Pennsylvania Classic

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.

Pennsylvania Classic
Tournament information
LocationFarmington, Pennsylvania
Established2000
Course(s)Mystic Rock
Nemacolin Woodlands Resort
Par72
Length7,550 yards (6,904 m)[1]
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund$4.6 million (in 2006)
Month playedSeptember
Final year2006
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 J. L. Lewis (2003)
To par−22 as above
Final champion
Ben Curtis
Location in the United States

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
YearWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upRef
84 Lumber Classic
2006Ben Curtis United States274−142 strokes Charles Howell III[5]
2005Jason Gore United States274−141 stroke Carlos Franco
2004Vijay Singh Fiji273−151 stroke Stewart Cink
84 Lumber Classic of Pennsylvania
2003J. L. Lewis United States266−222 strokes Stuart Appleby
Frank Lickliter
Tim Petrovic
SEI Pennsylvania Classic
2002Dan Forsman United States270−141 stroke Robert Allenby
Billy Andrade
Marconi Pennsylvania Classic
2001Robert Allenby Australia269−193 strokes Rocco Mediate
Larry Mize
SEI Pennsylvania Classic
2000Chris DiMarco United States270−146 strokes Mark Calcavecchia
Brad Elder
Scott Hoch
Jonathan Kaye
Chris Perry

References
  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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