THE FACTS

* Site: Medinah (Ill.) Country Club No. 3 (7,401 yards, par 72)

* Schedule: Today through Sunday.

* Television: TNT (Today-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday, 7:30 a.m.-10 a.m.; Sunday, 7:30 a.m.-10 a.m.); CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.)

COURSE CHARACTERISTICS

* Tees: Bentgrass

* Fairways: Bentgrass and Poa annua

* Greens: Bentgrass and Poa annua

* Course terrain: Hilly

* Average tee size: 2,500 square feet

* Average green size: 6,000 square feet

* Course rating from championship tees: 77.1

* Slope rating from championship tees: 149

* Stimpmeter rating for tournament play: 11

* Rounds per year: 20,000

* Acres of fairway: 30

* Acres of rough: 175

* Sand bunkers: 70

* Water hazards: Lake on holes 2, 13, 14 and 17

GRASS CUT FOR TOURNAMENT PLAY

* Tees: One-quarter inch

* Fairways: Three-eighths inch

* Greens: One-eighth inch

* Rough: Four inches

TEE TIMES *--*

Today Friday Players 4:40 a.m. 8:52 a.m. Wayne De Francesco, Bruce Zabriski, Kim Thompson 4:49 a.m. 9:01 a.m. Stephen Keppler, Mike Reid, Robert Allenby 4:58 a.m. 9:10 a.m. Jarmo Sandelin, Frank Lickliter, Tim Thelen 5:07 a.m. 9:19 a.m. J.L. Lewis, Gabriel Hjerstedt, Brett Upper 5:16 a.m. 9:28 a.m. Mark Calcavecchia, Larry Nelson, Bob Tway 5:25 a.m. 9:37 a.m. Ian Woosnam, Scott Gump, Jay Haas 5:34 a.m. 9:46 a.m. Robert Karlsson, Joey Sindelar, Jim Carter 5:43 a.m. 9:55 a.m. Mike Weir, Per-Ulrik Johansson, Kevin Sutherland 5:52 a.m. 10:04 a.m. Nick Faldo, Tim Herron, Jim Furyk 6:10 a.m. 10:22 a.m. Tommy Armour III, Tommy Tolles, Darrell Kestner 6:19 a.m. 10:31 a.m. David Duval, Fred Couples, Greg Norman 6:28 a.m. 10:40 a.m. Tom Lehman, David Toms, Paul Goydos 6:37 a.m. 10:49 a.m. Andrew Coltart, Steve Flesch, Glen Day 6:46 a.m. 10:58 a.m. Nick Price, Hal Sutton, Vijay Singh 6:55 a.m. 11:07 a.m. Dennis Paulson, George Bryan, Stephen Leaney 7:04 a.m. 11:16 a.m. Tom Watson, Tiger Woods, Brian Watts 7:13 a.m. 11:25 a.m. Ben Crenshaw, Brad Faxon, Frankie Minoza 7:31 a.m. 11:43 a.m. John Cook, Jeff Maggert, J.P. Hayes 7:40 a.m. 11:52 a.m. Davis Love III, Jeff Sluman, Mark Brooks 7:49 a.m. 12:01 p.m. Jeff Freeman, Angel Cabrera, Sven Struver 7:58 a.m. 12:10 p.m. Jeffery Lankford, Greg Kraft, Patrik Sjoland 8:07 a.m. 12:19 p.m. Darren Clarke, Jean Van de Velde, Stewart Cink 8:16 a.m. 12:28 p.m. Mark O’Meara, Joe Ozaki, Loren Roberts 8:25 a.m. 12:37 p.m. Mike Gilmore, Richard Beem, Greg Turner 8:34 a.m. 12:46 p.m. Steve Schneiter, Brent Murray, Scott Davis 8:52 a.m. 4:40 a.m. Bob Boyd, Ronald Stelten, Mike Baker 9:01 am. 4:49 a.m. Hidemichi Tanaka, Skip Kendall, Bradley Hughes 9:10 a.m. 4:58 a.m. Carlos Franco, Lee Westwood, Christopher Perry 9:19 a.m. 5:07 a.m. Kevin Wentworth, Bernhard Langer, John Huston 9:28 a.m. 5:16 a.m. Steve Stricker, Rocco Mediate, Brandel Chamblee 9:37 a.m. 5:25 a.m. David Frost, Brandt Jobe, Lee Janzen 9:46 a.m. 5:34 a.m. Kenny Perry, Mark James, Toshimitsu Izawa 9:55 a.m. 5:43 a.m. Nolan Henke, Tom Pernice, Bob Estes 10:04 a.m. 5:52 a.m. Craig Stadler, Jesper Parnevik, Steve Pate 10:22 a.m. 6:10 a.m. Shigeki Maruyama, Thomas Bjorn, Tom Kite 10:31 a.m. 6:19 a.m. Sergio Garcia, Phil Mickelson, Hale Irwin 10:40 a.m. 6:28 a.m. Lanny Wadkins, Steve Elkington, Paul Azinger 10:49 a.m. 6:37 a.m. Scott Dunlap, Scott Verplank, Andrew Magee 10:58 a.m. 6:46 a.m. Jose Maria Olazabal, Payne Stewart, Paul Lawrie 11:07 a.m. 6:55 a.m. Ernie Els, Colin Montgomerie, Justin Leonard 11:16 a.m. 7:04 a.m. Scott Hoch, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Craig Parry 11:25 a.m. 7:13 a.m. Ted Tryba, Stuart Appleby, Duffy Waldorf 11:43 a.m. 7:31 a.m. Billy Mayfair, Dudley Hart, Billy Andrade 11:52 a.m. 7:40 a.m. Peter O’Malley, Harrison Frazar, Milan Swilor 12:01 a.m. 7:49 a.m. Eduardo Romero, Chris Tucker, Alexander Cejka 12:10 a.m. 7:58 a.m. Corey Pavin, Steve Jones, Fred Funk 12:19 a.m. 8:07 a.m. Retief Goosen, Olin Browne, Jay Overton 12:28 a.m. 8:16 a.m. Brent Geiberger, Bill Glasson, Bob Ford 12:37 a.m. 8:25 a.m. Chris DiMarco, Christopher Toulson, Kirk Triplett 12:46 a.m. 8:34 a.m. Shawn Kelly, Scott Spence, Ken Schall

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