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Dates: Thursday, June 28th through Sunday, July 1st
Site: TPC at River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut
Course Architect: Pete Dye and Robert Weed (1991)
Par: 70
Yardage: 6,820
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 434 yds 10 - Par 4 462 yds
2 - Par 4 341 yds 11 - Par 3 158 yds
3 - Par 4 431 yds 12 - Par 4 411 yds
4 - Par 4 460 yds 13 - Par 5 523 yds
5 - Par 3 223 yds 14 - Par 4 421 yds
6 - Par 5 574 yds 15 - Par 4 296 yds
7 - Par 4 443 yds 16 - Par 3 171 yds
8 - Par 3 202 yds 17 - Par 4 420 yds
9 - Par 4 406 yds 18 - Par 4 444 yds
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35 3,514 yds 35 3,306 yds
Annual: 50th
Defending Champion: Notah Begay III
Runner-Up: Mark Calcavecchia
Tournament Record: 259 (Tim Norris, 1982)
54-Hole Record: 193 (Tim Norris, 1982; Mark Calcavecchia, 2000)
36-Hole Record: 127 (Tim Norris, 1982)
18-Hole Record: 60 (Tommy Bolt, 1954 - Wethersfield Country Club)
Course Record: 62 (Billy Andrade, 1995; Scott Gump, Vijay Singh, 1998;
Ted Tryba, Tim Herron, 1999)
9-Hole Record: 28 (Vijay Singh, 1998)
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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Notah Begay III 260 Steve Flesch 268
Mark Calcavecchia 261 Doug Barron 268
Kirk Triplett 264 Edward Fryatt 268
Jim Furyk 266 Kevin Sutherland 269
Chris DiMarco 268 John Huston 269
Scott Dunlap 269
Past Canon Greater Hartford Open Winners and Runners-up
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2000 -- Notah Begay III (260) -- Mark Calcavecchia
1999 -- Brent Geiberger (262) -- Skip Kendall
1998 -- *Olin Browne (266) -- Stewart Cink, Larry Mize
1997 -- Stewart Cink (267) -- Tom Byrum, Brandel Chamblee, Jeff Maggert
1996 -- D.A. Weibring (270) -- Tom Kite
1995 -- Greg Norman (267) -- Dave Stockton, Jr., Kirk Triplett, Grant Waite
1994 -- David Frost (268) -- Greg Norman
1993 -- Nick Price (271) -- Dan Forsman, Roger Maltbie
1992 -- Lanny Wadkins (274) -- Dan Forsman, Donnie Hammond, Nick Price
1991 -- *Billy Ray Brown (271) -- Rick Fehr, Corey Pavin
1990 -- Wayne Levi (267) -- M.Calcavecchia, B.Fabel, R.Mediate, C.Perry
1989 -- Paul Azinger (269) -- Wayne Levi
1988 -- *Mark Brooks (269) -- Dave Barr, Joey Sindelar
1987 -- Paul Azinger (269) -- Dan Forsman, Wayne Levi
1986 -- *Mac O'Grady (269) -- Roger Maltbie
1985 -- *Phil Blackmar (271) -- Jodie Mudd, Dan Pohl
1984 -- Peter Jacobsen (269) -- Mark O'Meara
1983 -- Curtis Strange (268) -- Jay Haas, Jack Renner
1982 -- Tim Norris (259) -- Ray Floyd, Hubert Green
1981 -- Hubert Green (264) -- Bobby Clampett, Fred Couples, Roger Maltbie
1980 -- *Howard Twitty (266) -- Jim Simons
1979 -- Jerry McGee (268) -- Jack Renner
1978 -- Rod Funseth (264) -- Dale Douglass, Lee Elder, Bill Kratzert
1977 -- Bill Kratzert (265) -- Grier Jones, Larry Nelson
1976 -- Rik Massengale (266) -- Al Geiberger, J.C. Snead
1975 -- *Don Bies (267) -- Hubert Green
1974 -- Dave Stockton (268) -- Ray Floyd
1973 -- Billy Casper (264) -- Bruce Devlin
1972 -- *Lee Trevino (269) -- Lee Elder
1971 -- *George Archer (268) -- Lou Graham, J.C. Snead
1970 -- Bob Murphy (267) -- Paul Harney
1969 -- *Bob Lunn (268) -- Dave Hill
1968 -- Billy Casper (266) -- Bruce Crampton
1967 -- Charlie Sifford (272) -- Steve Oppermann
1966 -- Art Wall (266) -- Wes Ellis
1965 -- *Billy Casper (274) -- Johnny Pott
1964 -- Ken Venturi (273) -- A.Besselink, P.Bondeson, S.Carmichael, J.Grant
1963 -- Billy Casper (271) -- George Bayer
1962 -- *Bob Goalby (271) -- Art Wall
1961 -- *Billy Maxwell (271) -- Ted Kroll
1960 -- *Arnold Palmer (270) -- Bill Collins, Jack Fleck
1959 -- Gene Littler (272) -- Tom Nieporte
1958 -- Jack Burke (268) -- Dow Finsterwald, Art Wall
1957 -- Gardner Dickinson (272) -- George Bayer
1956 -- *Arnold Palmer (274) -- Ted Kroll
1955 -- Sam Snead (269) -- Fred Hawkins, Mike Souchak
1954 -- *Tommy Bolt (271) -- Earl Stewart
1953 -- Bob Toski (269) -- Jim Ferrier
1952 -- Ted Kroll (273) -- Lawson Little, Skee Riegel, Earl Stewart
* - Won in Playoff.
Note: Formerly called Canon Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open
(1985-88), Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open (1973-84),
Greater Hartford Open Invitational (1967-72), Insurance City
Open (1952-66).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Notah Begay III - Defending champion, only 3 cuts made in 9 tournaments
Robert Allenby - Tied for 8th last week with a final round of 64
Billy Andrade - Posted a tie for third at Buick with a final round of 66
Mark Brooks - U.S. Open runner-up, only 2 top-10's in 2001
Joe Durant - Two-time winner this year with five top-10 finishes
David Duval - Has recorded only three top-10's in 12 tournaments
Steve Elkington - Tied for 13th at Buick with a final round of 69
Brad Faxon - Shot 66-67 the last two rounds at Buick to tie for 6th
Jim Furyk - Has a win and four top-10's this year, 4th last year
Davis Love III - Won at Pebble Beach earlier this year, 7 top-10's
Phil Mickelson - Has posted eight top-3 finishes in 2001 but only 1 win
Hal Sutton - A perfect 17-for-17 in cuts made with one win
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - David Duval
Darkhorse - Kirk Triplett
Last week's Pick to Win (Sergio Garcia) - Finished 1st
Last week's Darkhorse (Duffy Waldorf) - Missed the cut
NOTES:
Notah Begay III sank a 20-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to capture
last year's event by one-shot over Mark Calcavecchia. Begay, who entered
Sunday's final round three strokes behind third-round leader Calcavecchia,
fired a seven-under 64 for a four-day total of 20-under-par 260 and his
second win in as many weeks on the PGA Tour. Begay's total of 260 was the
lowest 72-hole score for this event since the Greater Hartford Open moved
to the TPC at River Highlands in 1991. Calcavecchia, who closed with a Sunday
68, finished third in 1999 and tied for second in 1990. No player has ever
won this event two straight years. Billy Casper, Arnold Palmer and Paul
Azinger are the only players to win this event more than once (Casper four
times, Palmer and Azinger two apiece). This is the 11th straight year the
event will be held at the TPC at River Highlands. Wethersfield Country Club
hosted this event for the first 32 years, followed by the TPC of Connecticut
over the next seven. There have been 16 playoffs in the tournament's history,
the last coming in 1998 when Olin Browne defeated Stewart Cink and Larry Mize.
The purse was increased by $300,000 from last year. The PGA Tour moves to
Illinois next week for the Advil Western Open at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club
where Robert Allenby will defend his title.
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