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B.C. OPENNOTESWith his victory at the 2003 B.C. Open, CraigStadler becomes just the second player in <strong>PGA</strong><strong>TOUR</strong> history to win a <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> and ChampionsTour event in the same season, having won theFord Senior Players Championship the week before.The only other player to do so was RaymondFloyd in 1992 when he won the Doral-Ryder Openat age 49 and the GTE North Classic later in theseason on the Champions Tour.Craig Stadler, at age 50 years, 1 month, 18 days,became the fifth-oldest player to win a <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong>event, and the first player over the age of 50 to winsince Art Wall won the 1975 Greater MilwaukeeOpen at age 51 years, 7 months, 10 days. With hiswin, Stadler also claimed a check for $540,000, thelargest of his professional career.<strong>TOUR</strong>NAMENT HISTORYYear Winner Score Runner-up Score Location Par/Yards1995 Hal Sutton 269 Jim McGovern 270 En-Joie GC, Endicott, NY 71/6,9661996 Fred Funk~* 202 Pete Jordan 202 En-Joie GC, Endicott, NY 71/6,9201997 Gabriel Hjertstedt 275 Chris Perry 276 En-Joie GC, Endicott, NY 72/6,994Lee RinkerAndrew Magee1998 Chris Perry 273 Peter Jacobsen 276 En-Joie GC, Endicott, NY 72/6,9941999 Brad Faxon* 273 Fred Funk 273 En-Joie GC, Endicott, NY 72/6,9942000 Brad Faxon 270 Esteban Toledo 271 En-Joie GC, Endicott, NY 72/6,9742001 Jeff Sluman* 266 Paul Gow 266 En-Joie GC, Endicott, NY 72/6,9742002 Spike McRoy 269 Fred Funk 270 En-Joie GC, Endicott, NY 72/6,9742003 Craig Stadler 267 Alex Cejka 268 En-Joie GC, Endicott, NY 72/6,974Steve LoweryKEY: * = Playoff ~ = Weather-shortened ** = Unofficial tournamentART WALLIn capturing the 2003 B.C. Open, Craig Stadlerposted four consecutive rounds in the 60s at 67-69-68-63—267. It was the first time Stadler had doneso in a <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> event since the 1995 B.C. Openwhen he finished T3. His 9-under-par 63 on Sundaytied him for second with three others for low finalroundscore by a <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> champion in 2003.Craig Stadler’s eight-stroke comeback win wasthe largest in B.C. Open history, surpassing the2002 mark of seven by Spike McRoy over ShaunMicheel. The eight-stroke comeback was also thebest on the <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> in 2003. Mike Weir(Nissan Open) and Steve Flesch (HP Classic ofNew Orleans) made up seven strokes in their wins.The <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> record is 10 by Paul Lawrie at the1999 British Open.En-Joie Golf Club, sith of the B.C. Open since it’s inception in 1971.SECTION 3 / SUMMARIESTournament Record:265, Calvin Peete, 1982Tournament Course Record:61, Hal Sutton, 1995; Fred Funk, 1999WWW.<strong>PGA</strong><strong>TOUR</strong>.COM <strong>2004</strong> <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> / 3-67

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