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Dates: Friday, May 18th through Sunday, May 20th
Site: Country Club of the North, Beavercreek, Ohio
Course Architect: Jack Nicklaus (1993)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,331
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 341 yds 10 - Par 4 368 yds
2 - Par 3 159 yds 11 - Par 5 484 yds
3 - Par 5 505 yds 12 - Par 4 379 yds
4 - Par 4 396 yds 13 - Par 3 135 yds
5 - Par 4 362 yds 14 - Par 4 359 yds
6 - Par 4 377 yds 15 - Par 5 500 yds
7 - Par 3 149 yds 16 - Par 4 358 yds
8 - Par 5 489 yds 17 - Par 3 170 yds
9 - Par 4 403 yds 18 - Par 4 397 yds
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36 3,181 yds 36 3,150 yds
Annual: 8th
Defending champion: Annika Sorenstam
Runner-Up: Cristie Kerr
Tournament Record: 197 (Annika Sorenstam, 2000)
36-Hole Record: 131 (Meg Mallon, 1998; Annika Sorenstam,
Brandie Burton, 2000)
Course Record: 63 (Dottie Pepper, 1998; Mi Hyun Kim, Wendy Ward, 2000)
9-Hole Record: 29 (Juli Inkster, 1998; Meg Mallon, 2000)
Total Purse: $750,000
Shares: 1st Place - $112,500; 2nd Place - 69,819; 3rd Place - 50,949
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Annika Sorenstam 197 Wendy Ward 201
Cristie Kerr 198 Brandie Burton 202
Karrie Webb 198 Jen Hanna 203
A.J. Eathorne 199 Charlotta Sorenstam 203
Mi Hyun Kim 200 Dina Ammaccapane 204
Past Champions Classic Winners and Runners-up
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2000 -- Annika Sorenstam (197) -- Cristie Kerr
1999 -- *Rosie Jones (207) -- Becky Iverson, Jan Stephenson
1998 -- *Meg Mallon (199) -- Dottie Pepper
1997 -- Colleen Walker (203) -- Terry-Jo Myers
1996 -- Laura Davies (204) -- Maggie Will-Halpin, Pat Hurst
1995 -- Chris Johnson (210) -- Juli Inkster
1994 -- *Maggie Will-Halpin (210) -- Jill Briles-Hinton, Alicia Dibos
* - Won in Playoff
Note: Formerly called Children's Medical Center LPGA Classic (1994),
Star Bank LPGA Classic (1995-98), Firstar LPGA Classic (1999-2000).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Annika Sorenstam - Defending champion, finished 3rd last week, 5 wins
Beth Daniel - 32nd on money list, made 6 of 7 cuts, 1 top-10
Rosie Jones - Won Kathy Ireland event, 13th on money list
Meg Mallon - Tied for 16th last week with four rounds under par
Janice Moodie - 15th on money list with three top-10 finishes
Liselotte Neumann - Has missed 4 cuts in 10 events with 1 top-10
Grace Park - Won earlier this year, currently 16th on money list
Dottie Pepper - Has already posted 6 top-five finishes in just 9 events
Kelly Robbins - Play has steadily improved over the last few events
Sherri Steinhauer - Has failed to crack the top-10 this year in 10 events
Karrie Webb - Tied for 21st last week with only 1 round in the 60's
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Annika Sorenstam
Darkhorse - Wendy Doolan
Last week's Pick to win (Karrie Webb) - Finished tied for 21st
Last week's Darkhorse (Nancy Scranton) - Finished 4th
NOTES:
Tied for the lead with Brandie Burton heading into Sunday's final round,
Annika Sorenstam fired a six-under 66 to clip Cristie Kerr and Karrie Webb
by one shot and capture last year's event. Sorenstam's total of 197 set a new
tournament record, breaking the previous mark of 199 set by Meg Mallon and
Dottie Pepper in 1998. Burton shot a final round of 71 to finish alone in
seventh. Sorenstam is attempting to become the first two-time winner of this
event. Mi Hyun Kim tied the course record of 63 during round one and finished
fifth while Wendy Ward equaled the mark on Sunday to come in sixth. Country
Club of the North has hosted this event since its inception in 1994. The
purse was increased by $100,000 from last year. Playoffs have decided the
winner of this event two of the last three years. Sorenstam has won three
times in six events in the state of Ohio and has finished in the top-25 five
times. This is one of the few stops on the LPGA Tour which is not televised.
Next week the LPGA Tour moves to New York for the Corning Classic where Betsy
King, second on the all-time money list, will defend her title.
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