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Dates: Thursday, May 31st Through Sunday, June 3rd
Site: Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio
Course Architect: Jack Nicklaus and Desmond Muirhead (1974)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,193
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 451 yds 10 - Par 4 441 yds
2 - Par 4 455 yds 11 - Par 5 539 yds
3 - Par 4 401 yds 12 - Par 3 163 yds
4 - Par 3 200 yds 13 - Par 4 455 yds
5 - Par 5 527 yds 14 - Par 4 363 yds
6 - Par 4 447 yds 15 - Par 5 503 yds
7 - Par 5 563 yds 16 - Par 3 215 yds
8 - Par 3 182 yds 17 - Par 4 437 yds
9 - Par 4 407 yds 18 - Par 4 444 yds
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36 3,633 yds 36 3,560 yds
Annual: 26th
Defending Champion: Tiger Woods
Runner-Up: Ernie Els
Tournament Record: 268 (Tom Lehman, 1994)
54-Hole Record: 198 (Scott Hoch, 1987)
36-Hole Record: 131 (Scott Hoch, 1987)
Course Record: 61 (John Huston, 1996)
9-Hole Record: 29 (Bobby Wadkins, 1977)
Total Purse: $4,100,000
Shares: 1st Place - $738,000; 2nd Place - 442,800; 3rd Place - 278,800
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Tiger Woods 269 Steve Flesch 278
Ernie Els 274 Steve Lowery 278
Justin Leonard 274 Fred Couples 279
Mike Weir 276 Hal Sutton 279
Paul Azinger 278 J.P. Hayes 280
Shigeki Maruyama 280
Past Memorial Tournament Winners and Runners-up
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2000 -- Tiger Woods (269) -- Ernie Els, Justin Leonard
1999 -- Tiger Woods (273) -- Vijay Singh
1998 -- Fred Couples (271) -- Andrew Magee
1997 -- #Vijay Singh (202) -- Jim Furyk, Greg Norman
1996 -- Tom Watson (274) -- David Duval
1995 -- Greg Norman (269) -- David Duval, Mark Calcavecchia, Steve Elkington
1994 -- Tom Lehman (268) -- Greg Norman
1993 -- Paul Azinger (274) -- Corey Pavin
1992 -- *David Edwards (273) -- Rick Fehr
1991 -- *Kenny Perry (273) -- Hale Irwin
1990 -- #Greg Norman (216) -- Payne Stewart
1989 -- Bob Tway (277) -- Fuzzy Zoeller
1988 -- Curtis Strange (274) -- David Frost, Hale Irwin
1987 -- Don Pooley (272) -- Curt Byrum
1986 -- Hal Sutton (271) -- Don Pooley
1985 -- Hale Irwin (281) -- Lanny Wadkins
1984 -- *Jack Nicklaus (280) -- Andy Bean
1983 -- Hale Irwin (281) -- Ben Crenshaw, David Graham
1982 -- Ray Floyd (281) -- Peter Jacobsen, Wayne Levi, Roger Maltbie
1981 -- Keith Fergus (284) -- Jack Renner
1980 -- David Graham (280) -- Tom Watson
1979 -- Tom Watson (285) -- Miller Barber
1978 -- Jim Simons (284) -- Bill Kratzert
1977 -- Jack Nicklaus (281) -- Hubert Green
1976 -- *Roger Maltbie (288) -- Hale Irwin
* - Won in Playoff
# - Rain Shortened
Top Contenders in the Field
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Tiger Woods - Two-time defending champion, has won his last 4 events
Mark Calcavecchia - 7th on money list with one win and four top-10 finishes
Fred Couples - Has made 9 of 11 cuts without a top-10 finish
Joe Durant - Two-time winner this year, 4th in money, 4 missed cuts
Ernie Els - Has posted 3 third-place finishes this year on PGA Tour
Brad Faxon - Has recorded 12 cuts made in 14 events with 1 victory
Jim Furyk - Won earlier this year, 13th on money list, 1 missed cut
Sergio Garcia - Posted 1st career PGA Tour win 2 weeks ago at Colonial
Frank Lickliter - Won for the first time last week at Kemper Open
Greg Norman - Only 4 cuts made in 7 PGA events with one top-10 finish
Jesper Parnevik - His only top-10 finish this year was a win at Honda
Vijay Singh - Has seven top-10's in 13 PGA events without a missed cut
Hal Sutton - A perfect 15-for-15 in cuts made with 1 win, 3 top-10's
Mike Weir - 12th on money list with a pair of runner-up finishes
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Tiger Woods
Darkhorse - Chris Perry
Last week's Pick to Win (Scott Hoch) - Finished tied for 6th
Last week's Darkhorse (Per-Ulrik Johansson) - Finished tied for 6th
NOTES:
For the first time in his career, Tiger Woods successfully defended a
title when he captured last year's Memorial. Not only did Woods defend for the
first time in 10 tries as a professional, he also became the first repeat
winner at this event. Five shots off the pace when Friday's round began, Woods
carded a tournament low 63 to take a one-shot edge over first-round leader
Harrison Frazar. For all intents and purposes the event was over after a
third-round 65, giving Woods a six-shot advantage. The number-one player in
the world finished the event off with a two-under 70 for a five-shot win over
Ernie Els and Justin Leonard. His 269 total was just one shy of the tournament
record set by Tom Lehman in 1994. In his four previous Memorial appearances,
he has earned more than $1 million, which ranks him first in tournament
history. His 70.07 scoring average is second only to David Duval. Last year
during the middle two rounds, Woods set a new low for back-to-back rounds with
a 63-65 -- 128. There have been five two-time winners of this event: Greg
Norman, Hale Irwin, Tom Watson, Woods and tournament-host Jack Nicklaus.
In seven appearances at this event, Duval has finished second twice, third
twice, 17th, 25th and 30th. Only four players in the tournament's 25-year
history have posted all four rounds in the 60's: Fred Couples (1998), Tom
Lehman (1994), Hal Sutton (1986) and Paul Azinger (1993). Nicklaus and Roger
Maltbie are the only players to have competed in each Memorial. Nicklaus tied
for 64th last year and Maltbie withdrew after round one. Maltbie is the only
player to win this event in his first appearance, when he captured the event
in its inaugural season (1976). Only four times in PGA Tour history has a
player gone through an entire tournament without missing a fairway, and three
of those have occurred at the Memorial. In 1986 and 1987, Calvin Peete hit all
56 fairways on his way to finishing tied for 57th and tied for 46th,
respectively. In 1992, Brian Claar hit all 56 and tied for 26th. The purse was
increased $1,000,000 from last year. David Edwards holds the record for the
biggest final-round comeback in tournament history, as he rallied from a five-
shot deficit on the final day for victory in 1992. No first-round leader has
ever won this event, however nine second-round leaders and 11 third-round
leaders have held on for victory. Muirfield Village, designed by Nicklaus and
Desmond Muirhead, is ranked 17th by Golf Digest in America's 100 greatest
courses. Over the years, Nicklaus has made several changes to the course,
building new greens on the first through seventh and 15th through 18th holes.
Nicklaus also made design changes on the par-5 fifth and 15th holes, extending
a stream by the green on number-five and lowering the green on 15 with a new
left bunker. There have been only four playoffs in the events history, the
last coming in 1992 when David Edwards defeated Rick Fehr on the second extra
hole. The Memorial Tournament announced that two-time U.S. Open champion
Payne Stewart would be this year's honoree. Stewart competed in 18 Memorial
tournaments and recorded five top-five finishes. Tournament host Jack
Nicklaus was the 2000 honoree. Next week the PGA Tour moves south to
Tennessee for the FedEx St. Jude Classic where Notah Begay III will defend his title.
The tournament, the final tune-up for the U.S. Open, will be played at the TPC
at Southwind.
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