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Dates: Thursday, August 30th through Sunday, September 2nd
Site: The Rail Golf Club, Springfield, Illinois
Course Architect: Robert Trent Jones (1974)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,403
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 367 Yds 10 - Par 4 366 Yds
2 - Par 3 183 Yds 11 - Par 4 391 Yds
3 - Par 5 506 Yds 12 - Par 4 378 Yds
4 - Par 4 370 Yds 13 - Par 5 491 Yds
5 - Par 4 399 Yds 14 - Par 3 135 Yds
6 - Par 5 505 Yds 15 - Par 4 372 Yds
7 - Par 3 167 Yds 16 - Par 3 168 Yds
8 - Par 4 335 Yds 17 - Par 5 531 Yds
9 - Par 4 363 Yds 18 - Par 4 376 Yds
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36 3,195 Yds 36 3,208 Yds
Annual: 26th
Defending Champion: Laurel Kean
Runner-Up: Mi Hyun Kim, Dina Ammaccapane
Tournament Record: 271 (Hollis Stacy, 1977)
54-Hole Record: 197 (Pat Bradley, 1991)
36-Hole Record: 131 (Laura Davies, 1994)
Course Record: 62 (Laura Davies, 1991; Kathryn Marshall, 1997)
Total Purse: $1,000,000
Shares: 1st Place - $150,000; 2nd Place - 93,092; 3rd Place - 67,932
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Laurel Kean 198 Heather Daly-Donofrio 208
Mi Hyun Kim 204 Pearl Sinn 208
Dina Ammaccapane 204 Michelle McGann 208
Pat Hurst 205 Shani Waugh 208
Lorie Kane 207 Nine players at 209
Past State Farm Classic Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- Laurel Kean (198) -- Mi Hyun Kim, Dina Ammaccapane
1999 -- Mi Hyun Kim (204) -- Pearl Sinn, Janice Moodie
1998 -- Pearl Sinn (200) -- Michele Redman
1997 -- *Cindy Figg-Currier (200) -- Kris Tschetter, Lorie Kane
1996 -- *Michelle McGann (202) -- Laura Davies, Barb Whitehead
1995 -- *Mary Beth Zimmerman (206) -- Emilee Klein
1994 -- Barb Mucha (203) -- Kim Shipman
1993 -- *Helen Dobson (203) -- Dottie Pepper
1992 -- *Nancy Lopez (199) -- Laura Davies
1991 -- Pat Bradley (197) -- Danielle Ammaccapane
1990 -- Beth Daniel (203) -- Susan Sanders
1989 -- Beth Daniel (203) -- Betsy King, Alice Ritzman
1988 -- Betsy King (207) -- Margaret Ward
1987 -- Rosie Jones (208) -- Nancy Lopez
1986 -- *Betsy King (205) --Alice Ritzman, Cathy Kratzert
1985 -- Betsy King (205) -- Janet Anderson
1984 -- Cindy Hill (207) -- Jane Crafter, Lori Garbacz, Betsy King
1983 -- *Lauri Peterson (210) -- Judy Ellis
1982 -- JoAnne Carner (205) -- Susie McAllister
1981 -- JoAnne Carner (205) -- Kyle O'Brien
1980 -- Nancy Lopez (275) -- JoAnne Carner
1979 -- Jo Ann Washam (275) -- Silvia Bertolaccini
1978 -- Pat Bradley (276) -- Sharon Miller
1977 -- Hollis Stacy (271) -- Betty Burfeindt
1976 -- *Sandra Palmer (213) -- JoAnne Carner, Mary Lou Crocker, Michelle
Walker
* - Won in Playoff.
Note: Formerly called Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Classic (1976-77),
Rail Charity Golf Classic (1978-92), State Farm Rail Classic
(1993-2000).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Laurel Kean - Defending champion, only 12 cuts made in 23 events
Helen Alfredsson - Has made 20 of 22 cuts this year, only 2 top-10's
Laura Diaz - 9th on the money list with four runner-up finishes
Moira Dunn - Contended last week until Sunday 72 tying for 2nd
Sophie Gustafson - 13th on money list with one win and 3 top-10's
Pat Hurst - Has finished in the top-10 seven times in 21 events
Rosie Jones - Two-time winner this year, 10th on money list
Lorie Kane - Has made the cut in 19 of 20 events with 10 top-10's
Mi Hyun Kim - Has finished 1st and 2nd the last 2 years, 12 top-10's
Betsy King - Shot final round of 67 last week to tie for 14th
Annika Sorenstam - Leads LPGA in scoring, wins, money, top-10's
Kris Tschetter - Only 4 missed cuts this year, 35th on money list
Wendy Ward - Has finished in the top-10 in 7 of 21 events, 1 win
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Annika Sorenstam
Darkhorse - Michelle McGann
Last week's Pick to Win (Rachel Teske) - Finished tied for 14th
Last week's Darkhorse (Tammie Green) - Finished tied for 33rd
NOTES:
For the first and only time in LPGA Tour history, a Monday qualifier
captured an event, when Laurel Kean won last year's State Farm Classic. Kean
won a two-hole playoff in the Monday qualifier just to earn a spot in the
event and then went out and carded three straight 66's to cruise to a six-shot
margin over 1999 champ Mi Hyun Kim and Dina Ammaccapane. With the win, her
lone LPGA victory, Kean became the fourth straight first-time winner at this
event and ninth overall in the 25-year history of the tournament. For the first
time since 1980, the tournament becomes a 72-hole event. The last time this
event was held for four days, Nancy Lopez defeated JoAnne Carner for her 20th
career win. The total purse was increased by $100,000 from last year. The purse
has increased every year since 1990. There have been five multiple winners of
this event with Betsy King as the only three-time winner. Beth Daniel, King and
Carner are the only back-to-back winners of this event. King has three wins and
two runner-up finishes at this event. This tournament has always been held at
the Rail Golf Club since its inception in 1976. Next week, the LPGA Tour moves
to Tulsa, Oklahoma for the inaugural Williams Championship.
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