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Dates: Thursday, May 17th through Sunday, May 20th
Site: Stonehenge Golf and Country Club, Richmond, Virginia
Course Architect: Edmund Ault
Par: 70
Yardage: 6,987
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 451 Yds 10 - Par 4 381 Yds
2 - Par 4 400 Yds 11 - Par 4 459 Yds
3 - Par 4 420 Yds 12 - Par 4 465 Yds
4 - Par 5 549 Yds 13 - Par 3 205 Yds
5 - Par 4 447 Yds 14 - Par 4 372 Yds
6 - Par 5 527 Yds 15 - Par 3 212 Yds
7 - Par 3 210 Yds 16 - Par 4 387 Yds
8 - Par 4 426 Yds 17 - Par 4 433 Yds
9 - Par 3 211 Yds 18 - Par 4 432 Yds
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36 3,641 Yds 34 3,346 Yds
Annual: 9th
Defending Champion: Steve Runge
Runner-up: Chris Smith
Tournament Record: 270 (Hugh Royer III, Tom Scherrer, 1995)
54-Hole Record: 201 (Hugh Royer III, Bobby Gage, 1995; Jim Carter, 1994;
Angel Franco, 1993)
36-Hole Record: 129 (Notah Begay III, 1998)
18-Hole Record: 59 (Notah Begay III, 1998)
9-Hole Record: 27 (Notah Begay III, 1998)
Course Record: 65 (Chris Smith, Chris Zambri, Ryuji Imada, 2000)
Total Purse: $425,000
Shares: 1st Place - $76,500; 2nd Place - 45,900; 3rd Place - 28,900
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Steve Runge * 272 Conrad Ray 275
Chris Smith 272 Steve Woods 275
Dick Mast 274 Michael Muehr 275
Ian Leggatt 274 Spike McRoy 275
Brett Quigley 274 Three players at 276
* - Won in playoff.
Past BUY.COM Richmond Open Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- *Steve Runge (272) -- Chris Smith
1999 -- Darron Stiles (279) -- Mathew Goggin, Dick Mast
1998 -- Bob Burns (274) -- Pat Bates, Eric Johnson, Perry Moss, Mike Sullivan
1997 -- Jeff Julian (277) -- Bobby Wadkins
1996 -- Olin Browne (276) -- Michael Christie, Rob McKelvey, Tray Tyner
1995 -- *Hugh Royer III (270) -- Tom Scherrer
1994 -- *Sonny Skinner (271) -- Jim Carter
1993 -- Angel Franco (272) -- Rocky Walcher (274)
* - Won in Playoff.
Note: Formerly called NIKE Dominion Open (1993-99).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Steve Runge - Defending champion, shot 83-80 last event over the weekend
Jonathan Byrd - 2nd on money list with one win and two top-10's
Chad Campbell - Has 3 top-10 finishes in 7 events, 9th on money list
Paul Claxton - 4th on money list with one win and a pair of top-10's
Chris Couch - Has posted 3 top-10's in 7 events, 5th on money list
Mike Heinen - Has finished in the top-10 3 times in just 5 events
John Maginnes - Only top-10 finish this year was a win in Carolina
Brenden Pappas - Tied for 3rd last week for third top-five in 2001
Deane Pappas - Leads tour in money earned and in top-10's (4)
Tim Petrovic - Two-time runner-up this year, three top-five's
NOTES:
Two strokes behind Chris Smith with one hole to play, Steve Runge birdied
18 and Smith bogeyed to force a playoff. On the first extra hole, Runge holed
out from the front right bunker and Smith missed from 25 feet, giving Runge
his first career BUY.COM Tour win. The two players were roommates for four
years at Ohio State. The win made Runge the sixth first-time winner on Tour in
2000. Third-round co-leaders Brett Quigley and Spike McRoy finished tied for
third and tied for sixth, respectively. Runge shot a final round of 66, which
included an eagle-two on the par-four 12th hole when his six-iron from 184
yards found the bottom of the cup. Last year's playoff was the third in the
tournament's eight-year history. The 18-hole record for this event is 59, set
by Notah Begay III in the second round of the 1998 event. Runge will try to
become the first player in BUY.COM Tour history to successfully defend his
title. There have been four holes-in-one made at this event, three of which
came at the Dominion Club. Last year, Dave Barr aced the 210-yard seventh
hole during the first round. 1999 runner-up Dick Mast finished tied for third
last year after a Sunday round of 67. The purse was increased by $25,000 from
last year. Stonehenge Golf & Country Club will be hosting this event for the
second straight year. The Dominion Club in Glen Allen, Virginia had hosted
this event since its inception in 1993 when it was called the NIKE Dominion
Open. Stonehenge is located on the site of a former coal mine, the Stonehenge
Mines. Coal was shipped from there to nearby Dellone Arsenal in the 1800s. The
mine is currently used to help with the irrigation of water supply on the
course. The BUY.COM Tour will take a week off before heading to Scranton,
Pennsylvania for the Steamtown Classic at Glenmaura National Golf Club,
May 31-June 3. Current PGA Tour player Jeff Hart captured last year's
inaugural Steamtown Classic.
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