Sunday, June 24, 2001
Green will defend Kroger title
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Hubert Green will defend his title at the Kroger Senior Classic Aug.27-Sept. 2 at the Golf Center at Kings Island after committing to play in the tournament Saturday along with 11 other Senior PGA Tour players.
Green, a 19-time winner on the PGA Tour, including the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship, finished at 10-under par last year to hold off Larry Nelson, John Mahaffey and Gil Morgan to claim the $210,000 first prize.
“It's always a challenge to come back the year after you've won a tournament, but I play the course in Cincinnati very well and I'd love to win it again,” Green said.
Players who have committed:
Tommy Aaron, Jim Ahern, George Archer, Miller Barber, Don Bies, John Bland, Bill Brask, Jose Maria Canizares, Bob Charles, Frank Connor, Kurt Cox, Terry Dill, Ed Dougherty, Allen Doyle, Bob Duval, Vicente Fernandez, Gibby Gilbert, Ted Doin, Hubert Green, Walter Hall, Harold Henning, Bill Holstead, Jim Holtgrieve, Joe Inman, John Jacobs, Tom Jenkins, Bruce Lietzke, David Lundstrom, John Mahaffey, Terry Mauney, Mike McCullough, Jerry McGee, Tom McGinnis, Orville Moody, Walter Morgan, Bob Murphy, Christy O'Connor, Jesse Patino, Tony Peterson, Don Pooley, Jimmy Powell, Dana Quigley, John Schroeder, Tom Shaw, Jay Sigel, Bruce Summerhays, Rockey Thompson, Jim Thorpe, Howard Twitty, Steven Veriato, Bobby Walzel, Yoshitaka Yamamoto and Walter Zembriski.
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