
David Duval - Missed 2 cuts in 8 events, 24th on money list, 2 top-10's
Ernie Els - Three-time third-place finisher in 2001, 11th in money
Jim Furyk - Won Mercedes Championships back in January, 4 top-10's
Sergio Garcia - Only one top-10 finish in 7 PGA events with 2 missed cuts
Tom Lehman - Has posted 3 top-10's this season in 11 events
Davis Love III - 5th on money list with a win and a runner-up finish
Phil Mickelson - Finished 2nd last week after leading following 3rd round
Nick Price - 43rd on money list, made 6 of 7 cuts with 2 top-10's
Vijay Singh - Has posted five top-3 finishes this year in 11 events
Hal Sutton - A perfect 13-for-13 this year in cuts made with one win
David Toms - Won last week's event in New Orleans with final round 64
Tiger Woods - Has won his last three events entered, 6 top-10's
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Tiger Woods
Darkhorse - John Cook
Last week's Pick to Win (David Duval) - Finished tied for 18th
Last week's Darkhorse (Jerry Kelly) - Finished tied for 18th
NOTES:
World number-one Tiger Woods makes his first appearance on the PGA Tour
since winning the Masters last month. Woods will be competing in his fifth
straight Byron Nelson. In 1997, Woods won the event, followed by a 12th-place
finish in 1998, tied for 7th in 1999 and tied for fourth last year. In 2000,
Jesper Parnevik was three shots off the pace when Sunday's final round began,
and carded a final round of 66 to tie third-round leader Davis Love III and
Phil Mickelson after 72 holes. Mickelson, who was four shots behind, carded a
final round of 65. Parnevik won with a short par putt on the third playoff
hole -- the par-four 18th -- after Love chipped to five feet but missed his
putt for par. Mickelson was eliminated on the second extra hole when his 15-
foot birdie putt caught the edge of the cup and lipped out. Love drilled a 20-
foot birdie on the same hole and Parnevik kept the playoff alive by sinking
his birdie putt from four feet. Parnevik's win came in his first playoff on
the PGA Tour while Love's record fell to 1-6. With his win this year,
Mickelson is now 4-1 in extra sessions.Attendance during Sunday's final round
was 90,000, bringing the five-day total (including Wednesday'spro-am) to
273,000, a new record for the event. Parnevik will try to become the first
player since Tom Watson to successfully defend his title at the Byron Nelson
Classic. Only Watson, Sam Snead, and Jack Nicklaus have won consecutive
Nelson's. Byron Nelson won the first Nelson Classic in 1944 and went on to win
the season-ending money title. There have been four other players to
accomplish that feat: Ben Hogan (1946), Jack Nicklaus (1971), Tom Watson
(1978-80) and Woods (1997). Bruce Lietzke was the last player to win this
event with an over par score (1981). Eight of the last 16 Byron Nelson
Classics have been decided in playoffs. There have been a total of 15 playoffs
in tournament history, including two straight. Tom Watson is a four-time
winner of this event and was the last player on the PGA Tour to win an event
three straight years (1978-80). Watson has finished in the top-10 14 times at
this event and made the cut in 23-of-28 Nelsons. Since 1968, this event has
had the most playoffs (13) on the PGA Tour. The purse was increased $500,000
from last year and has increased every year since 1995. This event has been
shortened by rain on three occasions: 1990, 1992 and 1994. After play on both
courses Thursday and Friday, the tournament will shift to the TPC as Las
Colinas for the final two rounds. This event is the 12th oldest on the PGA
Tour and is the only event named for a player. Texas-based IT services leader
EDS will become the title sponsor of this event in 2003 through 2006. This
year's field includes 14 of the top-20 money winners and seven of the top-10.
The PGA Tour remains in the "Lone Star" state next week for the MasterCard
Colonial where Mickelson will defend his title.
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