Dates: Friday, September 13th through Sunday, September 15th
 Site: Tanglewood Park Golf Club (Championship Course), Clemmons, NC
 Course Architect: Robert Trent Jones (1957, redesign, 1972)
 Par: 70
 Yardage: 6,600
 Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 418 Yds   10 - Par 4 399 Yds
               2 - Par 4 364 Yds   11 - Par 4 364 Yds
               3 - Par 3 165 Yds   12 - Par 4 460 Yds
               4 - Par 4 444 Yds   13 - Par 3 182 Yds
               5 - Par 4 400 Yds   14 - Par 4 395 Yds
               6 - Par 5 588 Yds   15 - Par 4 385 Yds
               7 - Par 4 345 Yds   16 - Par 4 373 Yds
               8 - Par 3 190 Yds   17 - Par 3 183 Yds
               9 - Par 4 430 Yds   18 - Par 5 515 Yds
                   -------------        -------------
                    35 3,344 Yds         35 3,256 Yds
 
 Annual: 15th
 2000 Champion: Larry Nelson
 Runner-Up: Gil Morgan, Jim Dent
 Tournament Record: 195 (Hale Irwin, 1997; Fred Gibson, 1999)
 36-Hole Record: 126 (Hale Irwin, 1997)
 Course Record: 62 (Hale Irwin, Dave Eichelberger, 1997; Terry Dill, 1998;
                    Fred Gibson, 1999)
 Total Purse: $1,600,000
 Shares: 1st Place - $240,000; 2nd Place - 140,800; 3rd Place - 115,200
 
                             2000 Finish
                             -----------
 
 Player                Score             Player                 Score
 ------                -----             ------                 -----
 Larry Nelson *         198              Gary McCord             203
 Gil Morgan             198              Bruce Fleisher          203
 Jim Dent               198              Isao Aoki               203
 Jesse Patino           201              Doug Tewell             204
 Tom Wargo              202              Hale Irwin              204
 
 * - Won in playoff.
 
                       Past RJR Championship Winners
                       -----------------------------
 
 Year  Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
 ----  ----------------------------
 2001  Not held due to September 11 tragedies
 2000  *Larry Nelson (198) -- Gil Morgan, Jim Dent
 1999  Fred Gibson (195) -- Bruce Fleisher
 1998  Gil Morgan (198) -- Hale Irwin
 1997  Hale Irwin (195) -- Dave Eichelberger
 1996  Jim Colbert (204) -- Hale Irwin, Gary Player, Kermit Zarley
 1995  Hale Irwin (199) -- Dave Stockton
 1994  Larry Gilbert (198) -- Ray Floyd
 1993  Lee Trevino (198) -- DeWitt Weaver
 1992  #Jim Colbert (132) -- Jim Dent
 1991  Jim Colbert (205) -- George Archer, Jim Dent, Gibby Gilbert
 1990  Charles Coody (202) -- Bob Charles, Al Geiberger
 1989  Gary Player (207) -- Rives McBee
 1988  Walt Zembriski (278) -- Al Geiberger, Dave Hill, Dick Rhyan
 1987  Al Geiberger (206) -- Dave Hill
 
 * - Won in playoff.
 # - Rain shortened.
 
 Note: Formerly called RJR Championship (1989), Vantage Championship
       (1987-88, 90-2000).
 

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