Champions Tour 2008 Guide - PGA TOUR Media
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Isao Aoki (ih-SAH-oh ay-OH-key)WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME MEMBER (Inducted 2004)EXEMPT STATUS: Top 30 on All-Time Money ListFULL NAME: Isao AokiHEIGHT: 6-0WEIGHT: 180BIRTHDATE: August 31, 1942BIRTHPLACE: Abiko, Chiba, JapanRESIDENCE: Tokyo, JapanFAMILY: Wife, Chie; Joanne (4/17/67)SPECIAL INTERESTS: Fishing, golf coursedesignTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1964JOINED <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong>: 1981JOINED CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong>: 1992CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> VICTORIES (9): 1992Nationwide <strong>Champions</strong>hip. 1994 Bank One Classic,Brickyard Crossing <strong>Champions</strong>hip. 1995 Bank of BostonSenior Classic. 1996 BellSouth Senior Classic atOpryland, Kroger Senior Classic. 1997 Emerald CoastClassic. 1998 BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland.2002 The Instinet Classic.OTHER SENIOR VICTORIES (7): 1994 JapanSenior Open. 1995 American Express Grandslam, JapanSenior Open. 1996 Japan Senior Open. 1997 JapanSenior Open. 2000 Northern Cup Senior Open. 2007Japan Senior Open.GEORGIA-PACIFIC GRAND CHAMPIONSVICTORIES (3): 2003 Kroger Classic, GreaterHickory Classic at Rock Barn, Georgia-Pacific Grand<strong>Champions</strong> <strong>Champions</strong>hip.<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> VICTORIES (1): 1983 Hawaiian Open.OTHER VICTORIES (58): 1971 Kanto <strong>PGA</strong>. 1972Kanto Open. 1973 Coldbeck, Chunichi Crowns, PepsiWilson, Sapporo Tokyu Open, KBC Augusta, Japan Pro.1974 Kanto Pro, Nichie Taiko, Kanto Open, Sanpo Class,Tozai Taiko. 1975 Kanto Open, Chunichi Crowns. 1976Tokai Classic. 1977 Tohoku Classic, Nichibei Taiko, JunClassic. 1978 Chunichi Crowns, Japan Pro Match Play,Sapporo Tokyu Open, Kanto Pro, Nichibei Taiko, JapanSeries, Colgate World Match Play. 1979 Chunichi Crowns,Japan Pro Match Play, Kanto Pro, Japan Series. 1980Chunichi Crowns, Yomiuri Open, KBC Augusta, KantoOpen, Jun Classic. 1981 Japan Pro, Japan Pro Match Play,Shizuoka Open. 1982 Japan Pro Match Play. 1983 KantoPro, Sapporo Tokyu Open, Japan Open, Japan Series,Panasonic European Open. 1984 Sapporo Tokyu Open,Japan Open, KBC Augusta, Kanto Open. 1987 DunlopKokusai, ANA Open, Japan Open, Japan Series. 1989Tokai Classic, Casio World Open. 1990 Mitsubishi Galant.1991 Bridgestone Open. 1992 Mitsubishi Galant, CasioWorld Open.<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER EARNINGS: $960,571BEST 2007 CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> FINISH: T36—The ACE Group Classic.2007 SEASON:Played in 18 events on the <strong>Champions</strong> <strong>Tour</strong>, the most in aseason since 2004, however, made less than six figures inofficial money for the first time since joining the circuit in1992...Best showing was a T36 early on at The ACE GroupClassic in Florida...Was among the early leaders at theAT&T <strong>Champions</strong> Classic at Valencia, thanks to anopening-round 66, his low score of the year. Eventuallyfaded and T56 just north of Los Angeles in mid-March...Also shot 68 in the second round of the GreaterHickory Classic at Rock Barn, his next-to-last appearanceof the year. Eventually T39 in western NorthCarolina...Captured his fifth Japan Senior Open title in thefall. Started the final round six shots back of KiyoshiMurota but fired a 7-under 65 at Kumamoto Chuo CC toedge Murota by a stroke...Also made one appearance onthe Japan Golf <strong>Tour</strong> in April but missed the cut at TheCrowns.CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:2006: Turned in a solo third-place effort at the Turtle Bay<strong>Champions</strong>hip, three strokes back of Loren Roberts afterbeing in contention down the stretch. Effort on the NorthShore of Oahu was his first top-three finish in a<strong>Champions</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> event since finishing as runner-up at therain-shortened 2002 Royal Caribbean Classic. Secondround66 was his best single-round performance sinceposting the same score in the first round of the 2005 FordSenior Players. 2005: Was the first-round leader at theSBC Classic, thanks to a 3-under 69, the only player in thefield to break 70 on Friday. Eventually T14 at Valencia CC.2004: Highlight of his year was being elected into theWorld Golf Hall of Fame from the International ballot earlyin the year and inducted along with Tom Kite, CharlieSifford and Marlene Streit in ceremonies inNovember...Lone top-10 finish of the season was a T6 atthe FedEx Kinko’s Classic near Austin. Trailed by just onestroke through 36 holes, but even-par 72 on Sunday lefthim three strokes back. 2003: T6 at the Royal CaribbeanGolf Classic, his fifth top-10 finish at CrandonPark...Carded a bogey-free 64 in the third round of theJELD-WEN Tradition, his best score since posting thesame number in the second round of the 2002 RoyalCaribbean Classic...Won three Georgia-Pacific Grand<strong>Champions</strong> events, including the Georgia-Pacific Grand<strong>Champions</strong> <strong>Champions</strong>hip in Sonoma, CA, by six-strokesover Raymond Floyd and Tom Wargo. 2002: Was a fourstrokewinner over John Jacobs at The Instinet Classic.Had 13 birdies and one bogey on the weekend on his waySECTION2 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIESCHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 1-4Year Events Played 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1992 7 1 1 1 6 7 $324,650 261993 23 1 3 12 19 557,667 151994 22 2 2 1 10 16 632,975 131995 23 1 4 2 17 23 1,041,766 51996 26 2 4 1 16 24 1,162,581 41997 28 1 5 4 18 26 1,410,499 31998 22 1 2 3 10 17 1,042,200 91999 17 1 3 8 334,523 492000 19 1 3 10 374,353 512001 20 2 4 9 676,735 312002 19 1 1 4 12 653,836 312003 18 3 13 449,231 422004 21 1 5 265,036 562005 12 2 119,121 772006 13 1 1 1 191,895 682007 18 57,975 96Total 308 9 24 16 108 192 9,295,043COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 <strong>TOUR</strong>S): $10,255,614CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> MAJOR <strong>TOUR</strong>NAMENT SUMMARYYear 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05Senior <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>Champions</strong>hip 3 T5 T5 2 T20 T44 T15 T62 T20 CUT CUT T27 T62Constellation Energy Senior Players T5 T3 6 T30 T2 3 T14 T18 T17 21 T12 T28 T18Senior British Open T14 T22 T36U.S. Senior Open T20 10 T3 11 T49 T4 CUT T47 T2 T18 T30JELD-WEN Tradition 6 T9 2 T12 2 T13 T28 T47 T35 T20 T53 T32Year 06 07Senior <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>Champions</strong>hip T28 CUTConstellation Energy Senior Players 52Senior British Open T60 CUTU.S. Senior Open T45 CUTJELD-WEN Tradition T67 T71CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICSScoring Average Putting Average Greens in Regulation Driving Distance Driving Accuracy1992 68.32 (N/A) 1.712 (N/A) 77.1 (N/A) 263.2 (N/A) 72.2 (N/A)1993 70.21 (7) 1.762 (T5) 71.7 (9) 262.9 (T14) 71.7 (T16)1994 70.03 (7) 1.753 (T6) 73.8 (7) 261.9 (12) 71.6 (25)1995 69.67 (2) 1.738 (1) 72.5 (5) 261.2 (T20) 74.2 (15)1996 70.04 (2) 1.772 (T7) 70.6 (7) 263.6 (37) 77.1 (6)1997 70.03 (3) 1.763 (5) 69.4 (8) 268.6 (17) 71.9 (22)1998 70.54 (6) 1.746 (3) 70.1 (10) 271.2 (T18) 69.1 (T45)1999 71.77 (50) 1.776 (17) 67.8 (35) 268.8 (28) 69.4 (49)2000 71.40 (39) 1.776 (T25) 67.2 (42) 265.5 (T50) 68.6 (55)2001 71.64 (38) 1.789 (T27) 64.5 (50) 263.6 (T70) 73.9 (22)2002 71.02 (24) 1.771 (T14) 67.5 (33) 261.6 (73) 74.2 (15)2003 71.07 (34) 1.774 (20) 64.3 (60) 260.8 (77) 76.0 (7)2004 72.33 (54) 1.827 (59) 66.9 (39) 264.8 (62) 69.2 (50)2005 72.98 (69) 1.838 (T66) 63.7 (65) 262.2 (67) 73.1 (27)2006 72.43 (63) 1.802 (T45) 63.9 (T64) 266.8 (53) 69.3 (49)2007 73.58 (74) 1.816 (53) 61.4 (71) 261.8 (69) 69.0 (40)<strong>PGA</strong><strong>TOUR</strong>.COM<strong>Champions</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> <strong>2008</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>2-5