Williams World Challenge breakdown



ESPN Golf Online
Friday, December 1

Details
When Thursday-Sunday
Course Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Par/Yardage Par 72; 7,025 yards
Purse $3.5 million (Winner: $1 million)
1999 champion Tom Lehman
Tournament record 267, 13-under (Tom Lehman, 1999)
Television Thursday-Friday: 4-7 p.m. ET (TNT)
Saturday-Sunday: 3-6 p.m. ET (NBC)

The tournament
  Hole by hole
  Hole Par Yards
  1 4 341
  2 5 531
  3 3 202
  4 4 459
  5 5 534
  6 4 425
  7 4 449
  8 3 232
  9 4 446
  Out 36 3619
  10 4 385
  11 5 522
  12 3 188
  13 5 541
  14 4 457
  15 3 186
  16 5 537
  17 3 166
  18 4 424
  In 36 3406
  Total 72 7025
The 12-man field for the Williams World Challenge:

Stewart Cink -- Set a personal high in season earnings as he finished 10th on the money list with $2,169,727 and qualified for his second Tour Championship; won the MCI Classic in April for his second career PGA Tour victory and had nine top-10 finishes overall; was one of the surprises on the winning U.S. Presidents Cup team last month, going unbeaten in four matches; claimed first PGA Tour win at the 1997 Greater Hartford Open.

Fred Couples -- Came up short of claiming his second straight Skins Game as he lost to Colin Montgomerie on the third playoff hole; played a limited schedule again this year to rest an ailing back, but accumulated $990,215 in 19 events with five top-10 finishes; has won 14 PGA Tour events, including the 1992 Masters, but none since the 1998 Memorial; ranks seventh on the all-time money list with just under $12.3 million.

David Duval -- World No. 4 posted his third straight $2 million season as he placed seventh on the money list with $2,462,846; returned from a back injury to claim his only title of the year at last month's Buick Challenge; posted top-10 finishes in half of his 18 events, including third at The Masters and sixth at the Tour Championship; has 12 career victories and over $12.5 million in lifetime earnings; finished runner-up to Tom Lehman at last year's inaugural event.

Sergio Garcia -- Spaniard led after the first day at last week's Skins Game and ended up third with five skins and $200,000; after taking the golf world by storm in 1999, failed to live up to his billing in his first full year as a professional; posted five top-10 finishes and earned $1,054,338 in 16 PGA Tour events and placed 21st on the European Tour money list with 599,240 Euros; highlight of the year may have been his victory over Tiger Woods in the prime time "Battle at Bighorn" match-play event in August; finished fifth at last year's inaugural Williams World Challenge.

Tom Lehman -- Birdied five of the last six holes to win the inaugural Williams World Challenge by three shots over David Duval; posted his first career $2 million season as he finished 12th on the money list with $2,068,499; captured the Phoenix Open in January for his fifth career title and first since the 1996 Tour Championship; recorded seven top-10 finishes in 2000, including second at the MCI Classic and fourth at the British Open; went 3-2 for the victorious U.S. Presidents Cup team last month.

Justin Leonard -- Recorded second straight $2 million season by finishing 14th on the money list with a personal-best $2,023,465; captured the Texas Open in his home state in September to snap a two-year title drought, but finished no better than 14th in his next five events; has five career wins, including the 1997 British Open, and over $9.1 million in career earnings; finished sixth at last year's Williams World Challenge.

Davis Love III -- Although he finished ninth on the money list with $2,337,765 -- his second straight $2 million season -- remained winless since 1998; came close to ending his title drought several times this year with seven top-five finishes, including three runner-up showings; last of his 13 wins came at the 1998 MCI Classic; ranks second on the all-time money list with over $14.8 million; went undefeated in four matches in helping the U.S. regain the Presidents Cup; finished fourth at last year's Williams World Challenge.

Mark O'Meara -- Struggled throughout the season as he was unable to snap a two-year title drought; posted only one top-10 in 19 starts, placing ninth at the Players Championship, and earned just $424,309, his lowest total since 1994; has 16 career wins, including The Masters and British Open in 1998, and more than $11.5 million in career earnings; finished last in the 12-player field at last year's Williams World Challenge.

Jesper Parnevik -- Swedish star finished the year with a career-best $2,413,345; enjoyed his first multiple-win season on the PGA Tour with victories at the Bob Hope Classic in January and the Byron Nelson Classic in May; playing through a hip injury, finished no better than 22nd in his last seven events; known for his bright-colored clothing and turning up the bill of his cap; has four career PGA Tour titles and eight international wins; making his debut at this event.

Vijay Singh -- Fiji native is in the midst of a busy offseason; lost to Tiger Woods in a playoff at the unofficial Grand Slam of Golf event last week in Hawaii and finished the week by earning $260,000 at the Skins Game; earned a career-best $2,573,835 -- his third straight $2 million season -- and captured his first Masters; has eight career wins, including the 1998 PGA Championship, and over $11 million in career earnings; finished third at last year's Williams World Challenge.

Hal Sutton -- Started the season on a roll, but cooled off over the last three months; captured the Players Championship and Greater Greensboro Open in April, but missed the cut in four of his last eight outings as he played through a knee injury; finished fourth on the money list with a career-best $3,061,444; went 3-2 for the victorious United States Presidents Cup team; has 13 career wins and over $12.1 million in career earnings; tied for eighth at last year's event.

Tiger Woods -- World No. 1 will be playing in this event that benefits the foundation named after himself; finished an astonishing season with nine PGA Tour wins and one European Tour victory; by claiming the U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship, he became the first man to win three majors in a season since Ben Hogan in 1953; also shattered his own season earnings record with $9,188,321; after finishing the PGA Tour season, claimed the European Tour's Johnnie Walker Classic in Thailand two weeks ago and eagled two straight holes to win last week's unofficial Grand Slam of Golf event in Hawaii; struggled at last year's Williams World Challenge and finished 10th in the 12-player field.