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Dates: Thursday, May 17th Through Sunday, May 20th
Site: Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas
Course Architect: John Bredemus, Ralph Plummer (1936), Perry Maxwell
(redesigned 3 holes, 1941), Keith Foster (1999)
Par: 70
Yardage: 7,080
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 5 565 yds 10 - Par 4 404 yds
2 - Par 4 400 yds 11 - Par 5 609 yds
3 - Par 4 476 yds 12 - Par 4 433 yds
4 - Par 3 246 yds 13 - Par 3 178 yds
5 - Par 4 470 yds 14 - Par 4 457 yds
6 - Par 4 393 yds 15 - Par 4 430 yds
7 - Par 4 427 yds 16 - Par 3 188 yds
8 - Par 3 192 yds 17 - Par 4 383 yds
9 - Par 4 402 yds 18 - Par 4 427 yds
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35 3,571 yds 35 3,509 yds
Annual: 55th
Defending Champion: Phil Mickelson
Runner-Up: Stewart Cink, Davis Love III
Tournament Record: 264 (Fulton Allem, 1993)
54-Hole Record: 195 (Scott Simpson, 1994; David Ogrin, 1997)
36-Hole Record: 129 (Fulton Allem, 1993; Brad Faxon, David Frost,
Paul Goydos, 1997)
Course Record: 61 (Lee Janzen, Keith Clearwater, 1993; Greg Kraft, 1999)
9-Hole Record: 28 (Wayne Levi, Keith Clearwater, 1993)
Total Purse: $4,000,000
Shares: 1st Place - $720,000; 2nd Place - 432,000; 3rd Place - 272,000
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Phil Mickelson 268 Bob Estes 273
Stewart Cink 270 Greg Kraft 273
Davis Love III 270 Jim Furyk 274
David Toms 272 John Cook 274
Rocco Mediate 272 Mark Calcavecchia 274
Len Mattiace 274
Mike Weir 274
Past MasterCard Colonial Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- Phil Mickelson (268) -- Stewart Cink, Davis Love III
1999 -- Olin Browne (272) -- F.Funk, P.Goydos, Tim Herron, G.Kraft, J.Sluman
1998 -- Tom Watson (265) -- Jim Furyk
1997 -- David Frost (265) -- Brad Faxon, David Ogrin
1996 -- Corey Pavin (272) -- Jeff Sluman
1995 -- Tom Lehman (271) -- Craig Parry
1994 -- *Nick Price (266) -- Scott Simpson
1993 -- Fulton Allem (264) -- Greg Norman
1992 -- *Bruce Lietzke (267) -- Corey Pavin
1991 -- Tom Purtzer (267) -- David Edwards, Scott Hoch, Bob Lohr
1990 -- Ben Crenshaw (272) -- John Mahaffey, Corey Pavin, Nick Price
1989 -- Ian Baker-Finch (270) -- David Edwards
1988 -- Lanny Wadkins (270) -- Mark Calcavecchia, Ben Crenshaw, Joey Sindelar
1987 -- Keith Clearwater (266) -- Davis Love III
1986 -- *#Dan Pohl (205) -- Payne Stewart
1985 -- Corey Pavin (266) -- Bob Murphy
1984 -- *Peter Jacobsen (270) -- Payne Stewart
1983 -- *Jim Colbert (278) -- Fuzzy Zoeller
1982 -- Jack Nicklaus (273) -- Andy North
1981 -- Fuzzy Zoeller (274) -- Hale Irwin
1980 -- Bruce Lietzke (271) -- Ben Crenshaw
1979 -- Al Geiberger (274) -- Don January, Gene Littler
1978 -- Lee Trevino (268) -- Jerry Heard, Jerry Pate
1977 -- Ben Crenshaw (272) -- John Schroeder
1976 -- Lee Trevino (273) -- Mike Morley
1975 -- Hosted Tournament Players Championship won by Al Geiberger
1974 -- Rod Curl (276) -- Jack Nicklaus
1973 -- Tom Weiskopf (276) -- Bruce Crampton, Jerry Heard
1972 -- Jerry Heard (275) -- Fred Marti
1971 -- Gene Littler (283) -- Bert Yancey
1970 -- Homero Blancas (273) -- Gene Littler, Lee Trevino
1969 -- Gardner Dickinson (278) -- Gary Player
1968 -- Billy Casper (275) -- Bert Yancey
1967 -- Dave Stockton (278) -- Charles Coody
1966 -- Bruce Devlin (280) -- R.H. Sikes
1965 -- Bruce Crampton (276) -- George Knudson
1964 -- Billy Casper (279) -- Tommy Jacobs
1963 -- Julius Boros (279) -- Gary Player
1962 -- *Arnold Palmer (281) -- Johnny Pott
1961 -- Doug Sanders (281) -- Kel Nagle
1960 -- Julius Boros (280) -- Gene Littler, Kel Nagle
1959 -- *Ben Hogan (285) -- Fred Hawkins
1958 -- Tommy Bolt (282) -- Ken Venturi
1957 -- Roberto de Vicenzo (284) -- Dick Mayer
1956 -- Mike Souchak (280) -- Tommy Bolt
1955 -- Chandler Harper (276) -- Dow Finsterwald
1954 -- Johnny Palmer (280) -- Fred Haas
1953 -- Ben Hogan (282) -- Doug Ford, Cary Middlecoff
1952 -- Ben Hogan (279) -- Lloyd Mangrum
1951 -- Cary Middlecoff (282) -- Jack Burke, Jr.
1950 -- Sam Snead (277) -- Skip Alexander
1949 -- Not held due to bad weather
1948 -- Clayton Heafner (272) -- Skip Alexander, Ben Hogan
1947 -- Ben Hogan (279) -- Toney Penna
1946 -- Ben Hogan (279) -- Harry Todd
* - Won in Playoff
# - Rain Shortened
Note: Formerly called Southwestern Bell Colonial (1989-94), Colonial
National Invitation Tournament (1946-88).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Phil Mickelson - Defending champion, has six top-3 finishes in 12 events
Robert Allenby - 26th on money list with only 1 top-10 (win at Nissan)
Mark Calcavecchia - 4 top-10's and a win earlier this year, 6th in money
Jose Coceres - Won tournament in Hilton Head back in April
Fred Couples - Tied for 11th last week, shot second round of 63
Robert Damron - Won last week's Byron Nelson Classic for 1st win
Joe Durant - Two-time winner this year, 4th on money list
David Duval - Tied for 3rd at Nelson with three rounds in the 60's
Jim Furyk - 13th on money list with 4 top-10's in 10 events, 1 win
Sergio Garcia - Shot 64-65 over the weekend at Nelson to tie for 8th
Tom Lehman - Has made the cut in 10 of 12 events in 2001, 3 top-10's
Justin Leonard - Shot four rounds in the 60's last week including a 61
Davis Love III - Has six top-10 finishes in 10 events, won at Pebble
Greg Norman - Finished 2nd at this event back in 1993 to Fulton Allem
Jesper Parnevik - Shot final round of 74 last week to tie for 62nd
Nick Price - Carded four rounds in the 60's to tie for 3rd last week
Vijay Singh - Only top-10 money winner this year without a win
Hal Sutton - Has made the cut in all 14 events entered with one win
GolfToday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Phil Mickelson
Darkhorse - Esteban Toledo
Last week's Pick to Win (Tiger Woods) - Finished tied for 3rd
Last week's Darkhorse (John Cook) - Finished tied for 43rd
NOTES:
Six strokes behind when Sunday's final round began last year, Phil
Mickelson carded a seven-under 63 to catch and pass third-round leader
Stewart Cink and win for the second time (1996 Byron Nelson) in the state of
Texas. Cink closed with a one-over 71 to tie Davis Love III for second, two
shots back. Love III and Rocco Mediate were the only players in the field to
post all four rounds in the 60s. Mickelson's 63 was the best final-round
score since Wayne Levi and Mike Hulbert accomplished the feat in 1993.
Mickelson capped last year's final round with a 20-foot birdie on 18. Cink,
ahead by one standing on the 17th tee, bogeyed the final two holes. Jeff
Sluman has posted six straight top-25 finishes at this event, including two
seconds, a third and a tie for 13th last year. Ben Hogan is the only player
to win this event more than twice (5) and is the only player to win this
event two straight years (1946-47 and 1952-53). Al Geiberger won the
Tournament Players Championship held at Colonial in 1975. The purse was
increased by $700,000 from last year. There have been nine wire-to-
wire winners at Colonial, the last being Ian Baker-Finch in 1989. In 1994,
Nick Price recorded the greatest comeback in Colonial history. Trailing third-
round leader Scott Simpson by seven shots, Price carded a final-round 64
to tie Simpson and then defeated him in a playoff the following day. Five
players earned their first PGA Tour victory at Colonial Country Club: Roberto
de Vicenzo (1957), Dave Stockton (1967), Rod Curl (1974), Keith Clearwater
(1987) and Baker-Finch (1989). A Colonial tradition is the selection by
former tournament champions of two promising newcomers who have never been
invited to the event as professionals. This year, Joe Ogilvie and Briny Baird
have been invited as Champions' choices. The course underwent major
renovations in 1999, as new greens were put in, all of the bunkers were
reworked and the course was lengthened by 70 yards. Although neither player
has won this event, Kirk Triplett and Fred Funk have had unique success at
this event with each player making the cut 10 straight years. Funk's best
finish was a tie for second in 1999 while Triplett tied for 13th last year.
1989 winner of this event, Ian Baker-Finch will be competing this week. The TV
golf analyst has not played on the PGA Tour since an opening round of 92 at
the 1997 British Open. The PGA Tour moves east to Maryland next week for the
Kemper Insurance Open at the TPC at Avenel. Tom Scherrer will be on hand to
defend his title
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