Dates: Thursday, October 28th through Sunday, October 31st Site: Annandale Golf
Club, Madison, Mississippi Course Architect: Jack Nicklaus (1981) Par: 72 Yardage:
7,157 Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 369 yds 10 - Par 4 407 yds 2 - Par 3 213 yds 11
- Par 5 579 yds 3 - Par 4 406 yds 12 - Par 3 171 yds 4 - Par 4 465 yds 13 - Par
4 414 yds 5 - Par 5 522 yds 14 - Par 4 473 yds 6 - Par 4 398 yds 15 - Par 3 176
yds 7 - Par 5 556 yds 16 - Par 4 408 yds 8 - Par 3 209 yds 17 - Par 4 409 yds
9 - Par 4 450 yds 18 - Par 5 532 yds ------------- ------------- 36 3,588 yds
36 3,569 yds Annual: 32nd 1998 Champion: Fred Funk Runner-Up: Tim Loustalot, Franklin
Langham and Paul Goydos Tournament Record: 263 (Dan Halldorson, 1986) 54-Hole
Record: 197 (Dan Halldorson, 1986) 36-Hole Record: 131 (Dwight Nevil, 1973; Jim
Gallagher, Jr., 1985) Course Record: 61 (Keith Clearwater, 1996) Total Purse:
$1,500,000 Shares: 1st Place - $270,000; 2nd Place - 162,000; 3rd Place - 102,000
1998 Finish ----------- Player Score Player Score ------ ----- ------ ----- Fred
Funk 270 John Maginnes 273 Paul Goydos 272 Allen Doyle 274 Franklin Langham 272
Jerry Kelly 274 Tim Loustalot 272 Chris Smith 274 P.H. Horgan III 273 Kirk Triplett
274 Past Southern Farm Bureau Classic Winners and Runners-up --------------------------------------------------------
1998 -- Fred Funk (270) -- Paul Goydos, Franklin Langham, Tim Loustalot 1997 --
Billy Ray Brown (271) -- Mike Standly 1996 -- Willie Wood (268) -- Kirk Triplett
1995 -- Ed Dougherty (272) -- Gil Morgan 1994 -- *#Brian Henninger (135) -- Mike
Sullivan 1993 -- Greg Kraft (267) -- Morris Hatalsky, Tad Rhyan 1992 -- Richard
Zokol (267) -- M.Donald, B.Eastwood, M.Nicolette, G.Twiggs 1991 -- *Larry Silveira
(266) -- Russ Cochran, Mike Nicolette 1990 -- Gene Sauers (268) -- Jack Ferenz
1989 -- *#Jim Booros (199) -- Mike Donald 1988 -- Frank Conner (267) -- Brian
Mogg 1987 -- David Ogrin (267) -- Nick Faldo 1986 -- Dan Halldorson (263) -- Paul
Azinger 1985 -- *#Jim Gallagher (131) -- Paul Azinger 1984 -- *#Lance Ten Broeck
(201) -- Mike Smith 1983 -- #Russ Cochran (203) -- Sammy Rachels 1982 -- Payne
Stewart (270) -- Jay Cudd, Bruce Douglass 1981 -- *Tom Jones (268) -- Mike Smith
1980 -- *#Roger Maltbie (65) -- Lee Carter 1979 -- *Bobby Walzel (272) -- Buddy
Gardner 1978 -- Craig Stadler (268) -- Bob Eastwood, Bruce Fleisher 1977 -- Mike
McCullough (269) -- Orville Moody, Gary Groh 1976 -- Dennis Meyer (271) -- Artie
McNickle, Tom Purtzer 1975 -- Bob Wynn (270) -- Mike Morley 1974 -- #Dwight Nevil
(133) -- Bunky Henry, Gil Morgan 1973 -- Dwight Nevil (268) -- Bert Greene 1972
-- Mike Morley (269) -- Rick Rhoads 1971 -- Roy Pace (270) -- Jack Lewis, Jr.
1970 -- Chris Blocker (271) -- Roy Pace, Martin Roesink 1969 -- Larry Mowry (272)
-- Larry Hinson, Alvin Odom 1968 -- *B.R. McLendon (269) -- Pete Fleming * - Won
in Playoff. # - Rain Shortened. Note: Formerly called Magnolia State Classic (1968-85),
Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic (1986-98). Became an official event in 1994. Top
Contenders in the Field --------------------------- Woody Austin - Tied for 11th
last week with final round of 69 Mark Calcavecchia - 60th on money list with 3
top-10's in 28 tournaments Greg Chalmers - Playing in 34th event of the season,
made 19 cuts Glen Day - Tied for 7th last week with final round of 66 Ed Dougherty
- Four-time runner-up this year on Senior Tour Brad Faxon - Won earlier this year
at B.C. Open in a playoff Gabriel Hjertstedt - Has made only 17 of 30 cuts but
won at Tucson Open Billy Mayfair - 57th on money list with one second-place finish