Dates: February 24th through February 26th
Site: Tournament Players Club of Tampa Bay, Lutz, FL
Course Architect: Robert Weed (1991)
Par: 71
Yardage: 6,783
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 395 Yds 10 - Par 4 395 Yds
2 - Par 3 191 Yds 11 - Par 3 179 Yds
3 - Par 4 429 Yds 12 - Par 5 495 Yds
4 - Par 4 410 Yds 13 - Par 4 345 Yds
5 - Par 4 332 Yds 14 - Par 5 574 Yds
6 - Par 3 154 Yds 15 - Par 4 452 Yds
7 - Par 5 541 Yds 16 - Par 4 430 Yds
8 - Par 4 400 Yds 17 - Par 3 213 Yds
9 - Par 4 433 Yds 18 - Par 4 415 Yds
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35 3,285 Yds 36 3,498 Yds
Annual: 19th
Defending Champion: Hale Irwin
Runner-up: Morris Hatalsky, Mark McNulty
Tournament Record: 200 (Jim Colbert, George Archer, 1992;
Bruce Fleisher, 2000; Mark McNulty, 2004)
36-Hole Record: 131 (Bruce Fleisher, 2000, 2002)
Course Record: 61 (Rocky Thompson, 1994; Fuzzy Zoeller, 2004)
Total Purse: $1,600,000
Shares: 1st - $240,000; 2nd - $140,800; 3rd - $115,200
2005 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Hale Irwin # 134 Wayne Levi 137
Morris Hatalsky 135 Jerry Pate 137
Mark McNulty 135 Don Pooley 137
Vicente Fernandez 136 Tom Kite 138
Tom Wargo 136 Mark McCumber 138
D.A. Weibring 138
# - Weather shortened.
Past Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am Winners
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Year Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
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2005 #Hale Irwin (134) -- Morris Hatalsky, Mark McNulty
2004 Mark McNulty (200) -- Larry Nelson
2003 Bruce Fleisher (205) -- Hale Irwin
2002 Doug Tewell (203) -- Hale Irwin
2001 Bob Gilder (205) -- Bruce Fleisher
2000 Bruce Fleisher (200) -- Dana Quigley
1999 Larry Nelson (205) -- Bruce Fleisher
1998 Jim Albus (207) -- Simon Hobday, Kermit Zarley, Jose Maria Canizares
1997 David Graham (204) -- Bob Dickson
1996 Jack Nicklaus (211) -- J.C. Snead
1995 Dave Stockton (204) -- Bob Charles, Jim Colbert, J.C. Snead
1994 Rocky Thompson (201) -- Ray Floyd
1993 Jim Albus (206) -- Don Bies, Gibby Gilbert
1992 *Jim Colbert (200) -- George Archer
1991 Bob Charles (210) -- George Archer, Lee Trevino
1990 Mike Hill (207) -- Lee Trevino
1989 *Bob Charles (207) -- Jim Ferree, Harold Henning, Dave Hill
1988 Dale Douglass (210) -- Orville Moody
* - Won in Playoff
# - Rain shortened
Note: Previously called GTE Suncoast Seniors Classic (1988-89), GTE
Suncoast Classic (1990-96); GTE Classic (1997-2000), Verizon Classic
(2001-03).