|
Dates: Thursday, June 6th through Sunday, June 9th
Site: Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio
Course Architect: Bert Way (1929), Robert Trent Jones, Sr. (1959),
Jack Nicklaus (1985), Craig Schreiner (1994)
Par: 70
Yardage: 6,927
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 399 yds 10 - Par 4 410 yds
2 - Par 5 497 yds 11 - Par 4 370 yds
3 - Par 4 406 yds 12 - Par 3 160 yds
4 - Par 4 445 yds 13 - Par 4 439 yds
5 - Par 3 194 yds 14 - Par 4 420 yds
6 - Par 4 413 yds 15 - Par 3 210 yds
7 - Par 3 203 yds 16 - Par 5 635 yds
8 - Par 4 440 yds 17 - Par 4 392 yds
9 - Par 4 442 yds 18 - Par 4 452 yds
------------- -------------
35 3,439 yds 35 3,488 yds
Annual: 63rd
Defending Champion: Tom Watson
Runner-Up: Jim Thorpe
Tournament Record: 268 (Sam Snead, 1973)
54-Hole Record: 199 (Sam Snead, 1973)
36-Hole Record: 132 (Sam Snead, 1973; Arnold Palmer, 1984;
Jack Nicklaus, 1991)
18-Hole Record: 63 (Arnold Palmer, 1984; Buck White, 1961 - PGA National, FL)
Total Purse: $2,000,000
Shares: 1st Place - $360,000; 2nd Place - 216,000; 3rd Place - 136,000
Key Players to Watch
--------------------
Finish Last Ten Years
Player 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
------ ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Tom Watson dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-17 Won
Jim Thorpe dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-34 T-32 2nd
Bob Gilder dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp 3rd
Allen Doyle dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp Won T-17 4th
Hale Irwin dnp dnp dnp dnp Won Won Won T-11 T-2 T-5
Stewart Ginn dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-25 T-5
Bruce Fleisher dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-3 T-38 7th
Doug Tewell dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp Won T-8
Gary Player 5th T-16 T-19 T-60 T-31 T-20 T-39 T-43 T-46 T-8
Bruce Summerhays dnp dnp dnp T-26 T-37 T-23 T-47 T-5 T-25 T-10
Walter Hall dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-47 T-43 T-17 T-10
Jack Nicklaus T-10 T-9 9th 8th T-22 T-2 T-6 dnp T-12 12th
Dana Quigley dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-40 T-6 T-5 T-2 T-15
Lanny Wadkins dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-54 T-15
John Bland dnp dnp dnp dnp T-25 T-7 T-29 wd T-10 T-17
Joe Inman dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-11 T-54 T-20
Isao Aoki dnp 3rd T-5 T-5 2nd T-20 T-44 T-15 T-62 T-20
Tom Wargo dnp Won T-10 T-30 T-15 mc T-11 T-39 74th T-20
Tom Kite dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-2 T-23
Vicente Fernandez dnp dnp dnp dnp 3rd T-35 T-6 2nd T-6 T-25
Larry Nelson dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp 2nd T-43 T-2 T-27
Hubert Green dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp mc mc T-39 T-6 T-27
Graham Marsh dnp dnp T-24 T-5 T-15 T-20 T-18 T-18 T-38 T-27
Walt Morgan dnp dnp dnp T-55 T-11 10th T-6 mc T-54 T-27
Frank Conner dnp dnp dnp dnp T-25 T-46 mc T-29 mc T-27
Jim Colbert T-30 T-45 2nd 9th T-41 T-32 T-44 31st T-54 T-36
Jim Ahern dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-8 T-40
John Jacobs dnp dnp dnp dnp T-31 mc T-13 T-8 T-38 T-40
Hugh Baiocchi dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-35 T-36 7th T-51 T-40
Ray Floyd dnp T-13 T-3 Won 19th T-35 15th T-24 T-51 T-40
Dave Eichelberger dnp dnp dnp 38th mc mc mc T-67 mc T-40
Ed Dougherty dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-11 T-12 T-49
Dave Stockton 4th T-23 T-3 mc dnp T-15 T-4 T-32 mc T-56
Bob Charles T-7 T-4 T-10 T-5 T-15 T-7 T-29 T-32 T-44 T-59
Lee Trevino Won T-23 Won T-2 T-22 T-27 mc T-15 wd T-59
Jose M. Canizares dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-35 T-22 T-3 T-38 T-61
Mike McCullough dnp dnp dnp dnp T-25 T-46 T-13 T-24 T-17 T-65
Jim Albus T-22 T-7 T-38 T-10 dnp T-27 T-39 T-39 T-51 79th
David Graham dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-11 wd T-50 T-28 mc
Andy North dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-46 mc
Arnold Palmer T-47 T-27 mc mc mc mc mc mc mc mc
John Mahaffey dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-18 T-8 dnp
Jay Sigel dnp dnp 13th T-30 T-11 T-40 T-6 T-22 T-12 dnp
J.C. Snead T-30 T-9 T-15 T-16 T-20 26th T-36 T-8 T-28 dnp
Gil Morgan dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-15 3rd T-11 T-32 dnp
Ben Crenshaw dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp
Wayne Levi dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp
Bruce Lietzke dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp
Bobby Wadkins dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp
Fuzzy Zoeller dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp
mc - Missed Cut.
wd - Withdrew.
dnp - Did Not Play.
Past Senior PGA Championship Winners
------------------------------------
Year Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
---- ----------------------------
2001 Tom Watson (274) -- Jim Thorpe
2000 #Doug Tewell (201) -- Hale Irwin, Tom Kite, Dana Quigley,
Larry Nelson
1999 Allen Doyle (274) -- Vicente Fernandez
1998 Hale Irwin (275) -- Larry Nelson
1997 Hale Irwin (274) -- Dale Douglass, Jack Nicklaus
1996 Hale Irwin (280) -- Isao Aoki
1995 Ray Floyd (277) -- Lee Trevino, John Paul Cain, Larry Gilbert
1994 Lee Trevino (279) -- Jim Colbert
1993 *Tom Wargo (275) -- Bruce Crampton
1992 Lee Trevino (278) -- Mike Hill
1991 Jack Nicklaus (271) -- Bruce Crampton
1990 Gary Player (281) -- Chi Chi Rodriguez
1989 Larry Mowry (281) -- Miller Barber, Al Geiberger
1988 Gary Player (284) -- Chi Chi Rodriguez
1987 Chi Chi Rodriguez (282) -- Dale Douglass
1986 Gary Player (281) -- Lee Elder
1985 Not Held
1984 Peter Thomson (286) -- Don January
1984 Arnold Palmer (282) -- Don January
1983 Not Held
1982 Don January (288) -- Julius Boros
1981 Miller Barber (281) -- Arnold Palmer
1980 *Arnold Palmer (289) -- Paul Harney
1979 Don January (270) -- George Bayer
1979 *Jack Fleck (289) -- Bob Erickson, Bill Johnston
1978 Joe Jimenez (286) -- Joe Cheves, Manuel de la Torre
1977 Julius Boros (283) -- Fred Haas, Jr.
1976 Pete Cooper (283) -- Fred Wampler
1975 Charlie Sifford (280) -- Fred Wampler
1974 Roberto De Vicenzo (273) -- Julius Boros, Art Wall
1973 Sam Snead (268) -- Julius Boros
1972 Sam Snead (286) -- Tommy Bolt, Julius Boros
1971 Julius Boros (285) -- Tommy Bolt
1970 Sam Snead (290) -- Fred Haas, Jr.
1969 Tommy Bolt (278) -- Pete Fleming
1968 Chandler Harper (279) -- Sam Snead
1967 Sam Snead (279) -- Bob Hamilton
1966 Fred Haas, Jr. (286) -- John Barnum, Dutch Harrison
1965 Sam Snead (278) -- Joe Lopez, Sr.
1964 Sam Snead (279) -- John Barnum
1963 Herman Barron (272) -- John Barnum
1962 Paul Runyan (278) -- Errie Ball, Dutch Harrison, Joe Brown
1961 Paul Runyan (278) -- Jimmy Demaret
1960 Dick Metz (284) -- Tony Longo, Paul Runyan
1959 Willie Goggin (284) -- Leland Gibson, Paul Runyan, Denny Shute
1958 Gene Sarazen (288) -- Charles Sheppard
1957 *Al Watrous (210) -- Bob Stupple
1956 Pete Burke (215) -- Ock Willoweit
1955 Mortie Dutra (213) -- Mike Murra, Gene Sarazen, Denny Shute
1954 Gene Sarazen (214) -- Perry Del Vecchio, Al Watrous
1953 Harry Schwab (142) -- Charles McKenna, Gene Sarazen
1952 Ernie Newnham (146) -- Al Watrous
1951 *Al Watrous (142) -- Jock Hutchison
1950 Al Watrous (142) -- Bill Jelliffe
1949 Marshall Crichton (145) -- Louis Chiapetta, Jock Hutchison, George Smith
1948 Charles McKenna (141) -- Ben Richter
1947 Jock Hutchison (145) -- Ben Richter
1946 Eddie Williams (146) -- Jock Hutchison
1945 Eddie Williams (148) -- Jock Hutchison
1944 Not Held due to World War II
1943 Not Held due to World War II
1942 Eddie Williams (138) -- Jock Hutchison
1941 Jack Burke, Sr. (142) -- Eddie Williams
1940 Otto Hackbarth (146) -- Jock Hutchison
1939 Not Held
1938 *Fred McLeod (154) -- Otto Hackbarth
1937 Jock Hutchison (223) -- George Gordon
* - Won in Playoff.
# - Rain shortened.
Email this page to a friend | Return
to top of page
|
