Preview - Buick Invitational

 Dates: January 26th through January 29th
 Site: Torrey Pines Golf Course 
 (North and South Courses), La Jolla, CA
 Course Architect: William Bell and William Bell, Jr. (1957)
                   David Rainville (1975 - re-design)
                   Rees Jones (2001 - re-design - South Course)
 Par: 72
 Yardage: 6,874 (North Course)
 Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 5 520 Yds   10 - Par 4 416 Yds
               2 - Par 4 326 Yds   11 - Par 4 467 Yds
               3 - Par 3 121 Yds   12 - Par 3 190 Yds
               4 - Par 4 429 Yds   13 - Par 4 469 Yds
               5 - Par 4 412 Yds   14 - Par 5 507 Yds
               6 - Par 3 206 Yds   15 - Par 4 397 Yds
               7 - Par 4 400 Yds   16 - Par 4 338 Yds
               8 - Par 4 436 Yds   17 - Par 3 172 Yds
               9 - Par 5 548 Yds   18 - Par 5 520 Yds
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                Par 36 3,398 Yds     Par 36 3,476 Yds
 
 Yardage: 7,607 (South Course)
 Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 452 Yds   10 - Par 4 405 Yds
               2 - Par 4 387 Yds   11 - Par 3 221 Yds
               3 - Par 3 198 Yds   12 - Par 4 504 Yds
               4 - Par 4 483 Yds   13 - Par 5 541 Yds
               5 - Par 4 453 Yds   14 - Par 4 435 Yds
               6 - Par 5 560 Yds   15 - Par 4 477 Yds
               7 - Par 4 462 Yds   16 - Par 3 227 Yds
               8 - Par 3 176 Yds   17 - Par 4 442 Yds
               9 - Par 5 613 Yds   18 - Par 5 571 Yds
                   -------------        -------------
                Par 36 3,784 Yds     Par 36 3,823 Yds
 
 Annual: 54th
 Defending Champion: Tiger Woods
 Runner-up: Luke Donald, Charles Howell III, 
            Tom Lehman
 Tournament Record: 266 (George Burns, 1987; 
                         Tiger Woods, 1999)
 54-Hole Record: 198 (Woody Blackburn, 1985)
 36-Hole Record: 129 (Lennie Clements, 1996; 
                      Tom Lehman, 2005)
 Course Records: 61 (Mark Brooks, 1990 - North Course)
                 62 (Tiger Woods, 1999 - South Course)
 9-Hole Record: 28 (Jeff Julian, 1996 - North Course)
 Total Purse: $5,100,000
 Shares: 1st Place - $918,000; 
 2nd Place - $550,800; 3rd Place - $346,800
 
                             2005 Finish
                             -----------
 
 Player           Score        Player            Score
 ------           -----        ------            -----
 Tiger Woods       272         Scott McCarron     278
 Luke Donald       275         Pat Perez          278
 Charles Howell II 275         Arron Oberholser   278
 Tom Lehman        275         Ernie Els          278
 Bernhard Langer   277         Kevin Sutherland   278
 
                         Past Buick Invitational Winners
                         -------------------------------
 
 Year  Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
 ----  ----------------------------
 2005  Tiger Woods (272) -- Luke Donald, Charles Howell III, Tom Lehman
 2004  *John Daly (278) -- Luke Donald, Chris Riley
 2003  Tiger Woods (272) -- Carl Pettersson
 2002  Jose Maria Olazabal (276) -- J.L. Lewis, Mark O'Meara
 2001  *Phil Mickelson (269) -- Frank Lickliter, Davis Love III
 2000  Phil Mickelson (270) -- Tiger Woods, Shigeki Maruyama
 1999  Tiger Woods (266) -- Billy Ray Brown
 1998  #*Scott Simpson (204) -- Skip Kendall
 1997  Mark O'Meara (275) -- Donnie Hammond, David Ogrin, Mike Hulbert,
                             Lee Janzen, Jesper Parnevik, Craig Stadler,
                             Duffy Waldorf
 1996  Davis Love III (269) -- Phil Mickelson
 1995  Peter Jacobsen (269) -- Mark Calcavecchia, Mike Hulbert, Hal Sutton,
                               Kirk Triplett
 1994  Craig Stadler (268) -- Steve Lowery
 1993  Phil Mickelson (278) -- Dave Rummells
 1992  #Steve Pate (200) -- Chip Beck
 1991  Jay Don Blake (268) -- Bill Sander
 1990  Dan Forsman (275) -- Tommy Armour III
 1989  Greg Twiggs (271) -- Steve Elkington, Brad Faxon, Mark O'Meara,
                            Mark Wiebe
 1988  Steve Pate (269) -- Jay Haas
 1987  George Burns (266) -- J.C. Snead, Bobby Wadkins
 1986  *#Bob Tway (204) -- Bernhard Langer
 1985  *Woody Blackburn (269) -- Ron Streck
 1984  *Gary Koch (272) -- Gary Hallberg
 1983  Gary Hallberg (271) -- Tom Kite
 1982  Johnny Miller (270) -- Jack Nicklaus
 1981  *Bruce Lietzke (278) -- Ray Floyd, Tom Jenkins
 1980  *Tom Watson (275) -- D.A. Weibring
 1979  Fuzzy Zoeller (282) -- Bill Kratzert, Wayne Levi, Artie McNickle,
                              Tom Watson
 1978  Jay Haas (278) -- Andy Bean, Gene Littler, John Schroeder
 1977  Tom Watson (269) -- Larry Nelson, John Schroeder
 1976  J.C. Snead (272) -- Don Bies
 1975  *J.C. Snead (279) -- Bobby Nichols, Ray Floyd
 1974  Bobby Nichols (275) -- Rod Curl, Gene Littler
 1973  Bob Dickson (278) -- Billy Casper, Bruce Crampton, Grier Jones,
                            Phil Rodgers
 1972  Paul Harney (275) -- Hale Irwin
 1971  George Archer (272) -- Dave Eichelberger
 1970  *Pete Brown (275) -- Tony Jacklin
 1969  Jack Nicklaus (284) -- Gene Littler
 1968  Tom Weiskopf (273) -- Al Geiberger
 1967  Bob Goalby (269) -- Gay Brewer
 1966  Billy Casper (268) -- Tommy Aaron, Tom Weiskopf
 1965  *Wes Ellis (267) -- Billy Casper
 1964  Art Wall (274) -- Tony Lema, Bob Rosburg
 1963  Gary Player (270) -- Tony Lema
 1962  *Tommy Jacobs (277) -- Johnny Pott
 1961  *Arnold Palmer (271) -- Al Balding
 1960  Mike Souchak (269) -- Johnny Pott
 1959  Marty Furgol (274) -- Joe Campbell, Billy Casper, Dave Ragan,
                             Mike Souchak, Bo Wininger
 1958  Not Held
 1957  Arnold Palmer (271) -- Al Balding
 1956  Bob Rosburg (270) -- Dick Mayer
 1955  Tommy Bolt (274) -- Johnny Palmer
 1954  @Gene Littler (274) -- E.J. Harrison
 1953  Tommy Bolt (274) -- Doug Ford
 1952  Ted Krol (276) -- Jimmy Demaret
 
 * - Won in Playoff
 # - Rain Shortened
 @ - Amateur
 
 Note: Formerly called Buick Invitational of California (1992-95), Shearson
       Lehman Brothers Open (1991), Shearson Lehman Hutton Open (1989-90),
       Shearson Lehman Hutton Andy Williams Open (1988), Shearson Lehman
       Brothers Andy Williams Open (1986-87), Isuzu/Andy Williams San Diego
       Open (1983-85), Wickes/Andy Williams San Diego Open (1981-82), Andy
       Williams-San Diego Open Invitational (1968-80), San Diego Open
       Invitational (1957-67), Convair-San Diego Open (1955-56) and San Diego
       Open (1952-54).