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Dates: Friday, May 4th through Sunday, May 6th
Site: TPC at Piper Glen, Charlotte, North Carolina
Course Architect: Arnold Palmer/Ed Seay (1989)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,774
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 378 yds 10 - Par 4 384 yds
2 - Par 5 481 yds 11 - Par 4 425 yds
3 - Par 4 415 yds 12 - Par 3 183 yds
4 - Par 3 189 yds 13 - Par 4 436 yds
5 - Par 4 419 yds 14 - Par 4 389 yds
6 - Par 5 529 yds 15 - Par 4 410 yds
7 - Par 4 374 yds 16 - Par 5 501 yds
8 - Par 3 189 yds 17 - Par 3 142 yds
9 - Par 4 416 yds 18 - Par 5 514 yds
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36 3,390 yds 36 3,384 yds
Annual: 21st
Defending Champion: Bruce Fleisher
Runner-Up: Hubert Green
Tournament Record: 203 (Bob Murphy, 1995; Lee Trevino, 1994; Don Bies, 1992;
Bruce Fleisher, Hubert Green, 2000)
36-Hole Record: 133 (Hubert Green, 2000)
Course Record: 63 (Hubert Green, 2000)
Total Purse: $1,300,000
Shares: 1st Place - $195,000; 2nd Place - 114,400; 3rd Place - 93,600
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Bruce Fleisher * 203 Jose Maria Canizares 208
Hubert Green 203 Walter Hall 209
John Jacobs 207 Ed Dougherty 209
David Lundstrom 207 Larry Nelson 209
Allen Doyle 208 George Archer 210
* - Won in playoff.
Past The Home Depot Invitational Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- *Bruce Fleisher (203) -- Hubert Green
1999 -- Bruce Fleisher (205) -- Terry Dill, Jim Holtgrieve
1998 -- *Jim Dent (207) -- Bob Charles
1997 -- *Jim Dent (208) -- Lee Trevino, Larry Gilbert
1996 -- Graham Marsh (206) -- Brian Barnes, Tom Wargo
1995 -- Bob Murphy (203) -- Ray Floyd, Larry Ziegler
1994 -- Lee Trevino (203) -- Jim Colbert, Jimmy Powell
1993 -- Mike Hill (204) -- Tom Weiskopf
1992 -- Don Bies (203) -- Lee Trevino
1991 -- Orville Moody (207) -- Dick Hendrickson
1990 -- Bruce Crampton (205) -- Tom Shaw
1989 -- Not Held (Hurricane Hugo)
1988 -- Dave Hill (206) -- Bruce Crampton
1987 -- *#Gary Player (207) -- Bob Charles
1986 -- Bruce Crampton (279) -- Lee Elder, Chi Chi Rodriguez
1985 -- Miller Barber (277) -- Gay Brewer
1984 -- Peter Thomson (281) -- Arnold Palmer
1983 -- Doug Sanders (283) -- Miller Barber
1982 -- Gene Littler (280) -- Miller Barber
1981 -- Miller Barber (282) -- Gene Littler
1980 -- Gene Littler (211) -- Arnold Palmer
* - Won in Playoff
# - Rain Shortened
Note: Formerly called PaineWebber Invitational (1988-95), PaineWebber
World Seniors Invitational (1985-87), WBTV World Seniors
Invitational (1984), World Seniors Invitational (1980-83, 1996).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Bruce Fleisher - Two-time defending champion, 6th on money list, 1 win
Jose M. Canizares - Has posted eight top-10 finishes already in 11 events
Jim Colbert - 9th on money list with one win and three top-five's
Ed Dougherty - Has finished third twice this year, 12th in money
Allen Doyle - Only top-10 (7th) money winner without a win
Ray Floyd - 32nd on money list has one top-10 finish in 2001
Gary McCord - TV funny man, three top-10's in just six events
Larry Nelson - Struggled last week, 2 wins and 9 top-10's out of 11
Andy North - 30th on money list with a pair of top-10 finishes
Dana Quigley - Senior Tour IRON MAN, playing in his 13 event of 2001
Jay Sigel - Making his 2001 Senior Tour debut after lengthy injury
Doug Tewell - Won The Tradition just a few weeks ago, 4 top-10's
Lanny Wadkins - Playing despite nagging injuries, 66th on money list
GolfToday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Bruce Fleisher
Darkhorse - Jim Thorpe
Last week's Pick to Win (Larry Nelson) - Finished tied for 50th
Last week's Darkhorse (Hubert Green) - Finished tied for 28th
NOTES:
Bruce Fleisher sank a three-foot birdie putt on the third extra hole to
defeat Hubert Green and successfully defend his title last year. Trailing
Green by two shots heading into Sunday, Fleisher carded his third straight
round in the 60's, a four-under 68 to tie Green, who followed up his course-
record 63 on Saturday with a two-under 70. Both players had birdied and parred
the first two playoff holes. Green had missed a 12-foot birdie on the third
playoff hole, prior to Fleisher's putt. Fleisher joined Jim Dent as the only
back-to-back winners of this event. Dent accomplished the feat in 1997-98.
Fleisher, Dent, Gene Littler, Miller Barber and Bruce Crampton are the only
two-time winners of this tournament. 14 of the last 17 Home Depot
Invitational's have been decided by one shot. Last year's playoff was only the
fourth in the events 20-year history. Bob Charles has been involved in two of
the three, losing to Gary Player in 1987 and to Dent in 1998. This tournament
is the only Senior PGA Tour event cancelled due to bad weather. The 1989 event
was scrubbed due to Hurricane Hugo. Only twice in the tournament's history has
the event been decided by more than two shots (1981, 1982). Crampton is the
only player to win this event on two different courses, winning at Quail
Hollow Country Club in 1986 and at its present site in 1990. The TPC at Piper
Glen has hosted this event since 1990, while Quail Hollow hosted the
tournament from 1980 through 1988. Arnold Palmer has served as the tournament
host since the event arrived in Charlotte in 1980. His best finish at this
event was as runner-up in 1984. The 78-man field for The Home Depot
Invitational will have a slightly different makeup than a standard SENIOR TOUR
tournament...Among the changes are the following: the top 25 players from the
previous year's money list and all-time money list instead of the top 31,
winners of PGA TOUR majors in the preceding 30 years if SENIOR TOUR players;
past champions of the event from 1983-99; top eight players from the 2000
SENIOR TOUR National Qualifying Tournament; six sponsor exemptions, with a
maximum of three going to international players not otherwise exempt two
additional sponsor choices if necessary to fill the field. The last time there
was a hole-in-one was in 1998, when J.C. Snead accomplished the feat on the
183-yard 12th hole with a 4-iron...Other aces occurred in 1996 (John
Jacobs/No. 17/PW/TPC at Piper Glen), 1993 (Gary Cowan/No. 17/PW/TPC at Piper
Glen), 1990 (Arnold Palmer/No. 12/4-iron/TPC at Piper Glen), 1985 (Bob Goalby
/No. 13/4-iron/Quail Hollow) and 1981 ( Miller Barber /No. 17/6-iron/Quail
Hollow). Thanks to his back-to-back wins, Fleisher is the all-time money
winner with $375,000 in earnings while Dent is second at $354,207. Walter
Morgan has finished in the top-10 at this event five times in seven years. The
Senior Tour moves to Augusta, Missouri for the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Match
Play Championship at Boone Valley Golf Club. Larry Nelson is the defending
champion at the event, which will feature a new format for 2001.
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