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Dates: Thursday, July 12th through Sunday, July 15th
Site: TPC of Michigan, Dearborn, Michigan
Course Architect: Jack Nicklaus (1990)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,966
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 408 Yds 10 - Par 4 393 Yds
2 - Par 4 411 Yds 11 - Par 4 410 Yds
3 - Par 5 547 Yds 12 - Par 3 166 Yds
4 - Par 3 210 Yds 13 - Par 5 506 Yds
5 - Par 4 394 Yds 14 - Par 4 455 Yds
6 - Par 4 340 Yds 15 - Par 3 192 Yds
7 - Par 5 542 Yds 16 - Par 4 376 Yds
8 - Par 3 182 Yds 17 - Par 5 552 Yds
9 - Par 4 432 Yds 18 - Par 4 450 Yds
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36 3,466 Yds 36 3,500 Yds
Annual: 19th
Defending Champion: Ray Floyd
Runners-Up: Larry Nelson, Dana Quigley
Tournament Record: 261 (Jack Nicklaus, 1990)
54-Hole Record: 197 (Jack Nicklaus, 1990)
36-Hole Record: 131 (J.C. Snead, 1992)
Course Record: 63 (Jim Colbert, 1995)
Total Purse: $2,500,000
Shares: 1st Place - $375,000; 2nd Place - 220,000; 3rd Place - 180,000
Key Players to Watch
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Finish Last 10 Years
Player 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
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Ray Floyd dnp dnp 2nd T-3 T-10 Won T-19 T-19 T-9 Won
Larry Nelson dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-24 4th T-2
Dana Quigley dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-26 T-41 T-37 T-2
Hale Irwin dnp dnp dnp dnp T-10 2nd T-19 2nd Won T-4
Mike McCullough dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-44 T-46 T-9 T-64 T-4
Tom Kite dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp 6th
Jose M. Canizares dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp 7th T-5 T-7
Tom Jenkins dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-45 T-29 T-7
Gil Morgan dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-6 Won T-7 T-10
Hubert Green dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-10 T-30 T-5 T-12
Allen Doyle dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-19 T-12
Tom Wargo dnp dnp T-13 T-10 T-30 T-16 T-39 T-41 T-44 T-12
Bob Murphy dnp dnp T-15 T-10 T-7 T-33 T-42 T-4 T-62 T-16
Bruce Fleisher dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-7 T-18
Isao Aoki dnp dnp dnp T-3 6th T-30 T-2 3rd T-14 T-18
Dale Douglass T-8 T-9 T-51 T-20 wd T-57 T-34 T-30 T-59 T-18
Tom Watson dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-18
Graham Marsh dnp dnp dnp T-14 T-14 dnp T-8 T-60 2nd T-24
Hugh Baiocchi dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-10 T-15 T-14 T-24
Lanny Wadkins dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-24
Dave Stockton dnp Won T-11 Won T-7 T-8 T-2 T-24 T-22 T-28
John Bland dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-16 T-10 T-45 T-22 T-28
John Jacobs dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-33 T-6 T-24 3rd T-30
Jim Colbert T-8 T-12 Won T-14 T-3 T-16 dnp T-4 T-14 T-30
John Mahaffey dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-22 T-30
Jack Nicklaus T-22 dnp T-22 T-6 2nd T-23 T-8 6th wd T-34
Leonard Thompson dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-29 T-54 T-19 T-36
Mike Hill T-8 T-12 T-13 T-25 T-18 T-16 T-49 T-12 T-44 40th
Gary McCord dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-12 T-41
Bruce Summerhays dnp dnp dnp dnp T-38 T-23 T-34 T-19 T-19 T-41
Bob Eastwood dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-72 T-52 T-39 T-9 T-49
Kermit Zarley dnp T-16 T-22 T-25 T-14 T-33 T-34 T-9 T-9 T-52
Jay Sigel dnp dnp dnp 9th T-18 T-16 T-10 T-12 T-37 T-52
Jim Dent T-55 T-36 T-8 T-6 T-18 T-13 T-29 T-50 T-44 T-52
Andy North dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-52
Gary Player T-43 T-18 T-33 T-42 dnp T-49 T-49 dnp T-29 T-57
J.C. Snead T-17 T-2 T-20 T-16 Won T-13 T-60 T-9 T-53 T-57
Harold Henning T-20 T-9 T-38 T-6 T-43 78th T-42 T-62 76th T-57
Chi Chi Rodriguez T-25 4th T-20 T-32 dnp T-13 T-34 T-50 T-33 T-60
Jim Albus Won T-18 T-15 2nd T-35 T-54 48th T-24 T-37 T-60
Rocky Thompson T-34 T-33 4th T-16 T-18 T-8 T-60 75th T-37 T-60
Bob Charles T-2 7th T-5 T-32 T-23 T-6 T-16 T-19 T-14 T-64
Bob Dickson dnp dnp dnp T-57 T-49 T-57 T-2 T-56 T-37 T-64
Dave Eichelberger dnp dnp dnp T-22 T-38 T-61 T-56 T-30 T-48 68th
George Archer T-13 T-18 T-17 T-22 T-30 dnp T-19 T-50 T-33 T-69
Walter Morgan dnp T-74 T-51 T-69 T-14 T-23 T-19 T-30 T-56 T-73
Tom Shaw T-13 T-39 32nd T-16 76th T-64 T-56 T-62 T-68 76th
Vicente Fernandez dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-16 15th T-30 T-29 wd
Lee Trevino T-8 T-2 T-40 T-3 T-30 T-8 T-19 8th T-12 dnp
John Schroeder dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-23 T-19 T-30 T-29 dnp
Past FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- Ray Floyd (273) -- Larry Nelson, Dana Quigley
1999 -- Hale Irwin (267) -- Graham Marsh
1998 -- Gil Morgan (267) -- Hale Irwin
1997 -- Larry Gilbert (274) -- Isao Aoki, Bob Dickson, Jack Kiefer,
Dave Stockton
1996 -- Ray Floyd (275) -- Hale Irwin
1995 -- *J.C. Snead (272) -- Jack Nicklaus
1994 -- Dave Stockton (271) -- Jim Albus
1993 -- Jim Colbert (278) -- Ray Floyd
1992 -- Dave Stockton (277) -- J.C. Snead, Lee Trevino
1991 -- Jim Albus (279) -- Bob Charles, Dave Hill, Charles Coody
1990 -- Jack Nicklaus (261) -- Lee Trevino
1989 -- Orville Moody (271) -- Charles Coody
1988 -- Billy Casper (278) -- Al Geiberger
1987 -- Gary Player (280) -- Chi Chi Rodriguez, Bruce Crampton
1986 -- #Chi Chi Rodriguez (206) -- Bruce Crampton
1985 -- Arnold Palmer (274) -- Lee Elder, Gene Littler, Miller Barber,
Charles Owens
1984 -- Arnold Palmer (276) -- Peter Thomson
1983 -- Miller Barber (278) -- Gene Littler
* - Won in Playoff.
# - Rain Shortened.
Notes: Formerly called Mazda Presents The Senior Players Championship
(1991-92), Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship (1987-90),
Senior Tournament Players Championship (1983-86).
2001 Grand Slam Finishes
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Tradition Senior PGA U.S. Senior Open
Doug Tewell Won T-8 T-34
Tom Watson dnp Won T-16
Bruce Fleisher T-7 7th Won
Mike McCullough 2nd T-65 T-48
Hale Irwin 3rd T-5 T-11
Gil Morgan 4th dnp T-2
J.C. Snead T-5 dnp T-29
Larry Nelson T-5 T-27 T-7
John Bland T-7 T-17 mc
Allen Doyle T10 4th T-4
Hubert Green T10 T-27 T-29
Jim Ahern T12 T-40 T-7
Jose Maria Canizares T12 T-61 mc
Walter Hall T12 T-10 T-19
Ray Floyd T16 T-40 T-16
John Jacobs T16 T-40 T-40
Stewart Ginn T19 T-5 dnp
Gary Player T19 T-8 57th
Jim Thorpe T19 2nd T-21
Tom Wargo T19 T-20 T-59
Bob Dickson T24 mc mc
Ed Dougherty T24 T-49 mc
Tom Kite T24 T-23 15th
Bruce Summerhays T24 T-10 T-21
Jim Colbert T29 T-36 T-4
Vicente Fernandez T29 T-25 mc
Bob Gilder T29 3rd T-11
Jack Nicklaus T29 12th T-4
Dave Eichelberger T34 T-40 T-44
Andy North T34 mc T-48
Dana Quigley T34 T-15 T-11
Hugh Baiocchi T40 T-40 T-29
Lanny Wadkins 46th T-15 dnp
Isao Aoki T47 T-20 T-2
Frank Conner T47 T-27 T-44
Leonard Thompson T47 mc T-19
Joe Inman T52 T-20 T-48
Dave Stockton T52 T-56 T-7
Jim Albus T55 79th T-59
Graham Marsh T55 T-27 T-40
David Graham T59 mc mc
Chi Chi Rodriguez T67 dnp mc
Larry Ziegler T67 T-67 dnp
John Mahaffey T73 dnp T-7
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Hale Irwin
Darkhorse - John Jacobs
Last week's Pick to Win (Allen Doyle) - Finished tied for 16th
Last week's Darkhorse (Jay Sigel) - Finished tied for 16th
NOTES:
Ray Floyd completed the largest come-from-behind win in the history
of the event and the first come-from-behind effort since 1992 when he came
from six strokes back to edge both Larry Nelson and Dana Quigley. Floyd capped
his final-round 66 with a clutch 20-foot birdie putt on the last hole.
Quigley, who had been up by two strokes with six holes to play, hooked his
tee shot into the left hazard on the final hole and made bogey to lose by a
shot. Thanks to victories in both 1996 and 2000, Floyd, has won more money
than any other player in tournament history -- $892,311. Hale Irwin, a winner
in 1999, is second with $787,991, while another two-time winner, Dave Stockton
(1992, 1994) is third with $654,164. In recent years, Irwin has dominated this
event with a win, runner-up finishes in 1996 and '98 and a fourth-place finish
last year. The starting field of 78 players is determined as follows: 1.
The top 76 available players on the FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship
points list starting the week following last year's event through the Farmers
Charity Classic, the event immediately preceding the current year's FORD
SENIOR PLAYERS Championship; 2. At the option of the Commissioner, a total
of two senior professionals selected by the Commissioner and the sponsoring
organization (FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship Charities, Inc.). If two
players are not invited under this option, then 78 players shall be
eligible under Rule 1. In the history of the tournament, only five players
in 18 events have opened with a round in the 70s and gone on to win. Arnold
Palmer, who fired an even-par 72 in 1984, is the only player to not shoot
under par in the opening round and still win the tournament. Palmer
opened with an even-par 72, then followed with three consecutive sub-70
rounds to defeat Peter Thomson by three strokes. There has been just one
playoff in the previous 18 FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championships, and that
came in 1995, when J.C. Snead defeated Jack Nicklaus with a birdie-3 on the
first extra hole. The FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship traditionally has
been a favorite among "rookies" on the SENIOR PGA TOUR. Chi Chi Rodriguez
(1986), Jack Nicklaus (1990), Jim Albus (1991) and Dave Stockton (1992) all
won in their first appearances at the event. In their maiden voyages around
the TPC of Michigan, Lee Trevino, Hubert Green, Isao Aoki, Raymond Floyd,
Hale Irwin, Gil Morgan, Jay Sigel, Jim Colbert, Bruce Fleisher and Tom Kite
all finished in the top 10. In the previous 18 events, the winner has shot
over par just four times in one of his rounds. Gary Player had a 73 in the
second round in 1987, Billy Casper posted a 74 in the third round in 1988,
Jim Albus shot a second-round 74 in 1991 and Raymond Floyd finished with a
73 in 1996. From 1990 through last year's event, the first-round
leader or co-leader of the FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship has gone on to
win the event just three times -- and only once has that happened since
1991 (Larry Gilbert - 1997). Second-round leaders or co-leaders have
claimed six of the last 11 FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championships, including
three of the last five. Leaders or co-leaders after 54 holes have won the
FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship eight of 11 times since 1990, including
three straight years from 1997-99. Hole No. 12 was the toughest hole at the
2000 FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship with an average score of 3.318 or
.318 over par. It was also the 18th most difficult on the SENIOR TOUR for the
year. Hole No. 14 ranked as the second hardest at 4.266 (+.266). That
ranked 41st overall. Hole #7 was the easiest at last year's event, and it
was also the sixth easiest on the SENIOR TOUR in 2000 with an average score
of 4.455 (-.545). The TPC of Michigan ranked 16th among 38 courses on the
SENIOR TOUR, with an average score of 72.506 or .506 over par. There have
been seven holes-in-one in tournament history. The most recent came last year
when John Jacobs had one at the eighth hole in the third round. Arnold Palmer
is the only player in tournament history to go wire-to-wire for his victory.
Palmer did so in 1985, when he was an 11-stroke victor over four players at
the Canterbury Golf Club in Cleveland, Ohio. The TPC of Michigan has hosted
this tournament since 1991. This event was held at Canterbury Country Club in
Cleveland the first four years, followed by the TPC at Sawgrass in Ponte
Vedra, Florida and Dearborn Country Club in Michigan. Dave Stockton and Arnold
Palmer are the only players to win this event twice and Palmer is the only
player to win this event two straight years. Bob Charles has posted seven
top-10 finishes at this event, while Miller Barber, Palmer, Lee Trevino and
Floyd have posted six. This is the final "Major" on the Senior Tour. Doug
Tewell won the The Tradition, Tom Watson captured the Senior PGA
Championship and Bruce Fleisher captured the U.S. Senior Open. The winner of this event
will join the three major championship winners at the Senior Slam in December.
There have been 15 different winners in the 18-year history of this event. The
purse was increased by $200,000 from last year. The Senior Tour moves to
Illinois next week for the SBC Senior Open where Tom Kite will defend his
title at Kemper Lakes Golf Club.
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