The Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, the tournament that launched the Champions Tour, has grown over the years, becoming a "legend" itself. As we look forward to the 2003 competition, let us take you back to the highlights, thrilling finishes, and excitement of the last 25 years.

The Past Ten Years
(the first ten years)

2002
Doug Tewell won by one stroke over Bobby Wadkins. Tewell shot a 2-under 70 for a 11-under 205 total and took home $306,000.

2001
For a second year in a row, Jim Colbert and Andy North teamed up to win the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf. Despite a new course, The King and The Bear and blustery conditions, they posted a 7-under-par 65 for a 20-under-124 total in the best-ball tournament. They again held off David Graham and Bruce Fleisher from winning by finishing three strokes in front. They both walked off with $170,000 each.

2000
After finishing second twice in the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, Jim Colbert teamed with Andy North to win the 2000 Event at the Slammer and the Squire at the World Golf Village. After some nervous moments, North made a par on 17, and Colbert sank a 4-foot for par on 18 that sealed the win, holding off Bruce Fleisher and David Graham.

1999
The 1999 event was the first Legends played at the World Golf Village on The Slammer and Squire course. The year's winners were Gil Morgan and Hubert Green, who won $158,000 each.

1998
1998's Legends of Golf Tournament was full of great golf play and some surprises. Finally, a 25 foot birdie putt, in a playoff makes Charles Coody and Dale Douglass, the first golfers ever to capture two divisions.

1997
South African John Bland and Australian Graham Marsh posted a 6-under par 30 on the back nine to record a three-stroke victory over Hubert Green and Gil Morgan on the Palmer Course at PGA West. The international duo split the $200,000 first prize.

1996
Wind was the big story on Friday and Saturday as the star studded Legends field battled the TPC® Stadium Golf Course at PGA WEST. Scores reflected the tough conditions with the team of Jimmy Powell and Orville Moody leading the field Friday with a 7 under par 65. They followed with a 66 to win the Legendary division and led George Archer and Simon Hobday by one stroke. Sunday brought ideal conditions, and with great weather came great scoring. The team of Bob Murphy and Jim Colbert set the early pace firing a 10 under par 62 to get them to 14 under. But it would not be enough as Lee Trevino and Mike Hill caught fire on the back nine shooting a 63 and winning their forth Legends title by two shots over the teams of Jim Powell and Orville Moody, Chi Chi Rodriguez and Harold Henning and Jack Nicholaus and Gary Player. Art Wall and partner Doug Ford won the Demaret Division with a two day total of 10 under par.

1995
In 1995, the Legends moved to La Quinta, California, to play the famed PGA WEST TPC® Stadium Golf Course. The tournament was billed as a challenge between golf's legends and the legendary TPC® Stadium Golf Course. However, once the tournament began, the Seniors tore up the course with birdies and eagles. Mike Hill, who had 12 birdies in two rounds despite a bad back, helped lead the Trevino-Hill team to a win of 21 under, and their third Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf victory.

1994
In 1994, it came down to the par 3, 17th hole on the final day of the tournament before Dale Douglass and Charles Coody nailed down their second Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf win. On 17, both Bob Murphy and Jim Colbert bogeyed to finish in a tie for second place with Chi Chi Rodriquez and Jim Dent, who shot 3 consecutive 63's. Both second place teams finished at 189, one shot behind the winners. The team of Arnold Palmer and Tom Wargo got off to a slow start shooting 67 in the first round, but came on strong shooting the best round of the day - 62 on Sunday for a sixth place finish.

1993
For the first time, the Legends tournament changed its format to individual play and a three way tie resulted between Don January, Harold Henning and "rookie" Tom Weiskopf. On the first extra hole, Weiskopf was eliminated when he bogeyed the hole. On the second extra hole, a par three, Henning's tee shot landed in a trap and January missed the green on the left. Don's second shot left him with a long putt which he missed to bogey the hole. Henning played a magnificent shot out of the trap leaving himself with a short putt for a par. He sunk the putt and walked off with a first place prize of $250,000, the largest purse ever in Senior Golf to that day.

1992
Lee Trevino and Mike Hill shot an amazing 251, 37-under par as they won their second consecutive Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf event. Their four days of play included a back-nine 28 for a third round score of 60. The team of Jim Colbert and Tommy Aaron came in second, three shots behind the leaders.

1991
The ABC Television Network took over the contract from NBC-TV to telecast the event in 1991. Mike Hill and a new Legend, Lee Trevino, threatened to win their first tournament together -- another runaway victory at Barton Creek -- but on Sunday, Al Geiberger and Harold Henning broke another Legends record by shooting a sensational 58. However, Trevino and Hill held on to eke out a two stroke win, 36 under-par 252, at the 14th annual Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf.

1990
In 1990 the Legends moved across Austin to the Barton Creek Conference Center. Everything was spectacular, including the golf. Partners Charles Coody and Dale Douglass ran away from the field shooting a record 39 under-par 249, including a sensational 59 on the first day of play.

1989
In 1989 a new team consisting of Al Geiberger and Harold Henning threatened to run away with the event as they shot consecutive 61's on the first two days of play. Bob Charles and Bruce Devlin made a run at them on Saturday when they fired a 61 to trail by two. But on Sunday the winning team of Geiberger and Henning prevailed as they shot a 67 to hold off the red-hot Douglass and Coody who fired a 60 and took the runner-up spot.

1988
The golfing thrills were numerous. First there was the exciting and memorable play of Arnold Palmer and Miller Barber as they led the Legends after three rounds of play. But by the time this legendary team began to play on Sunday, it appeared that the momentum had swung over to the teams of Crampton/ Moody, Charles/Devlin, Henning/Thomson and Aaron/Graham. The most exciting shot of the day came when Tommy Aaron hit his iron shot from under the limb of a fairway tree on 16, straight into the hole for a TWO that propelled them into a one stroke lead. The gallery went wild and the expression on Tommy's face was...well...legendary! Then on 18, Moody sank his putt and the Legends had the second tie of its 11-year history. The play-off that ensued duplicated the stirring six-hole playoff of 1979 as the two teams matched stroke for stroke over the Onion Creek course. Then on the sixth extra hole, Moody sank his birdie putt and he and Crampton were our second two-time consecutive team winners. An interesting sidelight: Deane R. Beman, the PGA Commissioner of Golf, was invited to play with his rookie partner, Al Geiberger.