Pennsylvania Classic

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The Pennsylvania Classic was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held from 2000 through 2006 at three different Pennsylvania courses. The event's final title sponsor was lumber company 84 Lumber. The host course from 2003 to 2006 was Mystic Rock near Farmington, designed by Pete Dye and part of the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, owned by 84 Lumber founder Joseph Hardy.

84 Lumber Classic
Tournament information
LocationFarmington, Pennsylvania
Established2000
Course(s)Mystic Rock
Par72
Length7,516 yards (6,873 m)[1]
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$4,600,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year2006
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 J. L. Lewis (2003)
To par−22 as above
Final champion
United States Ben Curtis
Location map
Mystic Rock is located in the United States
Mystic Rock
Mystic Rock
Location in the United States
Mystic Rock is located in Pennsylvania
Mystic Rock
Mystic Rock
Location in Pennsylvania

Before the move to Mystic Rock, it was played outside Philadelphia in 2000 and 2002 at Waynesborough Country Club in Paoli, with the 2001 event at Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier.

The 2001 event was the first PGA Tour tournament staged after the September 11, 2001 attacks; that year's venue, Laurel Valley, was about 40 miles (64 km) west of Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where United Airlines Flight 93 went down. The hole flags used during the tournament were American flags.[2]

Teenager Michelle Wie accepted an invitation by Wie family friend and 84 Lumber owner Joe Hardy to play in the 2006 tournament. It was her sixth attempt to make a cut in a PGA Tour event and third attempt in 2006.[3] It was expected that Wie's involvement would help draw fans to the event. Wie shot 14 over par over the first two rounds, finishing 23 strokes behind the leaders and last among all competitors who completed two rounds.

The 84 Lumber Company announced in April 2006 that it would no longer host the Classic.[4] Hardy's daughter, Maggie, explained the situation as the sponsorship of tournament being unfair to the thousands of 84 Lumber employees who had recently been laid off, and also unnecessary because the purpose of the tournament was to entertain clients — which the company could do at any other golf tournament.

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref.
84 Lumber Classic
2006   Ben Curtis 274 −14 2 strokes   Charles Howell III [5]
2005   Jason Gore 274 −14 1 stroke   Carlos Franco
2004   Vijay Singh 273 −15 1 stroke   Stewart Cink
84 Lumber Classic of Pennsylvania
2003   J. L. Lewis 266 −22 2 strokes   Stuart Appleby
  Frank Lickliter
  Tim Petrovic
SEI Pennsylvania Classic
2002   Dan Forsman 270 −14 1 stroke   Robert Allenby
  Billy Andrade
Marconi Pennsylvania Classic
2001   Robert Allenby 269 −19 3 strokes   Rocco Mediate
  Larry Mize
SEI Pennsylvania Classic
2000   Chris DiMarco 270 −14 6 strokes   Mark Calcavecchia
  Brad Elder
  Scott Hoch
  Jonathan Kaye
  Chris Perry

References

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  1. ^ "Sports: golf". Spokesman-Review. September 18, 2006. p. C4.
  2. ^ Ferguson, Doug (September 23, 2001). "Allenby Surges Into Lead". The Daily Union. Junction City, Kansas. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
  3. ^ "Wie has another tilt at PGA event". CNN.com. April 22, 2006. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
  4. ^ Dudurich, Mike (April 21, 2006). "Decision tough to shut down 84 Lumber Classic". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
  5. ^ "Curtis wins final edition of 84 Lumber by two strokes". ESPN.com. Associated Press. September 19, 2006. Retrieved April 20, 2011.

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