Dates: Friday, August 17th through Sunday, August 19th
Site: Park Meadows Country Club, Park City, Utah
Course Architect: Jack Nicklaus (1983)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,327
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 425 Yds 10 - Par 4 403 Yds
2 - Par 4 469 Yds 11 - Par 4 406 Yds
3 - Par 4 447 Yds 12 - Par 3 209 Yds
4 - Par 3 222 Yds 13 - Par 4 418 Yds
5 - Par 5 546 Yds 14 - Par 3 189 Yds
6 - Par 4 364 Yds 15 - Par 5 512 Yds
7 - Par 3 207 Yds 16 - Par 4 426 Yds
8 - Par 5 608 Yds 17 - Par 5 521 Yds
9 - Par 4 472 Yds 18 - Par 4 483 Yds
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36 3,760 Yds 36 3,567 Yds
Annual: 20th
Defending Champion: Doug Tewell
Runner-Up: Gil Morgan
Tournament Record: 197 (Dave Stockton, 1993; Dave Eichelberger,
Dana Quigley, 1999)
36-Hole Record: 129 (Dave Eichelberger, 1999)
Course Record: 62 (Dana Quigley, 1999)
Total Purse: $1,500,000
Shares: 1st Place - $225,000; 2nd Place - 132,000; 3rd Place - 108,000
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Doug Tewell 199 Ed Dougherty 205
Gil Morgan 201 Tom Wargo 205
John Jacobs 202 David Lundstrom 206
Jose M. Canizares 204 Bob Eastwood 206
Dana Quigley 204 Three players at 207
Past Novell Utah Showdown Winners and Runners-up
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2000 -- Doug Tewell (199) -- Gil Morgan
1999 -- *Dave Eichelberger (197) -- Dana Quigley
1998 -- Gil Morgan (200) -- Isao Aoki, John Mahaffey
1997 -- Dave Stockton (201) -- Kermit Zarley
1996 -- Graham Marsh (202) -- Kermit Zarley
1995 -- Tony Jacklin (206) -- John Paul Cain, Simon Hobday, Rives McBee,
Dave Stockton, Bruce Summerhays, Tom Weiskopf
1994 -- *Tom Weiskopf (205) -- Dave Stockton
1993 -- Dave Stockton (197) -- Al Geiberger
1992 -- *#Orville Moody (137) -- Bob Betley
1991 -- Dale Douglass (209) -- George Archer, Don Bies
1990 -- Rives McBee (202) -- Don Bies, Lee Trevino
1989 -- Tom Shaw (207) -- Larry Mowry
1988 -- Miller Barber (207) -- Orville Moody, Dick Rhyan, Ben Smith
1987 -- Miller Barber (210) -- Bruce Crampton
1986 -- Bobby Nichols/Curt Byrum (249) -- Harold Henning/Denis Watson
1985 -- *Miller Barber/Ben Crenshaw (257) -- Gene Littler/John Mahaffey
1984 -- Don January/Mike Sullivan (250) -- Miller Barber/Gil Morgan,
Al Besselink/Donnie Hammond
1983 -- Bob Goalby/Mike Reid (256) -- Billy Casper/Jim Nelford
1982 -- Billy Casper (279) -- Don January, Miller Barber
* - Won in playoff.
# - Rain shortened.
Note: Formerly called The Shootout at Jeremy Ranch (1982-85), Showdown
Classic (1986-91), Franklin Showdown Classic (1992), Franklin
Quest Championship (1993-97), Utah Showdown (1998). This was an
unofficial event from 1983 through '86.
Top Contenders in the Field
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Doug Tewell - Defending champion, 2nd last week after Sunday 67
Ed Dougherty - Failed to crack 70 last week but tied for 10th
Bruce Fleisher - Moved back into 1st on money list, 3 wins, 10 top-5's
Bob Gilder - Has registered eight top-10 finishes in just 21 events
Stewart Ginn - Has failed to break par in his last 4 rounds, 6 top-10's
Tom Jenkins - In 26 events he has finished in the top-25 17 times
Bruce Lietzke - Shot final round of 69 to capture 1st title last week
Gil Morgan - Only 3 rounds over par in 2001, 17 top-25's in 17 events
Andy North - Has failed to finish in the top-10 since March of 2001
Dana Quigley - Only 1 round in 60's since winning SBC Senior Open
Jay Sigel - Has recorded 3 top-10's in his last four starts
Bruce Summerhays - Only 1 top-10 finish in his last 8 starts, 18 top-25's
Jim Thorpe - Has shot even par or better in 7 of his last 9 rounds
Lee Trevino - Best finish this year has been three ninth-place finishes
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Gil Morgan
Darkhorse - John Jacobs
Last week's Pick to Win (Hale Irwin) - Finished tied for 3rd
Last week's Darkhorse (Gary McCord) - Did not play
NOTES:
Tied for the lead with Dana Quigley after two rounds, Doug Tewell used
an eagle three on the par-5 17th to propel him to a two-shot win over Gil
Morgan and capture last year's event. Morgan, who was tied with Tewell after
16 holes, could only birdie 17 when his eagle putt from 14-feet missed and
then suffered a bogey on 18. Quigley, the 1999 runner-up, slipped to a final
round of 71 to tie for fourth. Dave Stockton has enjoyed great success at this
tournament. In eight starts, he has five top-10 finishes, including wins in
1993 and 1997. Stockton's three other top-10 finishes: 2nd/1994;
T2/1995; T10/1998. He has earned $372,326, the most of any player who has
competed at the event. The late Jack Kiefer also had five top-10 finishes.
Of Stockton's 24 rounds at Park Meadows CC, 22 have been under par, with
13 of those rounds being in the 60s. His scoring average at the event is
69.00. Gil Morgan is second to Stockton in earnings with $342,400. For the
third sraight year the purse was increased, this time by $50,000 from last
year. Miller Barber is the only player to win this event two consecutive years
(1987-88). Dave Stockton and Barber are the only two-time winners of this
event. Park Meadows has been the site for this event the last eight years.
Jeremy Ranch Golf Club hosted the event the first 11 years. There have been
four holes-in-one at the event. Billy Casper and Joe Jimenez each had one
at Jeremy Ranch in 1991, while Al Kelley (#16/Rd. 1/1994) and Tony Jacklin
(#4/Final Rd./1997) had them at Park Meadows. Once again, hole #14 was the
toughest at last year's event with an average score of 3.371 or .371 over par.
That made it the 12th most difficult hole on the SENIOR TOUR last year. It
was also the fourth toughest par-3 hole on the SENIOR TOUR. The easiest was
#17 with an average score of 4.392 or .608 under par. That made it the fourth
easiest hole on the SENIOR PGA TOUR in 2000. The Park Meadows CC ranked
28th out of 38 courses on the SENIOR TOUR in 2000 with an average score of
71.513. Since 1997, every champion has posted all three rounds in the 60's on
his way to victory. The last player to post a round of 70 or higher was
Graham Marsh, who opened with a 70 in 1996. Miller Barber and Dale Douglass
share the distinction of posting the best come-from-behind wins in tournament
history. Each came from four strokes behind to win. Barber overtook Ben Smith
and Douglass passed Charles Coody. The last three winners of this event have
all had ties to the state of Oklahoma. Gil Morgan, the 1998 champion, is a
native of Wewoka who resides in Edmond, while 1999 winner Dave Eichelberger
attended Oklahoma State, the same school that produced last year's winner
Doug Tewell, who also makes his home in Edmond. Next week the Senior Tour
moves to Ontario for the Canada Senior Open Championship where Tom Jenkins
will defend his title.
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