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 Dates: August 4th - August 6th
 Site: TPC of the Twin Cities, Blaine, Minnesota
 Course Architect: Arnold Palmer ,Tom Lehman
 Par: 72
 Yardage: 7,100
 Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 426 Yds   10 - Par 4 379 Yds
               2 - Par 4 388 Yds   11 - Par 4 402 Yds
               3 - Par 5 546 Yds   12 - Par 5 593 Yds
               4 - Par 3 177 Yds   13 - Par 3 209 Yds
               5 - Par 4 418 Yds   14 - Par 4 423 Yds
               6 - Par 5 571 Yds   15 - Par 4 437 Yds
               7 - Par 4 318 Yds   16 - Par 4 387 Yds
               8 - Par 3 204 Yds   17 - Par 3 184 Yds
               9 - Par 4 456 Yds   18 - Par 5 582 Yds
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                    36 3,504 Yds         36 3,596 Yds
 
 Annual: 14th
 Defending Champion: Tom Purtzer
 Runner-Up: Lonnie Nielsen, Craig Stadler
 Tournament Record: 197 (Ed Dougherty, 2000)
 36-Hole Record: 131 (Ed Dougherty, 2000)
 Course Record: 63 (Don Pooley, 2003; Tom Purtzer, 2005)
 Total Purse: $1,750,000
 Shares: 1st $262,500; 2nd $154,000; 3rd $126,000
 
 2005 Finish
 -----------
 
 Player                Score 
 ------                ----- 
 Tom Purtzer            201 
 Lonnie Nielsen         202 
 Graham Marsh           203
 Mark McNulty           205 
 
 Past 3M Championship Winners
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 Year  Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
 ----  ----------------------------
 2005  Tom Purtzer (201) -- Lonnie Nielsen, Craig Stadler
 2004  Tom Kite (203) -- Craig Stadler
 2003  Wayne Levi (205) -- Morris Hatalsky, Gil Morgan
 2002  Hale Irwin (204) -- Hubert Green
 2001  Bruce Lietzke (207) -- Doug Tewell
 2000  Ed Dougherty (197) -- Hale Irwin, Gil Morgan
 1999  Hale Irwin (201) -- Jim Dent, Dale Douglass
 1998  *#Leonard Thompson (134) -- Isao Aoki
 1997  Hale Irwin (199) -- Lee Trevino
 1996  Vicente Fernandez (205) -- Bruce Crampton, J.C. Snead
 1995  Raymond Floyd (201) -- Graham Marsh
 1994  Dave Stockton (203) -- Jim Albus
 1993  Chi Chi Rodriguez (201) -- Jim Colbert, Bob Murphy
 
 * - Won in Playoff
 # - Rain Shortened
 
 Note: Formerly called Burnet Senior Classic (1993-97), Coldwell Banker
       Burnet Classic (1998-2000).