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 Tom Kite is one of several major champions teeing it up at Newport Beach Country Club (PHOTO: Mark Susson). Headlining the field for the $1.7 million Toshiba Classic are 2009 British Open runner-up Tom Watson, 2008 and 2009 Champions Tour Player of the Year Bernhard Langer and Champions Tour rookie and La Quinta resident Fred Couples. That trio won the first three events on the Champions Tour in 2010 heading into the Toshiba Classic, Southern California’s only Champions Tour event. In total, the tournament features 11 World Golf Hall of Famers, 23 PGA Tour major champions and 23 Champions Tour major winners, and accounts for 514 PGA Tour titles (47 majors) and 368 Champions Tour titles (54 majors). With 29 PGA Tour (six majors) and 29 Champions Tour titles, Hall of Famer Lee Trevino is the oldest player in the field at 70. “This may be the best field we’ve ever had,” Toshiba Classic Tournament Executive Director Jeff Purser said. “The Orange County community and Southern California golf fans could not realistically dream of a more accomplished group of golfers.” The Toshiba Classic will host four of the 2009 Champions Tour’s major winners: 2009 Charles Schwab Cup points champion Loren Roberts (Senior British Open), 2006 and 2007 Champions Tour Player of the Year Jay Haas (Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship), Fred Funk (U.S. Senior Open) and Mike Reid (JELD-WEN Tradition). Orange County fan favorites such as Corona del Mar resident John Cook and former Mission Viejo resident and 2009 Toshiba Classic runner-up Mark O’Meara also are in the field. A full stock of the best Champions Tour rookies of 2010 will also be on hand, including Couples, Ventura native Corey Pavin, Paul Azinger, Tommy Armour III, David Frost and Murrieta resident Tom Pernice Jr., who has two top-25 finishes on the 2010 PGA Tour. Additionally, 2006 U.S. Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman will make his Toshiba Classic debut while playing his first full Champions Tour season. This will mark the first Champions Tour event in which 2009 United States Presidents Cup captain Couples, 2010 U.S. Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin and 2008 U.S. Ryder Cup captain Paul Azinger will play together. Apart from Romero, past Toshiba Classic champions returning to the friendly confines of the par-71, 6,591-yard Newport Beach Country Club include Jim Colbert (1996), Hale Irwin (the Classic’s only two-time winner, in 1998 and 2002), Gary McCord (1999), Allen Doyle (2000), Tom Purtzer (2004), Haas (2007) and Langer (2008). World Golf Hall of Fame members entered in the Toshiba Classic include Isao Aoki, Ben Crenshaw, Irwin, Tom Kite, Langer, Larry Nelson, Nick Price, Curtis Strange, Trevino, Lanny Wadkins and Watson. For more information on the Toshiba Classic, click here. ALSO SEE: John Cook ready for 2010 Champions Tour season Toshiba Classic persists, but Champions Tour stop at Valencia folds Romero wins 2009 Toshiba Classic Video: Eli Miller's 'Shank From the Top' Final field for the 2010 Toshiba Classic (80 players): Isao Aoki Tommy Armour III Paul Azinger Andy Bean Ronnie Black Phil Blackmar Olin Browne Russ Cochran Jim Colbert John Cook Fred Couples Ben Crenshaw Allen Doyle David Eger Keith Fergus Bruce Fleisher Dan Forsman David Frost Fred Funk Bob Gilder Mike Goodes Jay Haas Gary Hallberg Paul Hahn John Harris Steve Haskins Scott Hoch Greg Hopkins Mike Hulbert Hale Irwin Peter Jacobsen Tom Jenkins Gene Jones Tom Kite Bernhard Langer Tom Lehman Wayne Levi Bruce Lietzke Chien Soon Lu Graham Marsh Blaine McCallister Gary McCord Mark McNulty Larry Mize Gil Morgan Larry Nelson Lonnie Nielsen Mark O’Meara Joe Ozaki Corey Pavin David Peoples Tom Pernice, Jr. Don Pooley Nick Price Tom Purtzer Dana Quigley Mike Reid Loren Roberts Eduardo Romero Jim Roy Peter Senior Scott Simpson Tim Simpson Joey Sindelar Jeff Sluman Craig Stadler Dave Stockton Curtis Strange Hal Sutton Bob Tway Lee Trevino Bobby Wadkins Lanny Wadkins Tom Watson D. A. Weibring Mark Wiebe Fuzzy Zoeller (3 Monday Qualifiers) |
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Why don't you have Rod Spittle listed in the field of players? Spittle is eighth on the 2011 money list and has full playing privlages.
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