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Dates: Friday, June 15th through Sunday, June 17th
Site: TPC at Jasna Polana, Princeton, New Jersey
Course Architect: Gary Player (1995)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,893
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 396 yds 10 - Par 4 432 yds
2 - Par 3 145 yds 11 - Par 3 188 yds
3 - Par 5 534 yds 12 - Par 5 543 yds
4 - Par 4 324 yds 13 - Par 4 425 yds
5 - Par 4 388 yds 14 - Par 4 395 yds
6 - Par 4 435 yds 15 - Par 4 419 yds
7 - Par 5 558 yds 16 - Par 4 318 yds
8 - Par 3 203 yds 17 - Par 3 200 yds
9 - Par 4 441 yds 18 - Par 5 549 yds
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36 3,424 yds 36 3,469 yds
Annual: 17th
Defending Champion: Gil Morgan
Runner-Up: Bruce Fleisher, Bob Murphy
Tournament Record: 199 (Gil Morgan, 2000)
36-Hole Record: 133 (Lee Elder, 1987, Tom Jenkins, Bob Murphy,
Gil Morgan, 2000)
18-Hole Record: 62 (Jay Sigel, 1998)
9-Hole Record: 27 (Jay Sigel, 1998)
Course Record: 65 (Bob Murphy, Tom Jenkins, 2000)
Total Purse: $1,500,000
Shares: 1st Place - $225,000; 2nd Place - 132,000; 3rd Place - 108,000
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Gil Morgan 199 Joe Inman 206
Bruce Fleisher 203 Jim Dent 206
Bob Murphy 203 Jim Albus 207
Tom Jenkins 204 Hale Irwin 207
Jim Colbert 206 Kikuo Arai 208
Jerry McGee 208
Past Instinet Classic Winners and Runners-up
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2000 -- Gil Morgan (199) -- Bruce Fleisher, Bob Murphy
1999 -- *Tom Jenkins (206) -- Jim Thorpe
1998 -- *Jay Sigel (205) -- Jose Maria Canizares
1997 -- #Bob Eastwood (135) -- John Bland, Bob E. Smith
1996 -- *Dale Douglass (206) -- John Schroeder, Tom Wargo
1995 -- Jim Colbert (207) -- J.C. Snead
1994 -- Lee Trevino (206) -- Mike Hill
1993 -- Bob Charles (204) -- Dave Stockton
1992 -- Lee Trevino (205) -- Gibby Gilbert
1991 -- Jim Ferree (208) -- Jim Colbert, Lee Trevino
1990 -- *Dale Douglass (204) -- Gary Player
1989 -- *Dave Hill (206) -- Chi Chi Rodriguez
1988 -- *Bruce Crampton (205) -- Billy Casper
1987 -- Chi Chi Rodriguez (202) -- Lee Elder
1986 -- Gary Player (206) -- Bob Charles, Lee Elder
1985 -- #Don January (135) -- Al Balding, Bob Charles
* - Won in Playoff.
# - Rain Shortened.
Note: Formerly called Bell Atlantic Classic (1990-99), Bell Atlantic/St.
Christopher's Classic (1989), United Hospitals Classic (1988), United
Hospitals Senior Golf Championship (1985-87).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Gil Morgan - Defending champion, 9 top-10's out of 12 events, 1 win
Jim Colbert - 14th on money list with one win and five top-10 finishes
Ed Dougherty - Has played in 17 events with one victory and 3 top-5's
Bruce Fleisher - Two-time winner this yr with 9 top-10's out of 15 events
Bob Gilder - 8th on money list, won earlier this year, 6 top-10's
Gary Player - Won this event in 1986, designed the course
Dana Quigley - Two-time runner-up this season, 13th on money list
Sammy Rachels - Won BellSouth Senior Classic two weeks ago for 1st win
Bruce Summerhays - Has failed to crack the top-five this year, 24th in money
Doug Tewell - 12th on money list with one win and five top-10 finishes
Jim Thorpe - One of only two top-10 money winners without a win
Lanny Wadkins - Only one top-10 finish in 11 events, 54th in money
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Gil Morgan
Darkhorse - Walter Hall
Last week's Pick to Win (Tom Watson) - Finished tied for 10th
Last week's Darkhorse (Bob Murphy) - Finished tied for 56th
NOTES:
Gil Morgan birdied 10 of the 12 par-5s he played during tournament
week last year to post a four-shot win over Bruce Fleisher and Bob Murphy.
Morgan's three-day total of 199 set a new tournament record, breaking the
previous mark of 202 set by Chi Chi Rodriguez in 1987. Tied for the lead with
defending champion Tom Jenkins and Murphy, Morgan carded his second
straight 66 as he took the lead on the fifth hole Sunday and held on the
rest of the way. In 16 years, only Lee Trevino (1994), Jim Ferree (1991) and
Morgan (2000) have won by more than one stroke. Morgan, Fleisher and Jim
Colbert joined Gary Player and Dale Douglass as the only men in tournament
history to shoot three rounds in the 60's. Player and Douglass accomplished
the feat in the same year (1990). The purse was increased by $100,000 from
last year. The total purse for the first Instinet Classic (formerly the Bell
Atlantic Classic) in 1985 was $200,000. This is the second straight year in
which the TPC at Jasna Polana is hosting the event. Chester Valley Golf Club
had been the site of this tournament in 12 of the 16 previous years. In 1991
the event was held at White Manor Country Club and for two years the event was
staged at Hartefeld National. There have been four wire-to-wire winners at this
tournament - Don January in 1985, Gary Player in '86, Jim Ferree in '91 and
Bob Eastwood in '97. There have been only eight players in Senior Tour history
to win 20 or more events on the Senior Tour, six of which have won this event
- Lee Trevino, Don January, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Bob Charles, Bruce Crampton and
Jim Colbert. Miller Barber and Hale Irwin are the other players to win 20
events. Douglass and Trevino are the only two-time winners of this event. No
player has ever won this tournament two consecutive years. There have been
only three holes-in-one at this tournament - Ken Still in 1989, Jim Colbert in
'95 and Bob Pfister in '96. Playoffs have decided three of the last five
Instinet Classics. Only 12 of the top-20 money winners are competing this week.
The Senior Tour moves to Massachusetts next week for the FleetBoston Classic
in Concord, the final tune-up for the U.S. Senior Open, where Larry Nelson will
defend his title.
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