Monday, September 18, 2000

Kroger Notebook

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2001 tourney is Labor Day weekend

By John Erardi
The Cincinnati Kroger

        MASON — Next year, the Kroger Senior Classic's final year here (it is moving to the TPC course seven miles up the road for 2002), the purse will be raised $100,000 to $1.5 million, and it will be held Labor Day weekend.

        “We like this (mid-September) time and I think when we move to the TPC, we'll move back to a (mid-September) date,” said Bob Hodge, president of Kroger for the Cincinnati/Dayton marketing area.

        He and tournament director Margie French were thrilled with the sun-splashed Sunday, the horse-race closeness of the tournament and especially the final threesome of Hubert Green, Larry Nelson and Gil Morgan, all of whom were fine players on the regular PGA Tour and are well-known to fans.

        “You can't beat it,” Hodge said. “That was great. Nelson shoots that 58 in the pro-am, shoots even par the first round, then lights it up the second day (64) and Hubert Green (64) lit it up today.” COLOR IT GREEN: Hubert Green's check of $210,000 Sunday was the second biggest one of his career (the biggest was $225,000 at the Audi Senior Classic in Puebla, Mexico earlier this year).

        Sunday's check increased his career earnings to $5.6 million and his senior tour winnings this year to $1.1 million, and his career senior winnings to just over $3 million. TOUGHIN' IT OUT: The No. 9 hole, a 455-yard par 4, remained the toughest hole on the course for the senior players. Its average score was .333 strokes over par. The par 3 16th hole, which is a spectator favorite because fans can see players tee off across the water and battle the wind and bunkers, rated as the fifth toughest, with an average score of .205 strokes over par.

       

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