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Dates: Thursday, March 8th through Sunday, March 11th
Site: TPC at Heron Bay, Coral Springs, Florida
Course Architect: Mark McCumber (1996)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,268
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 391 Yds 10 - Par 4 408 Yds
2 - Par 4 431 Yds 11 - Par 3 179 Yds
3 - Par 4 389 Yds 12 - Par 4 470 Yds
4 - Par 5 602 Yds 13 - Par 4 357 Yds
5 - Par 3 187 Yds 14 - Par 5 573 Yds
6 - Par 4 470 Yds 15 - Par 3 222 Yds
7 - Par 4 390 Yds 16 - Par 5 534 Yds
8 - Par 3 207 Yds 17 - Par 4 442 Yds
9 - Par 5 566 Yds 18 - Par 4 450 Yds
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36 3,633 Yds 36 3,635 Yds
Annual: 29th
Defending Champion: Dudley Hart
Runner-up: Kevin Wentworth, J.P. Hayes
Tournament Record: 266 (Blaine McCallister, 1989)
54-Hole Record: 200 (George Burns, 1982; J.P. Hayes, 2000)
36-Hole Record: 128 (Dan Pohl, 1989)
18-Hole Record: 62 (Hale Irwin, 1979 - at Inverrary G&CC)
(Dan Pohl, 1989; Tim Herron, 1996 - TPC at Eagle Trace)
Course Record: 64 (Craig Parry, Tommy Armour III, 1997; John Daly, 1998;
Hal Sutton, 1999; Davis Love III, 2000)
Total Purse: $3,200,000
Shares: 1st Place - $576,000; 2nd Place - 345,600; 3rd Place - 217,600
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Dudley Hart 269 Jonathan Kaye 272
J.P. Hayes 270 Mark Calcavecchia 273
Kevin Wentworth 270 Robert Damron 273
Jim Furyk 271 Rick Fehr 273
Brian Gay 271 Carlos Franco 273
Hal Sutton 273
Past Honda Classic Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- Dudley Hart (269) -- J.P. Hayes, Kevin Wentworth
1999 -- Vijay Singh (277) -- Payne Stewart
1998 -- Mark Calcavecchia (270) -- Vijay Singh
1997 -- Stuart Appleby (274) -- Michael Bradley, Payne Stewart
1996 -- Tim Herron (271) -- Mark McCumber
1995 -- Mark O'Meara (275) -- Nick Faldo
1994 -- Nick Price (276) -- Craig Parry
1993 -- *#Fred Couples (207) -- Robert Gamez
1992 -- *Corey Pavin (273) -- Fred Couples
1991 -- Steve Pate (279) -- Paul Azinger, Dan Halldorson
1990 -- John Huston (282) -- Mark Calcavecchia
1989 -- Blaine McCallister (266) -- Payne Stewart
1988 -- Joey Sindelar (276) -- Ed Fiori, Sandy Lyle, Payne Stewart
1987 -- Mark Calcavecchia (279) -- Bernhard Langer, Payne Stewart
1986 -- Kenny Knox (287) -- A.Bean, J.Mahaffey, J.Mudd, C.Rose
1985 -- *Curtis Strange (275) -- Peter Jacobsen
1984 -- *Bruce Lietzke (280) -- Andy Bean
1983 -- Johnny Miller (278) -- Jack Nicklaus
1982 -- Hale Irwin (269) -- Jack Nicklaus, Denis Watson
1981 -- Tom Kite (274) -- Jack Nicklaus
1980 -- Johnny Miller (274) -- Charles Coody, Bruce Lietzke
1979 -- Larry Nelson (274) -- Grier Jones
1978 -- Jack Nicklaus (276) -- Grier Jones
1977 -- Jack Nicklaus (275) -- Gary Player
1976 -- *** Tournament Players Championship *** J.Nicklaus (269) -- J.C.Snead
1975 -- Bob Murphy (273) -- Eddie Pearce
1974 -- Leonard Thompson (278) -- Hale Irwin
1973 -- Lee Trevino (279) -- Forrest Fezler
1972 -- Tom Weiskopf (278) -- Jack Nicklaus
* - Won in Playoff.
# - Rain Shortened.
Note: Formerly called Honda Inverrary Classic (1982-83), American Motors
Inverrary Classic (1981), Jackie Gleason's Inverrary Classic
(1974-80), Jackie Gleason's Inverrary National Airlines Classic
(1973) and Jackie Gleason's Inverrary Classic (1972). Inverrary
Golf and Country Club served as host to the Tournament Players
Championship in 1976.
Top Contenders in the Field
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Dudley Hart - Defending Champion, only 3 cuts made in 6 events
Stuart Appleby - Four straight top-15 finishes at this event, won in 1997
Aaron Baddeley - Won Norman Holden International in a playoff over Garcia
Mark Calcavecchia - Two top-five finishes with one win in four events in 2001
Joe Durant - Only two-time winner this year including last week's event
Brad Faxon - Has made the cut in all six events entered with one win
Jim Furyk - Won season-opening Mercedes Championship, 10th in money
Bernhard Langer - Has just one top-10 in 5 events on PGA Tour this year
Tom Lehman - Three top-10's this year, 12th on money list
Phil Mickelson - Won Buick Invitational, 7th on money list, 2 top-five's
Hal Sutton - Contended last week until final round of 72, one top-10
Garrett Willis - Only top-10 this year is a win at Tucson, 14th in money
Golf Today Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Mark Calcavecchia
Darkhorse - Lee Porter
Last Week's Pick to Win (Nick Price) - Finished 7th
Last Week's Darkhorse (Fred Funk) - Finished tied for 50th
NOTES:
Four shots off the pace when Sunday's final round began, Dudley
Hart carded a seven-under 65 to pass J.P. Hayes and record his second
career PGA Tour win. Hart birdied the final four holes and went six-
under over the final 10 holes to gain the win. Hayes and Kevin
Wentworth finished tied for second, as Hayes shot 70 and Wentworth 65.
1997 winner of this event, Stuart Appleby was the only player in the
field to post all four rounds in the 60's as he tied for 12th. No
player has won the Honda Classic two straight years since Jack
Nicklaus in 1977-78. Nicklaus, Johnny Miller and Mark Calcavecchia
are the only players to win this event more than once. Nicklaus won
this event in 1976 when it hosted The Tournament Players Championship.
From 1992-95, the tournament was held at Weston Hills Golf and Country
Club. From 1984-91 and '96, the event was held at the TPC at Eagle
Trace. 1999 winner Vijay Singh owns the record for the biggest
comeback in Honda Classic history when he came from five back on the
final day to defeat Payne Stewart. The last time a player shot 80 and
still won the tournament was in 1986, when Kenny Knox claimed a one
shot victory. Six players have made the Honda Classic their first Tour
victory: Leonard Thompson (1974), Larry Nelson (1979), Knox (1986),
John Huston (1990), Tim Herron (1996) and Appleby (1997). Herron is
the only wire-to-wire winner of the Honda Classic. There have been
only four playoffs in this tournament, the last coming in 1993 when
Fred Couples birdied the second extra hole to defeat Robert Gamez.
There have been only two holes-in-one recorded in tournament history.
Wayne Grady made the first ace in 1985 and was matched eight years
later by Bobby Wadkins, with both men accomplishing the feat on hole
number 17 during the first rounds of their respective tournaments.
David Sutherland recorded a rare double-eagle during last year's event
when he hit a 3-wood from 274 yards out that found the hole on the
par-5 14th. The purse was increased by $300,000 from last year. Only
four of the top-20 players in the world are competing this week. Nine
of the last 11 winners of this event have been residents of the state
of Florida, including all four since moving to the TPC at Heron Bay.
Australians Aaron Baddeley and Adam Scott make their 2001 PGA Tour
debuts this week. Last year, Baddeley playing as an amateur, made one
cut in nine events, a tie for 57th at this event. Scott played in six
PGA events, also making one cut. Earlier this year, Scott captured the
Alfred Dunhill Championship on the European Tour. Next week, the PGA
Tour moves to central Florida for the third event in the "Florida
Swing", the Bay Hill Invitational, where Tiger Woods will defend his
title.
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