The International (golf)
| Location | Castle Rock, Colorado |
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| Established | 1986 |
| Course(s) | Castle Pines Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,619 yards (6,967 m) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Modified Stableford |
| Prize fund | $5.5 million |
| Month played | August |
| Final year | 2006 |
| Aggregate | 48 points, Ernie Els, 2000 Phil Mickelson, 1997 |
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The International (styled as The INTERNATIONAL) was a professional golf tournament in Colorado on the PGA Tour. It was played for 21 seasons, from 1986 to 2006, at the Castle Pines Golf Club at Castle Pines Village in Castle Rock, south of Denver. It had the distinction of being one of two PGA Tour events not conducted at traditional stroke play, the only other exception is the match play event, the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. The International was the only tournament to use the Modified Stableford scoring system, enacted because of the significant elevation of the venue, which averages 6,300 feet (1,920 m) above sea level.
Beginning in 2007, The International was scheduled to change dates to be played during the first full weekend of July (July 5-8, 2007 and July 4-7, 2008), midway between the U.S. Open and the British Open. Tournament officials hoped this new date would draw even more top-ranked players, such as Tiger Woods, as it would no longer be contested the week before (or after) a major championship (PGA Championship). Even with the change in dates, both tournament founder Jack Vickers and the Castle Pines GC membership were apparently not happy with the overall direction the PGA Tour was taking.
Also (according to the ticker on the FSN Final Score), the tourney has not generated sufficient sponsorship money to pay the purses. The last presenting sponsor (as shown below) was Qwest, in 2002; the last title sponsor was Sprint, in 1999.
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