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Dates: Thursday, May 3rd through Sunday, May 6th
Site: TPC at Wakefield Plantation, Raleigh, North Carolina
Course Architect: Hale Irwin
Par: 71
Yardage: 7,257
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 436 Yds 10 - Par 4 472 Yds
2 - Par 4 417 Yds 11 - Par 3 207 Yds
3 - Par 3 218 Yds 12 - Par 4 375 Yds
4 - Par 4 371 Yds 13 - Par 5 587 Yds
5 - Par 4 454 Yds 14 - Par 3 170 Yds
6 - Par 5 573 Yds 15 - Par 4 466 Yds
7 - Par 3 158 Yds 16 - Par 4 455 Yds
8 - Par 4 480 Yds 17 - Par 4 401 Yds
9 - Par 4 440 Yds 18 - Par 5 577 Yds
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35 3,547 Yds 35 3,710 Yds
Annual: 7th
2000 Champion: Mark Hensby
Runner-up: Manny Zerman
Tournament Record: 266 (Michael Christie, 1995; Brian Bateman, 1998;
Mark Hensby, Manny Zerman, 2000)
54-Hole Record: 197 (Jimmy Green, 1998)
36-Hole Record: 128 (Jimmy Green, 1998)
Course Record: 60 (Jimmy Green, 1998)
Total Purse: $450,000
Shares: 1st Place - $81,000; 2nd Place - 48,600; 3rd Place - 30,600
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Mark Hensby * 266 Kelly Grunewald 270
Manny Zerman 266 Matt Peterson 270
John Kernohan 267 John Riegger 270
Don Reese 269 Patrick Burke 272
Briny Baird 270 Randy Leen 272
Geoffrey Sisk 272
* - Won in playoff.
Past BUY.COM Carolina Classic Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- *Mark Hensby (266) -- Manny Zerman
1999 -- Vance Veazey (269) -- Steve Haskins, Glen Hnatiuk
1998 -- Brian Bateman (266) -- Jimmy Green
1997 -- Dan Bateman (284) -- Dennis Paulson, Steve Flesch, Terry Price
1996 -- *#Glen Hnatiuk (205) -- Craig Perks
1995 -- Michael Christie (266) -- Sean Murphy
1994 -- Skip Kendall (276) -- Pat Bates
* - Won in Playoff.
# - Rain Shortened.
Note: Formerly called NIKE Carolina Classic (1994-99).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Andy Bean - 11-time winner on PGA Tour gearing up for Senior's
Jonathan Byrd - Won last week's event, moved up to 4th on money list
Paul Claxton - 5th on money list with one win, 3 of 5 cuts made
Keoke Cotner - Has one runner-up finish this year, 10th in money
Chris Couch - Made four of five cuts in 2001 with one victory
John Elliott - 9th on money list with one top-five finish
Jim Gallagher, Jr. - Five-time winner on PGA Tour, struggles continue
Robert Gamez - Another former PGA Tour winner trying to regain touch
Deane Pappas - 2nd on money list, made all five cuts with 1 win
Tim Petrovic - BUY.COM money leader without a win, two seconds
Sonny Skinner - 12th on money list, 5 for 5 in cuts made, 1 top-10
NOTES:
One shot off the pace heading into last year's final round, Mark Hensby
carded a five-under 66 to force a playoff with Manny Zerman. On the seventh
extra hole, Hensby tapped in for par after Zerman missed from five-feet to win
for the second time on the BUY.COM Tour. Hensby and Zerman's four-round total
of 266 tied the tournament recvord set by Michael Christie in 1995 and
equalled in 1998 by Brian Bateman. The win helped to propel Hensby to the PGA
Tour where he has competed in 11 events, making the cut four times. Hensby
ranks 128th on the money list with one top-10 finish. Mike Heinen registered
the seventh ace in tournament history last year when he knocked a 4-iron in
the cup on the 201-yard sixth hole at Raleigh Country Club. Andy Morse made it
eight when he holed out on the 152-yard 17th hole. Five of the eight holes-in-
one occured at Prestonwood Country Club while the other three were recorded at
Raleigh C.C. The purse was increased by $50,000 from last year. Prestonwood
Country Club hosted this tournament the first four years of its existence.
Raleigh Country Club, which hosted this event the past three years, was the
first Donald Ross-designed course to host a BUY.COM Tour event and was the
last design by the fabled architect. Seventeen of the 415 players who have
made the cut at this event have fired four rounds in the 60's during the
event, Surprisingly, only four of the seven winners are included in that group
- Hensby, Vance Veazey, Brian Bateman and Michael Christie. This is the sixth
of 30 official events on this year's schedule. Next week the BUY.COM Tour
heads to Virginia for the Virginia Beach Open where Ryuji Imada will defend
his title.
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