PGA - Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Preview
From The Sports Network
DATES: Thursday, May 23rd through Sunday, May 26th
SITE: Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas
COURSE ARCHITECT: John Bredemus, Ralph Plummer (1936), Perry Maxwell
(redesigned 3 holes, 1941), Keith Foster (1999, 2008)
PAR: 70
YARDAGE: 7,204
Hole-By-Hole:
1 - Par 5 565 yds
10 - Par 4 408 yds
2 - Par 4 389 yds
11 - Par 5 635 yds
3 - Par 4 483 yds
12 - Par 4 445 yds
4 - Par 3 247 yds
13 - Par 3 190 yds
5 - Par 4 481 yds
14 - Par 4 464 yds
6 - Par 4 406 yds
15 - Par 4 430 yds
7 - Par 4 440 yds
16 - Par 3 192 yds
8 - Par 3 194 yds
17 - Par 4 387 yds
9 - Par 4 407 yds
18 - Par 4 441 yds
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35 3,612 yds
35 3,592 yds
Annual:
66th
Television:
Golf Channel - Thursday/Friday -- 3-6 p.m. (et),
- Saturday/Sunday -- 1-2:30 p.m. (et),
CBS - Saturday/Sunday -- 3-6 p.m. (et)
Defending Champion:
Zach Johnson
Runner-Up:
Jason Dufner
Tournament Record:
259 (Zach Johnson, 2010)
54-Hole Record:
192 (Kenny Perry, 2005)
36-Hole Record:
124 (David Toms, 2011)
Course Record:
61 (Lee Janzen, Keith Clearwater, 1993; Greg Kraft, 1999;
Kenny Perry, Justin Leonard, 2003; Chad Campbell, 2004)
Total Purse:
$6,400,000
Shares:
1st Place - $1,152,000; 2nd Place - $691,200; 3rd Place - $435,200
2012 Finish
Player
Score
Player
Score
Zach Johnson
268
Rickie Fowler
275
Jason Dufner
269
John Huh
275
Tommy Gainey
273
Chris Kirk
275
Jim Furyk
274
Ryan Palmer
275
Harris English
275
Three players at
277
Past Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Winners
Year
Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
2012
Zach Johnson (268) -- Jason Dufner
2011
David Toms (265) -- Charlie Wi
2010
Zach Johnson (259) -- Brian Davis
2009
*Steve Stricker (263) -- Tim Clark, Steve Marino
2008
Phil Mickelson (266) -- Tim Clark, Rod Pampling
2007
*Rory Sabbatini (266) -- Jim Furyk, Bernhard Langer
2006
*Tim Herron (268) -- Richard S. Johnson
2005
Kenny Perry (261) -- Billy Mayfair
2004
Steve Flesch (269) -- Chad Campbell
2003
Kenny Perry (261) -- Justin Leonard
2002
Nick Price (267) -- Kenny Perry, David Toms
2001
Sergio Garcia (267) -- Brian Gay, Phil Mickelson
2000
Phil Mickelson (268) -- Stewart Cink, Davis Love III
1999
Olin Browne (272) -- Fred Funk, Paul Goydos, Tim Herron, Greg Kraft,
Jeff Sluman
1998
Tom Watson (265) -- Jim Furyk
1997
David Frost (265) -- Brad Faxon, David Ogrin
1996
Corey Pavin (272) -- Jeff Sluman
1995
Tom Lehman (271) -- Craig Parry
1994
*Nick Price (266) -- Scott Simpson
1993
Fulton Allem (264) -- Greg Norman
1992
*Bruce Lietzke (267) -- Corey Pavin
1991
Tom Purtzer (267) -- David Edwards, Scott Hoch, Bob Lohr
1990
Ben Crenshaw (272) -- John Mahaffey, Corey Pavin, Nick Price
1989
Ian Baker-Finch (270) -- David Edwards
1988
Lanny Wadkins (270) -- Mark Calcavecchia, Ben Crenshaw, Joey Sindelar
1987
Keith Clearwater (266) -- Davis Love III
1986
*#Dan Pohl (205) -- Payne Stewart
1985
Corey Pavin (266) -- Bob Murphy
1984
*Peter Jacobsen (270) -- Payne Stewart
1983
*Jim Colbert (278) -- Fuzzy Zoeller
1982
Jack Nicklaus (273) -- Andy North
1981
Fuzzy Zoeller (274) -- Hale Irwin
1980
Bruce Lietzke (271) -- Ben Crenshaw
1979
Al Geiberger (274) -- Don January, Gene Littler
1978
Lee Trevino (268) -- Jerry Heard, Jerry Pate
1977
Ben Crenshaw (272) -- John Schroeder
1976
Lee Trevino (273) -- Mike Morley
1975
Hosted Tournament Players Championship won by Al Geiberger
1974
Rod Curl (276) -- Jack Nicklaus
1973
Tom Weiskopf (276) -- Bruce Crampton, Jerry Heard
1972
Jerry Heard (275) -- Fred Marti
1971
Gene Littler (283) -- Bert Yancey
1970
Homero Blancas (273) -- Gene Littler, Lee Trevino
1969
Gardner Dickinson (278) -- Gary Player
1968
Billy Casper (275) -- Bert Yancey
1967
Dave Stockton (278) -- Charles Coody
1966
Bruce Devlin (280) -- R.H. Sikes
1965
Bruce Crampton (276) -- George Knudson
1964
Billy Casper (279) -- Tommy Jacobs
1963
Julius Boros (279) -- Gary Player
1962
*Arnold Palmer (281) -- Johnny Pott
1961
Doug Sanders (281) -- Kel Nagle
1960
Julius Boros (280) -- Gene Littler, Kel Nagle
1959
*Ben Hogan (285) -- Fred Hawkins
1958
Tommy Bolt (282) -- Ken Venturi
1957
Roberto de Vicenzo (284) -- Dick Mayer
1956
Mike Souchak (280) -- Tommy Bolt
1955
Chandler Harper (276) -- Dow Finsterwald
1954
Johnny Palmer (280) -- Fred Haas
1953
Ben Hogan (282) -- Doug Ford, Cary Middlecoff
1952
Ben Hogan (279) -- Lloyd Mangrum
1951
Cary Middlecoff (282) -- Jack Burke Jr
1950
Sam Snead (277) -- Skip Alexander
1949
Not held due to bad weather
1948
Clayton Heafner (272) -- Skip Alexander, Ben Hogan
1947
Ben Hogan (279) -- Toney Penna
1946
Ben Hogan (279) -- Harry Todd
* - Won in Playoff
# - Rain Shortened
Note:Formerly called Bank of America Colonial (2003-06),
MasterCard Colonial (1995-2002), Southwestern Bell Colonial (1989-94),
Colonial National Invitation Tournament (1946-88).
Top Contenders in the Field
Player
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Zach Johnson
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T-14
T-26
T-30
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T-9
Won
4th
Won
Jason Dufner
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mc
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T-59
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mc
2nd
Jim Furyk
T-5
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T-26
T-17
T-2
mc
T-9
mc
T-31
4th
Rickie Fowler
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T-38
T-16
T-5
Bo Van Pelt
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T-5
T-17
T-12
T-46
T-70
T-59
T-10
3rd
T-19
Matt Kuchar
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T-36
9th
T-27
T-56
T-16
T-26
Boo Weekley
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mc
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9th
55th
T-31
Hunter Mahan
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T-63
T-44
T-71
mc
mc
T-27
mc
T-10
T-37
Charlie Wi
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T-15
T-13
75th
2nd
T-41
Rory Sabbatini
T-5
T-31
T-6
64th
Won
mc
T-34
T-69
T-16
T-47
Sang-Moon Bae
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77th
David Toms
wd
T-44
T-3
T-30
T-18
T-26
T-27
T-13
Won
mc
Kevin Streelman
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T-41
mc
T-10
mc
Henrik Stenson
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T-27
T-44
mc
Steve Flesch
T-13
Won
mc
T-25
T-61
79th
mc
mc
T-44
mc
Tim Herron
T-40
T-63
mc
Won
T-46
T-52
T-34
mc
T-52
mc
Charl Schwartzel
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Sports Network Selections
Pick to Win - Kevin Streelman
Darkhorse - Henrik Stenson
Last Week's Pick to Win (Louis Oosthuizen) - Withdrew after third round
Last Week's Darkhorse (Marc Leishman) - Finished tied for 12th
NOTES:
Eight of the top 30 players in the world are expected to compete this week at
the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. The highest-ranked player in the
field is Matt Kuchar at No. 13. He is joined by Charl Schwartzel (15), Jason
Dufner (20), Hunter Mahan (21), Bo Van Pelt (26), Jim Furyk (27), defending
champion Zach Johnson (29) and Rickie Fowler (30).
Kuchar has made 17 straight cuts on the PGA tour dating back to August of last
year. He has four top-10 finishes this season, including a victory at the WGC-
Accenture Match Play Championship. Kuchar also tied for eighth at the Masters.
Johnson, the 2010 and 2012 champion, has finished in the top 10 at this event
the last four years. He has never missed a cut here in seven appearances, with
his worst finish being a tie for 30th in 2006.
Past winners of this event reads like a who's who in golf: Ben Hogan, Arnold
Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Tom Watson, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Price and
Phil Mickelson.
Colonial Country Club has hosted since the tournament's inception in 1946. No
other course has held a U.S. Open, a Tournament Players Championship and an
annual PGA Tour event. In 1991, Colonial added the U.S. Women's Open to that
unique repertoire. This is the second oldest PGA Tour event still being played
at its original site. The Masters at Augusta National is the oldest. The
course, built originally by John Bredemus and revised slightly by Perry
Maxwell for the 1941 Open, has stood the test of time.
Last year, Johnson rolled in a 4-foot putt on the final hole to seemingly
close out a 3-stroke win, but it was quickly pointed out that he never moved
his ball mark back after shifting it out of Dufner's putting line. Johnson was
given a 2-stroke penalty before signing his scorecard and won by one shot over
Dufner instead of three. The former Masters champion finished at 12-under 268.
Johnson became the 11th player to win this title multiple times. Hogan is the
only player to win this event more than twice (five times) and is the only
player to win two straight years, which he accomplished twice (1946-47 and
1952-53). Kenny Perry, Price, Billy Casper, Julius Boros, Crenshaw, Bruce
Lietzke, Trevino, Corey Pavin, Mickelson and Johnson are two-time winners.
Hogan in 1946 is the only player to win both the Byron Nelson Championship and
the Colonial in the same season.
In 2011, David Toms finally notched his 13th PGA Tour win by firing rounds of
62-62-74-67. Toms finished at 15-under 265 to best third-round leader Charlie
Wi by one stroke. His last win came at the 2006 Sony Open, and he had posted
six runner-up finishes since then. He lost in a playoff to K.J. Choi at the
Players Championship the week prior to this tournament. Toms became the first
player to lose a playoff one week and win the next event since Mickelson in
2000, who completed that feat by winning this tournament. Toms established a
new 36-hole record by shooting two straight rounds of 62 for a total of 124.
It equaled the best opening 36-hole score on the PGA Tour since 1970. Pat
Perez opened with rounds of 61-63 at the 2009 Bob Hope Classic.
Johnson fired a 6-under 64 in the final round to come from behind and win by
three strokes over Brian Davis in 2010. Johnson finished at 21-under-par 259
to set a new tournament scoring record.
Tim Herron defeated Richard S. Johnson in a playoff in 2006. The victory was
Herron's fourth on the PGA Tour, but his first in 204 events, dating back to
the 1999 Bay Hill Invitational.
In 2003, Annika Sorenstam became the first woman in 58 years to play in a PGA
Tour event at the Colonial. She missed the cut on a sponsor's exemption with
rounds of 71-74.
Price recorded the greatest comeback in tournament history in 1994. Trailing
third-round leader Scott Simpson by seven shots, Price carded a final-round 64
to tie Simpson and then defeated him in a playoff the following day.
With his win in 2001, Sergio Garcia joined five players that collected their
first PGA Tour victory at Colonial Country Club: Roberto de Vicenzo (1957),
Dave Stockton (1967), Rod Curl (1974), Keith Clearwater (1987) and Ian Baker-
Finch (1989). There have been nine wire-to-wire winners, the last being Baker-
Finch in 1989.
The PGA Tour travels to Ohio next week for the Memorial Tournament in Dublin,
where Tiger Woods captured the 2012 title.
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