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| DATES: Thursday, September 23th through Sunday, September 26th |
| SITE: East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia |
| COURSE ARCHITECT: Tom Bendelow (1904), Donald Ross (1913), George Cobb (1959), Rees Jones (1994 - redesign; 2008 - renovation) |
| Hole-By-Hole: |
1 - Par 4 424 yds |
10 - Par 4 469 yds |
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2 - Par 3 214 yds |
11 - Par 3 197 yds |
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3 - Par 4 387 yds |
12 - Par 4 391 yds |
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4 - Par 4 440 yds |
13 - Par 4 476 yds |
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5 - Par 4 520 yds |
14 - Par 4 442 yds |
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6 - Par 3 209 yds |
15 - Par 5 525 yds |
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7 - Par 4 434 yds |
16 - Par 4 481 yds |
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8 - Par 4 405 yds |
17 - Par 4 470 yds |
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9 - Par 5 600 yds |
18 - Par 3 235 yds |
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35 3,633 Yds |
35 3,686 Yds |
| Annual: |
24th |
| Defending Champion: |
Phil Mickelson |
| Runner-Up: |
Tiger Woods |
| Tournament Record: |
257 (Tiger Woods, 2007) |
| 54-Hole Record: |
191 (Tiger Woods, 2007) |
| 36-Hole Record: |
127 (Tiger Woods, 2007) |
| Course Record: |
60 (Zach Johnson, 2007) |
| Total Purse: |
$7,500,000 |
| Shares: |
1st Place - $1,350,000; 2nd Place - $810,000; 3rd Place - $510,000 |
| 2009 Finish |
| Player |
Score |
Player |
Score |
| Phil Mickelson |
271 |
Steve Stricker |
277 |
| Tiger Woods |
274 |
Jim Furyk |
278 |
| Sean O'Hair |
275 |
Steve Marino |
278 |
| Padraig Harrington |
276 |
Ernie Els |
279 |
| Kenny Perry |
276 |
Three players at |
280 |
| Past THE TOUR Championship Winners |
| Year |
Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up |
| 2009 |
Phil Mickelson (271) -- Tiger Woods |
| 2008 |
*Camilo Villegas (273) -- Sergio Garcia |
| 2007 |
Tiger Woods (257) -- Mark Calcavecchia, Zach Johnson |
| 2006 |
Adam Scott (269) -- Jim Furyk |
| 2005 |
Bart Bryant (263) -- Tiger Woods |
| 2004 |
Retief Goosen (269) -- Tiger Woods |
| 2003 |
Chad Campbell (268) -- Charles Howell III |
| 2002 |
Vijay Singh (268) -- Charles Howell III |
| 2001 |
*Mike Weir (270) -- Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia, David Toms |
| 2000 |
Phil Mickelson (267) -- Tiger Woods |
| 1999 |
Tiger Woods (269) -- Davis Love III |
| 1998 |
*Hal Sutton (274) -- Vijay Singh |
| 1997 |
David Duval (273) -- Jim Furyk |
| 1996 |
Tom Lehman (268) -- Brad Faxon |
| 1995 |
Billy Mayfair (280) -- Steve Elkington, Corey Pavin |
| 1994 |
*Mark McCumber (274) -- Fuzzy Zoeller |
| 1993 |
Jim Gallagher Jr (277) -- David Frost, John Huston, Greg Norman, |
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Scott Simpson |
| 1992 |
Paul Azinger (276) -- Lee Janzen, Corey Pavin |
| 1991 |
*Craig Stadler (279) -- Russ Cochran |
| 1990 |
*Jodie Mudd (273) -- Billy Mayfair |
| 1989 |
*Tom Kite (276) -- Payne Stewart |
| 1988 |
*Curtis Strange (279) -- Tom Kite |
| 1987 |
Tom Watson (268) -- Chip Beck |
| Note: Formerly called Nabisco Championships (1989-90), Nabisco Golf |
| Championships (1988), Nabisco Championships of Golf (1987). |
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