Dates: Friday, September 5th through Sunday, September 7th
 Site: TPC at River's Bend, Maineville, Ohio
 Course Architect: Arnold Palmer (2001)
 Par: 72
 Yardage: 7,145
 Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 442 Yds   10 - Par 4 391 Yds
               2 - Par 4 405 Yds   11 - Par 5 539 Yds
               3 - Par 4 442 Yds   12 - Par 3 195 Yds
               4 - Par 4 350 Yds   13 - Par 4 428 Yds
               5 - Par 3 190 Yds   14 - Par 4 434 Yds
               6 - Par 5 570 Yds   15 - Par 4 432 Yds
               7 - Par 3 163 Yds   16 - Par 3 215 Yds
               8 - Par 5 553 Yds   17 - Par 4 422 Yds
               9 - Par 4 426 Yds   18 - Par 5 548 Yds
                   -------------        -------------
                    36 3,541 Yds         36 3,604 Yds
 
 Annual: 14th
 Defending Champion: Bob Gilder
 Runner-Up: Tom Jenkins
 Tournament Record: 195 (Jay Sigel, 1997)
 36-Hole Record: 129 (Jay Sigel, 1997)
 18-Hole Record: 62 (J.C. Snead, 1996 - Golf Center at King's Island - Grizzly)
 Course Record: 62 (Tom Jenkins, Bruce Lietzke, 2002)
 Total Purse: $1,500,000
 Shares: 1st Place - $225,000; 2nd Place - 132,000; 3rd Place - 108,000
 
                             2002 Finish
                             -----------
 
 Player                Score             Player                 Score
 ------                -----             ------                 -----
 Bob Gilder *           200              Ed Dougherty            204
 Tom Jenkins            200              Larry Nelson            204
 Hale Irwin             201              Five players at         205
 Tom Kite               203
 Bruce Lietzke          203
 
 * - Won in playoff
 
                           Past Kroger Classic Winners
                           ---------------------------
 
 Year  Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
 ----  ----------------------------
 2002  *Bob Gilder (200) -- Tom Jenkins
 2001  *#Jim Thorpe (130) -- Tom Jenkins
 2000  Hubert Green (200) -- Larry Nelson
 1999  Gil Morgan (198) -- Ed Dougherty
 1998  *#Hugh Baiocchi (133) -- Bob Charles, Frank Conner, Larry Nelson,
                                Bruce Summerhays
 1997  Jay Sigel (195) -- Isao Aoki
 1996  Isao Aoki (198) -- Mike Hill, Rocky Thompson
 1995  Mike Hill (196) -- Isao Aoki
 1994  Jim Colbert (199) -- Ray Floyd
 1993  Simon Hobday (202) -- Gibby Gilbert, Mike Hill, Bob Reith
 1992  *Gibby Gilbert (198) -- J.C. Snead
 1991  Al Geiberger (203) -- Larry Laoretti
 1990  #Jim Dent (133) -- Harold Henning
 
 * - Won in Playoff.
 # - Rain Shortened.
 

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