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Dates: Thursday, March 1st through Sunday, March 4th
Sites: Doral Golf Resort and Spa (Blue Course), Miami, Florida
Course Architect: Dick Wilson Firm - Robert Von Hagge, design (1961)
Ray Floyd and Ted McAnlis, re-design (1996)
Jim McLean (1999)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,125
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 5 529 Yds 10 - Par 5 551 Yds
2 - Par 4 376 Yds 11 - Par 4 363 Yds
3 - Par 4 409 Yds 12 - Par 5 603 Yds
4 - Par 3 236 Yds 13 - Par 3 245 Yds
5 - Par 4 394 Yds 14 - Par 4 443 Yds
6 - Par 4 442 Yds 15 - Par 3 175 Yds
7 - Par 4 428 Yds 16 - Par 4 372 Yds
8 - Par 5 528 Yds 17 - Par 4 419 Yds
9 - Par 3 169 Yds 18 - Par 4 443 Yds
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36 3,511 Yds 36 3,614 Yds
Annual: 40th
Defending Champion: Jim Furyk
Runner-up: Franklin Langham
Tournament Record: 265 (Greg Norman, 1993; Jim Furyk, 2000)
54-Hole Record: 195 (Greg Norman, 1993)
36-Hole Record: 129 (Franklin Langham, 2000)
Course Record: 61 (Stephen Ames, 2000)
9-hole Record: 29 (Tom Kite, 1974; Kermit Zarley, 1979; Edward Fryatt, 2000)
Total Purse: $4,500,000
Shares: 1st Place - $810,000; 2nd Place - 486,000; 3rd Place - 306,000
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Jim Furyk 265 Russ Cochran 272
Franklin Langham 267 Scott Verplank 272
Nick Price 270 Stephen Ames 273
David Duval 271 Jay Don Blake 274
Shigeki Maruyama 271 Edward Fryatt 274
Bruce Lietzke 274
Past Genuity Championship Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- Jim Furyk (265) -- Franklin Langham
1999 -- Steve Elkington (275) -- Greg Kraft
1998 -- Michael Bradley (278) -- John Huston, Billy Mayfair
1997 -- Steve Elkington (275) -- Nick Price, Larry Nelson
1996 -- Greg Norman (269) -- Michael Bradley, Vijay Singh
1995 -- Nick Faldo (273) -- Peter Jacobsen, Greg Norman
1994 -- John Huston (274) -- Billy Andrade, Brad Bryant
1993 -- Greg Norman (265) -- Paul Azinger, Mark McCumber
1992 -- Ray Floyd (271) -- Keith Clearwater, Fred Couples
1991 -- *Rocco Mediate (276) -- Curtis Strange
1990 -- *Greg Norman (273) -- Paul Azinger, Mark Calcavecchia, Tim Simpson
1989 -- Bill Glasson (275) -- Fred Couples
1988 -- Ben Crenshaw (274) -- Chip Beck, Mark McCumber
1987 -- Lanny Wadkins (277) -- Seve Ballesteros, Tom Kite, Don Pooley
1986 -- *Andy Bean (276) -- Hubert Green
1985 -- Mark McCumber (284) -- Tom Kite
1984 -- Tom Kite (272) -- Jack Nicklaus
1983 -- Gary Koch (271) -- Ed Fiori
1982 -- Andy Bean (278) -- Scott Hoch, Mike Nicolette, Jerry Pate
1981 -- Ray Floyd (273) -- Keith Fergus, David Graham
1980 -- *Ray Floyd (279) -- Jack Nicklaus
1979 -- Mark McCumber (279) -- Bill Rogers
1978 -- Tom Weiskopf (272) -- Jack Nicklaus
1977 -- Andy Bean (277) -- David Graham
1976 -- Hubert Green (270) -- Mark Hayes, Jack Nicklaus
1975 -- Jack Nicklaus (276) -- Forrest Fezler, Bert Yancey
1974 -- Brian Allin (272) -- Jerry Heard
1973 -- Lee Trevino (276) -- Bruce Crampton, Tom Weiskopf
1972 -- Jack Nicklaus (276) -- Bob Rosburg, Lee Trevino
1971 -- J.C. Snead (275) -- Gardner Dickinson
1970 -- Mike Hill (279) -- Jim Colbert
1969 -- Tom Shaw (276) -- Tommy Aaron
1968 -- Gardner Dickinson (275) -- Tom Weiskopf
1967 -- Doug Sanders (275) -- Harold Henning, Art Wall
1966 -- Phil Rodgers (278) -- Jay Dolan, Kermit Zarley
1965 -- Doug Sanders (274) -- Bruce Devlin
1964 -- Billy Casper (277) -- Jack Nicklaus
1963 -- Dan Sikes (283) -- Sam Snead
1962 -- Billy Casper (283) -- Paul Bondeson
* - Won in Playoff
Note: Formerly called Doral-Ryder Open (1987-2000), Doral-Eastern Open
Invitational (1970-86), Doral Country Club Open Invitational (1962-69).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Jim Furyk - Defending champion, 10th on money list with one win
Robert Allenby - Won last week's playoff at Nissan Open for third PGA win
David Duval - Has seen his world ranking slip to number six
Steve Elkington - Two-time winner of this event winning in 1997 and '99
Ernie Els - Has three top-five finishes in four events on PGA Tour
Carlos Franco - Has failed to crack the top-10 this year in three tries
Bernhard Langer - Competing in his fifth PGA event with one top-10 finish
Justin Leonard - Has made the cut in 4 of 6 events with a pair of top-10's
Davis Love III - Finished 4 over the last four holes last week to lose in LA
Greg Norman - Three-time winner of this event, play has improved in 2001
Jesper Parnevik - Shot par or better in all four rounds last week at Nissan
Nick Price - Carded final round of 73 to finish four shots back last wk
Vijay Singh - Has won the last two events on the European Tour
Hal Sutton - Off to a slow start with no top-10's in six cuts made
Golf Today Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Nick Price
Darkhorse - Fred Funk
Last Week's Pick to Win (Tiger Woods) - Finished tied for 13th
Last Week's Darkhorse (Stewart Cink) - Finished tied for 20th
NOTES:
Formerly called the Doral-Ryder Open, this year marks the 40th
edition of this event. Last year, Jim Furyk erased a six-shot deficit
over the last seven holes to defeat Franklin Langham by two shots.
Furyk carded six birdies for a back-nine 30 on Sunday and earned his
fifth career victory. He birdied the famous 18th at Doral while
Langham carded a bogey at the same hole to post the two-shot win.
Furyk joined Ben Crenshaw as the only players to birdie the final hole
for the victory. Crenshaw accomplished the feat in 1998. 26 of the 39
tournaments have been decided by a single stroke. Furyk is looking to
become only the second player in this event's history to win back-to-
back titles. Ray Floyd won this tournament in both 1980 and 1981.
Furyk will be searching for his second title of the 2001 campaign as
he outlasted Rory Sabbatini at the Mercedes Championship in January.
This year's field boasts 10 of the top-20 players in the World Golf
Rankings, but not number-one Tiger Woods, who is competing at the
Dubai Desert Classic on the European Tour. There have been four
playoffs in this event's history, the last coming in 1991 when Rocco
Mediate defeated Curtis Strange. Andy Bean, Floyd and Greg Norman are
the only three-time winners of this tournament. Hubert Green owns the
tournament record for the widest margin of victory: six strokes over
Mark Hayes and Jack Nicklaus in 1976. Nicklaus will also be on hand
for his 38th appearance. The "Golden Bear" has won the tournament
twice, finished second five times, third twice and fourth twice and
has 16 top-10 finishes. Fred Funk has made the cut in all eight tries
at this event. The "Blue Monster" of Doral Resort has hosted this
event since its inception in 1962. Ray Floyd redesigned the course in
1996 and Jim McLean reworked and removed some of the bunkers around
the course in 1999. There have been only two wire-to-wire winners of
this event, but none in the last 21 years. Lee Trevino led from start
to finish in 1973 and Andy Bean led wire-to-wire in 1977. This event
is the longest continuously running PGA Tour event in Florida. The
purse for this event has been increased by $1,500,000 from last year.
Next week the PGA Tour moves north to Coral Springs, Florida for the
Honda Classic where Dudley Hart is expected to defend his title.
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