Preview - Bellsouth Classic 2006

 Dates: March 30th through April 2nd
 Site: Tournament Players Club at Sugarloaf, Duluth
 Course Architect: Greg Norman (1996)
 Par: 72
 Yardage: 7,343
 Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 434 yds   10 - Par 5 628 yds
               2 - Par 3 144 yds   11 - Par 3 189 yds
               3 - Par 4 389 yds   12 - Par 4 434 yds
               4 - Par 5 558 yds   13 - Par 4 310 yds
               5 - Par 4 441 yds   14 - Par 4 453 yds
               6 - Par 5 569 yds   15 - Par 4 406 yds
               7 - Par 4 458 yds   16 - Par 3 179 yds
               8 - Par 3 248 yds   17 - Par 4 455 yds
               9 - Par 4 472 yds   18 - Par 5 576 yds
                   -------------        -------------
                    36 3,713 yds         36 3,630 yds
 
 Annual: 38th
 Defending Champion: Phil Mickelson
 Runner-Up: Atwal, Beem, Jobe, Olazabal
 Tournament Record: 265 (Andy Bean; Dave Barr)
 54-Hole Record: 195 (Larry Nelson, 1988)
 36-Hole Record: 129 (Larry Nelson, 1988)
 18-Hole Record: 61 (Andy Bean, 1979)
 9-Hole Record: 29 (Andy Bean, 1979)
                   (Ben Crane, 2003)
 Course Record: 63 (Tiger Woods, Duffy Waldorf, Ben Crane)
 Total Purse: $5,300,000
 Shares: 1st $954,000; 2nd $572,400; 3rd $360,400
 
 2005 Finish
 -----------
 
 Player                Score    
 ------                -----     
 Phil Mickelson*#       208 
 Arjun Atwal            208 
 Rich Beem              208 
 Brandt Jobe            208 
 Jose Maria Olazabal    208 
 
 *# - Won in playoff, rain shortened.
 
 Past BellSouth Classic Winners
 ------------------------------
 
 Year  Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
 ----  ----------------------------
 2005  *#Phil Mickelson (208) -- Arjun Atwal, Rich Beem, Brandt Jobe,
                                Jose Maria Olazabal
 2004  Zach Johnson (275) -- Mark Hensby
 2003  Ben Crane (272) -- Bob Tway
 2002  Retief Goosen (272) -- Jesper Parnevik
 2001  Scott McCarron (280) -- Mike Weir
 2000  *#Phil Mickelson (205) -- Gary Nicklaus
 1999  David Duval (270) -- Stewart Cink
 1998  Tiger Woods (271) -- Jay Don Blake
 1997  Scott McCarron (274) -- David Duval, Brian Henninger, Lee Janzen
 1996  *Paul Stankowski (280) -- Brandel Chamblee
 1995  Mark Calcavecchia (271) -- Jim Gallagher Jr
 1994  John Daly (274) -- Nolan Henke, Brian Henninger
 1993  Nolan Henke (271) -- Mark Calcavecchia, Nick Price, Tom Sieckmann
 1992  Tom Kite (272) -- Jay Don Blake
 1991  *Corey Pavin (272) -- Steve Pate
 1990  Wayne Levi (275) -- Keith Clearwater, Larry Mize, Nick Price
 1989  *Scott Simpson (278) -- Bob Tway
 1988  Larry Nelson (268) -- Chip Beck
 1987  Dave Barr (265) -- Larry Mize
 1986  Bob Tway (269) -- Hal Sutton
 1985  *Wayne Levi (273) -- Steve Pate
 1984  Tom Kite (269) -- Don Pooley
 1983  #Calvin Peete (206) -- Chip Beck, Jim Colbert, Don Pooley
 1982  *Keith Fergus (273) -- Ray Floyd
 1981  *Tom Watson (277) -- Tommy Valentine
 1980  Larry Nelson (270) -- Andy Bean, Don Pooley
 1979  Andy Bean (265) -- Joe Inman
 1978  Jerry Heard (269) -- Lou Graham, Bob Murphy, Tom Watson
 1977  Hale Irwin (273) -- Steve Veriato
 1976  Not Held - U.S. Open was held at Atlanta Athletic Club
 1975  Hale Irwin (271) -- Tom Watson
 1974  Hosted Tournament Players Championship
 1973  Jack Nicklaus (272) -- Tom Weiskopf
 1972  Bob Lunn (275) -- Gary Player
 1971  *Gardner Dickinson (275) -- Jack Nicklaus
 1970  Tommy Aaron (275) -- Dan Sikes
 1969  *Bert Yancey (277) -- Bruce Devlin
 1968  Bob Lunn (280) -- Lee Trevino
 1967  Bob Charles (282) -- Tommy Bolt, Richard Crawford, Gardner Dickinson
 
 * - Won in Playoff
 # - Rain Shortened
 
 Note: Formerly called BellSouth Atlanta Golf Classic (1989-91),
       Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf Classic (1982-88), Atlanta Classic