State Farm Classic
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News and report from the 2nd round
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 Dates: Thursday, August 29th through Sunday, September 1st
 Site: The Rail Golf Club, Springfield, Illinois
 Course Architect: Robert Trent Jones (1969 & 1974)
 Par: 72
 Yardage: 6,558
 Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 366 Yds   10 - Par 4 367 Yds
               2 - Par 4 391 Yds   11 - Par 3 179 Yds
               3 - Par 4 404 Yds   12 - Par 5 523 Yds
               4 - Par 5 511 Yds   13 - Par 4 380 Yds
               5 - Par 3 135 Yds   14 - Par 4 414 Yds
               6 - Par 4 378 Yds   15 - Par 5 505 Yds
               7 - Par 3 185 Yds   16 - Par 3 163 Yds
               8 - Par 5 531 Yds   17 - Par 4 355 Yds
               9 - Par 4 385 Yds   18 - Par 4 386 Yds
                   -------------        -------------
                    36 3,286 Yds         36 3,272 Yds
 
 Annual: 27th
 Defending Champion: Kate Golden
 Runner-Up: Annika Sorenstam
 Tournament Record: 267 (Kate Golden, 2001)
 54-Hole Record: 197 (Pat Bradley, 1991)
 36-Hole Record: 131 (Laura Davies, 1994; Annika Sorenstam, 2001)
 Course Record: 62 (Laura Davies, 1991; Kathryn Marshall, 1997)
 Total Purse: $1,100,000
 Shares: 1st Place - $165,000; 2nd Place - 100,457; 3rd Place - 72,875
 
                             2001 Finish
                             -----------
 
 Player                Score             Player                 Score
 ------                -----             ------                 -----
 Kate Golden            267              Wendy Ward              274
 Annika Sorenstam       268              Tracy Hanson            274
 Moira Dunn             271              Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 274
 Emilee Klein           272              Jill McGill             275
 Laura Diaz             273              Tina Fischer            275
                                         Jean Bartholomew        275
 
                         Past State Farm Classic Winners
                         -------------------------------
 
 Year  Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
 ----  ----------------------------
 2001  Kate Golden (267) -- Annika Sorenstam
 2000  Laurel Kean (198) -- Mi Hyun Kim, Dina Ammaccapane
 1999  Mi Hyun Kim (204) -- Pearl Sinn, Janice Moodie
 1998  Pearl Sinn (200) -- Michele Redman
 1997  *Cindy Figg-Currier (200) -- Kris Tschetter, Lorie Kane
 1996  *Michelle McGann (202) -- Laura Davies, Barb Whitehead
 1995  *Mary Beth Zimmerman (206) -- Emilee Klein
 1994  Barb Mucha (203) -- Kim Shipman
 1993  *Helen Dobson (203) -- Dottie Pepper
 1992  *Nancy Lopez (199) -- Laura Davies
 1991  Pat Bradley (197) -- Danielle Ammaccapane
 1990  Beth Daniel (203) -- Susan Sanders
 1989  Beth Daniel (203) -- Betsy King, Alice Ritzman
 1988  Betsy King (207) -- Margaret Ward
 1987  Rosie Jones (208) -- Nancy Lopez
 1986  *Betsy King (205) --Alice Ritzman, Cathy Kratzert
 1985  Betsy King (205) -- Janet Anderson
 1984  Cindy Hill (207) -- Jane Crafter, Lori Garbacz, Betsy King
 1983  *Lauri Peterson (210) -- Judy Ellis
 1982  JoAnne Carner (205) -- Susie McAllister
 1981  JoAnne Carner (205) -- Kyle O'Brien
 1980  Nancy Lopez (275) -- JoAnne Carner
 1979  Jo Ann Washam (275) -- Silvia Bertolaccini
 1978  Pat Bradley (276) -- Sharon Miller
 1977  Hollis Stacy (271) -- Betty Burfeindt
 1976  *Sandra Palmer (213) -- JoAnne Carner, Mary Lou Crocker, Michelle Walker
 
 * - Won in Playoff.

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