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Dates: Friday, March 2nd through Sunday, March 4th
Site: Newport Beach Country Club, Newport Beach, California
Course Architect: William Bell (1952), Harry Rainville (1973),
Ted Robinson (1985)
Par: 71
Yardage: 6,584
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 339 Yds 10 - Par 4 429 Yds
2 - Par 4 390 Yds 11 - Par 4 344 Yds
3 - Par 5 549 Yds 12 - Par 4 373 Yds
4 - Par 3 143 Yds 13 - Par 3 170 Yds
5 - Par 4 430 Yds 14 - Par 4 397 Yds
6 - Par 4 418 Yds 15 - Par 5 492 Yds
7 - Par 4 368 Yds 16 - Par 4 437 Yds
8 - Par 3 203 Yds 17 - Par 3 185 Yds
9 - Par 4 407 Yds 18 - Par 5 510 Yds
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35 3,247 Yds 36 3,337 Yds
Annual: 7th
Defending Champion: Allen Doyle
Runner-up: Jim Thorpe, Howard Twitty
Tournament Record: 199 (George Archer, 1995)
36-Hole Record: 132 (Tom Wargo, 1995)
Course Record: 62 (Hale Irwin, 1998)
Total Purse: $1,400,000
Shares: 1st Place - $210,000; 2nd Place - 123,200; 3rd Place - 100,800
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Allen Doyle # 136 Bill Brask 139
Jim Thorpe 137 John D. Morgan 139
Howard Twitty 137 Graham Marsh 139
Roy Vucinich 138 Joe Inman 139
John Mahaffey 139 Tom Jenkins 139
Dave Eichelberger 139
Larry Nelson 139
# - Rain shortened.
Past Toshiba Senior Classic Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- #Allen Doyle (136) -- Jim Thorpe, Howard Twitty
1999 -- *Gary McCord (204) -- Allen Doyle, Al Geiberger, John Jacobs
1998 -- Hale Irwin (200) -- Hubert Green
1997 -- *Bob Murphy (207) -- Jay Sigel
1996 -- Jim Colbert (201) -- Bob Eastwood
1995 -- George Archer (199) -- Dave Stockton, Tom Wargo
* - Won in playoff
Top Contenders in the Field
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Allen Doyle - Defending Champion, 4 top-10's in 4 events in 2001
Jim Colbert - Tied for 2nd last week with final round of 69
Ed Dougherty - Opened with 65 last week, but struggled home with 73-72
Bruce Fleisher - Posted three top-10's in 4 tries in 2001, 5th in money
Ray Floyd - Finished 2nd at Verizon Classic, 20th on money list
Bob Gilder - Registered 1st career Senior win at Verizon Classic
Hale Irwin - Playing in third event of the season with one top-10
Tom Kite - Has a pair of top-10 finishes in three events
Gil Morgan - A win and a runner-up finish this year, 2nd in money
Larry Nelson - Two wins and four top-10's in four events, money leader
Dana Quigley - Finished out of the top-10 for the second time in 5 events
Jim Thorpe - 13th on money list with just one top-10 in four tournaments
Tom Watson - 34 career PGA wins and 2 Senior wins, 26th on money list
Golf Today Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Gil Morgan
Darkhorse - Stewart Ginn
Last week's Pick to Win (Dana Quigley) - Finished tied for 43rd
Last week's Darkhorse (Bobby Walzel) - Finished tied for 4th
NOTES:
After losing in a playoff the year before, Allen Doyle captured
this event in 2000 after a heavy downpour canceled the final round.
Doyle had a one-shot lead over Jim Thorpe and Howard Twitty when an
overnight rainfall forced officials to call off the last round and
declare Doyle the champion. The victory was Doyle's fifth in two years
on the Senior Tour, with four coming in his rookie season in 1999,
including the PGA Senior's Championship. Doyle is looking to become
the first two-time winner of this event. George Archer owns the
tournament record at 199 while Hale Irwin holds the course record with
a 62. Gary McCord won for the first time in more than 375 tries on
both the PGA and Senior Tour when he outlasted Doyle, Al Geiberger and
John Jacobs in a playoff in 1999. Newport Beach Country Club was
originally known as Irvine Coast Country Club when it first opened in
1954. William Bell designed the course in 1952, which has had redesign
work by Harry Rainville and Ted Robinson. Mesa Verde Country Club
hosted this event in its first year. The purse was increased by
$100,000 from last year. This is the first of three straight Senior
Tour events in California. Next week the Senior Tour moves to
Valencia, California for the SBC Senior Classic where Joe Inman will
defend his title. The three-week stretch concludes in San Jose at the
Siebel Classic, a first-year event.
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