Gte Northwest Classic

FACTS, FIGURES

What: Seventh GTE Northwest Classic.

Where: Inglewood Country Club, Kenmore.

When: Tomorrow through Sunday.

Course figures: Par 72 (36-36). Total yardage 6,455; 3,236 front nine, 3,219 back.

Field: 78 senior pros (50 and over).

Format: 54 holes, stroke play (no cut).

Prize money: Total purse $450,000. Champion earns $67,500, with $39,000 for second, $32,500 for third, $27,000 for fourth and $21,500 for fifth. (Last year the total purse was $400,000.)

Defending champion: Mike Hill.

Past winners: 1986, Bruce Crampton. 1987, Chi Chi Rodriguez. 1988, Crampton. 1989, Al Geiberger. 1990, George Archer. 1991, Hill.

Tickets: Clubhouse passes (good for all days) - $60; Daily passes - Adults $12; seniors $7; juniors (with adult purchase) $2.

Parking: Numerous park-and-ride lots near course.

Schedule: Today - Final round of pro-am begins at 7 a.m. Tomorrow - First round begins at 8:30 a.m. Saturday - Second round begins at 8:30 a.m. Sunday - Final round begins at 8:30 a.m.

TOURNEY FAVORITES

Times staff reporter John Peoples rates the Northwest Classic's top 10 contenders:

George Archer: Birthday - Oct. 1, 1939. Home - Incline Village, Calif. Career highlights - Won 1969 Masters, 12 PGA Tour wins. 1992 - Has won three times, including twice in past three weeks; ranks third on money list ($506,552). Odds: 3-1.

Don Bies: Birthday - Dec. 10, 1937. Home - Seattle. Career highlights - One PGA Tour win, six Senior victories. 1992 - Won PaineWebber title in June, 22nd on money list ($206,656). Odds: 6-1.

Bruce Crampton: Birthday - Sept. 28, 1936. Home - La Quinta, Calif. Career highlights - 14 PGA Tour titles, 19 Senior wins, including two Northwest Classics. 1992 - One Senior win, 12th on money list ($261,492). Odds: 5-1.

Jim Dent: Birthday - May 9, 1939. Home: Tampa, Fla. Career highlights - No PGA Tour wins, seven Senior victories in three-plus seasons. 1992 - One win, 11th on money list ($266,763). Odds: 7-2.

Al Geiberger: Birthday - Sept. 1, 1937. Home - Solvang, Calif. Career highlights - 11 PGA Tour wins, including 1966 PGA Championship. 1992 - One win, 13th on money list ($255,157). Odds: 4-1.

Mike Hill: Birthday - Jan. 27, 1939. Home - Brooklyn, Mich. Career highlights - Three PGA Tour titles, 13 Senior wins. 1992 - Three victories, second on money list ($509,568). Odds: 3-1.

Larry Laoretti: Birthday - July 11, 1939. Home: Jupiter, Fla. Career highlights - Never played PGA Tour, one Senior title (1992 U.S. Senior Open). 1992 - Recorded first Senior Tour win this season, ninth on money list ($312,957). Odds: 7-2.

Arnold Palmer: Birthday - Sept. 19, 1929. Home - Bay Hill, Fla. Career highlights - 60 PGA Tour wins, 10 Senior titles. 1992 - 70th on money list ($40,084 in 11 events), but still scores big with galleries. Odds: 15-1.

Chi Chi Rodriguez: Birthday - Oct. 23, 1935. Home - Naples, Fla. Career highlights - Eight PGA Tour wins, 20 Senior titles (all-time leading Senior money winner). 1992 - Winless this season, fifth on money list ($447,019). Odds: 4-1.

Dave Stockton: Birthday - Nov. 2, 1941. Home: Mentone, Calif. Career highlights - 11 PGA titles, including 1970 PGA Championship. 1992 - Scored first 50-over win at Players Championship, sixth on money list ($388,057). Odds: 5-1.

TOMORROW'S PAIRINGS

8:40 a.m. - Bill McDonough, Doug Dalziel, Billy Derickson-x. 8:50 - Bill Kennedy, Gordon Jones-x, Harlan Stevenson. 9 - Rolf Deming, Gary Cowan, R. Stuart Chancellor. 9:10 - Douglas McDonald, Bob Reith, Jim Stefanich. 9:20 - Terry Dill, Dick Rhyan, Bob Menne. 9:30 - Billy Maxwell-x, Ben Smith, Bert Yancey. 9:40 - Doug Ford-x, Bob Wynn, Dick Hendrickson. 9:50 - Art Wall-x, Howie Johnson-x, Bob Brue. 10 - Charles Coody, Dewitt Weaver, Orville Moody. 10:10 - Al Geiberger, Gene Littler-x, Bob Goalby-x. 10:20 - George Archer, Rocky Thompson, Miller Barber-x. 10:30 - Jim Albus, Al Kelley, Butch Baird. 10:40 - Larry Laoretti, John Paul Cain, Arnold Palmer. 10:50 - Bruce Crampton, Don January-x, Mike Fetchick-x. 11 - Mike Hill, Don Bies, John Brodie. 11:10 - Chi Chi Rodriguez, Frank Beard, Walt Zembriski. 11:20 - Jim Dent, Rives McBee, Charles Sifford-x. 11:30 - Dave Stockton, Tom Shaw, J.C. Snead. 11:40 - Ken Still, R.H. Sikes, George Johnson. 11:50 - Jerry Barber-x, Labron Harris, Steve Spray. Noon - Kermit Zarley, Jim O'Hearn, Bob Erickson-x. 12:10 - Bruce Devlin, Steve Reid, Simon Hobday. 12:20 - Jack Kiefer, Robert Gaona, John Joseph. 12:30 - J.C. Goosie-x, Art Proctor, Mike Joyce. 12:40 - Walter Morgan, Snell Lancaster, Skip Whittet. 12:50 - Bob Rawlins-x, Ray Beallo, Dick Goetz. x-Super Senior (players 60 and older).