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Dates: Thursday, April 26th through Sunday, April 29th
Site: Forest Oaks Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina
Course Architect: Ellis Maples (1964), Ralph Stout (re-design)
(Clyde B. Johnston, Fuzzy Zoeller, 18th hole, re-design)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,062
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 411 yds 10 - Par 4 400 yds
2 - Par 5 523 yds 11 - Par 4 392 yds
3 - Par 4 409 yds 12 - Par 3 185 yds
4 - Par 3 179 yds 13 - Par 5 521 yds
5 - Par 4 420 yds 14 - Par 4 439 yds
6 - Par 4 393 yds 15 - Par 5 559 yds
7 - Par 4 379 yds 16 - Par 4 414 yds
8 - Par 3 221 yds 17 - Par 3 198 yds
9 - Par 5 584 yds 18 - Par 4 435 yds
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36 3,519 yds 36 3,543 yds
Annual: 62nd
Defending Champion: Hal Sutton
Runner-Up: Andrew Magee
Tournament Record: 265 (Jesper Parnevik, 1999)
54-Hole Record: 195 (Jesper Parnevik, 1999)
36-Hole Record: 128 (Jesper Parnevik, 1999)
Course Record: 62 (Davis Love III, 1992; Mark O'Meara, 1996;
Jeff Maggert, 1999)
Total Purse: $3,500,000
Shares: 1st Place - $630,000; 2nd Place - 378,000; 3rd Place - 238,000
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Hal Sutton 274 Jonathan Kaye 281
Andrew Magee 277 Chris Perry 281
Mark Calcavecchia 278 Shigeki Maruyama 282
Dudley Hart 278 Jesper Parnevik 282
Doug Dunakey 281 Kenny Perry 282
Omar Uresti 282
Scott Verplank 282
Past Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- Hal Sutton (274) -- Andrew Magee
1999 -- Jesper Parnevik (266) -- Jim Furyk
1998 -- *Trevor Dodds (276) -- Scott Verplank
1997 -- *Frank Nobilo (274) -- Brad Faxon
1996 -- Mark O'Meara (274) -- Duffy Waldorf
1995 -- Jim Gallagher, Jr. (274) -- Peter Jacobsen, Jeff Sluman
1994 -- Mike Springer (275) -- Brad Bryant, Ed Humenik, Hale Irwin
1993 -- *Rocco Mediate (281) -- Steve Elkington
1992 -- Davis Love III (272) -- John Cook
1991 -- *Mark Brooks (275) -- Gene Sauers
1990 -- Steve Elkington (282) -- Mike Reid, Jeff Sluman
1989 -- Ken Green (277) -- John Huston
1988 -- *Sandy Lyle (271) -- Ken Green
1987 -- Scott Simpson (282) -- Clarence Rose
1986 -- Sandy Lyle (275) -- Andy Bean
1985 -- Joey Sindelar (285) -- Isao Aoki, Craig Stadler
1984 -- Andy Bean (280) -- George Archer
1983 -- Lanny Wadkins (275) -- Craig Stadler, Denis Watson
1982 -- Danny Edwards (285) -- Bobby Clampett
1981 -- *Larry Nelson (281) -- Mark Hayes
1980 -- Craig Stadler (275) -- G.Burns, B.Kratzert, J.Newton, J.Pate
1979 -- Ray Floyd (282) -- George Burns, Gary Player
1978 -- Seve Ballesteros (282) -- Jack Renner, Fuzzy Zoeller
1977 -- Danny Edwards (276) -- George Burns, Larry Nelson
1976 -- Al Geiberger (268) -- Lee Trevino
1975 -- Tom Weiskopf (275) -- Al Geiberger
1974 -- Bob Charles (270) -- Ray Floyd, Lee Trevino
1973 -- Chi Chi Rodriguez (267) -- Lou Graham, Ken Still
1972 -- *George Archer (272) -- Tommy Aaron
1971 -- *Bud Allin (275) -- Dave Eichelberger, Rod Funseth
1970 -- Gary Player (271) -- Miller Barber
1969 -- *Gene Littler (274) -- Julius Boros, Orville Moody, Tom Weiskopf
1968 -- Billy Casper (267) -- George Archer, Gene Littler, Bobby Nichols
1967 -- George Archer (267) -- Doug Sanders
1966 -- *Doug Sanders (276) -- Tom Weiskopf
1965 -- Sam Snead (273) -- Billy Casper, Jack McGowan, Phil Rodgers
1964 -- *Julius Boros (277) -- Doug Sanders
1963 -- Doug Sanders (270) -- Jimmy Clark
1962 -- Billy Casper (275) -- Mike Souchak
1961 -- Mike Souchak (276) -- Sam Snead
1960 -- Sam Snead (270) -- Dow Finsterwald
1959 -- Dow Finsterwald (278) -- Art Wall
1958 -- Bob Goalby (275) -- Dow Finsterwald, Don January, Tony Lema,
Sam Snead, Art Wall
1957 -- Stan Leonard (276) -- Mike Souchak
1956 -- *Sam Snead (279) -- Fred Wampler
1955 -- Sam Snead (273) -- Julius Boros, Art Wall
1954 -- *Doug Ford (283) -- Marty Furgol
1953 -- *Earl Stewart (275) -- Sam Snead
1952 -- Dave Douglas (277) -- Bobby Locke
1951 -- Art Doering (279) -- Jim Ferrier
1950 -- Sam Snead (269) -- Jimmy Demaret
1949 -- *Sam Snead (276) -- Lloyd Mangrum
1948 -- Lloyd Mangrum (278) -- Lew Worsham
1947 -- Vic Ghezzi (286) -- Frank Stranahan
1946 -- Sam Snead (270) -- Herman Keiser
1945 -- Byron Nelson (271) -- Sam Byrd
1944 -- Not Held due to World War II
1943 -- Not Held due to World War II
1942 -- Sam Byrd (279) -- Ben Hogan, Lloyd Mangrum
1941 -- Byron Nelson (276) -- Vic Ghezzi
1940 -- Ben Hogan (270) -- Craig Wood
1939 -- Ralph Guldahl (280) -- Clayton Heafner, Lawson Little
1938 -- Sam Snead (272) -- Johnny Revolta
* - Won in Playoff.
Note: Formerly called Greater Greensboro Open (1938-87), KMART Greater
Greensboro Open (1988-95).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Hal Sutton - Defending champion, won last week's Houston Open
Mark Calcavecchia - Tied for 3rd last year, 6th on money list, 1 win
Stewart Cink - Has recorded 3 top-10's in 12 events, 4 missed cuts
Steve Elkington - Won this event in 1990 and finished 2nd in '93
Jim Furyk - 2nd at GGC in 1999 to Parnevik, 11th on money list
Scott Hoch - Final round of 75 last week knocked him back to 16th
Matt Kuchar - Former U.S. Amateur winner turned pro from Georgia Tech
Sandy Lyle - Two-time winner of this event, missed the cut last year
Jeff Maggert - Has made 7 of 10 cuts in 2001, but has only 1 top-10
Billy Mayfair - Lost in a playoff to Coceres at Harbour Town
Frank Nobilo - Former winner of this event, has struggled recently
Mark O'Meara - Only 4 of 7 cuts made in 2001 without a top-10 finish
Steve Stricker - Won World Match Play in January, not much since
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Hal Sutton
Darkhorse - Shigeki Maruyama
Last week's Pick to Win (David Duval) - Finished tied for 26th
Last week's Darkhorse (Mark Brooks) - Missed the cut
NOTES:
Hal Sutton looks to make it two in a row this week, as he gets set to
defend his title at the Greater Greensboro Classic. Last year, Sutton
took a three-shot lead into the final round but saw his advantage reduced
to a single stroke over Andrew Magee after a bogey at the par-five 13th.
After they each parred the 14th, Magee drove left into the trees at the
par-five 15th and was forced to punch out with his second shot. Sutton,
meanwhile, knocked his third shot to 10 feet and holed his putt for birdie.
Magee's third shot landed short of the green and he failed to sink his
par-saving putt after chipping to eight feet. Sutton held on for a three-shot
victory, turning in a final-round score of one-under 71. Sutton, who a month
earlier captured The Players Championship by one shot over Tiger Woods in a
Monday finish, was one back after the opening round at Forest Oaks before
firing a tournament-low 64 to grab a five-stroke edge after 36 holes. The
win was the 13th of Sutton's PGA Tour career and his sixth since 1995. Prior
to his victory at the 1995 B.C. Open, Sutton went eight years without winning
a title. Sam Snead is the only player to win this event two straight years
(1955-56) and has won this tournament eight times, a PGA Tour record for the
most victories by a player in a single event. Snead captured the inaugural
event in 1938, and when he won it for the eighth time in 1965, he became the
oldest winner in PGA Tour history at 52 years, 10 months and eight days. The
27-year span from 1938 to 1965 is also a record for the most time between the
first and last victories for a player at the same tournament. The Greater
Greensboro Classic's trophy was named after Snead in 1998, and Snead
presents the award to the winner each year. Snead will also host the
Champion's Dinner, which this year will honor Charlie Sifford, who became
the first African-American to compete in a PGA event in the South when he tied
for fourth in Greensboro in 1961. Sifford shot 68 for the first-round lead
that year, and would have had a 67 had he not missed a three-foot birdie putt
at the 18th hole. Since World War II there have been four wire-to-wire winners
of this event: Snead in 1950, Tom Weiskopf in 1975, Mike Springer in 1994 and
Jesper Parnevik in 1999. This event has been decided in playoffs 15 times,
including five of the last 13 years. Aside from the four major championships,
the Greater Greensboro Classic is the seventh oldest event on the PGA Tour.
Forest Oaks has hosted this event since 1977. The purse was increased by
$500,000 from last year to $3.5 million, with a first-place prize of $630,000.
Three players have managed to fight their way back from seven-stroke, 54-hole
deficits at this event: Elkington in 1990, Mark Brooks in 1991 and Jim
Gallagher, Jr. in 1995. Next week the PGA Tour heads to the Big Easy for the
Compaq Classic of New Orleans, May 3-6. Paraguay's Carlos Franco is the two-
time defending champion.
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