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Dates: Thursday, April 12th through Sunday, April 15th
Site: Golf Club at Desert Mountain (Cochise Course), Scottsdale, Arizona
Course Architect: Jack Nicklaus (1987)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,990
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 397 yds 10 - Par 4 424 yds
2 - Par 3 181 yds 11 - Par 3 189 yds
3 - Par 4 475 yds 12 - Par 5 511 yds
4 - Par 5 546 yds 13 - Par 3 146 yds
5 - Par 4 448 yds 14 - Par 4 450 yds
6 - Par 4 358 yds 15 - Par 5 548 yds
7 - Par 3 194 yds 16 - Par 4 413 yds
8 - Par 5 569 yds 17 - Par 3 197 yds
9 - Par 4 433 yds 18 - Par 5 511 yds
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36 3,601 yds 36 3,389 yds
Annual: 13th
Defending Champion: Tom Kite
Runner-up: Tom Watson, Larry Nelson
Tournament Record: 266 (Gil Morgan, 1997)
54-Hole Record: 199 (Gil Morgan, 1997)
36-Hole Record: 132 (Phil Rodgers, 1991; Gil Morgan, 1997)
Course Record: 64 (Al Geiberger, 1993; Jim Colbert, 1995;
Rocky Thompson,1996)
9-Hole Record: 30 (Simon Hobday, Jack Nicklaus, 1997)
Total Purse: $1,700,000
Shares: 1st Place - $255,000; 2nd Place - 149,600; 3rd Place - 122,400
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
------ ----- ------ -----
Tom Kite * 280 Gary McCord 284
Tom Watson 280 Andy North 284
Larry Nelson 280 John Jacobs 286
Bruce Fleisher 282 Six players at 287
Joe Inman 283
* - Won in playoff.
Past The Countrywide Tradition Winners and Runners-up
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2000 -- *Tom Kite (280) -- Tom Watson, Larry Nelson
1999 -- #Graham Marsh (136) -- Larry Nelson
1998 -- Gil Morgan (276) -- Tom Wargo
1997 -- Gil Morgan (266) -- Isao Aoki
1996 -- Jack Nicklaus (272) -- Hale Irwin
1995 -- *Jack Nicklaus (276) -- Isao Aoki
1994 -- *Ray Floyd (271) -- Dale Douglass
1993 -- Tom Shaw (269) -- Mike Hill
1992 -- Lee Trevino (274) -- Jack Nicklaus
1991 -- Jack Nicklaus (277) -- Jim Colbert, Jim Dent, Phil Rodgers
1990 -- #Jack Nicklaus (206) -- Gary Player
1989 -- Don Bies (275) -- Gary Player
* - Won in Playoff.
# - Weather Shortened.
Note: Formerly called The Tradition at Desert Mountain (1989-91); The
Tradition (1992-99).
Key Players to Watch
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Finish Last Nine Years
Player 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
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Tom Kite dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp Won
Tom Watson dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-2
Larry Nelson dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-44 2nd T-2
Bruce Fleisher dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp 27th 4th
Joe Inman dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dq T-60 5th
Gary McCord dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-5 T-6
Andy North dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-6
John Jacobs dnp dnp dnp dnp T-31 3rd T-6 T-36 8th
John Bland dnp dnp dnp dnp T-7 T-25 T-25 T-9 T-9
Mike McCullough dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-17 T-6 T-14 T-9
Bruce Summerhays dnp dnp dnp T-8 T-23 T-25 9th T-14 T-9
Jack Nicklaus 2nd T-9 T-4 Won Won T-25 T-25 dnp T-9
Jim Thorpe dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-7 T-15
Jose M. Canizares dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-25 T-20 T-15
Dave Eichelberger dnp dnp 72nd T-28 T-50 T-21 T-49 T-36 T-15
Gil Morgan dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp Won Won dnp T-15
Graham Marsh dnp dnp T-33 T-17 T-19 T-6 T-13 Won T-19
Vicente Fernandez dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-46 3rd T-3 T-19
Walt Morgan dnp dnp dnp dnp T-5 T-15 T-60 T-14 T-19
Bob Eastwood dnp dnp dnp dnp T-37 T-8 T-20 T-45 T-19
Howard Twitty dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-9 T-25
George Archer T-12 T-25 T-12 T-17 T-7 T-8 T-13 T-14 T-25
John Mahaffey dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-28 T-25
Doug Tewell dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-25
Lanny Wadkins dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-25
Dave Stockton T-5 T-14 T-9 T-12 T-19 T-15 T-6 T-20 T-31
Dale Douglass T-60 T-3 2nd T-8 T-23 T-46 T-53 T-28 T-31
David Graham dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-21 wd 59th T-31
Gary Player T-20 T-17 T-27 T-17 T-9 T-51 T-17 T-50 T-34
Bob Charles T-24 T-11 T-15 T-12 T-19 T-17 T-31 75th 36th
Hale Irwin dnp dnp dnp dnp 2nd T-13 4th T-20 T-37
Rocky Thompson T-36 T-40 73rd T-12 T-17 T-67 T-39 T-40 T-37
Al Geiberger T-17 7th dnp 40th T-5 T-51 T-23 T-20 T-43
Leonard Thompson dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-51 42nd T-3 46th
Jim Albus T-28 T-17 T-15 T-54 T-65 dnp T-53 T-45 T-43
Hugh Baiocchi dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-25 T-45 T-47
J.C. Snead T-8 T-23 T-17 T-20 T-9 T-13 T-25 T-14 T-51
John D. Morgan dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-46 10th T-7 T-51
Butch Baird T-31 T-52 T-25 66th T-12 T-34 T-49 T-40 T-51
Gibby Gilbert T-36 T-3 T-7 T-36 T-43 T-51 T-60 T-50 T-58
Terry Dill T-31 T-17 T-45 59th T-31 T-8 T-17 T-9 T-61
Tom Wargo dnp T-17 T-9 T-45 T-37 T-11 2nd T-28 T-61
Jimmy Powell T-12 T-65 T-4 5th T-17 T-11 T-13 T-50 T-66
Tom Shaw T-24 Won T-23 T-25 T-43 T-34 43rd T-69 72nd
Ray Floyd dnp T-3 Won T-6 3rd T-19 5th T-20 wd
Chi Chi Rodriguez 3rd T-30 T-37 wd T-12 T-43 70th T-65 wd
Jim Colbert T-33 T-14 3rd 4th T-31 T-59 T-11 wd wd
Isao Aoki dnp 6th T-9 2nd T-12 2nd T-13 T-28 dnp
Jim Dent T-24 T-35 T-17 T-12 T-43 T-6 dnp T-60 dnp
Hubert Green dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-51 T-47 wd dnp
dnp - Did Not Play.
mc - Missed Cut.
wd - Withdrew.
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Larry Nelson
Darkhorse - Graham Marsh
Last week's Pick to Win (Bruce Fleisher/David Graham) - Finished 2nd
Last week's Darkhorse (Bob Gilder/Jim Thorpe) - Finished tied for 7th
NOTES:
Tom Kite knocked his 6-iron to within six inches of the cup on the six
extra hole to defeat Tom Watson and Larry Nelson and capture his first career
Senior Tour victory. All three players finished regulation tied at 8-under-
par, but Nelson, who finished runner-up at this event in 1999, bogeyed the
second extra hole to fall out of the playoff. The extra session began on the
18th hole and all three players birdied the par-5. On the second hole, Nelson
missed from 5-feet to save par and dropped out of the playoff. On the fifth
playoff hole, Watson missed a seven-foot putt for birdie which would have
given him the title. On the final playoff hole, Watson's tee shot went over
the green while Kite's landed just six inches from the hole. Joking with the
crowd, Watson, knowing that he needed to hole his chip, nearly pulled off the
trick, as his 30-foot chip hit the flagstick, finishing two feet from the
hole. The playoff was the longest on the Senior Tour since the 1997 Pittsburgh
Senior Classic. Kite's win made him the ninth player in Senior Tour history to
make a major his first win. Eight players have participated in all 12
Traditions: Bob Charles, Dale Douglass, Harold Henning, Gary Player, Jimmy
Powell, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Tom Shaw and Walter Zembriski. Eight of the 12
Traditions have been won by players 52 or younger. The par-3 17th hole was the
most difficult last year with a scoring average of 3.380, making it the fourth
toughest hole on the Senior Tour last year. Only six birdies were made during
the event, including Kite's winning shot. The 280 winning score was the
highest in tournament history, breaking the previous mark of 277 shot by Jack
Nicklaus in 1991. In his first official start, Andy North posted a tie for
sixth. Gil Morgan and Nicklaus are the only player's to defend their
titles at this tournament. Nicklaus has won this event four times, finished
second once and has eight top-10 finishes in his nine appearances at this
event. Nicklaus is the first player to win the same Senior Tour event four
times. His last victory at this event in 1996 was his 100th professional win.
Of Nicklaus' 10 career Senior Tour wins, eight have been "majors". This is the
first "major" on the Senior Tour this year. There have been six holes-in-one
in tournament history: Doug Dalziel (13th hole, 1989), Gibby Gilbert (11th
hole, 1991), Gary Player (7th hole, 1995), Jimmy Powell (13th hole, 1995), Ed
Sneed (5th hole, 1996) and J.C. Snead last year. Nicklaus made the only
double-eagle in event history when he holed his eight iron on the 12th in
round three back in 1996. The purse was increased by $100,000 from last year.
The Cochise Course has hosted this event since its inception in 1989. The
Cochise Course has five par-5's and in 1998, Morgan was 12 under par on the
par-5's. In 1997, Morgan was 15-under on the par-5's. This week's dates are
the latest for the event since 1989. Part of the change has been the strange
weather that has shadowed this event over the years. In 1990, an ice storm
postponed the opening round, in 1997, temperatures were in the low 40s with 20
m.p.h. winds, in 1998, another ice storm, in 1999 snow shortened the event to
36 holes and last year, lightning and rain suspended play for one day. Next
week the Senior Tour moves to Nevada for the Las Vegas Senior Classic where
Larry Nelson will defend his title.
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