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Dates: Thursday, May 24th through Sunday, May 27th
Site: TPC at Avenel, Potomac, Maryland
Course Architect: Ed Ault and Tom Clark (1986); Ed Sneed (Consultant)
Par: 71
Yardage: 7,005
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 393 yds 10 - Par 4 374 yds
2 - Par 5 622 yds 11 - Par 3 165 yds
3 - Par 3 239 yds 12 - Par 4 472 yds
4 - Par 4 435 yds 13 - Par 5 524 yds
5 - Par 4 359 yds 14 - Par 4 301 yds
6 - Par 5 520 yds 15 - Par 4 467 yds
7 - Par 4 461 yds 16 - Par 4 415 yds
8 - Par 4 453 yds 17 - Par 3 195 yds
9 - Par 3 166 yds 18 - Par 4 444 yds
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36 3,648 yds 35 3,357 yds
Annual: 34th
Defending Champion: Tom Scherrer
Runner-Up: Kazuhiko Hosokawa, Justin Leonard, Greg Chalmers, Steve Lowery,
Franklin Langham
Tournament Record: 263 (Billy Andrade, Jeff Sluman, 1991)
54-Hole Record: 195 (Hal Sutton, 1991)
36-Hole Record: 130 (Fred Funk, 1998)
Course Record: 63 (Ted Schulz, 1991; David Toms, 1992; Davis Love III, 1995;
Corey Pavin, 1995-96; Stuart Appleby, 1998, Michael
Clark, 2000)
18-Hole Record: 61 (Jerry McGee, 1979 - Quail Hollow)
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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Tom Scherrer 271 Franklin Langham 273
Kazuhiko Hosokawa 273 Stuart Appleby 275
Justin Leonard 273 Tim Herron 275
Greg Chalmers 273 David Peoples 275
Steve Lowery 273 Three players at 276
Past Kemper Insurance Open Winners and Runners-up
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2000 -- Tom Scherrer (271) -- Kazuhiko Hosokawa, Justin Leonard,
Greg Chalmers, Steve Lowery, Franklin Langham
1999 -- Rich Beem (274) -- Bill Glasson, Bradley Hughes
1998 -- Stuart Appleby (274) -- Scott Hoch
1997 -- Justin Leonard (274) -- Mark Wiebe
1996 -- Steve Stricker (270) -- Brad Faxon, Scott Hoch, Mark O'Meara,
Grant Waite
1995 -- *Lee Janzen (272) -- Corey Pavin
1994 -- Mark Brooks (271) -- Bobby Wadkins, D.A. Weibring
1993 -- Grant Waite (275) -- Tom Kite
1992 -- Bill Glasson (276) -- John Daly, Ken Green, Mike Springer,
Howard Twitty
1991 -- *Billy Andrade (263) -- Jeff Sluman
1990 -- Gil Morgan (274) -- Ian Baker-Finch
1989 -- Tom Byrum (268) -- Tommy Armour III, Billy Ray Brown, Jim Thorpe
1988 -- *Morris Hatalsky (274) -- Tom Kite
1987 -- Tom Kite (270) -- Chris Perry, Howard Twitty
1986 -- *Greg Norman (277) -- Larry Mize
1985 -- Bill Glasson (278) -- Larry Mize, Corey Pavin
1984 -- Greg Norman (280) -- Mark O'Meara
1983 -- *Fred Couples (287) -- T.C. Chen, Barry Jaeckel, Gil Morgan,
Scott Simpson
1982 -- Craig Stadler (275) -- Seve Ballesteros
1981 -- Craig Stadler (270) -- Tom Watson, Tom Weiskopf
1980 -- John Mahaffey (275) -- Craig Stadler
1979 -- Jerry McGee (272) -- Jerry Pate
1978 -- Andy Bean (273) -- Mark Hayes, Andy North
1977 -- Tom Weiskopf (277) -- George Burns, Bill Rogers
1976 -- Joe Inman (277) -- Grier Jones, Tom Weiskopf
1975 -- Ray Floyd (278) -- John Mahaffey, Gary Player
1974 -- *Bob Menne (270) -- Jerry Heard
1973 -- Tom Weiskopf (271) -- Lanny Wadkins
1972 -- Doug Sanders (275) -- Lee Trevino
1971 -- *Tom Weiskopf (277) -- Dale Douglass, Gary Player, Lee Trevino
1970 -- Dick Lotz (278) -- Lou Graham, Larry Hinson, Grier Jones,
Tom Weiskopf
1969 -- Dale Douglass (274) -- Charles Coody
1968 -- Arnold Palmer (276) -- Bruce Crampton, Art Wall
* - Won in Playoff
Note: Formerly called Kemper Open (1968-99).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Tom Scherrer - Defending champion, made only 7 of 14 cuts this year
Robert Allenby - His only top-10 finish this year was a win at Nissan Open
Stuart Appleby - Has recorded two top-10's in 14 events, 4 missed cuts
Aaron Baddeley - Defeated Sergio Garcia in a playoff at Greg Norman event
Joe Durant - Two-time winner this year, ranked fourth on money list
Fred Funk - Has made 14 of 15 cuts in 2001 with two top-10 finishes
Scott Hoch - Won Greensboro Classic last month, 2 seconds at this event
Lee Janzen - Two-time U.S. Open champion, won this event in 1995
Justin Leonard - Tied for 2nd last year at this event, captured it in 1998
Billy Mayfair - 16th on money list, one runner-up and 4 top-10 finishes
Phil Mickelson - Finished 2nd last week for the third time in 2001, 1 win
Dennis Paulson - Only 8 cuts made in 14 events, has three top-10 finishes
Corey Pavin - Contended last week until third round of 73, tied for 8th
Steve Stricker - Won season-opening World Match Play event, 3 top-10's
Golf Today Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Scott Hoch
Darkhorse - Per-Ulrik Johansson
Last week's Pick to Win (Phil Mickelson) - Finished tied for 2nd
Last week's Darkhorse (Esteban Toledo) - Missed the cut
NOTES:
Two shots off the 11-under-par pace of Steve Lowery when Sunday's
final round began, Tom Scherrer carded a four-under 67 to post a two-shot
win over five players and become the event's ninth first-time winner in 18
years, joining Fred Couples (1983), Greg Norman (1984), Bill Glasson
(1985), Tom Byrum (1989), Billy Andrade (1991), Grant Waite (1993), Steve
Stricker (1996) and Rich Beem (1999). Scherrer, the only player in the
field to post four rounds in the 60s, edged out Justin Leonard, Greg
Chalmers, Steve Lowery, Franklin Langham and Kazuhiko Hosokawa. Lowery,
who
led or was tied for the lead through the first three rounds, could do no
better than an even-par 71 on Sunday. Scherrer will try to become only the
second player in the event's history to win two straight Kempers. Craig
Stadler holds that distinction, as he accomplished the feat in 1981-82. Tom
Weiskopf, Bill Glasson, Stadler and Greg Norman are the only multiple
winners of this event while Weiskopf is the only three-time winner. The
purse was increased by $500,000 from last year. The Kemper Insurance Open
has been played at the TPC at Avenel since 1987. Glasson made the biggest
comeback in tournament history in 1985, when trailing by six strokes, he
carded a final-round 66 to record a one-shot win over Larry Mize and Corey
Pavin. Congressional Country Club, the site of the 1997 U.S. Open, hosted
this event for seven years (1980-86). Norman won both of his Kemper Open
titles at Congressional Country Club. The Kemper Open has been held in
three states: Massachusetts, North Carolina and Maryland. In an attempt to
attract local fans in 1992, sponsors gave an exemption to then Washington
Redskin quarterback Mark Rypien. Rypien shot 80-91 for one of the highest
scores on the PGA Tour in the 1990s. Rypien missed the cut by 28 shots.
Only three of the top-10 money winners are competing this week. There has been
only one wire-to-wire winner of this event (no ties) in tournament history.
Greg Norman opened up in 1984 with a 68 for a two-shot lead and won by five
over Mark O'Meara. Next week, the PGA Tour moves to Ohio for The Memorial
Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club. Tiger Woods, who became the first
repeat champion in the history of the Memorial with his win last year, will be
going for the three-peat.
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