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Dates: Thursday, March 22nd through Sunday, March 25th
Site: Sao Paolo Golf Club, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Course Architect: Stanley Thompson (1915)
Par: 71
Yardage: 6,646
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 330 Yds 10 - Par 4 383 Yds
2 - Par 3 153 Yds 11 - Par 4 360 Yds
3 - Par 5 605 Yds 12 - Par 3 185 Yds
4 - Par 4 352 Yds 13 - Par 5 553 Yds
5 - Par 4 443 Yds 14 - Par 4 443 Yds
6 - Par 4 453 Yds 15 - Par 3 216 Yds
7 - Par 3 188 Yds 16 - Par 4 354 Yds
8 - Par 5 548 Yds 17 - Par 5 508 Yds
9 - Par 3 173 Yds 18 - Par 4 399 Yds
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35 3,245 Yds 36 3,401 Yds
Annual: 2nd
Defending Champion: Padraig Harrington
Runner-Up: Gerry Norquist
Tournament Record: 270 (Padraig Harrington, 2000)
54-Hole Record: 202 (Padraig Harrington, David Park, 2000)
36-Hole Record: 133 (Matthew Blackey, 2000)
Course Record: 63 (Matthew Blackey, 2000)
Total Purse: $674,400
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Padraig Harrington 270 Steve Webster 274
Gerry Norquist 272 Pedro Rofolfo Martinez 274
Greg Owen 274 Miguel Angel Martin 275
Ian Poulter 274 Jean-Francois Remesy 275
Eduardo Romero 274 Anders Hansen 275
Past Sao Paulo Brazil Open Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- Padraig Harrington (270) -- Gerry Norquist
Top Contenders in the Field
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Jose Coceres - Only top-50 player in the world competing at this event
Andrew Coltart - Seeking 2nd career European Tour win since '98 Qatar
Olivier Edmond - Tied for 4th two weeks ago at Qatar Masters
Massimo Florioli - Finished tied for 3rd last week, 97th on money list
Angel Franco - Brother of PGA Tour winner Carlos Franco
Thomas Gogele - Posted only one top-10 last year in 30 events
Craig Hainline - Finished tied for 9th last week at Madeira
Hank Kuehne - Missed the cut last week with rounds of 71-75
Thomas Levet - Only European Tour win was in the 1998 Cannes Open
Hennie Otto - 64th on Volvo Order of Merit with one top-10
Van Phillips - Only win was in 1999, 2 top-10's in 29 events in 2000
Mark Pilkington - Career best finish is tie for 19th last year in Ireland
Anthony Wall - Won 2000 Alfred Dunhill Championship, 3 cuts made in 6
Philip Walton - Opened with 67 last week but faded after 2nd-round 75
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Jose Coceres
Darkhorse - Ricardo Gonzalez
Last week's Pick to Win (David Carter) - Finished tied for 32nd
Last week's Darkhorse (Mark Davis) - Missed the cut
NOTES:
Tied for the lead with David Park after three rounds, Padraig
Harrington fired a Sunday 68 to post a two-shot win over American
Gerry Norquist. Park stumbled home with a five-over 76 to tie for
17th. Harrington carded four rounds in the 60's to capture his second
career win. The talented Irishman, who added another title later in
the year, had finished second no fewer than nine times since his
maiden win in 1996. Eduardo Romero, Ian Poulter and Pedro Rodolfo
Martinez finished tied for third with four rounds in the 60's along
with Steve Webster, four shots back. Matthew Blackey, who set the
course record of 63 during round two to assume the midway point lead,
finished tied for 13th with rounds of 71-73 over the weekend. Most of
the top players on the European Tour are competing this week on the
PGA Tour at THE PLAYERS Championship, including 2000 winner of this
event Harrington. The European Tour remains in South America next week
for the inaugural Open de Argentina at the Jockey Club in Buenos Aires.
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