Venerable Greensboro Tourney Plans 62nd Outing

"Before becoming co-ed, the Jaycees had a women’s group called the Jaycettes. When that sub-organization was dissolved in 1985, Patty Rumpf became a member of the Greensboro Jaycees when it opened its doors to the distaff set. With a long list of awards to her credit, Patty was named a Greensboro Jaycee Life Member in 1993."

"She has made her way gloriously through the ranks to this big year when she has become the 2000 General Chairman of the GGCC. "It is the opportunity of a lifetime and the perfect culmination of my Jaycee career," Patty says."

"This GGCC is the largest Jaycee project in the world and Patty says, "The sheer size and complexities in coordinating a major sporting event, along with the camaraderie and teamwork amongst the volunteers, are what interested me in the organization." The event has raised millions of dollars for charity and community service projects."

This excerpt was taken from Triad Golf. To read the entire article go to:
http://www.triadgolf.com/apr2000/tournament-_venerable.htm

2001 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic Results

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Scores and earnings following the final round of the 2001 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic on the 7,062-yard, par-72 Forest Oaks Country Club:

Scott Hoch, $630,000 68-68-67-69--272 16-under
Brett Quigley, $308,000 68-71-67-67--273 15-under
Scott Simpson, $308,000 66-69-70-68--273
K.J. Choi, $131,950 72-66-70-67--275 13-under
Jeff Maggert, $131,950 69-67-70-69--275
Gabriel Hjertstedt, $131,950 70-69-67-69--275
David Berganio, $131,950 70-66-68-71--275
Jerry Kelly, $131,950 67-70-67-71--275
Olin Browne, $94,500 71-67-69-69--276 12-under
Jim Furyk, $94,500 69-72-66-69--276
Kaname Yokoo, $94,500 71-69-65-71--276
Brian Watts, $68,600 70-68-69-70--277 11-under
Phil Tataurangi, $68,600 69-72-66-70--277
Rich Beem, $68,600 71-65-70-71--277
Kevin Sutherland, $68,600 69-72-65-71--277
Mike Sposa, $68,600 68-66-70-73--277
Matt Kuchar, $54,250 72-68-70-68--278 10-under
Esteban Toledo, $54,250 70-69-69-70--278
David Peoples, $42,420 70-72-70-67--279 9-under
Scott McCarron, $42,420 69-68-72-70--279
Joey Sindelar, $42,420 68-70-70-71--279
Donnie Hammond, $42,420 71-68-69-71--279
Briny Baird, $42,420 75-67-66-71--279
Stephen Ames, $29,050 68-70-72-70--280 8-under
Omar Uresti, $29,050 71-65-73-71--280
Hal Sutton, $29,050 70-71-68-71--280
Kenny Perry, $29,050 69-69-70-72--280
Dudley Hart, $29,050 67-70-70-73--280
Marco Dawson, $21,775 71-70-72-68--281 7-under
Jim Carter, $21,775 71-68-73-69--281
Steve Stricker, $21,775 70-70-72-69--281
Frank Nobilo, $21,775 69-71-69-72--281
Jeffrey Lankford, $21,775 67-73-69-72--281
Stuart Appleby, $21,775 71-70-68-72--281
Edward Fryatt, $21,775 74-68-66-73--281
Stephen Gangluff, $14,366 71-70-72-69--282 6-under
Neal Lancaster, $14,366 69-72-71-70--282
Scott Verplank, $14,366 73-67-71-71--282
Mark Calcavecchia, $14,366 73-69-69-71--282
Jonathan Kaye, $14,366 68-69-73-72--282
Lee Porter, $14,366 71-69-70-72--282
Scott Dunlap, $14,366 68-73-69-72--282
Ian Leggatt, $14,366 68-74-68-72--282
Brent Schwarzrock, $14,366 71-68-70-73--282
Trevor Dodds, $14,366 70-69-69-74--282
Cliff Kresge, $14,366 71-69-68-74--282
Jim McGovern, $8,990 73-69-72-69--283 5-under
Russ Cochran, $8,990 69-71-72-71--283
Kelly Grunewald, $8,990 69-73-70-71--283
Craig Kanada, $8,990 71-67-72-73--283
Glen Day, $8,990 70-71-68-74--283
Robert Damron, $8,990 67-71-70-75--283
Tripp Isenhour, $8,990 74-65-68-76--283
Steve Elkington, $7,910 71-69-73-71--284 4-under
Joel Edwards, $7,910 70-69-73-72--284
Greg Kraft, $7,910 68-72-72-72--284
Pete Jordan, $7,910 72-70-70-72--284
Jimmy Green, $7,910 72-69-70-73--284
Fred Funk, $7,910 70-70-70-74--284
Andrew Magee, $7,910 71-70-69-74--284
Shaun Micheel, $7,490 67-74-74-70--285 3-under
Jeff Brehaut, $7,490 69-71-74-71--285
Robin Freeman, $7,490 69-69-73-74--285
Mathew Goggin, $7,490 70-72-68-75--285
Aaron Baddeley, $7,490 67-74-66-78--285
Hunter Haas, $7,175 72-70-73-71--286 2-under
John Riegger, $7,175 73-67-74-72--286
Kevin Johnson, $7,175 71-71-73-71--286
Willie Wood, $7,175 70-70-73-73--286
Michael Muehr, $6,930 70-68-78-71--287 1-under
Spike McRoy, $6,930 67-71-74-75--287
David Morland IV, $6,930 70-70-70-77--287
Mike Heinen, $6,720 70-70-77-71--288 Even
Jay Williamson, $6,720 73-69-74-72--288
Mike Springer, $6,720 73-69-72-74--288
Mike Hulbert, $6,580 75-67-71-76--289 1-over
Ted Tryba, $6,475 71-70-73-76--290 2-over
Stephen Allan, $6,475 72-68-72-78--290
Garrett Willis, $6,370 70-68-71-82--291 3-over

Missed the cut

Gary Hallberg 71-72--143
Woody Austin 72-71--143
Sandy Lyle 74-69--143
Brandt Jobe 71-72--143
Bill Glasson 70-73--143
Jason Gore 73-70--143
Ronnie Black 71-72--143
Nolan Henke 71-72--143
Mark O'Meara 69-74--143
Craig Perks 69-74--143
Jerry Smith 70-73--143
Bradley Hughes 72-71--143
Andrew McLardy 74-69--143
John Maginnes 70-74--144
Grant Waite 71-73--144
Andy Bean 71-73--144
Fuzzy Zoeller 72-72--144
Dave Stockton 71-73--144
Glen Hnatiuk 71-73--144
Emanuele Canonica 73-71--144
Blaine McCallister 74-70--144
Paul Gow 71-73--144
Per-Ulrik Johansson 69-75--144
Ken Tanigawa 72-72--144
Skip Kendall 72-73--145
Dicky Pride 71-74--145
Bob Burns 75-70--145
Joe Ozaki 75-70--145
Chris Tidland 70-75--145
Jeff Hart 74-71--145
Ben Ferguson 73-72--145
Brian Wilson 76-69--145
Stewart Cink 71-74--145
Tim Dunlavey 70-75--145
Doug Dunakey 69-77--146
Tommy Tolles 73-73--146
Matt Gogel 75-71--146
Keith Clearwater 71-75--146
Chris Perry 77-69--146
Kevin Wentworth 75-71--146
Chris Riley 74-72--146
Tom Scherrer 74-72--146
Ben Bates 70-76--146
Kent Jones 74-72--146
Joe Ogilvie 74-73--147
Geoff Ogilvy 73-74--147
Carl Paulson 72-75--147
Michael Clark II 72-75--147
J.L. Lewis 73-74--147
Mike Reid 77-70--147
Robert Gamez 74-73--147
Brad Elder 76-71--147
Danny Ellis 76-71--147
Brian Henninger 74-74--148
Shigeki Maruyama 75-73--148
Craig A. Spence 75-73--148
Rocky Walcher 76-73--149
Brad Fritsch 74-75--149
Scott Gump 74-75--149
Jeremy Anderson 73-76--149
J.J. Henry 79-71--150
Billy Andrade 76-74--150
Chris Stutts 76-74--150
Dan Forsman 79-72--151
Jim Gallagher 73-79--152
Jeff Julian 76-76--152
Rick Morton 72-81--153
Larry Rinker 76-77--153
Jeff Gallagher 78-76--154
Billy Ray Brown 83-87--170
Doug Barron 72-W/D
Richie Coughlan 74-W/D
Tom Purtzer 75-D
Sean Murphy 76-W/D
Paul Stankowski W/D
Rick Fehr W/D
Mark Hensby W/D

Mark Brazil Interviewed on FM Talk 101.1-Brad and Britt Show

Mark Brazil, Chrysler Classic of Greensboro's Tournament Director, was interviewed on FM Talk 101.1- the Brad and Britt show with Brad Krantz and Britt Whitmire.

The interview took place on 4/25/05 and began with questions about the recently reported PGA TOUR concerns about the CCG's low TV ratings.

"The story is about five weeks old", Brazil told the morning team. He said that the PGA TOUR had expressed concerns at the Player's Championship and that it has just taken our local media this long to catch up to the story.

The spot turned into a very lighthearted, softball pitch interview. At one point Brad suggested the the tournament use topless standard bearers to help improve ratings. (Mark played a long.)

Brad also told a story about a perfect drive he hit in a Pro-Am once when paired with John Daly.

Brad and Britt both were very supportive of the CCG and said it was a civic event, not unlike the furniture market, that holds this community together.

To find out more about FM Talk 101.1 go to:http://www.fmtalk1011.com/

(2003) CCG Fits in Fall by John Hammer

This excerpt was taken from the Rhino Times web page to read the entire article go to: http://greensboro.rhinotimes.com/archives/102303/story01.html

"The new fall GGO, properly known as the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro, was bigger and better than any fall golf tournament in Greensboro. The tournament was not bigger and better than any tournament in Greensboro’s history, but it certainly was bigger and better than the last couple of Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classics, which is what the GGO was called most recently when it was played in the spring before it was moved to the fall and became the CCG."

"Also, you can’t get away from the fact that there is a lot more sports competition in the fall. Sunday there was a NASCAR race at Martinsville, and the Panthers played at home. Saturday there was the usual spate of college football games, and then there is the World Series. But despite all of that competition, the golf tournament had good galleries. People seemed excited about the fall date and interested in seeing the new course. "

"Considering all that has been done since the last tournament the Jaycees deserve a huge round of applause. Following the spring 2002 tournament, the Jaycees decided to have the Forest Oaks course redesigned, and it was completed in time for this tournament. It was no small feat just getting the course ready, but everything was a little bit different, and some things a lot different because this tournament was in the fall, not the spring."

"I ran into Gene Shanks, the 2005 Jaycee president, near the clubhouse on Sunday, and he said Jaycee membership had increased for the last couple of months, which is really good news. What seems strange to me is that it is 2003 and the Jaycees have already elected their 2005 president. "

"I think this must have been a first for the tournament formerly known as the GGO. After Shigeki Maruyama won, and before he got the check for $810,000 and the new Chrysler Crossfire, he did a television interview for Japanese television, and all of us monoglot American reporters hung around and wondered what he was saying. I don’t know what he said, but he must be a funny guy, because all of the Japanese camera crews were laughing.

When he did his interview in the press tent later, he used an interpreter for his answers, but he didn’t need to have the questions interpreted. He also got in a couple of funny one-liners in English.

His English appears to be pretty good; he just isn’t comfortable doing an interview alone when it is being taped and people are writing down every word he says. But he did describe his round in English, with some help on distances from the interpreter and a lot of body English.
He said a couple of weeks ago that he was trying to make sure he finished in the top 125. Now he’s hoping to finish in the top 30.

It was different to see waves of Japanese spectators in the galleries. "

"Riding the shuttle back to the parking lot Sunday evening, I rode with News & Record reporter Jim Schlosser. I don’t want to get Jim in trouble with his bosses by complimenting him, but he has an encyclopedic memory. I commented on the weather and how I remember being out there in the snow. Jim started talking about the first tournament he attended in 1953 and how there was a four-way tie for first, so they played 18 holes on Monday, and there was still a two-way tie. He, of course, was giving names and scores. I’m hoping I got the year right.
Then he started talking about the last tournament at Starmount Country Club, which was in 1960, and about a player being so cold he wore an overcoat between shots. "

"Overall this year it looks like the Jaycees are turning the corner. The course, the tournament, the attitude – all have improved tremendously from 2002.

Greensboro’s leaders have expressed a lot of interest in young professionals, and at one time the Greensboro Jaycees was the largest and richest organization of young professionals in the country. It should be a natural fit."

To read the entire article go to:
http://greensboro.rhinotimes.com/archives/102303/story01.html

Low TV ratings could threaten Chrysler Classic

"The event could still get caught up in a ratings-based decision, however. CBS, ABC and NBC are the Tour's network television partners, and ESPN, USA and The Golf Channel also carry events, usually on weekdays. Networks just finished negotiating television contracts with the National Football League, and Crosby said those and other sports-league contracts will help determine television deals for the PGA Tour. "

This excerpt was taken from the Triad Business Journal. To read the entire article go to:
http://www.bizjournals.com/industries/sports_business/general/2005/04/25/triad_story1.html?page=1

FM Talk 101.1 WZTK Reports "Possible Changes For Popular Local PGA Tournament"

"Could the future of the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro be in doubt? PGA Tour officials say they plan to restructure the tour schedule because fall events are having trouble competing in the TV ratings against college and pro football.

That means the CCG could be moved back to spring or possibly done away with altogether. Tournament director Mark Brazil doesn't really expect that to happen, though, because Chrysler is the largest sponsor on the tour and the CCG has such a rich tradition in this area.

The Chrysler Classic is locked into its fall time slot through next year."

Leanne Petty - WZTK

This excerpt was taken from the following website:
http://apnews.fimc.net/showarticlewptf.asp?id=372035&url=www.920wpcm.com.com&site=wpcmamam&catg=Triad&headlines=1&show=10

To find out more about FM Talk 101.1 WZTK go to: http://www.fmtalk1011.com/

Biggest Point of Leverage for the CCG

Our local new station WFMY recently reported that there was a "looming" danger that Greensboro and the Greensboro Jaycees would lose the tournament. When asked for a response, tournament director, Mark Brazil was quoted as saying "the biggest point of leverage for the CCG is its rich 67-year history and its title sponsor Chrysler. Chrysler is the largest sponsor on the tour."

While I think that was a great quote and it probably made a lot of people feel better, I do feel the need to point out two things.

Chrysler can drop the Greensboro event and still maintain its standing as the largest sponsor on the TOUR.

The second thing that I think should be pointed out is that history does not mean the same thing to the PGA TOUR as it does to this community. Just review the article in the June 2004 Golf Digest entitled "History for sale: keeping track of the old days isn't what it used to be" by John Fienstein.

To read the entire article go to:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HFI/is_6_55/ai_n6106119

Please read the following excerpt to gain a better understanding of how the TOUR values history.

"Let's take the charade a step further and test Finchem.

Question: What PGA Tour event did Sam Snead win eight times?

Finchem's answer: "The Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic."

Wrong, commissioner! Even you can't keep track of the tour's name game. In 2003 what had been the Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic became the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro. No doubt if Slammin' Sammy were still alive he would be at Finchem's doorstep demanding a Chrysler for each of those eight victories.

"OK, then," Finchem says just a bit sheepishly. "He won the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro eight times." He pauses and then adds, "That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.""