Dates: Thursday, October 28th through Sunday, October 31st Site: Champions Golf 
Club (Cypress Creek Course), Houston, Texas Course Architect: Ralph Plummer (1957) 
Par: 71 Yardage: 7,220 Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 457 yds 10 - Par 4 466 yds 2 - 
Par 4 457 yds 11 - Par 4 464 yds 3 - Par 4 430 yds 12 - Par 3 209 yds 4 - Par 
3 228 yds 13 - Par 5 551 yds 5 - Par 5 515 yds 14 - Par 4 416 yds 6 - Par 4 430 
yds 15 - Par 4 411 yds 7 - Par 4 438 yds 16 - Par 3 180 yds 8 - Par 3 177 yds 
17 - Par 4 441 yds 9 - Par 5 509 yds 18 - Par 4 441 yds ------------- ------------- 
36 3,641 Yds 35 3,579 Yds Annual: 13th Defending Champion: Hal Sutton Runner-Up: 
Vijay Singh Tournament Record: 268 (Tom Watson, 1987; Tom Lehman, 1996) 54-Hole 
Record: 197 (Tom Lehman, 1996) 36-Hole Record: 131 (Tom Watson, 1987) 18-Hole 
Record: 63 (Jim Gallagher, Jr, 1993 - Olympic Club, San Francisco; Wayne Levi, 
1989 - Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head; Vijay Singh, 1998 - East Lake Golf 
Club, Atlanta Course Record: 63 (Wayne Levi, 1990) Total Purse: $5,000,000 Shares: 
1st Place - $900,000; 2nd Place - 540,000; 3rd Place - 340,000 1998 Finish ----------- 
Player Score Player Score ------ ----- ------ ----- Hal Sutton * 274 Scott Verplank 
280 Vijay Singh 274 Justin Leonard 280 Jim Furyk 275 David Duval 281 Jesper Parnevik 
275 Davis Love III 281 Steve Stricker 280 Bob Tway 281 * - Won in playoff. Past 
TOUR Championship Winners and Runners-up --------------------------------------------- 
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) -- D.Frost, J.Huston, G.Norman, S.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 * - 
Won in Playoff. Note: Formerly called Nabisco Championships (1989-90), Nabisco 
Golf Championships (1988), Nabisco Championships of Golf (1987). Players competing 
this week --------------------------- Player 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 
1997 1998 ------ ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Hal Sutton dnp dnp 
dnp dnp T-24 dnp dnp dnp Won Vijay Singh dnp dnp dnp T-16 dnp 6th T-9 T-10 2nd 
Jim Furyk dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-15 2nd T-3 Justin Leonard dnp dnp dnp dnp 
dnp T-7 T-6 T-8 T-5 David Duval dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-9 T-15 Won T-8 Davis Love 
III T-12 T-19 T-25 27th dnp T-16 13th 3rd T-8 Jeff Sluman dnp T-10 T-13 dnp dnp 
dnp T-9 dnp T-11 John Huston T-28 dnp T-13 T-2 T-10 dnp dnp dnp T-11 Tom Lehman 
dnp dnp T-13 dnp 28th 12th Won T-15 15th Jeff Maggert dnp dnp dnp 15th 7th dnp 
T-27 29th 16th Phil Mickelson dnp dnp dnp 28th T-17 24th 12th T-22 17th Tiger 
Woods dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-21 T-12 20th Fred Funk dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-27 
14th dnp T-24 Bob Estes dnp dnp dnp dnp T-15 dnp dnp dnp 28th Nick Price 5th T-5 
T-13 T-18 T-20 30th dnp T-26 30th Loren Roberts T-14 dnp dnp dnp T-8 11th wd T-8 
dnp Stuart Appleby dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp T-22 dnp Ernie Els dnp dnp dnp 
dnp T-17 T-16 T-6 T-26 dnp Duffy Waldorf dnp dnp T-7 dnp dnp dnp 26th dnp dnp 
Steve Pate dnp T-26 30th dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp Chris Perry dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp 
dnp dnp dnp dnp David Toms dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp Carlos Franco dnp 
dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp Ted Tryba dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp 
Mike Weir dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp Tim Herron dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp 
dnp dnp dnp Dennis Paulson dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp Brent Geiberger 
dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp Notah Begay III dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp dnp 
dnp dnp dnp - Did not play wd - Withdrew