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Official Media Guide August 12-16, 2020 Firestone Country Club OFFICIAL MEDIA GUIDE AUGUST 12-16, 2020 FIRESTONE COUNTRY CLUB ® Welcome From PGA TOUR Champions Welcome from PGA TOUR Champions Regional Foodbank, Akron Children’s Hospital, The First Tee of Greater Akron, Summa Health On behalf of PGA TOUR Champions, it’s a pleasure System, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, University to welcome you to the 2020 Bridgestone SENIOR Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital PLAYERS Championship at Firestone Country and United Way of Summit County. Since its Club. We are elated that many of the game’s inception, the PGA TOUR has generated over $3 greatest players will once again be competing billion in charitable giving, and contributing to in major championship golf at one of our most those record-setting numbers is the Bridgestone prestigious events. SENIOR PLAYERS, which generated $825,000 in 2019, and has raised over $29 million since As part of the modifications to the professional professional golf first came to Firestone in 1984. golf schedule resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS We value the continued partnership and commitment Championship was moved back five weeks on the Bridgestone has made to PGA TOUR Champions PGA TOUR Champions schedule to August 12-16 at to ensure professional golf’s 67-year tradition in Firestone Country Club. Firestone Country Club has Northeast Ohio continues. We appreciate the efforts hosted professional golf every year since 1954, and of our Founding Partners Westfield and FirstEnergy, 2020 will mark Akron’s second year hosting this as well as our supporting sponsors, volunteers, PGA TOUR Champions major championship. media, Board of Directors, and the members and staff at Firestone Country Club for their commitment The debut of the Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS to making this tournament a success. at Firestone in 2019 was a special homecoming for many of our players who competed in the NEC Thank you for your support of PGA TOUR Champions World Series of Golf or WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and enjoy a great week of competition. throughout their careers. It was tremendous to see two-time U.S. Open champion and newly minted Sincerely, World Golf Hall of Fame member Retief Goosen earn his first Champions Tour title with an exciting finish for our fans onsite and watching around the world on GOLF Channel. Miller Brady President The Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS will continue to PGA TOUR Champions raise funds and awareness for its seven charitable beneficiaries in 2020, including Akron-Canton PGATOUR.COM 2020 Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS Media Guide / 1 Table of Contents Welcome Letter .................................................................... 1 1995 Ford Senior Players Championship ............................. 65 2020 Media Facts ...............................................................3-4 1996 Ford Senior Players Championship ............................. 66 2020 Schedule of Events ...................................................... 5 1997 Ford Senior Players Championship ............................. 67 2020 Purse Breakdown ......................................................... 5 1998 Ford Senior Players Championship ............................. 68 History at a Glance ............................................................... 6 1999 Ford Senior Players Championship ............................. 69 Time Line ............................................................................7-9 2000 Ford Senior Players Championship ............................. 70 All-Time Championship Records (1983-2019) .................10-11 2001 Ford Senior Players Championship ............................. 71 Top-50 Career Money Leaders ............................................ 12 2002 Ford Senior Players Championship ............................. 72 Top 50 Career Stroke Averages ........................................... 12 2003 Ford Senior Players Championship ............................. 73 Top-10 Finishes by Player ...............................................13-14 2004 Ford Senior Players Championship ............................. 74 From SENIOR PLAYERS to THE PLAYERS ........................... 15 2005 Ford Senior Players Championship ............................. 75 2020 Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS Field ......................... 16 2006 Ford Senior Players Championship ............................. 76 INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYER RECORDS ............17-51 2007 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship .... 77 CHAMPIONSHIP SUMMARIES .........................................52-88 2008 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship .... 78 1983 Senior Tournament Players Championship ................. 53 2009 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship .... 79 1984 Senior Tournament Players Championship ................. 54 2010 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship .... 80 1985 Senior Tournament Players Championship ................. 55 2011 Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship .... 81 1986 Senior Tournament Players Championship ................. 56 2012 Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship ........ 82 1987 Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship ...... 57 2013 Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship ........ 83 1988 Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship ...... 58 2014 Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship ........ 84 1989 Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship ...... 59 2015 Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship ........ 85 1990 Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship ...... 60 2016 Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship ........ 86 1991 Mazda Presents the Senior Players Championship ..... 61 2017 Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship .......... 87 1992 Mazda Presents the Senior Players Championship ..... 62 2018 Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship .......... 88 1993 Ford Senior Players Championship ............................. 63 2019 Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship .......... 89 1994 Ford Senior Players Championship ............................. 64 BACK COVER/Past Champions PGATOUR.COM 2020 Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS Media Guide / 2 2020 Fact Sheet EVENT: Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS Championship The Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS is one of five major championships contested annually on PGA TOUR Champions for eligible professionals age 50 and over. The 2020 tournament will be held the week of August 12-16 and continues professional golf’s 67-year tradition at Firestone Country Club. This tournament started in 1983 at the Canterbury Golf Club. In total, the tournament has been played in nine different cities at some of the country’s top venues including The Philadelphia Cricket Club, Caves Valley Golf Club, Fox Chapel Golf Club, Westchester Country Club and Exmoor Country Club. A field of 81 professionals will compete for a share of the $3 million purse with the champion earning a $450,000 prize and an exemption into THE PLAYERS Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. DATE: August 12-16, 2020 SITE: Firestone Country Club (South Course) PAR/YARDAGE: Par: 35-35=70 / 7,400 2019 CHAMPION: Retief Goosen, 69-62-75-68 (274/-6) ARCHITECT: Bert Way (1929), Robert Trent Jones (1960) FORMAT: Four-day, 72-hole stroke-play competition; 81 players, no cut PURSE: $3 million total, $450,000 to the winner. ELIGIBILITY: 1. Top 36 available from Previous Year’s Charles Schwab Cup Points List provided such players are 54th or better on such Points List 2. Top 9 available from PGA TOUR Points List 3. Top 4 available from PGA TOUR Champions Points List 4. Winners of the Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS Championship in the past five years (2015-2019). 5. Those players eligible for tournaments in accordance with Article III, Section A.1(m) (World Golf Hall of Fame Members) of the Tournament Regulations. 6. Top 11 available from the All-time Money List 7. Winners of cosponsored or approved PGA TOUR Champions tournaments since the prior year’s Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS Championship. 8. Winners of major championships on PGA TOUR Champions (Regions Tradition, Senior PGA Championship, U.S. Senior Open, Senior Open Championship) in the preceding 3 calendar years and the current year. 9. The top 4 available and not otherwise exempt players in the top 50 of the Current Year’s Charles Schwab Cup Money List, in order of their position, through the American Family Insurance Championship. 10. At the invitation of the host organization, up to 2 players not otherwise exempt for the Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, provided such players shall be winners, whose victories are considered official, of a PGA TOUR or PGA TOUR Champions tournament. TROPHY: Sam Snead Trophy WEBSITES: www.bridgestoneseniorplayers.com TICKETS: As a result of the ongoing health and safety issues related to the Coronavirus pandemic the 2020 Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS Championship will be contested without spectators in attendance during competition rounds. Online ticket purchasers for this year’s event will be refunded by their original method of purchase automatically. CHARITY: As whole, the PGA TOUR and its tournaments have surpassed $3 billion in all-time charitable giving. The charitable total, which includes a record $204.3 million in 2019 to bring the all-time total to $3.05 billion, includes donations made by tournaments across the PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions, Korn Ferry Tour, Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada, PGA TOUR Latinoamérica and PGA TOUR Series-China. PGATOUR.COM 2020 Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS Media Guide / 3 2020 Media Facts Contributing to
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