*** PGA - Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Preview *** Dates: Thursday, October
7th through Sunday, October 10th Site: Kingsmill Golf Club (River Course), Williamsburg,
Virginia Course Architect: Pete Dye (1975), Ed Ault (redesign) Par: 71 Yardage:
6,853 Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 360 yds 10 - Par 4 431 yds 2 - Par 3 204 yds 11
- Par 4 428 yds 3 - Par 5 538 yds 12 - Par 4 395 yds 4 - Par 4 437 yds 13 - Par
3 179 yds 5 - Par 3 183 yds 14 - Par 4 383 yds 6 - Par 4 381 yds 15 - Par 5 506
yds 7 - Par 5 516 yds 16 - Par 4 427 yds 8 - Par 4 413 yds 17 - Par 3 177 yds
9 - Par 4 460 yds 18 - Par 4 435 yds ------------- ------------- 36 3,492 yds
35 3,361 yds Annual: 33rd Defending Champion: David Duval Runner-Up: Phil Tataurangi
Tournament Record: 265 (Scott Hoch, 1996) 54-Hole Record: 198 (Mike Hulbert, Kenny
Knox, 1991; Lanny Wadkins, 1990; Scott Hoch, 1996) 36-Hole Record: 129 (Bob Lohr,
1994) Course Record: 61 (Bob Lohr, 1994) Total Purse: $2,500,000 Shares: 1st Place
- $450,000; 2nd Place - 270,000; 3rd Place - 170,000 1998 Finish ----------- Player
Score Player Score ------ ----- ------ ----- David Duval 268 John Huston 275 Phil
Tataurangi 271 Frank Lickliter 275 Barry Cheesman 272 Gary Hallberg 275 Payne
Stewart 273 Billy Mayfair 275 Bradley Hughes 273 Three players at 277 Past Michelob
Championship at Kingsmill Winners and Runners-Up --------------------------------------------------------------
1998 -- David Duval (268) -- Phil Tataurangi 1997 -- *David Duval (271) -- Duffy
Waldorf, Grant Waite 1996 -- Scott Hoch (265) -- Tom Purtzer 1995 -- Ted Tryba
(272) -- Scott Simpson 1994 -- Mark McCumber (267) -- Glen Day 1993 -- Jim Gallagher,
Jr. (269) -- Chip Beck 1992 -- David Peoples (271) -- Bill Britton, Ed Dougherty,
J. Gallagher, Jr 1991 -- *Mike Hulbert (266) -- Kenny Knox 1990 -- Lanny Wadkins
(266) -- Larry Mize 1989 -- *Mike Donald (268) -- Tim Simpson, Hal Sutton 1988
-- *Tom Sieckmann (270) -- Mark Wiebe 1987 -- Mark McCumber (267) -- Bobby Clampett
1986 -- Fuzzy Zoeller (274) -- Jodie Mudd 1985 -- *Mark Wiebe (273) -- John Mahaffey
1984 -- Ronnie Black (267) -- Willie Wood 1983 -- Calvin Peete (276) -- Tim Norris
1982 -- #Calvin Peete (203) -- Bruce Lietzke 1981 -- John Mahaffey (276) -- Andy
North 1980 -- Ben Crenshaw (272) -- Jack Renner 1979 -- John Fought (277) -- Buddy
Gardner, Alan Tapie, Bobby Wadkins 1978 -- Tom Watson (270) -- Ed Sneed 1977 --
Miller Barber (272) -- George Archer 1976 -- J.C. Snead (274) -- Gibby Gilbert,
Johnny Miller 1975 -- Johnny Miller (272) -- Rod Curl 1974 -- Johnny Miller (271)
-- Billy Casper, Lee Trevino 1973 -- *Ed Sneed (275) -- John Schlee 1972 -- George
Knudson (271) -- Hale Irwin, Bobby Nichols 1971 -- Billy Casper (269) -- Fred
Marti 1970 -- *Ken Still (278) -- Lee Trevino, Bert Yancey 1969 -- *Jack Nicklaus
(273) -- George Archer, Billy Casper, Don January 1969 -- #Miller Barber (135)
-- Bruce Devlin 1967 -- Kermit Zarley (273) -- Dave Marr * - Won in Playoff. #
- Rain Shortened. Note: Formerly called Kaiser International Open Invitational
(1968-76), Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic (1977-95). Top Contenders in the Field
--------------------------- David Duval - Two-time defending champion, 4 wins
this year, 11 top-10's Stephen Ames - Has three top-10 finishes in nine cuts made
Mark Calcavecchia - 55th on money list with three top-10 finishes Glen Day - Finished
2nd at this event in 1994, won MCI Classic Brad Faxon - Won B.C. Open in a playoff
over Fred Funk Jim Furyk - Ryder Cup member, 23rd on money list with 7 top-10's
Scott Hoch - Won this event in 1996 setting the tournament record Lee Janzen -
Has finished third twice this year, 48th on money list Jesper Parnevik - Has made
16 of 18 cuts with one win and 4 top-10's Hal Sutton - Has 12 top-10's and one
win, 5th on money list David Toms - Won last week for the second time this year
Mike Weir - Won Air Canada Championship, second at Western Open |