PGA Tour

PGA - Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Preview

From The Sports Network

DATES: Thursday, May 27th through Sunday, May 30th

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:	63rd
Television:	Golf Channel - Thursday/Friday -- 3-6 p.m. (et),
	Thursday/Friday -- 8:30-11:30 p.m. (et) - replay,
	CBS - Saturday/Sunday -- 3-6 p.m. (et)
Defending Champion:	Steve Stricker
Runner-Up:	Tim Clark, Steve Marino
Tournament Record:	261 (Kenny Perry, 2003, 2005)
54-Hole Record:	192 (Kenny Perry, 2005)
36-Hole Record:	126 (Steve Stricker, 2009)
Course Record:	61 (Lee Janzen, Keith Clearwater, 1993; Greg Kraft, 1999;
	Kenny Perry, Justin Leonard, 2003; Chad Campbell, 2004)
Total Purse:	$6,200,000
Shares:	1st Place - $1,116,000; 2nd Place - $669,600; 3rd Place - $421,600

2009 Finish
Player	Score	Player	Score
Steve Stricker *	263	Woody Austin	266
Tim Clark	263	Vijay Singh	266
Steve Marino	263	Ian Poulter	268
Jason Day	264	Four players at	269
Paul Casey	265

* - Won in Playoff

Past Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Winners
Year	Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
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	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Steve Stricker	---	---	mc	---	---	T-13	---	T-24	mc	Won
Tim Clark	---	---	---	mc	T-14	T-21	---	T-12	T-2	T-2
Steve Marino	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	T-24	T-10	T-2
Jason Day	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	mc	4th
Paul Casey	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	5th
Vijay Singh	T-41	T-11	T-12	---	---	---	---	---	---	T-6
Ian Poulter	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	T-15	8th
Jim Furyk	T-8	T-22	mc	T-5	---	T-26	T-17	T-2	mc	T-9
Zach Johnson	---	---	---	---	T-14	T-26	T-30	---	---	T-9
Justin Leonard	61st	T-5	T-19	2nd	T-14	T-26	T-56	T-18	T-33	T-13
Jeff Overton	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	T-13
Sean O'Hair	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	T-26	T-18
Stewart Cink	T-2	T-26	T-33	T-13	T-14	T-57	T-4	T-18	---	T-22
Stephen Ames	mc	T-26	---	T-45	3rd	T-38	T-4	T-52	4th	T-27
Matt Kuchar	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	T-36	9th	T-27
Brian Gay	T-41	T-2	T-68	T-45	T-14	T-57	T-12	mc	T-10	T-27
David Toms	T-4	T-8	T-2	wd	T-44	T-3	T-30	T-18	T-26	T-27
Hunter Mahan	---	---	---	---	T-63	T-44	T-71	mc	mc	T-27
Kenny Perry	T-41	T-26	T-2	Won	T-12	Won	T-37	mc	T-46	T-34
Tim Herron	T-13	69th	mc	T-40	T-63	mc	Won	T-46	T-52	T-34
Brian Davis	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	T-59	T-34
Rory Sabbatini	70th	wd	mc	T-5	T-31	T-6	64th	Won	mc	T-34
Scott Verplank	T-20	wd	T-19	T-62	T-35	T-32	---	T-7	mc	T-34
Justin Rose	---	---	---	---	---	T-13	T-45	---	---	T-34
Lucas Glover	---	---	---	---	mc	mc	mc	T-29	T-15	T-41
Ben Crane	---	---	---	---	wd	T-17	T-4	---	5th	T-46
Geoff Ogilvy	---	T-34	mc	mc	T-63	T-38	---	---	T-7	T-59
Mike Weir	T-8	T-58	T-36	---	T-61	mc	T-40	---	T-15	T-64
Rod Pampling	---	---	T-66	mc	T-44	T-6	3rd	T-12	T-2	T-68
Steve Flesch	T-31	T-46	T-8	T-13	Won	mc	T-25	T-61	79th	mc
Y.E. Yang	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	mc	mc
Davis Love III	T-2	---	T-5	---	T-35	mc	T-17	T-58	---	mc
Trevor Immelman	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	mc	---	mc
Phil Mickelson	Won	T-2	T-23	T-13	T-35	T-26	---	---	Won	---
Blake Adams	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Angel Cabrera	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Henrik Stenson	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---

Sports Network Selections

Pick to Win - Ben Crane
Darkhorse - Fredrik Jacobson

Last Week's Pick to Win (Hunter Mahan) - Finished tied for 50th
Last Week's Darkhorse (Tom Gillis) - Missed the cut

NOTES:Seventeen of the top 30 players in the world are expected to compete

this week at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, including five of the top eight: two-time champion Phil Mickelson (2), defending champion Steve Stricker (4), Jim Furyk (5), Ian Poulter (6) and Paul Casey (8). Mickelson, who won this event in 2000 and 2008, will overtake Tiger Woods for the No. 1 ranking in the world with a victory this week. Stricker is playing this week for the first time since the Masters. He has been out of action with a right shoulder injury. This is the fourth year of a six-year deal as title sponsor for Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts.

Last year, Stricker needed a chip-in birdie on 17 and a Tim Clark bogey on the 18th in regulation to get into a playoff. Stricker birdied the second extra hole to defeat Clark and Steve Marino. He carded rounds of 63-63-69-68 and finished at 17-under-par 263. Stricker established a new 36-hole record of 126. On the first extra hole, No. 18, all three players had birdie chances. Marino missed first from 31 feet, then Stricker missed a 17-footer. Clark had the best chance from seven feet, but pulled it left of the hole. The threesome headed to the 17th for the second extra hole. Marino was in trouble from the start as he found the left rough off the tee. His second came up short and he pitched his third to 17 feet, where he two-putted for bogey. Clark and Stricker were in the fairway and Stricker played first. He stuffed his second within four feet of the cup. Clark looked to be in as good of shape as Stricker, but his approach ricocheted off the flag stick and rolled 22 feet away. The South African missed his birdie effort, opening the door for Stricker, and he drained the four-footer for birdie and his first win since 2007. There have now been 10 playoffs in tournament history.

In 2008, Mickelson made a dramatic closing birdie at the 18th hole to win this event by a shot. In a tie with Rod Pampling and Clark, Mickelson so badly sliced his last drive of the final round that he was stuck behind the trees with few options left for hitting the green. Nearly 150 yards away, Mickelson knocked his approach over the trees and onto the green, where it rolled to nine feet to set up the winning birdie. It was his second win at Colonial, having previously won here in 2000.

In 2007, Rory Sabbatini birdied the first playoff hole to defeat Jim Furyk and Bernhard Langer. Sabbatini fired weekend rounds of 62-67 to finish the event at 14-under-par 266. It was the second straight extra session, as 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 2005, Kenny Perry won by seven shots over Billy Mayfair in a record- breaking performance to claim his second victory at the Colonial in three years. Perry completed the event at 19-under-par 261 to tie the tournament scoring record that he set in 2003. He broke his own 54-hole mark from 2003. Perry is the all-time leader in career earnings at this event with $2,673,826.

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 Mickelson.

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.

Nick Price recorded the greatest comeback in Colonial 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.

Hogan is the only player to win this event more than twice (five times) and is the only player to win this event two straight years, which he accomplished twice (1946-47 and 1952-53). Perry, Price, Billy Casper, Julius Boros, Crenshaw, Bruce Lietzke, Trevino, Corey Pavin and Mickelson are two-time winners of this event. Hogan in 1946 is the only player to win both the Byron Nelson Championship and The Colonial in the same season.

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 at Colonial, the last being Baker-Finch in 1989.

Tom Kite's streak of 29 consecutive cuts made ended in 2002 when he missed the cut. The longest current streak is held by Justin Leonard, who has made 16 cuts in a row at Colonial. Leonard has five top-10s and nine top-20s in his 16 starts, and one of his starts was as an amateur in 1993 when he tied for 71st. Gary Player made 17 starts at Colonial without ever missing the cut.

Colonial Country Club has hosted this event 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.

The PGA Tour moves to Dublin, Ohio, next week for Jack Nicklaus' event, the Memorial Tournament, where Tiger Woods captured the 2009 title.

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As of May 25, 2010, at 04:04 PM ET