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Dates: Friday, March 30th through Sunday, April 1st
Site: World Golf Village (The King & The Bear Course), St. Augustine, Fl
Course Architects: Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus (2000)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,048 (Legends/Legendary), 6,121 (Demaret)
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 426/376 yds 10 - Par 4 406/356 yds
2 - Par 4 435/353 yds 11 - Par 3 163/137 yds
3 - Par 3 217/167 yds 12 - Par 4 412/349 yds
4 - Par 4 383/350 yds 13 - Par 5 540/470 yds
5 - Par 5 532/488 yds 14 - Par 3 200/154 yds
6 - Par 3 194/147 yds 15 - Par 4 360/311 yds
7 - Par 5 542/510 yds 16 - Par 4 441/384 yds
8 - Par 4 437/373 yds 17 - Par 4 390/387 yds
9 - Par 4 430/329 yds 18 - Par 5 540/480 yds
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36 3,596/3,093 yds 36 3,452/3,028 yds
Annual: 24th
Defending Champions: Jim Colbert and Andy North
Runner-Up: Bruce Fleisher and David Graham
Tournament Record: 187 (Tom Bolt and Art Wall, 1980)
72-Hole Record: 249 (Charles Coody and Dale Douglass, 1990)
36-Hole Record: 121 (Charles Coody and Dale Douglass, 1990)
18-Hole Record: 58 (Al Geiberger and Harold Henning, 1991)
Total Purse: $1,800,000
Shares: 1st Place - $340,000; 2nd Place - 200,000; 3rd Place - 150,000
Legendary Shares: 1st Place - $48,000; 2nd - 32,000; 3rd - 22,000
Demaret Shares: 1st Place - $39,000; 2nd - 26,000; 3rd - 21,500
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Colbert/North 191 Sigel/Wargo 194
Fleisher/D.Graham 192 M.Hill/Trevino 195
Green/G.Morgan 193 Wadkins/Watson 197
Bland/Mahaffey 194 Floyd/G.Gilbert 198
Marsh/Nelson 194 Nicklaus/J.C.Snead 198
Past Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- Jim Colbert/Andy North (191) -- Bruce Fleisher/David Graham
1999 -- Hubert Green/Gil Morgan (194) -- John Mahaffey/Tom Wargo
1998 -- *Charles Coody/Dale Douglass (192) -- Hugh Baiocchi/David Graham
1997 -- John Bland/Graham Marsh (192) -- Hubert Green/Gil Morgan
1996 -- M.Hill/Trevino (198) -- Moody/Powell, Nicklaus/Player,
Henning/Rodriguez
1995 -- Mike Hill/Lee Trevino (195) -- Gibby Gilbert/J.C.Snead
1994 -- Charles Coody/Dale Douglass (188) -- C.Rodriguez/Dent, Murphy/Colbert
1993 -- *Harold Henning (204) -- Don January
1992 -- Mike Hill/Lee Trevino (251) -- Jim Colbert/Tommy Aaron
1991 -- Mike Hill/Lee Trevino (252) -- Al Geiberger/Harold Henning
1990 -- Charles Coody/Dale Douglass (249) -- Al Geiberger/Harold Henning
1989 -- Al Geiberger/Harold Henning (251) -- Bob Charles/Bruce Devlin
1988 -- *Bruce Crampton/Orville Moody (254) -- Aaron/L.Graham,
Jimenez/Souchak
1987 -- Bruce Crampton/Orville Moody (251) -- B.Baird/Haas, Hawkins/Nichols
1986 -- Don January/Gene Littler (255) -- Jim Ferree/Charles Sifford
1985 -- D.January/G.Littler (257) -- Barber/Brewer, Casper/Elder,
Goalby/Snead
1984 -- Gay Brewer/Billy Casper (258) -- Miller Barber/Julius Boros
1983 -- Roberto De Vicenzo/Rod Funseth (258) -- Jack Burke/Paul Harney
1982 -- #January/Snead (183) -- Littler/Rosburg, Shei-Ha/Toski,
Goalby/DeVicenzo
1981 -- Gene Littler/Bob Rosburg (257) -- Peter Thomson/Kel Nagle
1980 -- Tommy Bolt/Art Wall (187) -- Sam Snead/Don January
1979 -- *Roberto De Vicenzo/Julius Boros (195) -- Tommy Bolt/Art Wall
1978 -- Gardner Dickinson/Sam Snead (193) -- Kel Nagle/Peter Thomson
* - Won in Playoff.
# - Rain Shortened.
Note: Formerly called Legends of Golf (1978-79).
Teams in the Field
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LEGENDS - 50-59 years old
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Buddy Allin and Jerry Heard John Bland and Graham Marsh
* Jim Colbert and Andy North Bruce Fleisher and David Graham
Bob Gilder and Jim Thorpe Hubert Green and Gil Morgan
Tony Jacklin and Larry Laoretti Bob Lunn and Calvin Peete
John Mahaffey and Tom Wargo Doug Tewell and Leonard Thompson
LEGENDARY - 60-69 years old
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Tommy Aaron and Don Bies Jim Albus and Simon Hobday
George Archer and Jim Dent Butch Baird and Bobby Nichols
Miller Barber and Jim Ferree Gay Brewer and Billy Casper
Charles Coody and Dale Douglass Bruce Devlin and Larry Ziegler
Lee Elder and Doug Sanders Al Geiberger and Tom Shaw
Gibby Gilbert and J.C. Snead Lou Graham and Rik Massengale
* Mike Hill and Lee Trevino Harold Henning and Chi Chi Rodriguez
Tommy Jacobs and Bob Toski Orville Moody and Jimmy Powell
Larry Mowry and Ken Still Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer
Johnny Pott and Mason Rudolph
DEMARET - age 70 and above
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Al Balding and Billy Maxwell George Bayer and Howie Johnson
Tommy Bolt and Bob Goalby Roberto De Vicenzo and Mike Fetchick
Dow Finsterwald and Bob Rosburg Doug Ford and Art Wall
Marty Furgol and Johnny Palmer Freddie Haas and Fred Hawkins
Don January and Gene Littler * Joe Jimenez and Charles Sifford
* - Defending champions
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Bruce Fleisher and David Graham
Darkhorse - Bob Gilder and Jim Thorpe
Last week's Pick to Win (Gil Morgan) - Finished tied for 6th
Last week's Darkhorse (John Jacobs) - Finished tied for 21st
NOTES:
The format has been modified for 2001. It will be best ball in the first and
final rounds (Friday and Sunday) and modified alternate shot in the second
round (Saturday). In the modified alternate shot (also known as Pinehurst or
Chapman), partners play tee shots on all holes. On par five holes, partners
will exchange balls after their tee shots, playing second strokes, exchange
balls again prior to playing third shots, then select one ball and play
alternate strokes until the ball is holed. On par four holes, partners only
exchange balls after tee shots, hitting second shots, then select one ball
and play alternate strokes until the ball is holed. On par three holes, the
partners shall select one ball after the tee shot and play alternate strokes
until the ball is holed. This event spawned the creation of the Senior PGA
Tour. In 1978, two years before the Senior Tour formally came into
being, the Legends of Golf featured a purse of $400,000, the largest in
professional golf at the time. Sam Snead and Gardner Dickinson captured
the inaugural event. Last year, Jim Colbert and Andy North led from start to
finish to capture last season's event by one shot over Bruce Flesher and
David Graham. Colbert and North led by three shots most of the final round,
but following a bogey on 16 and a birdie by Graham and Fleisher on 18,
the lead was trimmed to one. On the closing hole, Colbert sank a four-foot
putt for par for the win. North, who made last year's event his debut on the
Senior Tour, won for the first time since the 1985 U.S. Open. Colbert and
North became the seventh team to win this event wire-to-wire. This event is
the longest-running televised golf tournament, but it is not an official
event. Mike Hill and Lee Trevino have won this tournament four times. There
have been only two holes-in-one in the 23 previous tournaments -- Chi Chi
Rodriguez in 1993 and Tommy Jacobs in 1991. Sam Snead and Don January
posted
the biggest winning margin in 1982, when they won by 12 strokes over three
other teams. Snead, Roberto de Vicenzo, Gene Littler and Don January are the
only players to win this event with two different partners. The purse was
increased by $60,000 from last year. Hill and Trevino captured the Legendary
Division last year by one shot over three teams and Joe Jimenez and Charlie
Sifford won the Demaret Division last year for the third straight year. This
year's event marks the debut for The King and The Bear golf course designed
by Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. The Slammer & The Squire course at the
World Golf Village, hosted this event the last three years. Onion Creek
Country Club in Austin, Texas played host to this tournament the first 12
years while Barton Creek in Austin hosted the event the next five years.
PGA West in California was host for three years while the Golf Club of
Amelia Island in Florida held the event in 1998. Seven members of the World
Golf Hall of Fame are in the field this week: Nicklaus, Palmer, Billy Casper,
Trevino, Roberto De Vicenzo, Gene Littler and Chi Chi Rodriguez. Five players
from the first Legends of Golf are in the field: Tommy Bolt, Bob Rosburg,
Doug Ford, De Vicenzo and Bob Toski. Bob Gilder and Jim Thorpe are competing
in this event for the first time. The Senior Tour takes a couple of weeks off
heading into the first "major" on the schedule, The Countrywide Tradition in
Arizona where Tom Kite will defend his title.
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