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Dates: Friday, June 8th through Sunday, June 10th
Site: Upper Montclair Country Club (South, West Nines), Clifton, New Jersey
Course Architect: A.W. Tillinghast (1901)
Robert Trent Jones (re-design) (1956)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,816
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 345 yds 10 - Par 4 420 yds
2 - Par 4 340 yds 11 - Par 5 495 yds
3 - Par 3 198 yds 12 - Par 4 425 yds
4 - Par 4 395 yds 13 - Par 4 355 yds
5 - Par 5 515 yds 14 - Par 4 375 yds
6 - Par 4 405 yds 15 - Par 3 180 yds
7 - Par 5 535 yds 16 - Par 4 390 yds
8 - Par 3 183 yds 17 - Par 3 215 yds
9 - Par 4 455 yds 18 - Par 5 590 yds
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36 3,371 yds 36 3,445 yds
Annual: 9th
Defending Champion: Lee Trevino
Runner-Up: Walter Hall
Tournament Record: 202 (Bob Murphy, 1996; Lee Trevino, 2000)
36-Hole Record: 132 (Ray Floyd, 1994)
Course Record: 62 (Bob Murphy, Dave Stockton, 1996)
Total Purse: $1,200,000
Shares: 1st Place - $180,000; 2nd Place - 105,600; 3rd Place - 86,400
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Lee Trevino 202 Walt Morgan 207
Walter Hall 204 Dave Eichelberger 208
Leonard Thompson 205 Hubert Green 208
Mike McCullough 205 Tom Watson 209
Allen Doyle 205 J.C. Snead 209
Hugh Baiocchi 209
Gary McCord 209
Past NFL Golf Classic Winners and Runners-up
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2000 -- Lee Trevino (202) -- Walter Hall
1999 -- *Allen Doyle (204) -- Joe Inman
1998 -- *Bob Dickson (207) -- Jim Colbert, Larry Nelson
1997 -- *Bruce Crampton (210) -- Hugh Baiocchi
1996 -- Bob Murphy (202) -- Jay Sigel
1995 -- George Archer (205) -- Ray Floyd, Bob Murphy
1994 -- Ray Floyd (206) -- Bob Murphy, Gary Player
1993 -- Lee Trevino (209) -- Bruce Crampton, Ray Floyd
* - Won in playoff.
Note: Formerly called Cadillac NFL Golf Classic (1993-2000).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Lee Trevino - Defending champion, only 1 top-10 in 11 events in 2001
John Bland - 20th on money list with 3 top-10 finishes in 14 events
Ed Dougherty - Won three weeks ago in Kansas City, 11th on money list
Allen Doyle - Leads Senior Tour with 13 top-10's in 16 tournaments
Ray Floyd - Only top-10 this year was a 2nd place at Verizon Classic
Hubert Green - 56th on money list with just one top-10 placing
Gary McCord - In just 7 events has posted three top-10 finishes
Larry Nelson - Two-time winner this year with 10 top-10's, 3rd in money
Dana Quigley - Has a pair of runner-up finishes this year, 6 top-10's
Sammy Rachels - Won last week's event in Nashville for 1st Senior win
Jay Sigel - Played last week for the first time, 1 round under par
Bruce Summerhays - 25th on money list with four top-10's
Tom Watson - Won two weeks ago at Senior PGA Championship in New
Jersey
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Tom Watson
Darkhorse - Bob Murphy
Last week's Pick to Win (Hale Irwin) - Finished 2nd
Last week's Darkhorse (Stewart Ginn) - Finished tied for 58th
NOTES:
Tied for the lead with defending champion Allen Doyle after two rounds,
Lee Trevino carded a three-under 69 to edge Walter Hall by two shots and
become the first two-time winner of this event and end a 27-month victory
drought. Doyle finished at even-par for the day and tied for third. Trevino,
Hall and Mike McCullough were the only players in the field to post all three
rounds in the 60's. Trevino's total of 202 tied the tournament record set by
Bob Murphy in 1996. The victory was the Merry Mex's 29th career Senior Tour
win and made him the second player in Tour history to win an official event in
five different decades. Trevino has posted eight top-10 finishes at this
event, including a win in the inaugural event and last year. Trevino is also
the all-time money winner at this event with $583,550 in earnings and has the
lowest scoring average in tournament history at 69.46 with 19 of 24 rounds
under par. Playoffs had decided the last three events. This event has always
been hotly contested with the largest winning margin being just two
shots. Ray Floyd is the only player to win this event wire-to-wire (1994),
although Trevino held or shared the lead throughout last year's event.
There have been only three holes-in-one during the previous eight events at
Upper Montclair. Doug Dalziel aced the eighth hole in 1993, while Buzz Thomas
and Tony Peterson recorded the feat on the 17th hole in 1998 and 1999,
respectively. Upper Montclair is the oldest layout on the Senior Tour. The
par-4 12th hole ranked as the most difficult last year with a scoring average
of 4.286 and was the 33rd hardest on the Tour last year. The player who has
held or tied for the lead after 36 holes, has gone on to win this event six of
the eight years. NFL players play a four-day event beginning on Wednesday and
are paired with the Senior Tour players on Friday and Saturday. Craig Hentrich
of the Tennessee Titans defeated Carolina's Brian Kinchen by three shots to
capture the NFL Players' championship. Al Del Greco has won this event five
times while Trent Dilfer is a two-time winner. NFL players expected to compete
this year are: Derrick Brooks, Tim Brown, Dilfer, John Elway, Boomer Esiason,
Jack Ham, Hentrich, Deacon Jones, Shaun King, Ronnie Lott, Neil O'Donnell,
Phil Simms, Bruce Smith and Emmitt Smith. The purse was increased by
$100,000 from last year. The Senior Tour remains in New Jersey next week for the
Instinet Classic in Princeton where Gil Morgan will defend his title.
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