Welcome! This is the 47th John Deere Classic, the 18th at TPC Deere Run, and the 20th sponsored by Deere & Company. You hold in your hands the fourth consolidated Record Book for the tournament. The Deere, contested under a rainbow of names, first surviving and now thriving thanks to the perseverance of many dedicated golf lovers in the Quad Cities, has a lively history. The statistical tale is here, in three parts. Part I is a more complete set of records than has previously been assembled, the product of a scoring database of over 6,830 player appearances, plus pouring through newspaper and magazine coverage of the tournament. This expanded 30-page section begins on the following page. Among the improvements this year: • The Open Championship qualifiers via the JDC and their results across the pond (page 10). • Field scoring averages now go back to 1991 (page 15). • Champions have a section of their own, where the 20 first-time winners are spotlighted (pages 21-22). • The top 50 money winners are listed, in conjunction with a ranking of those and other prominent players through top-25 finishes, provided they made at least four starts (pages 23-24). • TPC Deere Run is depicted hole-by-hole in diagrams and text similar to that previously provided in the JDC Media Guide (pages 29-31). Last year’s hole-by-hole scoring averages are also here. Part II details the tournament year-by-year, beginning with its appearance on the Tournament Players Series calendar, the PGA Tour’s original satellite tour – equivalent to today’s Web.com Tour – in 1971. This 46- page section features the correct score in relation to par, money earnings down to the penny, and who advanced from the Monday qualifying round. Part III is the alphabetical player register, an 84-page section updated to include results from 2016. This is the most complete record of the John Deere Classic. It has been assembled to help the writer or broadcaster on deadline find what is needed quickly. We invite your thoughts on corrections and improvements to the Guide, and hope you find it useful. Barry Cronin Tim Cronin Media Director, John Deere Classic Records & Statistics Keeper –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Contents Part I – The Record Book Part II – Year-By-Year The John Deere Classic at a Glance 2 From 1971 to 2016 Championship Scoring 6 Statistical Leaders 2003-2016 12 Field Scoring Averages 1992-2016 16 Leaders Round-By-Round 18 Part III – The Register Honor Roll of Champions 22 Money Leaders / Point Averages 24 From Aaron to Zokol General Qualifying 1972-2016 26 Sponsor Exemptions 2000-2016 27 The Last Time 28 TPC Deere Run Hole-By-Hole 29 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Database and statistics © 2017 Tim Cronin Use in news coverage encouraged; all other rights, including reproduction and database entry, reserved. John Deere Classic Record Book – Page 1 John Deere Classic at a Glance –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Year No. Winner Score To Par Runner-up Score To Par MoV Dates Quad Cities Open 1971 1st Deane Beman 277 - 7 Dow Finsterwald 279 - 5 2 9 / 16-19 1972 2nd Deane Beman 279 - 5 Tom Watson 280 - 4 1 9/28-10/1 1973 3rd Sam Adams 268 -16 Dwight Nevil 271 -13 3 9 / 27-30 Kermit Zarley 1974 4th Dave Stockton 271 -13 Bruce Fleisher 272 -12 1 7 / 11-14 Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities Open 1975 5th Roger Maltbie 275 - 5 Dave Eichelberger 276 - 4 1 7 / 10-13 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1976 6th John Lister 268 -12 Fuzzy Zoeller 270 -10 2 7 / 8-11 1977 7th Mike Morley 267 -13 Bob Murphy 269 -11 2 7 / 7-10 Victor Regalado 1978 8th Victor Regalado 269 -11 Fred Marti 270 -10 1 7 / 13-16 1979 9th D.A. Weibring 266 -14 Calvin Peete 268 -12 2 7 / 19-22 Quad Cities Open 1980 10th Scott Hoch 266 -14 Curtis Strange 269 -11 3 7 / 17-20 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1981 11th Dave Barr 270 -10 Woody Blackburn 270 -10 PO 7 / 16-19 Frank Conner Dan Halldorson Victor Regalado Playoff: Barr 4-4-3-4-4-4-4-3, Blackburn 4-4-3-4-4-4-4-4, Conner, 5, Halldorson 5, Regalado 5; won with par Miller High Life Open 1982 12th Payne Stewart 268 -12 Brad Bryant 270 -10 2 7 / 15-18 Pat McGowan 1983 13th Danny Edwards 266 -14 Morris Hatalsky 266 -14 PO 7 / 14-17 Playoff: Edwards 3, Hatalsky 4, won with birdie 1984 14th Scott Hoch 266 -14 George Archer 271 - 9 5 7 / 18-21 Vance Heafner Dave Stockton Lite Quad Cities Open 1985 15th Dan Forsman 267 -13 Bob Tway 268 -12 1 7 / 18-21 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Hardee’s Golf Classic 1986 16th Mark Wiebe 268 -12 Curt Byrum 269 -11 1 7 / 17-20 1987 17th Kenny Knox 265 -15 Gil Morgan 266 -14 1 7 / 16-19 1988 18th Blaine McCallister 261 -19 Dan Forsman 264 -16 3 7 / 14-17 1989 19th Curt Byrum 268 -12 Bill Britton 269 -11 1 7 / 20-23 Brian Tennyson 1990 20th Joey Sindelar 268 -12 Willie Wood 268 -12 PO 9 / 6-9 Playoff: Sindelar 4, Wood 5, won with par –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1991 21st D.A. Weibring 267 -13 Paul Azinger 268 -12 1 9 / 12-15 Peter Jacobsen 1992 22nd David Frost 266 -14 Tom Lehman 269 -11 3 9 / 17-20 Loren Roberts 1993 23rd David Frost 259 -21 Payne Stewart 266 -14 7 9 / 16-19 D.A. Weibring 1994 24th Mark McCumber 265 -15 Kenny Perry 266 -14 1 9 / 22-25 Quad City Classic 1995 25th D.A. Weibring 197 -13 Jonathan Kaye 198 -12 1 9 / 21-24 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1996 26th Ed Fiori 268 -12 Andrew Magee 270 -10 2 9 / 12-15 1997 27th David Toms 265 -15 Brandel Chamblee 268 -12 3 7 / 10-13 Robert Gamez Jimmy Johnston 1998 28th Steve Jones 263 -17 Scott Gump 264 -16 1 7 / 9-12 MoV: margin of victory. John Deere Classic Record Book – Page 2 1971-1998 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Year Course Par Yards Field 36-Hole Cut Avg. Purse Winner Dates 1971 Crow Valley CC 71 6,501 108 51 at 148 / + 6 $ 20,000 $ 5,000 9 / 16-19 1972 Crow Valley CC 71 6,600 140 84 at 149 / + 7 $ 100,000 $ 20,000 9/28-10/1 1973 Crow Valley CC 71 6,657 140 72 at 142 / E $ 100,000 $ 20,000 9 / 27-30 1974 Crow Valley CC 71 6,501 147 70 at 143 / + 1 $ 100,000 $ 20,000 7 / 11-14 1975 Oakwood CC 71 6,305 147 71 at 146 / + 4 $ 75,000 $ 15,000 7 / 10-13 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1976 Oakwood CC 71 6,305 142 81 at 144 / + 2 $ 100,000 $ 20,000 7 / 8-11 1977 Oakwood CC 71 6,620 156 76 at 141 / - 1 $ 125,000 $ 25,000 7 / 7-10 1978 Oakwood CC 71 6,561 150 79 at 143 / + 1 $ 150,000 $ 30,000 7 / 13-16 1979 Oakwood CC 70 6,514 154 88 at 141 / - 1 $ 200,000 $ 36,000 7 / 19-22 1980 Oakwood CC 70 6,514 150 76 at 141 / - 1 $ 200,000 $ 36,000 7 / 17-20 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1981 Oakwood CC 70 6,514 155 85 at 141 / - 1 $ 200,000 $ 36,000 7 / 16-19 1982 Oakwood CC 70 6,514 155 73 at 140 / E $ 200,000 $ 36,000 7 / 15-18 1983 Oakwood CC 70 6,514 121 78 at 140 / E $ 200,000 $ 36,000 7 / 14-17 1984 Oakwood CC 70 6,514 109 70 at 141 / + 1 70.716 $ 200,000 $ 36,000 7 / 18-21 1985 Oakwood CC 70 6,514 113 70 at 141 / + 1 $ 300,000 $ 54,000 7 / 18-21 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1986 Oakwood CC 70 6,514 129 78 at 141 / + 1 $ 400,000 $ 72,000 7 / 17-20 1987 Oakwood CC 70 6,602 149 77 at 139 / - 1 $ 500,000 $ 90,000 7 / 16-19 1988 Oakwood CC 70 6,606 144 81 at 139 / - 1 $ 600,000 $108,000 7 / 14-17 1989 Oakwood CC 70 6,606 141 71 at 141 / + 1 $ 700,000 $126,000 7 / 20-23 1990 Oakwood CC 70 6,606 141 79 at 139 / - 1 $1,000,000 $180,000 9 / 6- 9 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1991 Oakwood CC 70 6,796 155 85 at 138 / - 2 69.534 $1,000,000 $180,000 9 / 12-15 1992 Oakwood CC 70 6,751 156 73 at 140 / E 70.330 $1,000,000 $180,000 9 / 17-20 1993 Oakwood CC 70 6,755 155 74 at 138 / - 2 69.642 $1,000,000 $180,000 9 / 16-19 1994 Oakwood CC 70 6,796 153 72 at 140 / E 69.864 $1,000,000 $180,000 9 / 22-25 1995 Oakwood CC 70 6,796 147 88 at 143 / + 3 69.341 $1,000,000 $180,000 9 / 21-24 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1996 Oakwood CC 70 6,792 148 74 at 142 / + 2 70.439 $1,200,000 $216,000 9 / 12-15 1997 Oakwood CC 70 6,762 153 88 at 140 / E 69.717 $1,350,000 $243,000 7 / 10-13 1998 Oakwood CC 70 6,762 155 83 at 138 / - 2 69.021 $1,550,000 $279,000 7 / 9-12 continued on page 4 John Deere Classic Record Book – Page 3 1999-2016 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Year No. Winner Score To Par Runner-up Score To Par MoV Dates John Deere Classic 1999 29th J.L. Lewis 261 -19 Mike Brisky 261 -19 PO 7 / 22-25 Playoff: Lewis 4-4-3-3-3, Brisky 4-4-3-3-4, won with birdie 2000 30th Michael Clark II 265 -19 Kirk Triplett 265 -19 PO 7 / 27-31 Playoff: Clark 4-2-4-3, Triplett 4-2-4-4, won with birdie –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2001 31st David Gossett 265 -19 Briny Baird 266 -18 1 7 / 26-29 2002 32nd J.P.