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PGA - CIMB Classic Preview
From The Sports Network
| DATES: Thursday, October 25th through Sunday, October 28th |
| SITE: The Mines Resort & Golf Club (Crane and Eagle nines), Selangor, Malaysia |
| COURSE ARCHITECT: Robert Trent Jones Jr (1994) |
| Hole-By-Hole: | 1 - Par 4 358 yds | 10 - Par 4 395 yds | |
| 2 - Par 3 177 yds | 11 - Par 5 557 yds | |
| 3 - Par 5 527 yds | 12 - Par 4 479 yds | |
| 4 - Par 4 475 yds | 13 - Par 4 422 yds | |
| 5 - Par 4 446 yds | 14 - Par 3 194 yds | |
| 6 - Par 4 371 yds | 15 - Par 4 292 yds | |
| 7 - Par 3 199 yds | 16 - Par 3 185 yds | |
| 8 - Par 4 411 yds | 17 - Par 5 523 yds | |
| 9 - Par 4 451 yds | 18 - Par 4 447 yds | |
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| 35 3,415 yds | 36 3,394 yds | |
| Annual: | 3rd |
| Television: | Golf Channel - Thursday/Sunday -- 1-4 a.m. (et), |
| | - Thursday/Sunday -- 8 p.m.-12 a.m. (et) - replay |
| Defending Champion: | Bo Van Pelt |
| Runner-Up: | Jeff Overton |
| Tournament Record: | 261 (Bo Van Pelt, 2011) |
| 54-Hole Record: | 197 (Ben Crane, 2010; Bo Van Pelt, 2011) |
| 36-Hole Record: | 129 (Jeff Overton, Fredrik Jacobson, 2011; |
| | Fredrik Jacobson, Jeff Overton, 2011) |
| Course Record: | 62 (Jeff Overton, 2011) |
| Total Purse: | $6,100,000 |
| Shares: | 1st Place - $1,300,000; 2nd Place - $550,000; 3rd Place - $420,000 |
| 2011 Finish |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Bo Van Pelt | 261 | Mark Wilson | 269 |
| Jeff Overton | 267 | Ryan Palmer | 270 |
| Fredrik Jacobson | 268 | John Senden | 270 |
| Cameron Tringale | 269 | Vijay Singh | 270 |
| Camilo Villegas | 269 | Three players at | 271 |
| Past CIMB Classic Winners |
| Year | Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up |
| 2011 | Bo Van Pelt (261) -- Jeff Overton |
| 2010 | Ben Crane (266) -- Brian Davis |
| NOTE:Formerly called CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia (2010-11). |
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| Top Contenders in the Field |
| Player | 2010 | 2011 | | | | | | | | |
| Bo Van Pelt | --- | Won | | | | | | | | |
| Jeff Overton | --- | 2nd | | | | | | | | |
| John Senden | T-29 | T-7 | | | | | | | | |
| Ryan Palmer | T-33 | T-7 | | | | | | | | |
| Jason Dufner | --- | T-10 | | | | | | | | |
| Ricky Barnes | T-11 | 19th | | | | | | | | |
| Ben Crane | Won | T-20 | | | | | | | | |
| Carl Pettersson | T-15 | T-37 | | | | | | | | |
| Nick Watney | --- | --- | | | | | | | | |
| Tiger Woods | --- | --- | | | | | | | | |
| Sports Network Selections |
| Pick to Win - Tiger Woods |
| Darkhorse - Brendon de Jonge |
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| Last Week's Pick to Win (Jim Furyk) - Finished 3rd |
| Last Week's Darkhorse (Tim Petrovic) - Missed the cut |
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| NOTES: |
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The PGA Tour travels to Malaysia this week for the CIMB Classic at The Mines
Resort & Golf Club. Four of the top 25 players in the world are competing this
week - Tiger Woods (2), Jason Dufner (9), Nick Watney (22) and defending
champion Bo Van Pelt (23).
Woods is playing in his first official event since the Ryder Cup. He has
finished in the top 10 in his last three tournaments. Woods is playing in
Malaysia for the first time since 1999. Dufner finished second to Van Pelt
last week at the ISPS Handa Perth International on the European Tour.
The 2010 tournament was the first PGA Tour-sanctioned event to be held in
Southeast Asia. There are only 48 players in the field with no cut. They are
competing for a $6.1 million prize purse, with the winner receiving $1.3
million.
The tournament is being played at The Mines Resort & Golf Club, which was
designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. and opened in 1994. The course hosted the
World Cup of Golf in 1999, won by Woods and Mark O'Meara of the United
States. It also staged the Malaysian Open in 2003, won by Arjun Atwal.
Last year, Van Pelt closed with an impressive 7-under 64 and cruised to a six-
stroke victory over Jeff Overton. It was Van Pelt's second career victory and
first since the 2009 U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee, and he did it by
going bogey-free over the tournament's last 34 holes to finish at a
tournament-record 23-under 261. Danny Chia was the top Malaysian last year, as
he tied for 13th.
In 2010, Crane birdied the final hole to win by one stroke over Brian Davis.
Crane finished at 18-under-par 266, as he fired four rounds in the 60s and
held at least a share of the lead after 36, 54, and 72 holes.
Next week, the top players in the world head to China for the WGC-HSBC
Champions, where Martin Kaymer will defend his title.
10/23 16:52:50 ET
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As of October 23, 2012, at 04:52 PM ET
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