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Dates: Thursday, August 2nd through Sunday, August 5th
Site: Castle Pines Golf Club, Castle Rock, Colorado
Course Architect: Jack Nicklaus (1981)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,559
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 5 644 Yds 10 - Par 4 485 Yds
2 - Par 4 408 Yds 11 - Par 3 197 Yds
3 - Par 4 462 Yds 12 - Par 4 440 Yds
4 - Par 3 205 Yds 13 - Par 4 439 Yds
5 - Par 4 477 Yds 14 - Par 5 623 Yds
6 - Par 4 417 Yds 15 - Par 4 403 Yds
7 - Par 3 185 Yds 16 - Par 3 209 Yds
8 - Par 5 535 Yds 17 - Par 5 492 Yds
9 - Par 4 458 Yds 18 - Par 4 480 Yds
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36 3,791 Yds 36 3,768 Yds
Annual: 16th
Defending Champion: Ernie Els
Runner-Up: Phil Mickelson
Tournament Record: Plus 48 (Phil Mickelson, 1997; Ernie Els, 2000)
54-Hole Record: 40 (Ernie Els, 2000)
36-Hole Record: 34 (Ernie Els, 2000)
One-Round Record: Plus 20 (Greg Whisman, 1992; Tom Purtzer,1997)
Front Nine Record: Plus 12 (Greg Whisman, 1992)
Back Nine Record: Plus 14 (Ricki Kawagishi, 1991)
Course Record: 62 (Greg Whisman, 1992 - Plus 20)
Total Purse: $4,000,000
Shares: 1st Place - $720,000; 2nd Place - 432,000; 3rd Place - 272,000
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Ernie Els +48 Joe Ogilvie +31
Phil Mickelson +44 Glen Hnatiuk +31
Stuart Appleby +41 Stephen Ames +30
Greg Norman +38 Vijay Singh +29
Craig Spence +32 Edward Fryatt +29
Past The International Winners and Runners-up
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2000 -- Ernie Els (+48) -- Phil Mickelson
1999 -- David Toms (+47) -- David Duval
1998 -- Vijay Singh (+47) -- Phil Mickelson, Willie Wood
1997 -- Phil Mickelson (+48) -- Stuart Appleby
1996 -- *Clarence Rose (+31) -- Brad Faxon
1995 -- Lee Janzen (+34) -- Ernie Els
1994 -- *Steve Lowery (+35) -- Rick Fehr
1993 -- Phil Mickelson (+45) -- Mark Calcavecchia
1992 -- Brad Faxon (+14) -- Lee Janzen
1991 -- Jose Maria Olazabal (+10) -- Bob Lohr, Scott Gump, Ian Baker-Finch
1990 -- Davis Love III (+14) -- Steve Pate, Eduardo Romero, Peter Senior
1989 -- Greg Norman (+13) -- Clarence Rose
1988 -- Joey Sindelar (+17) -- Steve Pate, Dan Pohl
1987 -- John Cook (+11) -- Ken Green
1986 -- Ken Green (+12) -- Bernhard Langer
* - won in playoff.
Notes: Formerly called The International (1986-93), Sprint International
(1994-99). Prior to 1993, the winning score was for the fourth round
only. Beginning in '93, the winning score was the total for four
rounds.
Top Contenders in the Field
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Ernie Els - Defending champion, has 4 third-place finishes this year
Stuart Appleby - 64th on money list with three top-10's in 14 cuts made
Mark Brooks - Runner-up at U.S. Open, 39th on money list, 2 top-10's
Mark Calcavecchia - 12th on money list with one win and four top-five's
Stewart Cink - Despite missing six cuts has recorded six top-10 finishes
Jose Coceres - Won in Hilton Head earlier this year for only top-10
David Duval - British Open champion, 8th on money list, 3 top-five's
Steve Elkington - Has played in only 13 events with eight cuts made
Sergio Garcia - Two-time winner on U.S. soil, 5th on money list
David Gossett - Won last week's John Deere Classic for 1st career win
Brad Faxon - 11th on money list with one victory and five top-10's
Phil Mickelson - Two-time winner this year, 2nd in money, 9 top-five's
Greg Norman - Captured this event in 1989, one top-10 this season
Jose M. Olazabal - 1991 champion of this tournament, made 8 of 12 PGA cuts
Eduardo Romero - Only 1 top-10 on European Tour this year, 74th in money
Vijay Singh - 3rd on money list with a pair of runner-up finishes
David Toms - One win and five top-10's this year, 13th on money list
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Phil Mickelson
Darkhorse - Steve Lowery
Last week's Pick to Win (Kirk Triplett) - Finished tied for 15th
Last week's Darkhorse (Charles Howell III) - Finished tied for 25th
NOTES:
Ernie Els increased his consecutive years win streak to seven when
he captured the 2000 International by four points over Phil Mickelson. In
doing so, Els set tournament records for total points after two rounds (34),
three rounds (40) and tied the 72-hole mark of 48 set by Mickelson in 1997.
Tied for the lead after round one, Els scored 19 points during round two to
take a six- point advantage into the weekend. On Saturday, Els increased his
lead to eight over Mickelson and 10 ahead of Stuart Appleby. On the final day,
Els' lead shrunk to three, as Appleby birdied his first three holes and Els
suffered a bogey on the third. The "Big Easy" birdied the fourth and eighth
holes to increase his lead to five. On the back nine, Els bogeyed 11, but
responded with birdies on 14, 16 and 17 to close out the tournament. Appleby,
who eagled the par-5 17th, saw his chances for victory fall by the wayside
when he double-bogeyed the 10th hole. Mickelson closed to within two points
with an eagle on 17, but Els' birdie on the same hole proved to much for
Mickelson to overcome. Els is attempting to become the first player in
tournament history to win this event two straight years. Mickelson is the lone
two-time winner of this tournament. This event uses the modified Stableford
scoring system, which places a premium on birdies, eagles and double eagles.
Players receive two points for a birdie, five points for an eagle and eight
points for a double-eagle. Players lose one point for a bogey and three points
for a double-bogey or worse, with a par receiving a score of zero. The 144-man
field will be cut to 72 plus ties after the second round and to 36 after the
third round. This event is the only tournament with a "second cut". All of the
previous winners of this event are expected to compete this week. At
7,559 yards, Castle Pines Golf Club is the longest course on the PGA Tour.
Fourteen of the 18 holes at Castle Pines have been eagled. In 1998, Tiger
Woods recorded a hole-in-one, an eagle-2 and an eagle-3 during the tournament.
The purse was increased by $500,000 from last year. Two eight-point double
eagles have been recorded at this event, both in the final round in 1990 - by
Steve Pate at the eighth hole and Jim Gallagher, Jr. at the 17th. Castle Pines
has hosted this event since its inception in 1986. Steve Lowery and Clarence
Rose are the only players to make The International their first PGA Tour
victory. Lowery won the 1994 event and Rose captured the 1996 tournament.
Mickelson is the all-time leader in points with 273 followed by two-time
runner-up at this event Steve Pate at 260. Beginning in 2003, The
International will be staged Aug. 7-10. In '04 it's set for Aug. 5-8, followed
by Aug. 4-7 in '05 and Aug. 10-13 in '06. In all cases it precedes the PGA
Championship. The PGA Tour moves to Michigan next week for the Buick Open
where Rocco Mediate will defend his title.
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