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version of the Stableford format which proved to be a “stimulating infusion of unusual excitement in a tour screaming for a break from 72-stroke play.” (Complete History 1986-2006 The INTERNATIONAL)
Usually in golf, the lower the score,
the better. However, with the Modi ed Stableford format the highest score wins! A Double Eagle, or 3 strokes under par, is +8. An Eagle, or 2 strokes under par, is +5. A Birdie, 1 stroke under par, is +2. Par = 0. A Bogey, 1 stroke over par, is -1, while a Double Bogey or worse, is -3.
The INTERNATIONAL was also the only tournament, other than the Masters, to structure its own television contract with CBS for all 21 years.
Phil Mickelson and Davis Love III
are the only two-time winners of The INTERNATIONAL. Davis Love III set a PGA record after ring three eagles in a six hole stretch in 2003.
Ernie Els, who played in
15 INTERNATIONALS,
is the all-time points and
money leader with $1.8M.
Mickelson is second with
$1.5M. Vijay Singh was a
wire-to-wire winner in 1988
by out-dueling Phil Mickelson
and Tiger Woods by closing
the deal with a 5 point Eagle
at Hole 17. Greg Norman
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became The INTERNATIONAL’s rst foreign winner in 1989 by birdieing 5
of the rst 9 holes in the nal round. In 1991, a plucky young Spaniard turned a remarkable save on the 17th hole into a victory. Jose Maria Olazabal’s +10 was the lowest winning total in the history of The INTERNATIONAL.
Over its 21 years the tournament raised more than $10 million dollars for various charities and awarded $58.3 million
in prize money to some of the greatest names in golf like Mickelson, Els, Norman, Olazabal, Goosen and Love.
In February, 2007, Castle Pines Tournament Company announced
the end of The INTERNATIONAL: “It is with profound regret that we
must announce the end of The INTERNATIONAL after 21 successful years,” said Jack A. Vickers, Founder and President of Castle Pines Golf Club. “We have always been committed to operating The INTERNATIONAL at the highest level as one of golf’s
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premiere events. To go forward without certainty that those objectives can be achieved has caused us to withdraw from the PGA TOUR, rather than to compromise our high standards or assume nancial risk on behalf of our membership.”
(Left) Phil Mickelson about to secure his rst championship in 1993.
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