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Dates: Thursday, June 28th through Sunday, July 1st
Site: Salem Country Club, Peabody, Massachusetts
Course Architect: Donald Ross (1925)
Par: 70
Yardage: 6,709
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 406 Yds 10 - Par 4 406 Yds
2 - Par 4 460 Yds 11 - Par 4 393 Yds
3 - Par 3 148 Yds 12 - Par 3 163 Yds
4 - Par 4 340 Yds 13 - Par 4 399 Yds
5 - Par 3 207 Yds 14 - Par 5 503 Yds
6 - Par 5 526 Yds 15 - Par 3 223 Yds
7 - Par 4 418 Yds 16 - Par 4 388 Yds
8 - Par 4 420 Yds 17 - Par 4 476 Yds
9 - Par 4 410 Yds 18 - Par 4 423 Yds
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35 3,335 Yds 35 3,374 Yds
Annual: 22nd
Defending Champion: Hale Irwin
Runner-Up: Bruce Fleisher
Tournament Record: 267 (Hale Irwin, 2000 - Saucon Valley Country Club)
54-Hole Record: 199 (Simon Hobday, 1994 - Pinehurst Resort & Country Club)
36-Hole Record: 133 (Dave Stockton, 1992 - Saucon Valley Golf Club)
(Simon Hobday, 1994 - Pinehurst Resort & Country Club)
(Bruce Fleisher, 2000 - Saucon Valley Country Club)
18-Hole Record: 64 (Orville Moody, 1989 - Laurel Valley Golf Club)
(Bruce Fleisher, 2000 - Saucon Valley Country Club)
9-Hole Record: 30 (Richard King, 1983 - Hazeltine National)
(Gordon Jones, 1987 - Brooklawn Country Club)
(Gary Player, 1990 - Ridgewood Country Club)
(Tom Weiskopf, 1993 - Cherry Hills Country Club)
(Ed Dougherty, 1999 - Des Moines Golf & Country Club)
(Jim Thorpe, John Jacobs, 2000 - Saucon Valley C.C.)
Total Purse: $2,400,000
Shares: 1st Place - $430,000; 2nd Place - 255,000; 3rd Place - 163,324
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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Hale Irwin dnp dnp dnp T-5 2nd T-5 Won T-3 Won
Bruce Fleisher dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp mc 2nd
Tom Kite dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp 3rd
Ray Floyd dnp T-7 12th T-8 3rd T-44 3rd T-11 4th
Hubert Green dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-12 mc mc 5th
Jim Thorpe dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-27 T-6
Dave Stockton T-3 T-30 T-4 T-21 Won mc 6th T-29 T-6
Allen Doyle dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-13 T-8
John Jacobs dnp dnp dnp mc T-17 T-40 T-48 T-13 T-10
Tom Jenkins dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-13 T-18 T-10
Jim Colbert 2nd 12th T-20 53rd T-12 dnp T-16 T-18 T-10
Jose M. Canizares dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-10 T-7 T-27 T-10
Tom Watson dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-10
Gil Morgan dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-3 T-7 T-3 T-15
Vicente Fernandez dnp dnp dnp dnp T-35 T-32 2nd mc T-15
Larry Nelson dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp wd T-23 T-19
Graham Marsh dnp dnp T-2 T-8 4th Won mc T-38 T-19
Jack Nicklaus T-3 Won T-7 2nd 16th T-5 T-13 dnp T-21
John Bland dnp dnp dnp dnp T-8 2nd dnp dnp T-21
Doug Tewell dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-21
Dana Quigley dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-12 T-16 T-11 T-26
Leonard Thompson dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-5 T-38 T-23 T-26
Bob Murphy dnp T-15 T-7 T-3 T-27 T-32 T-28 mc T-26
Bob Charles T-49 T-13 dq T-11 7th T-18 T-33 dnp T-26
Joe Inman dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-3 T-31
Lee Trevino T-18 9th 11th 7th dnp T-15 dnp dnp T-31
Dave Eichelberger dnp dnp T-13 T-48 T-35 T-5 56th Won T-34
Tom Wargo dnp T-17 T-4 T-27 T-35 T-3 T-43 6th T-34
Ed Dougherty dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-7 2nd T-37
John Mahaffey dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp 12th T-29 T-37
Chi Chi Rodriguez 7th T-4 T-32 T-29 T-17 T-21 mc mc T-37
Hugh Baiocchi dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-5 T-7 T-8 T-41
Gary McCord dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-33 52nd T-41
Dale Douglass T-14 T-4 T-25 T-51 T-22 mc T-28 mc T-45
Frank Conner dnp dnp dnp dnp T-12 T-15 T-26 T-8 T-47
Jim Albus T-26 T-35 T-2 T-29 T-27 mc mc T-13 T-47
Simon Hobday T-8 T-10 Won T-35 T-54 mc T-20 T-42 T-47
Isao Aoki dnp T-20 10th T-3 11th T-49 T-4 mc T-47
David Graham dnp dnp dnp dnp T-22 T-40 19th mc T-47
J.C. Snead T-27 T-40 T-50 T-5 dnp T-32 T-22 T-13 T-58
Bruce Summerhays dnp dnp dnp T-29 T-8 T-12 T-20 7th mc
Jim Dent T-8 dnp T-42 dnp T-22 wd dnp T-8 mc
DeWitt Weaver T-20 T-15 T-17 10th T-17 T-57 37th T-23 mc
Kermit Zarley T-24 3rd T-17 T-14 mc T-21 T-38 T-46 mc
Rocky Thompson T-32 T-23 T-13 T-14 mc T-21 61st T-58 mc
Jay Sigel dnp dnp T-7 T-21 T-5 T-10 T-28 mc mc
Arnold Palmer T-32 T-52 T-57 T-51 T-43 68th 51st mc mc
Gary Player T-3 T-17 T-13 T-19 T-60 T-21 dnp dnp mc
Andy North dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp mc
Charles Coody T-16 T-35 T-36 dnp T-22 T-63 T-26 T-32 dnp
Mike McCullough dnp dnp dnp T-44 T-22 T-21 T-13 T-53 dnp
Walter Morgan dnp dnp dnp dnp T-8 T-21 T-38 mc dnp
mc - Missed Cut
dnp - Did Not Play
dq - Disqualified
Past U.S. Senior Open Champions and Runner-up and Sites
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2000 - Hale Irwin (267) -- Bruce Fleisher
(Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
1999 - Dave Eichelberger (281) -- Ed Dougherty
(Des Moines Golf & Country Club, West Des Moines, Iowa)
1998 - Hale Irwin (285) -- Vicente Fernandez
(Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California)
1997 - Graham Marsh (280) -- John Bland
(Olympia Fields C.C. (North Course), Olympia Fields, Illinois)
1996 - Dave Stockton (277) -- Hale Irwin
(Canterbury Golf Club, Beachwood, Ohio)
1995 - Tom Weiskopf (275) -- Jack Nicklaus
(Congressional Country Club (Blue Course), Bethesda, Maryland)
1994 - Simon Hobday (274) -- Graham Marsh, Jim Albus
(Pinehurst Country Club (Number Two), Pinehurst, North Carolina)
1993 - Jack Nicklaus (278) -- Tom Weiskopf
(Cherry Hills Country Club, Denver, Colorado)
1992 - Larry Laoretti (275) -- Jim Colbert
(Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
1991 - *Jack Nicklaus (282) -- Chi Chi Rodriguez
(Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Birmingham, Michigan)
1990 - Lee Trevino (275) -- Jack Nicklaus
(Ridgewood Country Club (Center and West Nines, Paramus, New Jersey)
1989 - Orville Moody (279) -- Frank Beard
(Laurel Valley Country Club, Ligonier, Pennsylvania)
1988 - *Gary Player (270) -- Bob Charles
(Medinah Country Club (Number Three, Medinah, Illinois)
1987 - Gary Player (270) -- Doug Sanders
(Brooklawn Country Club, Fairfield, Connecticut)
1986 - Dale Douglass (279) -- Gary Player
(Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio)
1985 - Miller Barber (285) -- Roberto De Vicenzo
(Edgewood Tahoe Golf Club, Stateline, Nevada)
1984 - Miller Barber (286) -- Arnold Palmer
(Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, New York)
1983 - *Billy Casper (288) -- Rod Funseth
(Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota)
1982 - Miller Barber (282) -- Gene Littler, Dan Sikes
(Portland Golf Club, Portland, Oregon)
1981 - *Arnold Palmer (289) -- Billy Casper, Bob Stone
(Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Birmingham, Michigan)
1980 - Roberto De Vicenzo (285) -- William C. Campbell
(Winged Foot Golf Club (East Course), Mamaroneck, New York)
* - Won in Playoff.
2001 Grand Slam Finishes
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Tradition Senior PGA
Doug Tewell Won T-8
Tom Watson dnp Won
Mike McCullough 2nd T-65
Hale Irwin 3rd T-5
Gil Morgan 4th dnp
J.C. Snead T-5 dnp
Larry Nelson T-5 T-27
John Bland T-7 T-17
Bruce Fleisher T-7 7th
Allen Doyle T10 4th
Hubert Green T10 T-27
Jim Ahern T12 T-40
Jose Maria Canizares T12 T-61
Walter Hall T12 T-10
Ray Floyd T16 T-40
John Jacobs T16 T-40
Stewart Ginn T19 T-5
Gary Player T19 T-8
Jim Thorpe T19 2nd
Tom Wargo T19 T-20
Bob Dickson T24 mc
Ed Dougherty T24 T-49
Tom Kite T24 T-23
Bruce Summerhays T24 T-10
Jim Colbert T29 T-36
Vicente Fernandez T29 T-25
Bob Gilder T29 3rd
Jack Nicklaus T29 12th
Dave Eichelberger T34 T-40
Andy North T34 mc
Dana Quigley T34 T-15
Hugh Baiocchi T40 T-40
Lanny Wadkins 46th T-15
Isao Aoki T47 T-20
Frank Conner T47 T-27
Leonard Thompson T47 mc
Joe Inman T52 T-20
Dave Stockton T52 T-56
Jim Albus T55 79th
Graham Marsh T55 T-27
David Graham T59 mc
Chi Chi Rodriguez T67 dnp
Larry Ziegler T67 T-67
John Mahaffey T73 dnp
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Hale Irwin
Darkhorse - Allen Doyle
Last week's Pick to Win (Hale Irwin) - Finished tied for 13th
Last week's Darkhorse (Jay Sigel) - Finished tied for 48th
NOTES:
Two shots off the torrid pace of Bruce Fleisher after three rounds, Hale
Irwin carded his second straight 65 to defeat Fleisher by three shots and
capture his fifth USGA Championship. Irwin, who birdied 23 of the 72 holes and
15 of the last 36, set a new 72-hole scoring mark at 267, breaking the
previous mark of 270 set by Gary Player in 1987. Irwin also captured this
event in 1998 when he defeated Vicente Fernandez by one shot at Riviera
Country Club in California. In his six appearances at the Senior Open, Irwin
has two wins, a second, a third and two fifths. Irwin will try to join Miller
Barber and Gary Player as the only players to win this event two straight
years. Jack Nicklaus has finished in the top-10 seven times in the 10
appearances at this event, with two wins. The seven players who have won both
the U.S. Senior Open and the U.S. Open are: Orville Moody, Gary Player, Billy
Casper, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino and Irwin. The championship
is played at stroke play over 72 holes. There are 156 players in the
championship field, comprised of those advancing from sectional qualifying,
and those exempt from sectional qualifying. After 36 holes, the field is cut
to the 60 lowest scores and ties and anyone within 10 strokes of the leader.
If a playoff is needed, the U.S. Senior Open will use a multiple-hole,
aggregate score format. If there is a tie or ties at the end of 72 holes,
a 3- or 4-hole playoff will follow immediately. If the playoff results in a
tie, play will continue hole-by-hole until a champion is determined. There
have only been four playoffs in U.S. Senior Open history, the last in 1991
when Nicklaus defeated Chi Chi Rodriguez by four shots. This is the third
major on the Senior Tour. Doug Tewell won the Tradition in April and Tom
Watson captured the Senior PGA Championship in May. The Senior Open is
making its first stop at Salem C.C., but the USGA has visited four times previously,
the most recent being the 1984 U.S. Women's Open won by Hollis Stacy. The
other USGA championships contested at Salem C.C. were the 1954 U.S. Women's
Open (won by Babe Didrikson Zaharius by eight strokes), the 1977 USGA Senior
Amateur (won by Dale Morey) and the 1932 U.S. Women's Amateur (won by
Virginia Van Wie, the first of three consecutive titles). The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts will be hosting its 48th USGA championship when the Senior
Open arrives in Peabody. The most recent was the 1997 U.S. Women's Amateur at
Brae Burn C.C. in Newtonville. With the 1897 U.S. Women's Amateur at Essex C.C. in
Manchester, the USGA conducted its first championship in the Bay State. Only
two other Massachusetts clubs - The Country Club in Brookline with 15 and Brae
Burn C.C. with 7 have hosted more USGA championships than Salem C.C. Only
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and California have been more frequent hosts than
Massachusetts. The USGA accepted 2,953 entries in 2001. A record 3,007 entries
were accepted in 2000. In contrast, 631 entries were accepted in 1980, the
first year of the U.S. Senior Open. The Senior Open is open to any
professional or amateur with a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding
3.4 who turns 50 on or before June 28, 2000. The purse was increased by
$150,000 from last year. Gary Player and Tom Weiskopf are the only players to
post four consecutive rounds in the 60's and win -- Player in 1987 and
Weiskopf in 1995. Not only will the winner of this year's event receive an
automatic berth into the Senior Slam, but he will also be exempt for next
year's U.S. Open at Bethpage in New York. Next year's Senior Open will be held
at Caves Valley Golf Club in Maryland, Inverness Club in Ohio in 2003,
Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis in 2004, Plainfield Country Club in 2005
and Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in North Plains, Oregon in 2006. Lanny Wadkins
and Stewart Ginn withdrew from the tournament. Next week the Senior Tour moves to
Michigan for the Farmers Charity Classic where Larry Nelson will defend his
title.
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