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PGA - Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
From The Sports Network
| DATES: Thursday, October 4th through Sunday, October 7th |
| SITE: TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nevada |
| COURSE ARCHITECT: Bobby Weed and Fuzzy Zoeller (1992) |
| Hole-By-Hole: | 1 - Par 4 408 yds | 10 - Par 4 420 yds | |
| 2 - Par 4 469 yds | 11 - Par 4 448 yds | |
| 3 - Par 4 492 yds | 12 - Par 4 442 yds | |
| 4 - Par 4 450 yds | 13 - Par 5 606 yds | |
| 5 - Par 3 197 yds | 14 - Par 3 156 yds | |
| 6 - Par 4 430 yds | 15 - Par 4 341 yds | |
| 7 - Par 4 382 yds | 16 - Par 5 560 yds | |
| 8 - Par 3 239 yds | 17 - Par 3 196 yds | |
| 9 - Par 5 563 yds | 18 - Par 4 444 yds | |
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| 35 3,630 Yds | 36 3,613 Yds | |
| Annual: | 30th |
| Television: | Golf Channel - Thursday/Sunday -- 4-7 p.m. (et), |
| Defending Champion: | Kevin Na |
| Runner-Up: | Nick Watney |
| Tournament Record (90 holes): | 328 (Stuart Appleby, Scott McCarron, 2003) |
| Tournament Record (72 holes): | 261 (Kevin Na, 2011) |
| 54-Hole Record: | 194 (Harrison Frazar, Bob May, Jim Furyk, 1999; |
| | Steve Flesch, Scott Verplank, 2003; Martin Laird, 2010) |
| 36-Hole Record: | 125 (Tom Lehman, 2001) |
| Course Record: | 61 (Davis Love III, 2001; Tag Ridings, 2004; Hunter Haas, 2011) |
| 18-Hole Record: | 59 (Chip Beck, 1991 - Sunrise Golf Club) |
| Total Purse: | $4,500,000 |
| Shares: | 1st Place - $810,000; 2nd Place - $486,000; 3rd Place - $306,000 |
| 2011 Finish |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Kevin Na | 261 | Tim Herron | 267 |
| Nick Watney | 263 | Spencer Levin | 267 |
| Tommy Gainey | 266 | Carl Pettersson | 267 |
| Paul Goydos | 266 | Jhonattan Vegas | 267 |
| David Hearn | 267 | Six players at | 268 |
| Past Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Winners |
| Year | Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up |
| 2011 | Kevin Na (261) -- Nick Watney |
| 2010 | *Jonathan Byrd (263) -- Martin Laird, Cameron Percy |
| 2009 | *Martin Laird (265) -- Chad Campbell, George McNeill |
| 2008 | Marc Turnesa (263) -- Matt Kuchar |
| 2007 | George McNeill (264) -- D.J. Trahan |
| 2006 | Troy Matteson (265) -- Daniel Chopra, Ben Crane |
| 2005 | *Wes Short, Jr. (266) -- Jim Furyk |
| 2004 | Andre Stolz (266) -- Harrison Frazar, Tag Ridings, Tom Lehman |
| 2003 | *Stuart Appleby (328) -- Scott McCarron |
| 2002 | Phil Tataurangi (330) -- Stuart Appleby, Jeff Sluman |
| 2001 | Bob Estes (329) -- Tom Lehman, Rory Sabbatini |
| 2000 | Billy Andrade (332) -- Phil Mickelson |
| 1999 | Jim Furyk (331) -- Jonathan Kaye |
| 1998 | Jim Furyk (335) -- Mark Calcavecchia |
| 1997 | Bill Glasson (340) -- David Edwards, Billy Mayfair |
| 1996 | *Tiger Woods (332) -- Davis Love III |
| 1995 | Jim Furyk (331) -- Billy Mayfair |
| 1994 | Bruce Lietzke (332) -- Robert Gamez |
| 1993 | Davis Love III (331) -- Craig Stadler |
| 1992 | John Cook (334) -- David Frost |
| 1991 | *Andrew Magee (329) -- D.A. Weibring |
| 1990 | *Bob Tway (334) -- John Cook |
| 1989 | *Scott Hoch (336) -- Robert Wrenn |
| 1988 | #Gary Koch (274) -- Peter Jacobsen, Mark O'Meara |
| 1987 | #Paul Azinger (271) -- Hal Sutton |
| 1986 | Greg Norman (333) -- Dan Pohl |
| 1985 | Curtis Strange (338) -- Mike Smith |
| 1984 | Denis Watson (341) -- Andy Bean |
| 1983 | Fuzzy Zoeller (340) -- Rex Caldwell |
| Note:Formerly called Frys.com Open (2006-07), Michelin Championship at Las |
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Vegas (2004-05), Las Vegas Invitational (2003), Invensys Classic at Las
Vegas (2000-02), Las Vegas Invitational (1989-99), Panasonic Las Vegas
Invitational (1984-88), Panasonic Las Vegas Pro-Celebrity Classic
(1983).
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| Top Contenders in the Field |
| Player | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Kevin Na | --- | --- | wd | --- | T-24 | T-19 | T-15 | --- | T-45 | Won |
| Nick Watney | --- | --- | --- | T-6 | mc | T-59 | T-36 | mc | T-6 | 2nd |
| Scott Piercy | --- | --- | --- | T-58 | T-44 | mc | --- | T-14 | T-28 | T-10 |
| Kyle Stanley | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-27 | --- | T-10 |
| Robert Garrigus | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-75 | T-3 | T-36 | T-47 | T-58 | T-16 |
| Chad Campbell | mc | T-62 | --- | T-67 | T-16 | T-74 | T-3 | T-2 | T-28 | T-23 |
| Nathan Green | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-83 | mc | mc | T-47 | 70th | T-34 |
| Bob Estes | mc | T-55 | T-11 | mc | T-68 | mc | T-15 | --- | T-41 | T-40 |
| Cameron Beckman | mc | --- | T-52 | mc | --- | T-3 | mc | T-69 | T-6 | T-73 |
| George McNeill | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | Won | T-15 | T-2 | T-14 | mc |
| Troy Matteson | --- | --- | --- | --- | Won | mc | mc | T-27 | mc | mc |
| Ryan Moore | --- | --- | --- | T-16 | T-85 | T-54 | T-24 | T-7 | --- | mc |
| Davis Love III | --- | --- | --- | T-12 | --- | --- | T-6 | mc | T-28 | --- |
| Marc Turnesa | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | Won | mc | T-50 | --- |
| Fredrik Jacobson | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-24 | mc | --- |
| Stuart Appleby | T-2 | Won | T-23 | T-58 | --- | --- | --- | T-58 | mc | --- |
| Jason Day | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-24 | --- | --- | --- |
| John Huh | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vijay Singh | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sports Network Selections |
| Pick to Win - Ryan Moore |
| Darkhorse - John Huh |
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| Last Week's Pick to Win (United States) - Lost to Europe |
| Last Week's Darkhorse (NA) - NA |
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| NOTES: |
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The PGA Tour travels to Las Vegas this week as the 2012 season begins to wind
down with the first event of the Fall Series. Two of the top 30 players in
the world are expected to compete at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals
for Children Open - Las Vegas resident Nick Watney (21) and Jason
Day (29). Watney won the first event of the PGA Tour Playoffs for the FedExCup
at The Barclays. He finished fourth on the FedExCup points list.
United States Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III is also in the field. Love will
be trying to move on from his team's epic defeat at the Ryder Cup, where they
lost to Europe, 14 1/2 - 13 1/2, after holding a 10-6 lead heading into
Sunday's singles matches. Love's best finish this year was a tie for third at
the FedEx St. Jude Classic in June.
Casey Martin is playing this week on a sponsor's invitation. Martin played in
his first PGA Tour event since 2005 at the U.S. Open in June, where he missed
the cut. Martin is currently the head coach of the University of Oregon's
men's golf team.
A total of seven players in the field won at least one PGA Tour event in
2012 - Johnson Wagner (Sony Open in Hawaii), Kyle Stanley (Waste Management
Phoenix Open), John Huh (Mayakoba Golf Classic), George McNeill (Puerto Rico
Open), Scott Stallings (True South Classic), Scott Piercy (RBC Canadian Open),
and Watney (The Barclays).
This tournament was the first in PGA Tour history to offer a $1 million purse
and the first non-major tournament to offer a $5 million purse. The purse
increased $100,000 from last year to $4.5 million, with the winner receiving
$810,000.
This event has been played on 12 different courses during its 29 years in Las
Vegas. Those courses include Las Vegas Country Club, Showboat Country Club,
Sunrise Golf Club, Spanish Trail Country Club, Las Vegas Hilton Country Club,
Tropicana Country Club, Desert Inn Country Club, Dunes Country Club, Bear's
Best, Southern Highlands, TPC Las Vegas and TPC Summerlin, which has hosted a
PGA Tour event every year since 1992.
Last year, Las Vegas resident Kevin Na finally picked up his first PGA Tour
title in his 211th career start. Na fired rounds of 67-63-66-65 to beat Watney
by two strokes. He finished at 23-under-par 261, breaking the tournament's
scoring record of 263, which had been posted four times previously.
Na became the 10th player to capture his first career title at this event,
joining Jim Furyk (1995), Tiger Woods (1996), Phil Tataurangi (2002),
Andre Stolz (2004), Wes Short, Jr. (2005), Troy Matteson (2006),
McNeill (2007), Marc Turnesa (2008) and Martin Laird (2009). Short, who
was 41 when he won in 2005, became the second player over the age of 40
to win in Las Vegas. Bruce Lietzke was the oldest when he won at 43 in
1994. Short captured this event in his 27th career start.
In 2010, Jonathan Byrd aced the fourth playoff hole to defeat Laird and
Cameron Percy. After the trio decided to play one more hole in the fading
light, Byrd teed off first on the par-three 17th. His tee ball bounced hard
and rolled 10 feet directly into the hole for the ace. After some
congratulatory handshakes, Percy and Laird had to hole out to extend the
playoff to Monday. Both went at the flag on the left side and both hit the
ball in the water. The ace marked the first hole-in-one to end a playoff
in PGA Tour history. The last time an eagle won a playoff was in 2004 at
Doral when Craig Parry holed out from the fairway to beat Scott Verplank.
After taking a 5-stroke lead into the final round in 2007, only a 3-putt
bogey at the last hole stopped McNeill from winning by the same margin.
McNeill closed with a 5-under 67 to claim his first PGA Tour title at
23-under-par 264. McNeill also won the PGA Tour's Qualifying Tournament in
2006.
In 2006, Matteson posted a 3-under 69 in the final round to collect his
first PGA Tour victory. He finished at 22-under-par 265 and won by a stroke
over Ben Crane and Daniel Chopra. Matteson was the Nationwide Tour's leading
money winner in 2005.
Furyk, a three-time winner (1995, 98-99), is the only player to win this event
back-to-back and on multiple occasions. He is the all-time money leader at
$2,314,418 in earnings. In his career in Las Vegas, Furyk is a whopping
260-under in 14 tournaments (nine of them were 90-hole events). The
2001 tournament was the only time he missed the cut and finished over par
(one-over).
In 2004, the tournament became just a four-day, 72-hole event, down from 90
holes the first 21 years. Stolz posted a 5-under 67 in the final round in
2004 to earn his first PGA Tour victory. He finished at 21-under-par 266 and
won by a stroke over Harrison Frazar, Tag Ridings and Tom Lehman.
When Woods won in 1996, he became the first player since Phil Mickelson in
1991 to win on the PGA Tour after receiving a sponsor's exemption. Woods' win
came in a playoff over Love. Overall, there have been eight playoffs in
tournament history.
Chip Beck owns the 18-hole record when he carded a 59 back in October of 1991.
During the round, Beck had 13 birdies and no bogeys and sank a 3-foot putt on
the final hole to become the second player to break 60, joining Al
Geiberger. David Duval joined the sub-60 crowd in 1999, and Paul Goydos and
Appleby became the fourth and fifth members in 2010.
The PGA Tour moves to California next week for the Frys.com Open at
CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, where Bryce Molder captured the 2011
title.
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As of October 2, 2012, at 08:09 PM ET
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