Champions Tour 2008 Guide - PGA TOUR Media

Brad Bryant (Continued)as McNulty made bogey to end his chances. Set a newChampions Tour standard in his win, hitting 53 of 54greens in regulation. His only miss came Saturday at No.10 when he missed by a mere four inches. Also played theevent without a bogey, making him the 18th player inChampions Tour history to accomplish that feat...Nearlywon a third title in late May when he fell in a three-holeplayoff with Jay Haas at the Senior PGA Championship atthe Oak Tree GC in Edmond, OK. Made a clutch birdie putton the 72nd hole to get himself into a playoff with Haasbefore losing on the third extra hole when Haas made apar putt to win...Closed with 67 at the TPC Twin Cities tofinish T2 along with Craig Stadler at the 3MChampionship, two strokes back of David Edwards...Firedthree straight 68s to finish T2 at the Constellation EnergyClassic, two strokes behind Bob Gilder inSeptember...Three weeks later was T8 at the SASChampionship...Made a nice showing in July’s GreaterKansas City Golf Classic where he was T3 after trailingDavid Edwards by one stroke through 36 holes...Initial top-10 finish of the season came in February when he finishedT2 at The ACE Group Classic in Naples, one stroke behindwinner Loren Roberts. Shared the second-round lead withRoberts and Don Pooley before a closing-round 70 left himone shy of Roberts...Chosen as the Champions Tour Playerof the Month for May...Ran off seven straight rounds in the60s at one point in the year, which matched Gil Morgan forthe best streak on the Champions Tour in 2006...Birdiedmore par-4s than any other player (20.8 percent of thetime). 2005: Suffered a torn ligament in his left ankle inApril and played through the injury...Turned in a solidrookie campaign with five top-10 efforts, including three inhis first seven appearances...Made several runs at avictory late in the year...Appeared to be in the driver’s seatat the Administaff Small Business Classic in mid-October,but made two double bogeys on the back nine at AugustaPines to fade into a fourth-place finish. Carried a twostrokelead into the final round near Houston and wasthree strokes ahead with nine holes to play...Made animpressive showing at the Boeing Greater Seattle Classicin August when he posted three straight rounds in the 60sto finish T3 at the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. Shared the firstroundlead and was just two behind after 36 holes, butcouldn’t chase down eventual-winner David Eger...Wasthe low native Texan at the FedEx Kinko’s Classic, postinga T5 finish in Austin. Was one stroke off the first-roundlead and trailed by just two strokes entering the finalround, but even-par 72 on Sunday left him six strokes backof winner Jim Thorpe...Also finished T8 at the SBC Classicin March. After a pair of over-par rounds, bounced back onSunday to shoot a 4-under-par 68, and moved up 20 spotsinto the top 10 for the first time in his Champions Tourcareer...Made one start on the PGA TOUR, missing the cutat the Funai Classic at Walt Disney World...Along withR.W. Eaks, hit the longest measured drive on theChampions Tour, with a poke of 385 yards on the 15th holein the opening round of the JELD-WEN Tradition. 2004:Earned fully-exempt status for 2005 after finishing third atthe Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament at theKing and Bear at World Golf Village near St. Augustine, FL,in November...Five of his six rounds were in the 60s, andhe finished 22-under-par for the event.OTHER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:Recorded lone PGA TOUR victory in his 18th season and475th start when he won the rain-shortened 1995 WaltDisney World/Oldsmobile Classic. Held a share of the 36-hole lead following a career-best 63 at Lake Buena Vistaand his final-round 68 at the Magnolia Course gave him aone-stroke victory over Hal Sutton and Ted Tryba. Winhelped him to his best earnings year on the PGA TOUR($723,834/25th)...The previous season saw him finish acareer-best 18th on the money list, with $687,803. Did notwin, but was second at the Doral-Ryder Open and theKmart Greater Greensboro Open...Held a one-strokemargin entering the final round of the 1993 CanadianOpen before closing-round 74 left him third, three strokesbehind David Frost...Was part of a five-man playoff at theBuick Southern Open later that year in an event won byJohn Inman...Played full time on TOUR from 1979-1999before he unofficially retired in 1999. Played a handful ofevents from 2000-2004. Played the 1999 season under aSpecial Medical Extension after missing almost all of theprevious year...Battled various injuries in his career,including a degenerative disk in his lower back as well asshoulder problems...Finished in the top 125 on the moneylist for nine straight years from 1989-97. Led TOUR inbirdies in 1994 (397).PERSONAL:Nickname “Dr. Dirt” bestowed upon him by Gary McCordin late 1970s…Younger brother Bart also played on theTOUR and won the 2004 Valero Texas Open at age41...Biggest thrills in golf were watching Bart win theValero Texas Open and also the Memorial Tournament andTHE TOUR Championship in 2005...Lists Bart as hisfavorite athlete...Has worked with David Leadbetter...Hisfavorite course is Spyglass Hill and his favorite movie is“Chariots of Fire.”...Enjoyed the “Lord of the Rings”trilogy...Favorite food is his mother’s country-fried steak.PLAYER STATISTICSMISCELLANEOUS CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS2007 Low Round: 63–2007 MasterCard Championship atHualalai/1Career Low Round: 63–2007 MasterCard Championshipat Hualalai/1Largest Career Paycheck/Finish: $470,000–2007 U.S.Senior Open Championship/1MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICSCareer Low Round: 63–1995 Walt DisneyWorld/Oldsmobile Classic/2Largest Career Paycheck/Finish: $216,000–1995 WaltDisney World/Oldsmobile Classic/1SEE SECTION 6 FOR COMPLETE PGA TOUR SUMMARYSECTION2 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIESCHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 1-1Year Events Played 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank2005 22 1 5 15 $727,438 252006 20 2 4 1 10 18 1,692,417 32007 24 2 2 2 10 18 1,812,099 3Total 66 4 6 4 25 51 4,231,955COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $7,803,616CHAMPIONS TOUR MAJOR TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 05 06 07Senior PGA Championship 57 2 6Constellation Energy Senior Players T16 T7 T46Senior British OpenT30U.S. Senior Open CUT T14 1JELD-WEN Tradition T16 T14 T21CHAMPIONS TOUR YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICSScoring Average Putting Average Greens in Regulation Driving Distance Driving Accuracy2005 70.52 (14) 1.800 (T44) 73.1 (4) 288.8 (8) 72.7 (T29)2006 69.71 (4) 1.761 (8) 74.4 (3) 279.3 (12) 73.3 (32)2007 70.17 (6) 1.796 (39) 75.3 (2) 286.1 (10) 68.6 (42)PGATOUR.COMChampions Tour 2008 Guide2-13