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1 2003 Hank Kuehne and Jeff Sluman trailed Scott Hoch and Kenny Perry by four shots entering the final round of the 2003 Franklin Templeton Shootout, but they used an eagle chip by Kuehne on the par-5 first hole and eight birdies in a nine-hole stretch from Nos to surge to the lead at 22 under. Then Kuehne, the PGA TOUR's driving-distance leader in 2003, sunk a 4-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole to defeat the teams of Shaun Micheel and Chad Campbell, and Brad Faxon and Scott McCarron. J. Sluman/H. Kuehne $275,000 each B. Faxon/S. McCarron ,500 S. Micheel/C. Campbell ,500 M. O'Meara/J. Cook ,000 K. Perry/S. Hoch ,500 R. Mediate/L. Janzen ,000 C. Stadler/P. Jacobsen ,250 M. Kuchar/F. Funk ,250 G. Norman/S. Elkington ,250 T. Kite/J. Huston ,250 P. Azinger/O. Browne ,500 R. Beem/M. Calcavecchia , Lee Janzen and Rocco Mediate started the final round of the 14th annual Franklin Templeton Shootout with a three-shot advantage. That lead evaporated quickly, thanks to a birdie binge from the field's young guns, David Gossett and Matt Kuchar. With the two teams tied at 30-under par, Janzen stuck a smooth 8- iron from 157 yards on the final hole to 3 feet. Mediate tapped in for birdie to secure a one-shot victory over the former U.S. Amateur champions and the team of John Huston and Jeff Maggert. R. Mediate/L. Janzen $250,000 each M. Kuchar/D. Gossett ,000 J. Huston/J. Maggert ,000 M. O'Meara/J. Cook ,000 D. Toms/ S. Cink ,750 M. Calcavecchia/A. Magee ,750

2 S. Elkington/P. Jacobsen ,000 D. Hart/J. Sluman ,250 S. McCarron/B. Faxon ,250 J. Kelly/S. Hoch ,500 G. Norman/F. Couples ,000 F. Funk/L. Mattiace , A 30-foot eagle putt that sprung off the long blade of Scott McCarron on the par-5 17th boosted he and partner Brad Faxon to their second consecutive Franklin Templeton Shootout victory. John Daly and Frank Lickliter could only manage birdie on the reachable 17th and finished two off the pace. Faxon-McCarron added another birdie on 18 to secure a come-frombehind victory and the $450,000 winner's check. They are the first team to successfully defend in the 13-year history of this event. It was the third Shootout victory for each, as Faxon won with Fred Couples in 1994 and McCarron rode the long putter of Bruce Lietzke to victory in "It seemed like it was going to be between three teams, and after we got off to such a hot start it was between two teams," Faxon said. "Every time we would make birdie, they would make birdie. It was just a great competition." Faxon-McCarron closed with a 15-under 57 in the scramble format, while Daly-Lickliter posted a 60. The winners finished one shot off the tournament record set by Couples and Raymond Floyd in "It's amazing how good 15-under-par is when you think about it now, because you need to have so many good things happen, but you really do get disappointed when you make a par," Faxon said. Two pivotal holes were almost identical for the champions, on another perfect day at Tiburon Golf Club. It started on No. 1, a 572-yard par-5 with a green that's not too receptive. After a well-placed tee ball on the left side of the fairway, Faxon and McCarron had 240 yards to the pin. Faxon lofted a soft 4-

3 wood to the middle of the green that came to rest about 35 feet from the hole. McCarron putted first, and the ball grazed the left edge of the cup but didn't drop. Faxon, the PGA TOUR's best putter, stood over the eagle effort, put a little less pace on the ball and it dropped for what they called the perfect start. Daly and Lickliter had a chance for eagle as well, but neither putt fell. Then came the 17th, a 534-yard par 5 that played relatively easy this week. Faxon-McCarron had 243 yards to the pin after another drive that found the middle of the fairway. "Brad hit a great 4-wood to the front of the green, and that kind of gave me the go-sign to carve one in there," McCarron said. "I hit a really good 3-wood, and made about a 35-foot double breaker." That was the first time all day Faxon and McCarron found their names atop the leaderboard. Though a 3 that was posted on the scorecard after exiting the fifth hole was an innocent-looking par, it might have been the most important number of the day. If nothing else, it may have kept McCarron dry for the remaining 13 holes. The fifth is a punishing par 3, usually into the wind, measuring 223 yards. After a tee ball quite some distance from the pin was chosen, the first putts were less than stellar. Faxon and McCarron, both proficient with the flat stick, were left with a testy 10-footer for par. They coaxed it in, breathed a healthy sigh of relief and proceeded with a confident stride to the sixth tee. "If you miss that putt and you make bogey (in a scramble), you might as well jump in the lake right there," McCarron said. Of the 13 birdies and two eagles they made Sunday, only one shot was gained on the par 3s. Daly and Lickliter played steady for the first 51holes of this tournament, but two errant shots coming home may have cost them the title. The first mishap came on the par-3 16th, where the best tee shot was situated on a bed of pine straw. Even after exercising the right to

4 move the ball one-club length, it required a delicate pitch and short putt just to save par. The 17th was supposed to set up perfectly for the combination of Daly's length and Lickliter's accuracy. However, neither landed a ball in the fairway. They were forced to hit an approach from the all-toofamiliar pine straw, and couldn't get a long iron to sit near the pin. The resulting two-putt birdie knocked them into second place. "I don't care how far you drive it," Faxon said. "It comes down to making putts. You still have to hit it on the green and make the putts, and they did that really well all day long, but they just happened to hit two balls that weren't in play. No. 16 was the first time all day they didn't have a chance at birdie, and 17 was the first time they didn't have a drive in the fairway." It ended up costing Daly and Lickliter, $85,000 each to be exact. That was the difference between first and second prize. Raymond Floyd-Stewart Cink and Lee Janzen-Joe Durant shared third place and pocketed $82,500 each. B. Faxon/S. McCarron $225,000 each J. Daly/F. Lickliter ,000 R. Floyd/S. Cink ,500 L. Janzen/J. Durant ,500 P. Jacobsen/C. Stadler ,250 J. Sluman/O. Browne ,250 J. Maggert/M. Hulbert ,500 S. Hoch/C. Franco ,000 J. Cook/J. Huston ,500 J. Haas/C. Pavin ,000 J. Parnevik/P. Johansson ,500 G. Norman/S. Elkington ,000

5 2000 Brad Faxon and Scott McCarron birdied the first playoff hole to edge Scott Hoch and Carlos Franco for the 2001 Franklin Templeton Shootout title. McCarron and Faxon, who each earned $200,000, shot a 12-under-par 60 in the final-round scramble for a 26-under 190 total on the Greg Norman-designed Great White Course at Doral. Scott McCarron/Brad Faxon $200, under Carlos Franco/Scott Hoch $120, under Chris DiMarco/Olin Browne $80, under Charles Howell/Adam Scott $65, under John Cook/John Huston $60, under Stewart Cink/Franklin Langham $57, under Steve Elkington/Greg Norman $55, under Rocco Mediate/Corey Pavin $52, under Jack Nicklaus/Gary Nicklaus $50, under Andrew Magee/Jay Haas $46, under Ben Crenshaw/David Frost $46, under Arnold Palmer/Peter Jacobsen $42,500 8-under 1999 Fred Couples and David Duval cruised to a six-shot victory at the 1999 Greg Norman Shark Shootout. The duo recorded stellar scores for three consecutive rounds, including a final-round 11-under-par total that left them at 32 under for the tournament, a new record. Scott McCarron and Scott Hoch finished second. Fred Couples and David Duval $175,000 each 32- under Scott McCarron and Scott Hoch under Peter Jacobsen and John Cook under Andrew Magee and Jay Haas under Greg Norman and Steve Elkington under Brad Faxon and Jeff Sluman under Chip Beck and John Daly under Carlos Franco and Olin Browne under Duffy Waldorf and Glen Day under Corey Pavin and Steve Pate under Craig Stadler and Tom Kite, under Ben Crenshaw and Bruce Lietzke under

6 1998 Greg Norman returned to competitive golf in dramatic fashion, teaming with Steve Elkington to win the 1998 Franklin Templeton Shootout in a sudden death playoff. After undergoing major shoulder surgery in April 1998, Norman teamed with fellow Aussie Elkington to play 54 regulation holes over three days-november 13, 14, and 15-plus three playoff holes. On the third, Norman calmly tapped in the final two-foot putt to give his team the tournament victory over the Peter Jacobsen/John Cook team at the 10th annual event held at the Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California. The team faced a tough battle throughout. First they needed to withstand a tournament-record-tying Sunday round of 17-under-par 55 marked by Jacobsen and Cook. Jacobsen/Cook began the day four strokes back of Saturday's leaders Davis Love III/Brad Faxon, but shot into the lead on the wings of four eagles. In the final analysis, Team Australia prevailed thanks to some big bites by the in the stretch with birdies on holes 14, 15 and 16. Although they missed the potential match-tying birdie putt on 17 by inches, on 18, Elkington stuck a 158-yard shot with 10 feet of the cup and Norman drained the birdie to force the playoff. The two teams went back to the 18th tee to begin the sudden-death playoff. Deadlocked in their attempts at 18 and 10, the teams returned to 18 in the fading sunlight. This trip however, Jacobsen/Cook left themselves with a 25-foot downhill shot for birdie, whereas Elkington used a nine-iron from 146 yeards out to plunk the ball in the shadow of the flag. With both Jacobsen and Cook missing the long putt, Norman made the winning putt look easy in front of a record crowd of more than 12,500 spectators. The champions each won $160,000. Complied from reports in The Los Angeles Times and The LA Daily News. Greg Norman-Steve Elkington * $160,000 Peter Jacobsen-John Cook $90,000 Constantino Rocca-Scott Hoch $61,000 John Daly-Fuzzy Zoeller $44,000 Davis Love III-Brad Faxon $44,666 Tom Kite-Billy Mayfair $44,666

7 Fred Couples-Justin Leonard $39,500 Ben Crenshaw-Craig Stadler $35,750 Bruce Lietzke-Scott McCarron $35,750 Hal Sutton-Glen Day $32,500 Billy Andrade-Jay Haasy $31,500 Mark Calcavecchia-Andrew Magee $30,000 *Norman-Elkington won sudden death playoff with a birdie-3 on third extra hole Characterized by television analysts and fellow professionals as two of the nicest guys on TOUR, Bruce Lietzke and Scott McCarron quietly shot twin 59s in Saturday's better-ball and Sunday's scramble formats to finish at 30-under-par 186 to claim the $300,000 first prize in a two-stroke victory over David Duval and Scott Hoch. Wielding unique, long putters, the Lietzke/McCarron team capitalized on a Duval/Hoch bogey at No. 18. With seven birdies and an eagle on the opening nine, Hoch and Duval posted an outward 27 to make up the three-troke deficit with which they began the round. Tied with McCarron and Lietzke at the turn, both teams birdied four of the first five holes on the second nine. An eagle by Hoch at No. 16 moved them two strokes ahead, but McCarron and Lietzke matched their effort with an eagle putt by Lietzke on the same hole. A par by Duval/Hoch at No. 17 and the bogey at the 18th combined with a Lietzke birdie on No. 17, sealed the victory for the team. First-round leaders Peter Jacobsen and John Cook took third with a total of 191. At 192, the team of Mark Calcavecchia and Andrew Magee tied with Fuzzy Zoeller and John Daly. Defending champions Tom Kite and Jay Haas tied with Brad Faxon and Lee Janzen at 193. Rounding out the field were: Lanny Wadkins and Craig Stadler at 197, tournament host Greg Norman and Steve Elkington at 198 and the team of Chip Beck and David Frost at 199. Bruce Lietzke-Scott McCarron $150,000 David Duval-Scott Hoch $85,000 John Cook-Peter Jacobsen $57,500 Mark Calcaveccehia-Andrew Mageer $43,000 John Daly-Fuzzy Zoeller $43,000 Jay Haas-Tom Kite $37,500

8 Brad Faxon-Lee Janzen $37,500 Craig Stadler-Lanny Wadkins $34,000 Steve Elkington-Greg Norman $32,000 Chip Beck-David Frost $30, Jay Haas and Tom Kite blistered Sherwood Country Club with consecutive rounds of 60 in the last two rounds to win the Franklin Templeton Shootout by two strokes over the team of Craig Stadler and Lanny Wadkins. The Stadler/Wadkins team held the lead after two rounds because of the 15-under-par 57 they shot in the second round. Defending champions Steve Elkington and Mark Calcavecchia got off to a slow start and finished ninth. Jay Haas/Tom Kite $150,000 each Craig Stadler/Lanny Wadkins T $ 71,250 each Hale Irwin/Lee Janzen T $ 71,250 each Mark O'Meara/Curtis Strange T $ 43,000 each Brad Faxon/Peter Jacobsen T $ 44,000 each Chip Beck/Scott Hoch $ 39,000 each Raymond Floyd/Greg Norman T $ 35,250 each Jim Colbert/Bruce Lietzke T $ 35,250 each Mark Calcavecchia/Steve Elkington $ 32,000 each John Daly/David Duval $ 30,000 each 1995 Holding onto a two-stroke lead entering the final round of scramble competition, Mark Calcavecchia and partner Steve Elkington shot a 13- under-par on the last day to win the 1995 Franklin Templeton Shootout by one stroke over the surging team of Lee Janzen and Chip Beck. Calcavecchia and Elkington led the Shootout throughout the weekend and refused to relinquish the title even as Janzen/Beck shot a 15-under-par 57 in the final round. Mark Calcavecchia/Steve Elkington $150,000 each Lee Janzen/Chip Beck $85,000 each

9 Fred Couples/Brad Faxon T $51,000 each Tom Lehman/David Duval T $51,000 each Greg Norman/Ray Floyd $41,500 each Hale Irwin/Bruce Lietzke T $ 37,750 each Tom Kite/Jay Haas T $ 37,750 each Arnold Palmer/Peter Jacobsen $34,000 each Curtis Strange/Mark O'Meara $32,000 each Fuzzy Zoeller/John Daly $30,000 each 1994 Beginning the day with eight consecutive birdies in the scramble format, Fred Couples and partner Brad Faxon scorched the Sherwood Country Club layout with a final-round 58, including an eagle on the 16th hole, to win the 1994 Franklin Templeton Shootout by two shots over 1989 champions Curtis Strange and Mark O'Meara. Strange/O'Meara also fired a 58 in Sunday's round, but came up short with a total of 192. Chip Beck and Jeff Maggert, who were at the top of the leaderboard throughout the tournament, finished in third place at 193. Fred Couples/Brad Faxon Mark O'Meara/Curtis Strange Chip Beck/Jeff Maggert Andrew Magee/Lanny Wadkins Mark Calcavecchia/Ben Crenshaw Peter Jacobsen/Arnold Palmer Greg Norman/Nick Price Hale Irwin/Bruce Lietzke David Frost/Fuzzy Zoeller Steve Elkington/Raymond Floyd $150,000 each $ 85,000 each $ 57,500 each $ 44,500 each $ 41,500 each $ 39,000 each T $ 35,250 each T $ 35,250 each $ 32,000 each $ 32,000 each 1993 After exchanging leads with four other teams in the final round, Raymond Floyd, paired with Steve Elkington, nailed a 5-foot putt on the last hole to capture the 1993 Franklin Templeton Shootout. The teams of Hale Irwin and Bruce Lietzke, Mark O'Meara and Curtis Strange, Mark Calcavecchia and Brad Faxon, and Tom Kite and Davis Love III all had chances at birdies at No. 18, but came up short to finish in a four-way tie for second place at 189. Greg Norman and Nick

10 Price, after starting the day 10 shots back of the leading team, redeemed themselves with a final-round 55 to set a tournament record in the scramble format. Steve Elkington/Raymond Floyd $150,000 each Hale Irwin/Bruce Lietzke T $ 57,125 each Mark O'Meara/Curtis Strange T $ 57,125 each Mark Calcavecchia/Brad Faxon T $ 57,125 each Tom Kite/Davis Love III T $ 57,125 each Greg Norman/Nick Price T $ 37,750 each Chip Beck/Corey Pavin T $ 37,750 each Fulton Allem/Ben Crenshaw $34,000 each John Cook/Payne Stewart $32,000 each Peter Jacobsen/Arnold Palmer $30,000 each 1992 Trailing by two strokes going into the final day of play, Davis Love III and Tom Kite fired a closing round 13-under-par 59 to edge the teams of Fred Couples and Raymond Floyd, Nick Price and Billy Ray Brown, and Hale Irwin and Bruce Lietzke by just one shot. Defending champions Couples and Floyd, starting Sunday's round three shots behind the leaders; Chip Beck and Ben Crenshaw and Hale Irwin and Bruce Lietzke ultimately came up short in their bid for a second title as they also shot 59 in the closing scrambles format. Tom Kite/Davis Love III $125,000 each Fred Couples/Raymond Floyd T $ 54,000 each Billy Ray Brown/Nick Price T $ 54,000 each Hale Irwin/Bruce Lietzke T $ 54,000 each Chip Beck/Ben Crenshaw $41,500 each John Cook/Mark O'Meara $39,000 each John Daly/Payne Stewart T $35,250 each Tom Purtzer/Lanny Wadkins T $35,250 each Greg Norman/Curtis Strange T $31,000 each Peter Jacobsen/Arnold Palmer T $31,000 each

11 1991 Lanny Wadkins and Tom Purtzer scored a wire-to-wire victory in the 1991 Franklin Templeton Shootout. Wadkins and Purtzer, who increased a three-stroke lead after the first day of play into a sevenstroke margin going into the final round, held off the team of tournament host Greg Norman and Jack Nicklaus to win by four strokes at 189, 27-under par. Davis Love III and Tom Kite shot a final round of 60 to finish in third place with a total of 194. Tom Purtzer/Lanny Wadkins $125,000 each Jack Nicklaus/Greg Norman $ 70,000 each Davis Love III/Tom Kite $ 48,000 each Billy Andrade/Curtis Strange T $ 42,750 each Steve Elkington/Mark O'Meara T $ 42,750 each Fred Couples/Raymond Floyd $ 39,000 each Hale Irwin/Steve Pate T $ 35,250 each Peter Jacobsen/Arnold Palmer T $ 35,250 each Chip Beck/Chi Chi Rodriguez $ 32,000 each Ben Crenshaw/Bruce Lietzke $ 30,000 each 1990 The team of Fred Couples and Raymond Floyd came from five shots back after the first round to shoot a record 57 on the second day and then held off a rapidly-closing team of Arnold Palmer and Peter Jacobsen to capture the 1990 Franklin Templeton Shootout. The duo finished the tournament at a record three-day low total of 34-underpar 182, five shots better than Palmer and Jacobsen. Fred Couples/Raymond Floyd $125,000 each Peter Jacobsen/Arnold Palmer $70,000 each Ben Crenshaw/Lanny Wadkins T $44,500 each Mark O'Meara/Curtis Strange T $44,500 each Mark Calcavecchia/Baker-Finch T $44,500 each Hale Irwin/Wayne Levi $39,000 each Andy Bean/Bruce Lietzke $36,500 each Gil Morgan/Tom Weiskopf $34,000 each Jack Nicklaus/Greg Norman $32,000 each John Mahaffey/Chi Chi Rodriguez $30,000 each

12 1989 Curtis Strange and Mark O'Meara opened a four-shot lead after the first day, then shot back-to-back rounds of 62 to win the first Franklin Templeton Shootout by six shots. The duo shot a three-day total of 190 to take the tournament, six shots ahead of two teams -- Tom Weiskopf and Lanny Wadkins and Bernhard Langer and John Mahaffey. Mark O'Meara/Curtis Strange $125,000 each Lanny Wadkins/Tom Weiskopf T $ 59,000 each Bernhard Langer/John Mahaffey T $ 59,000 each Chip Beck/Raymond Floyd T $ 42,750 each Jack Nicklaus/Greg Norman T $ 42,750 each Hale Irwin/Steve Jones $39,000 each Tom Kite/Hal Sutton $36,500 each Mark Calcavecchia/Bruce Lietzke $34,000 each Peter Jacobsen/Arnold Palmer T $31,000 each Andy Bean/Lee Trevino T $31,000 each

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