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Saturday, July 22

Details
When	Thursday-Sunday
Course	En-Joie Golf Club, Endicott, N.Y.
Par/Yardage	Par 72; 7,083 yards
Purse	$2 million (Winner: $360,000)
1999 champion	Brad Faxon
Tournament record	19-under 265 (Calvin Peete, 1982)
Television	Thursday-Friday: 3:30-6 p.m. ET (TGC) Saturday-Sunday: 2-4:30 p.m. ET (TGC)

The tournament

	Hole by hole
	Hole	Par	Yards
	1	4	391
	2	4	366
	3	5	561
	4	3	225
	5	5	566
	6	4	434
	7	3	204
	8	5	544
	9	4	415
	Out	37	3716
	10	4	365
	11	4	435
	12	5	566
	13	4	442
	14	3	217
	15	4	425
	16	4	322
	17	3	185
	18	4	410
	In	35	3367
	Total	72	7083

While the year's third major is taking place on the other side of the Atlantic, one of the most popular PGA Tour events takes place in New York.

The British Open has severely watered down the field for the B.C. Open, but 148 players will be looking for a strong performance at En-Joie Golf Club to secure their 2001 playing status.

Playing well in a tournament opposite a big event can mean big things to players struggling to stay in the top 125 on the money list. Just ask Notah Begay III, who took advantage of a weaker field last year at the Reno-Tahoe Open for his first career victory.

Or just ask Jim Carter, who won in Tucson earlier this season and now finds himself with preferred tee times, better pairings and playing bigger events like the British Open.

Brad Faxon won last year's B.C. Open in a playoff with Fred Funk. Sudden death began on Sunday following the completion of regulation, but darkness prevailed and forced Faxon and Funk back on Monday. It took just one hole on that day for Faxon to win.

Faxon will be back to defend this year after he failed to qualify for the British Open on Monday. He joins Craig Stadler, Peter Jacobsen and Bill Glasson as the biggest name players in the B.C. Open field.

Several young players in the field could make this event their breakthrough. Brad Elder, Edward Fryatt and Joe Ogilvie are three players who could be there on Sunday.

Joey Sindelar, the 1987 and 1989 champion, is in the field. He is the rare two-time winner of the event, which has some impressive past champions such as Fred Couples, John Daly, Hal Sutton and Tom Kite.

Next week, the tour heads to Illinois for the John Deere Classic as the countdown begins toward the final major of the year, the PGA Championship, in mid-August at Valhalla Country Club in Louisville, Ky.