Pennsylvania Classic

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

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.

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

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upRef.
84 Lumber Classic
2006 Flag of the United States.svg Ben Curtis 274−142 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Charles Howell III [5]
2005 Flag of the United States.svg Jason Gore 274−141 stroke Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg Carlos Franco
2004 Flag of Fiji.svg Vijay Singh 273−151 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Stewart Cink
84 Lumber Classic of Pennsylvania
2003 Flag of the United States.svg J. L. Lewis 266−222 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stuart Appleby
Flag of the United States.svg Frank Lickliter
Flag of the United States.svg Tim Petrovic
SEI Pennsylvania Classic
2002 Flag of the United States.svg Dan Forsman 270−141 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robert Allenby
Flag of the United States.svg Billy Andrade
Marconi Pennsylvania Classic
2001 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robert Allenby 269−193 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Rocco Mediate
Flag of the United States.svg Larry Mize
SEI Pennsylvania Classic
2000 Flag of the United States.svg Chris DiMarco 270−146 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Mark Calcavecchia
Flag of the United States.svg Brad Elder
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Hoch
Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Kaye
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Perry

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References

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  3. "Wie has another tilt at PGA event". CNN.com. April 22, 2006. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
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  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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