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CHRYSLER CLASSIC OF TUCSON RELATED STORIES


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 Dates: February 23rd through February 26th
 Sites: Omni Tucson National Golf Resort & Spa, Tucson, AZ
 Course Architect: Robert Bruce Harris (1963); Robert Van Hagge and
                   Bruce Devlin (1981 - redesign); Tom Lehman (2006 - redesign)
 Par: 72
 Yardage: 7,193
 Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 395 Yds   10 - Par 5 511 Yds
               2 - Par 5 535 Yds   11 - Par 4 430 Yds
               3 - Par 4 375 Yds   12 - Par 3 183 Yds
               4 - Par 3 170 Yds   13 - Par 4 404 Yds
               5 - Par 4 398 Yds   14 - Par 4 404 Yds
               6 - Par 4 425 Yds   15 - Par 5 610 Yds
               7 - Par 3 247 Yds   16 - Par 4 428 Yds
               8 - Par 5 587 Yds   17 - Par 3 186 Yds
               9 - Par 4 436 Yds   18 - Par 4 469 Yds
                   -------------        -------------
                    36 3,568 Yds         36 3,625 Yds
 
 Annual: 60th
 Defending Champion: Geoff Ogilvy
 Runner-up: Mark Calcavecchia, Kevin Na
 Tournament Record: 263 (Lloyd Mangrum, 1949; Phil Rodgers, 1962;
                         Johnny Miller, 1975)
 54-Hole Record: 194 (Joe Campbell, 1959)
 36-Hole Record: 126 (Johnny Palmer, 1948)
 Tournament 18-hole Record: 60 (David Frost, 1990 - Randolph Park GC)
 Course Record: 61 (Johnny Miller, 1975; Mark Wiebe, 1988)
 Total Purse: $3,000,000
 Shares: 1st - $540,000; 2nd - $324,000; 3rd - $204,000
 
                        2005 Finish
                        -----------
 
 Player             Score         Player              Score
 ------             -----         ------              -----
 Geoff Ogilvy *      269          Aaron Baddeley       272
 Mark Calcavecchia   269          Brent Geiberger      272
 Kevin Na            269          Billy Mayfair        272
 Steve Stricker      270          Eight players at     273
 Doug Barron         271
 
 * - Won in playoff.
 
Past Chrysler Classic of Tucson Winners
---------------------------------------
 
 Year  Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
 ----  ----------------------------
 2005  *Geoff Ogilvy (269) -- Mark Calcavecchia, Kevin Na
 2004  Heath Slocum (266) -- Aaron Baddeley
 2003  Frank Lickliter II (269) -- Chad Campbell
 2002  Ian Leggatt (268) -- David Peoples, Loren Roberts
 2001  Garrett Willis (273) -- Kevin Sutherland
 2000  Jim Carter (269) -- Chris DiMarco, Jean Van de Velde, Tom Scherrer
 1999  *Gabriel Hjertstedt (276) -- Tommy Armour III
 1998  David Duval (269) -- Justin Leonard, David Toms
 1997  Jeff Sluman (275) -- Steve Jones
 1996  Phil Mickelson (273) -- Bob Tway
 1995  Phil Mickelson (269) -- Jim Gallagher Jr, Scott Simpson
 1994  Andrew Magee (270) -- Jay Don Blake, Loren Roberts, Vijay Singh,
                             Steve Stricker
 1993  Larry Mize (271) -- Jeff Maggert
 1992  Lee Janzen (270) -- Bill Britton
 1991  @Phil Mickelson (272) -- Tom Purtzer, Bob Tway
 1990  Robert Gamez (270) -- Mark Calcavecchia, Jay Haas
 1989  Not held due to schedule change
 1988  David Frost (266) -- Mark Calcavecchia, Mark O'Meara
 1987  Mike Reid (268) -- Chip Beck, Mark Calcavecchia, Hal Sutton,
                          Fuzzy Zoeller
 1986  Jim Thorpe (67) -- Scott Simpson
 1985  Jim Thorpe (4 & 3) -- Jack Renner
 1984  Tom Watson (2 & 1) -- Gil Morgan
 1983  *Gil Morgan (271) -- Curtis Strange, Lanny Wadkins
 1982  Craig Stadler (266) -- Vance Heafner, John Mahaffey
 1981  Johnny Miller (265) -- Lon Hinkle
 1980  Jim Colbert (270) -- Dan Halldorson
 1979  Bruce Lietzke (265) -- Buddy Gardner, Jim Thorpe, Tom Watson
 1978  Tom Watson (276) -- Bobby Wadkins
 1977  *Bruce Lietzke (275) -- Gene Littler
 1976  Johnny Miller (274) -- Howard Twitty
 1975  Johnny Miller (263) -- John Mahaffey
 1974  Johnny Miller (272) -- Ben Crenshaw
 1973  Bruce Crampton (277) -- George Archer, Gay Brewer, Labron Harris Jr
 1972  *Miller Barber (273) -- George Archer
 1971  J.C. Snead (273) -- Dale Douglass
 1970  *Lee Trevino (275) -- Bob Murphy
 1969  Lee Trevino (271) -- Miller Barber
 1968  George Knudson (273) -- Frank Beard, Frank Boynton
 1967  Arnold Palmer (273) -- Chuck Courtney
 1966  *Joe Campbell (278) -- Gene Littler
 1965  Bob Charles (271) -- Al Geiberger
 1964  Jack Cupit (274) -- Rex Baxter
 1963  Don January (266) -- Gene Littler, Phil Rodgers
 1962  Phil Rodgers (263) -- Jim Ferrier
 1961  *Dave Hill (269) -- Tommy Bolt, Bud Sullivan
 1960  Don January (271) -- Bob Harris
 1959  Gene Littler (266) -- Joe Campbell, Art Wall
 1958  Lionel Hebert (265) -- Don January
 1957  *Dow Finsterwald (269) -- Don Whitt
 1956  Ted Kroll (264) -- Dow Finsterwald
 1955  Tommy Bolt (265) -- Bud Holscher, Art Wall
 1954  Not held
 1953  Tommy Bolt (265) -- Chandler Harper
 1952  Henry Williams (274) -- Cary Middlecoff
 1951  Lloyd Mangrum (269) -- Jack Burke Jr, Jim Turnesa, Lew Worsham
 1950  Chandler Harper (267) -- Sam Snead
 1949  Lloyd Mangrum (269) -- Al Smith
 1948  Skip Alexander (264) -- Johnny Palmer
 1947  Jimmy Demaret (264) -- Ben Hogan
 1946  Jimmy Demaret (264) -- Herman Barron
 1945  Ray Mangrum (268) -- Byron Nelson
 
 * - Won in playoff
 @ - Amateur
 
 Note: Formerly called Touchstone Energy Tucson Open (1999-2002), Tucson
       Chrysler Classic (1997-98), Nortel Open (1996), Northern Telecom Open
       (1991-95), Northern Telecom Tucson Open (1988-90), Seiko-Tucson Open
       (1987), Seiko-Tucson Match Play Championships (1984-86), Joe Garagiola
       Tucson Open (1977-83), NBC Tucson Open (1976), Dean Martin Tucson Open
       (1973-75), Tucson Open (1962-72), Home of the Sun Invitational (1961),
       Tucson Open (1945-60).



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