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PGA Tour Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open

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Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Golf Tournament

Justin Timberlake became the host of the PGA Tour's Las Vegas tournament beginning in 2008.

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About the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open:

The PGA Tour's Las Vegas stop has been played under various names since 1983. Beginning in 2008, entertainer Justin Timberlake became the tournament "host," with his name in the event title.

The Las Vegas tournament was always, prior to 2008, played over multiple golf courses within the same event. Beginning in 2008, TPC Summerlin became the sole place of play.

This event is most famous as the site of Tiger Woods' first PGA Tour victory.

2009 Tournament
Martin Laird earned his first PGA Tour victory in a playoff against Chad Campbell and George McNeill. Campbell was eliminated on the second playoff hole, then Laird won it on the third with a birdie. Laird posted rounds of 63, 67, 67 and 68.

2008 Recap
PGA Tour rookie Marc Turnesa captured career win No. 1 with a tournament-record total of 263. Turnesa, who closed with a 68, held off charging Matt Kuchar. Kuchar shot 64 in the final round finished one stroke behind.

Official Web site
PGATour.com tournament site

Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Records:

  • 72 holes: 263, Marc Turnesa, 2008
  • 90 holes: 328, Stuart Appleby, Scott McCarron, 2003
  • 18 holes: 59 - Chip Beck, 1991 at Sunrise Country Club. Current course (TPC Summerlin) record is 61 by Davis Love III in 2001.

Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Golf Courses:

Beginning in 2008, TPC Summerlin is the sole host of the tournament. And TPC Summerlin is the course most associated with this event. But throughout its history, until 2008, the tournament was always played at multiple courses, players rotating from round to round. In addition to TPC Summerlin, the other Las Vegas golf courses to host this tournament are:
  • Desert Inn Country Club
  • Spanish Trail Golf & Country Club
  • Sunrise Golf Club
  • Las Vegas Country Club
  • Las Vegas Hilton Country Club
  • Southern Highlands Golf Club
  • Bear's Best Golf Club
  • TPC Las Vegas

Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Trivia and Notes:

  • As stated in the intro, this tournament is most famous as the site of Tiger Woods' first PGA Tour victory. It happened in 1996, when the tournament was known as the Las Vegas Invitational. Woods shot 64 in the final round to tie Davis Love III, then won the trophy with a par on the first playoff hole.

  • And its second-most famous moment occured in 1991, when Chip Beck became the second golfer in PGA Tour history to shoot 59. It happened in the third round. Beck didn't win, however, finishing two strokes out of a playoff.

  • That final-round 64 shot by Woods in 1996 happened in the fifth round. This event, for much of its history, was five rounds in duration. It 2004, it was reduced to the more traditional four rounds.

  • A year before Tiger's first win, Jim Furyk's first career PGA Tour win happened here in the 1995 Las Vegas Invitational.

  • Furyk has won twice more, giving him three career titles in Las Vegas and making him the only multiple winner of the championship.

  • The event was first played in 1983 (as five rounds) and was won by Fuzzy Zoeller.

  • Several players share the PGA Tour record of eight consecutive birdies. Jerry Kelly is one of them, and he accomplished the feat in this tournament in 2003, in the third round.

  • The last of Bruce Lietzke's 13 PGA Tour wins came in the 1994 Las Vegas Invitational.

    • Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open - Past Champions:

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    Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
    2009 - Martin Laird-p, 265
    2008 - Marc Turnesa, 263

    Frys.com Open
    2007 - George McNeill, 264
    2006 - Troy Matteson, 265

    Michelin Championship at Las Vegas
    2005 - Wes Short Jr.-p, 266
    2004 - Andre Stolz, 266

    Invensys Classic at Las Vegas
    2003 - Stuart Appleby-p, 328
    2002 - Phil Tataurangi, 330
    2001 - Bob Estes, 329
    2000 - Billy Andrade, 332

    Las Vegas Invitational
    1999 - Jim Furyk, 331
    1998 - Jim Furyk, 335
    1997 - Bill Glasson, 340
    1996 - Tiger Woods-p, 332
    1995 - Jim Furyk, 331
    1994 - Bruce Lietzke, 332
    1993 - Davis Love III, 331
    1992 - John Cook, 334
    1991 - Andrew Magee-p, 329
    1990 - Bob Tway-p, 334
    1989 - Scott Hoch-p, 336

    Panasonic Las Vegas Invitational
    1988 - Gary Koch-w, 274
    1987 - Paul Azinger-w, 271
    1986 - Greg Norman, 333
    1985 - Curtis Strange, 338
    1984 - Denis Watson, 341

    Panasonic Las Vegas Pro-Celebrity Classsic
    1983 - Fuzzy Zoeller, 340

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