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Dates: Thursday, May 10th through Sunday, May 13th
Site: Boone Valley Golf Club, Augusta, Missouri
Course Architect: P.B. Dye (1992)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,731
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 405 Yds 10 - Par 4 361 Yds
2 - Par 4 410 Yds 11 - Par 4 426 Yds
3 - Par 3 183 Yds 12 - Par 3 181 Yds
4 - Par 4 435 Yds 13 - Par 4 425 Yds
5 - Par 4 430 Yds 14 - Par 5 476 Yds
6 - Par 5 505 Yds 15 - Par 4 345 Yds
7 - Par 4 344 Yds 16 - Par 3 224 Yds
8 - Par 3 128 Yds 17 - Par 5 491 Yds
9 - Par 5 561 Yds 18 - Par 4 401 Yds
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36 3,401 Yds 36 3,330 Yds
Annual: 6th
Defending Champion: Larry Nelson
Runner-Up: Tom Watson
Tournament Record: 200 (Hale Irwin, 1997; Larry Nelson, 1998, 2000)
36-Hole Record: 131 (Bunky Henry, 1996)
Course Record: 63 (Hale Irwin, 1996)
Total Purse: $2,000,000
Shares: 1st Place - $300,000; 2nd Place - 176,000; 3rd Place - 144,000 -
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Larry Nelson 200 Vicente Fernandez 209
Tom Watson 203 Doug Tewell 209
David Graham 207 John Bland 210
Dana Quigley 208 Walter Hall 211
Bruce Summerhays 208 Hale Irwin 211
Leonard Thompson 211
Past Enterprise Rent-A-Car Match Play Championship Winners and Runners-up
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2000 -- Larry Nelson (200) -- Tom Watson
1999 -- Hale Irwin (203) -- Al Geiberger
1998 -- Larry Nelson (200) -- Graham Marsh
1997 -- Hale Irwin (200) -- Gil Morgan
1996 -- *Gibby Gilbert (203) -- Hale Irwin
* - Won in playoff
Note: Formerly called Boone Valley Classic (1996-2000).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Larry Nelson - Defending champ, 1st on money list, 2 wins, 10 top-10's
Jose M. Canizares - 5th on money list with one win and eight top-10 finishes
Allen Doyle - Has recorded 10 top-10 finishes in 12 events in 2001
Vicente Fernandez - 23rd on money list with 3 top-10's in 11 tournaments
Bruce Fleisher - Won last week for the second time this year, 2nd in money
Bob Gilder - Won earlier this year, 10th on money list with 3 top-10's
Hale Irwin - Two-time winner this year, 3rd on money list, 6 top-10's
Tom Kite - Has posted five top-10's in just eight events in 2001
Gil Morgan - One win, two seconds, five top-5's and 6 top-10's
Dana Quigley - 11th on money list with four top-10's in 13 tournaments
Lee Trevino - 29 Senior Tour wins, playing in only his eight event
Lanny Wadkins - Fiery competitor, especially in match play
Tom Watson - Owns a 10-4-1 Ryder Cup record, could be a real factor
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Tom Watson
Darkhorse - John Mahaffey
Last week's Pick to Win (Bruce Fleisher) - Finished 1st
Last week's Darkhorse (Jim Thorpe) - Finished tied for 3rd
NOTES:
For the first time since 1986, the Senior Tour has an official match-play
tournament, but this event features a unique new format. This is a four-day
competition, with 78 players competing in stroke play the first two rounds.
The top-16 players will advance to match play on the weekend and will be
seeded based on their 36-hole scores. There will be morning and afternoon
matches on Saturday and Sunday. Last year, Larry Nelson led from start to
finish to win this event for the second time in its five-year history. Nelson,
the only man in the field to post all three rounds in the 60's, opened with
back-to-back 66's before Sunday's 68 for a three-shot win over Tom Watson.
Nelson, who also won this event in 1998, tied for 16th in 1997 and 11th in
1999. Nelson's first ever Senior Tour appearance came at this event in 1997.
1997 and '99 champion Hale Irwin has a very impressive record at this event,
with two wins, a second, 9th and 13th. Irwin is the all-time money winner at
this event with $572,350 in earnings while Nelson is second ($467,673). Both
players had impressive records in match play, as Irwin was 13-5-2 in Ryder Cup
play while Nelson was 9-3-1. Kermit Zarley recorded a rare second-round
double-eagle with a five-iron from 189 yards out in 1996. Zarley also
has made one of two holes-in-one in the events history when he aced the third
with a five iron in 1999. Jim Thorpe made an ace during the first round last
year on the third hole with a 6-iron. The purse has been increased by $500,000
from last year and is the fifth largest on the Senior Tour. Boone Valley Golf
Club has hosted this event since its inception in 1996. The par-4 fourth hole
was the most difficult last year, playing to a scoring average of 4.253 and
was the 50th toughest hole on the entire Senior Tour in 2000. For the third
straight year, the par-5 17th was the easiest with an average score of 4.481.
Next week, the Senior Tour remains in Missouri for the TD Waterhouse
Championship at Tiffany Greens Golf Club. Dana Quigley is expected to be on
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