What Toshiba Senior Classic When March 15-21,...

What

Toshiba Senior Classic

When

March 15-21, 2004

Players

78 PGA Champions Tour professionals, led by defending champion

Rodger Davis

Format

3 rounds (54 holes), stroke play with no cuts

Purse

$1.6 million, up from $1.55 million in 2003. The winner will

receive $240,000.

Site

Since 1996

Newport Beach Country Club

Par: 35-36--71; 6,584 yards

Tickets

Advance-purchase

Good-Any-One-Day exchangeable coupon, $15

Single Day Ticket, Monday through Sunday (admission gate prices),

$20

Week-Long Grounds Badge, good Monday through Sunday (grounds

only), $50

Season Clubhouse Badge, good Monday through Sunday (grounds and

clubhouse), $100

Corporate Ticket Packages also available.

Tickets are available at Roger Dunn Golf Shops or by calling the

tournament headquarters at (949) 660-1001.

Television Coverage

Subject to change

Friday, March 19 -- 3-5 p.m. (The Golf Channel)

Saturday, March 20 -- 2-4:30 p.m. (CNBC)

Sunday, March 21 -- 2-4:30 p.m. (CNBC)

Website

Tournament information and updates are at

https://www.toshibaseniorclassic.com.

Qualifying Tournament

Monday, March 15

Mile Square Golf Course

Fountain Valley

Past Champions

2003 -- Rodger Davis (197)

2002 -- Hale Irwin (196)

2001 -- Jose Maria Canizares (202 -- won nine-hole playoff against

Gil Morgan).

2000 -- Allen Doyle (136 -- won rain-shortened, two-round event.)

1999 -- Gary McCord (204 -- won five-hole playoff against John

Jacobs, Al Geiberger and Allen Doyle. Geiberger and Doyle were

eliminated after the first hole).

1998 -- Hale Irwin (200)

1997 -- Bob Murphy (207 -- won nine-hole playoff against Jay

Sigel).

1996 -- Jim Colbert (201)

1995 -- George Archer (199 -- at Mesa Verde Country Club)

Charity

The lead charity and event organizer is Hoag Hospital Foundation.

In its six years under the auspices of Hoag Hospital Foundation, the

Toshiba Senior Classic has raised more than $5.7 million for over 20

different charities. Last year marked the fourth consecutive year

that the Toshiba Senior Classic donated at least $1 million to

charity, unprecedented in Champions Tour history. Hoag Hospital

Foundation also received the inaugural Senior PGA Tour Charity of the

Year Award in 1998.