Dates: Friday, August 3rd through Sunday, August 5th
Site: Meadow Brook Club, Jericho, New York
Course Architect: Dick Wilson (1955)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,842
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 5 537 Yds 10 - Par 5 506 Yds
2 - Par 4 389 Yds 11 - Par 4 400 Yds
3 - Par 5 478 Yds 12 - Par 4 434 Yds
4 - Par 3 195 Yds 13 - Par 4 412 Yds
5 - Par 4 430 Yds 14 - Par 4 340 Yds
6 - Par 4 388 Yds 15 - Par 3 209 Yds
7 - Par 3 181 Yds 16 - Par 4 401 Yds
8 - Par 4 373 Yds 17 - Par 5 585 Yds
9 - Par 4 417 Yds 18 - Par 3 167 Yds
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36 3,388 Yds 36 3,454 Yds
Annual: 14th
Defending Champion: Bruce Fleisher
Runner-Up: Dana Quigley
Tournament Record: 198 (Bruce Fleisher, 2000)
36-Hole Record: 129 (Bruce Fleisher, 2000)
Course Record: 63 (Bruce Fleisher, Jim Dent, 2000)
Total Purse: $1,700,000
Shares: 1st Place - $255,000; 2nd Place - 149,600; 3rd Place - 122,400
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Bruce Fleisher 198 Jim Thorpe 203
Dana Quigley 200 Jim Dent 204
Allen Doyle 201 Joe Inman 205
Leonard Thompson 202 Bob Murphy 206
Gary McCord 203 Jim Albus 207
Past Lightpath Long Island Classic Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- Bruce Fleisher (198) -- Dana Quigley
1999 -- Bruce Fleisher (206) -- Allen Doyle
1998 -- Gary Player (204) -- Walter Hall, J.C. Snead
1997 -- *Dana Quigley (204) -- Jay Sigel
1996 -- John Bland (202) -- Jim Colbert
1995 -- Lee Trevino (202) -- Bud Allin
1994 -- Lee Trevino (200) -- Jim Colbert
1993 -- Ray Floyd (208) -- Bob Betley, Bob Charles, Harold Henning,
Bruce Lehnhard, Walt Zembriski
1992 -- George Archer (205) -- Jim Albus
1991 -- George Archer (204) -- Jim Colbert, Larry Laoretti
1990 -- George Archer (208) -- Frank Beard, Charles Coody
1989 -- *#Butch Baird (183) -- Frank Beard, Don Bies, Orville Moody
1988 -- Don Bies (202) -- Bob Charles
* - Won in playoff.
# - Rain shortened.
Note: Formerly called The Northville Invitational (1988), Northville
Long Island Classic (1989-98).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Bruce Fleisher - Two-time defending champion, lost in a playoff last week
Jose M. Canizares - Has 10 top-10 finishes, 11th on money list, 1 win
Ed Dougherty - Won his second career Senior event earlier this year
Allen Doyle - Defeated Fleisher last week in playoff for 2nd 2001 win
Bob Gilder - 10th on money list, has 8 top-10's in 20 tournaments
Hale Irwin - In 16 events has 2 wins, 10 top-five's and 2nd in scoring
Mike McCullough - Two-time winner this year, 7th on money list
Gil Morgan - Has finished 1st or 2nd five times out of 15 events
Larry Nelson - Four-time winner this year, 13 top-10's in 20 events
Dana Quigley - 6th on money list, 11 top-10's and one victory in 2001
Jay Sigel - Has moved to 43rd on money list in just eight events
Doug Tewell - Has 1 win and eight top-10's in 19 events, 8th in money
Bobby Wadkins - Making his Senior Tour debut after turning 50 last week
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Bruce Fleisher
Darkhorse - Stewart Ginn
Last week's Pick to Win (Allen Doyle) - Finished 1st
Last week's Darkhorse (Hubert Green) - Withdrew after two rounds
NOTES:
For the second straight year, Bruce Fleisher led wire-to-wire, as he
captured the 2000 Long Island Classic by two shots over Dana Quigley. Fleisher
set new tournament records for 18-hole (63), 36-hole (129) and 54-hole (198)
marks as he successfully defended his third title of 2000 (Royal Caribbean
Classic and Home Depot Invitational). 1999 runner-up Allen Doyle finished
third while Leonard Thompson placed fourth. Jim Dent, who equaled the course
record of 63 on Saturday, finished six strokes back in seventh. Fleisher
joined George Archer and Lee Trevino as the only players in tournament history
to win this event back-to-back. Archer won this event three straight years
from 1990-92. Fleisher is the only player to win this event wire-to-wire. With
his win, Fleisher has now won more money than any other player at this
event -- $405,000 in two appearances (two victories). Lee Trevino is second
with $346,609 (two wins/five top-10s). Dana Quigley is third with $331,823
(one win/three top-10s). In 1997, Quigley became the sixth player in Senior
Tour history to open qualify on Monday, then win the tournament. The purse has
been increased by $200,000 from last year. Over the last 13 years, a player
leading or tied for the lead after Saturday's round has won the Lightpath Long
Island Classic eight times. Only four first-round leaders or co-leaders have
gone on to win the tournament. Meadow Brook Club has hosted this event since
its inception in 1988. Butch Baird carded a round of 58 during the 1989 event
which he was victorious. It should be mentioned that the course that year was
shortened to 16 holes due to adverse weather conditions. The ninth
hole has consistently ranked as one of the most difficult on the SENIOR PGA
TOUR. Last year, the 417-yard par-4 ranked as the 15th hardest hole after
being the 21st most difficult hole in 1999. In 2000, the hole yielded just
nine birdies for the week and played to a stroke average of 4.333. Bobby
Wadkins, the younger brother of Lanny Wadkins, turned 50 on July 26 and
is playing in his first SENIOR TOUR event this week. Wadkins finished second
six times in a PGA TOUR career that began in 1974. Next week, the Senior Tour
moves to Minnesota for the 3M Championship where Ed Dougherty will defend
his title.
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