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Dates: Thursday, May 10th through Sunday, May 13th
Site: TPC of Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Course Architect: Pete Dye (Curtis Strange, consultant)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,432
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 405 Yds 10 - Par 4 482 Yds
2 - Par 4 479 Yds 11 - Par 4 343 Yds
3 - Par 3 187 Yds 12 - Par 5 615 Yds
4 - Par 4 425 Yds 13 - Par 3 203 Yds
5 - Par 5 587 Yds 14 - Par 4 484 Yds
6 - Par 4 410 Yds 15 - Par 4 370 Yds
7 - Par 3 177 Yds 16 - Par 5 582 Yds
8 - Par 5 554 Yds 17 - Par 3 151 Yds
9 - Par 4 480 Yds 18 - Par 4 498 Yds
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36 3,704 Yds 36 3,728 Yds
Annual: 2nd
Defending Champion: Ryuji Imada
Runner-up: Todd Demsey
Tournament Record: 275 (Ryuji Imada, 2000)
54-Hole Record: 206 (Todd Demsey, 2000)
36-Hole Record: 139 (Ryuji Imada, Mike Heinen, David Berganio, Jr., 2000)
Course Record: 65 (Jim Johnson, 2000)
Total Purse: $425,000
Shares: 1st Place - $76,500; 2nd Place - 45.900; 3rd Place - 28,900
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Ryuji Imada 275 Larry Rinker 283
Todd Demsey 280 Brian Tennyson 283
Mike Heinen 281 Briny Baird 284
Garrett Willis 282 Tommy Biershenk 284
Kent Jones 283 Chris Couch 284
Kelly Grunewald 284
Past BUY.COM Virginia Beach Open Winners and Runners-Up
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2000 -- Ryuji Imada (275) -- Todd Demsey
Top Contenders in the Field
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Ryuji Imada - Defending champion, 11th on money list, 1 top-10
Chad Campbell - 6th on money list, 3 top-10's, 6-for-6 in cuts
Paul Claxton - One win and two top-10's, 3rd on money list
Chris Couch - 5th on money list with one win and two top-five's
R.W. Eaks - Has a pair of top-10 finishes this year, 21st in money
John Elliott - Has made 4-of-6 cuts with 1 top-10, 10th in money
Hank Kuehne - Has been playing on the European Tour
Deane Pappas - 2nd on money list with one win and 3 top-10 finishes
Tim Petrovic - Two-time runner-up this year, 1st on money list
Don Pooley - Playing in third BUY.COM event, 1 top-five
NOTES:
Ryuji Imada became the first of five rookies to win on the BUY.COM Tour
last year when he captured the Virginia Beach Open. Three shots off the pace
after round one, Imada carded three straight 68's to cruise to a five-shot win
over third-round leader Todd Demsey. Demsey held a one-shot lead heading into
Sunday, but stumbled home with a two-over 74. Imada was also the first
Japanese-born player to win in the 11-year history of the Tour. Last year's
event marked the first-ever BUY.COM Tour event to be played on a Tournament
Players course. The 7,432-yard course, the longest on Tour, played to a
scoring average of 73.615, making it the fifth most difficult on Tour last
year. The course record of 65 was set by Jim Johnson in round three. Johnson
posted a bogey-free round, hitting 17 greens in regulation and posting seven
birdies. Johnson, who needed a 25-foot birdie on the 18th Friday to make the
cut, finished tied for 12th. The purse was increased by $25,000 from last
year. The BUY.COM Tour remains in Virginia next week for the Richmond Open at
Stonehenge Golf and Country Club. Steve Runge is expected to be on hand to
defend his title.
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