2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide
2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide
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TOM LEHMAN (LAY-mun)EXEMPT STATUS: Winner, 1996 British Open (through 2006)FULL NAME: Thomas Edward Lehman HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 215BIRTHDATE: March 7, 1959BIRTHPLACE: Austin, MNRESIDENCE: Scottsdale, AZ; plays out of DC Ranch FAMILY: Wife, Melissa; Rachael (5/30/90), Holly (8/13/92),EDUCATION: University of Minnesota Thomas Andrew (7/24/95), Sean (3/18/03)TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1982SPECIAL INTERESTS: Fly fishing, golf course design, hunting, all sportsQ SCHOOL: 1983, 1984Nationwide Tour AlumnusSECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOS<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> VICTORIES (5): 1994 Memorial Tournament. 1995 Colonial NationalInvitation. 1996 British Open Championship, THE <strong>TOUR</strong> Championship. 2000 Phoenix Open.NATIONWIDE <strong>TOUR</strong> VICTORIES (4): 1990 Reflection Ridge. 1991 Gulf Coast Classic,South Carolina Classic, Santa Rosa Open.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (2): 1993 Casio World Open [Jpn]. 1997 Loch LomondWorld Invitational [Eur].OTHER VICTORIES (7): 1995-96 Diners Club Matches [with Duffy Waldorf]. 1996 <strong>PGA</strong>Grand Slam of Golf. 1997 Skins Game, Wendy’s Three-Tour Challenge. 1999 Target WorldChallenge presented by Williams. 2000 Hyundai Team Matches [with Duffy Waldorf].BEST 2003 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> FINISHES: 2—AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am; T8—BuickClassic.2003 SEASON: Finished in top 100 on money list for 12th straight season…Earned firsttop-10 with solo second at AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, his best finish since T2at the 2001 Invensys Classic at Las Vegas. One back of Jim Furyk after 36 holes and twoback of Davis Love III after 54 holes. Entered 72nd hole tied with Love at 13-under-parafter posting seven birdies and only two bogeys through 17 holes. Was unable to convertshort birdie putt on par-5 18th. One group later, Love two-putted 18 for birdie to claim oneshotvictory…Next top-10 came in June, a T8 at the Buick Classic…Finished T23 at theBell Canadian Open to surpass the $1-million mark in a single season for the seventh timein his career…Finished fifth in greens in regulation…Closed season with <strong>TOUR</strong>-leading18 consecutive rounds at par or better.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: 74th on the money list was the lowest since he returned tothe <strong>TOUR</strong> full-time in 1992…Earned T5 in WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship afterlosing to Scott McCarron (4 and 3) in the quarterfinals…Converted to a long putter at theWORLDCOM CLASSIC in April. 2001: Finished in the top 25 on <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> money list forninth time since regaining his <strong>TOUR</strong> card in 1992…Runner-up at Sony Open inHawaii…Winner of Charles Bartlett Award, given by GWAA for unselfish contributions togolf. Has raised $3.5 million through his charity tournament in Minneapolis and is involvedwith “Match Point,” a Phoenix program that matches adults with troubled children…Withopening rounds of 63-62 (career low) in Invensys Classic, shared first-round lead and heldsecond-round lead outright. Finished T2, one-stroke behind Bob Estes. His first two roundstied <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> record for opening two rounds. 2000: Had most financially rewardingseason of 12-year career with earnings of $2,068,499 and a 12th-place finish on the <strong>TOUR</strong>money list…Kicked off the season in red-hot fashion with three consecutive top-10s,including his first official money <strong>TOUR</strong> victory since winning the 1996 THE <strong>TOUR</strong>Championship…At the Phoenix Open, earned his fifth <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> title. Drained 10-foot puttfor par on final hole then watched Robert Allenby miss a five-footer that would have forceda playoff…Came close at MCI Classic, where he held clubhouse lead on Sunday aftershooting 65. Stewart Cink’s own closing 65 snatched away win…Withdrew fromINTERNATIONAL due to torn cartilage in right knee, then underwent surgery prior to <strong>PGA</strong>Championship…Participated in third Presidents Cup and compiled a 3-2 record whilelending support to victorious United States team…Prior to official money season, wasvictorious in unofficial Williams World Challenge, birdieing five of last six holes to defeatDavid Duval by three strokes. 1999: Made successful return to form from off-seasonshoulder surgery…Four runner-up finishes that year — Bay Hill Invitational, GreaterMilwaukee Open, FedEx St. Jude Classic and Buick Open — were most ever for him in asingle season. 1998: Turned in T2 at THE PLAYERS Championship…Claimed a solo third atthe Buick Classic and was a T5 at the U.S. Open, his third straight top-five finish in theevent…Did not make the cut at the British Open after suffering a separated right shoulderjust prior to the event while on a family outing in England. Was attempting a handstand forhis children when the mishap occurred and played with the injury the remainder of the yearbefore undergoing surgery in November in the Los Angeles area. 1997: Failed to win butcame close twice. Tied with Tiger Woods after 54 holes at the Mercedes Championship andafter final round was canceled, the two played off at the par-3 seventh hole. Lehman hit histee shot in the water, Woods then hit to tap-in range for victory…At U.S. Open, water at71st hole kept him from chance at victory and finished third, two strokes behind Ernie Els.Joined Bobby Jones as only player to lead U.S. Open after three rounds three straightyears…With T4 at MCI Classic, moved into first place on Official World Golf Ranking. Onlysecond player from U.S. to lead World Ranking at the time, following Fred Couples, wholed for 15 weeks in 1992. Relinquished spot the next week when Greg Norman was secondat Spanish Open. 1996: <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> Player of the Year…Leading money-winner with thenrecord$1,780,159…First victory came at British Open at Royal Lytham and St. Annes. Afterconsecutive 67s, shared 36-hole lead with Paul McGinley. Followed with a course-record64 in third round to lead Nick Faldo by six strokes and his closing round 73 was enough fora two-stroke victory over Ernie Els and Mark McCumber. First American professional to winat that venue and the first since amateur Bobby Jones in 1926…Closed out year withdominant performance at <strong>TOUR</strong> Championship. After sharing first-round lead with VijaySingh at 66, shot 67 to open a four-stroke margin after 36 holes. Led by nine after bogeyfree64, eventually winning by six over Brad Faxon. 1995: Earned second win at ColonialNational Invitation…Opened that season with second at United Airlines HawaiianOpen…After MCI Classic, missed a month of the season due to colon surgery…Third atU.S. Open after sharing 54-hole lead with Greg Norman. 1994: First served notice of thingsto come with breakthrough season that included his first <strong>TOUR</strong> victory at MemorialTournament. That win helped him secure first $1-million season on <strong>TOUR</strong>…Earlier thatyear was runner-up to Jose Maria Olazabal at Masters. 1992: In first year back on <strong>PGA</strong><strong>TOUR</strong> was 24th on money list, including T2 at Hardee’s Golf Classic. 1991: Won three timeson the Nationwide Tour…Was that tour’s top money-winner and Player of the Year. 1990:Won once on the Nationwide Tour in 1990. 1985: After three lukewarm seasons on <strong>TOUR</strong>from 1983-85, played in Asia, South Africa and elsewhere for the rest of the 1980s.PERSONAL: Credits marriage with giving him focus to do well on <strong>TOUR</strong>…HostedDayton’s Challenge 1993-2002…Brother, Jim Lehman, Jr., is his agent…HonoraryChairman for <strong>PGA</strong> of America’s National Golf Day in 1997…His wife, Melissa, wasenlisted as his caddie at 1998 Nissan Open when regular caddie Andy Martinez sufferedtwo broken ribs in a pickup basketball game the night before the start of the event. Wentto a lighter carry bag instead of the heavier <strong>TOUR</strong> version…Two Lehman co-designs wereused for <strong>TOUR</strong> events in 2002: The Gallery Golf Club in Tucson, AZ, co-designed with JohnFought, as part of the Touchstone Energy Tucson Open, and the TPC of the Twin Cities,done with Arnold Palmer, as the second-year site of the 3M Championship on theChampions Tour in Minneapolis. Will serve as the host of the Scholarship AmericaShowdown, a Nationwide Tour event, this summer in his native Minnesota.<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-2Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1983 22 9 1 $9,413 1821984 26 9 9,382 1841985 26 10 2 20,232 1581986 21987 11990 11992 29 25 1 1 9 15 579,093 241993 27 20 1 6 12 422,761 331994 23 21 1 1 1 9 15 1,031,144 41995 18 16 1 1 1 5 12 830,231 151996 22 20 2 2 1 13 19 1,780,159 11997 21 18 1 1 9 14 960,584 191998 23 18 1 1 5 12 1,033,673 251999 23 19 4 5 9 1,435,564 242000 21 18 1 1 7 13 2,068,499 122001 23 18 2 1 5 12 1,907,660 202002 22 17 3 8 868,632 742003 25 19 1 2 9 1,173,237 61Total 355 257 5 15 8 78 153 14,130,264NATIONWIDE <strong>TOUR</strong>1990 19 12 1 5 8 $41,338 171991 28 27 3 3 11 24 141,934 1Total 47 39 4 3 16 32 183,272COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 <strong>TOUR</strong>S): $14,313,536<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> TOP <strong>TOUR</strong>NAMENT SUMMARYYear 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98Masters T3 2 40 T18 T12 CUTU.S. Open CUT CUT CUT T6 T19 T33 3 T2 3 T5British Open T59 T24 1 T24 CUT<strong>PGA</strong>CUT T39 CUT T14 T10 T29THE PLAYERS T13 T11 CUT T14 T8 6 T2<strong>TOUR</strong> Championship T13 28 12 1 T15 15Year 99 00 01 02 03Masters T31 6 T18 CUT CUTU.S. OpenT28 T23 T24 T45British Open CUT T4 CUT CUT T46<strong>PGA</strong>T34 W/D CUT T29 CUTTHE PLAYERS CUT 8 T12 T28 T39<strong>TOUR</strong> ChampionshipT15 T18 T15WGC-Accenture Match Play T33 T17 T9 T5 T33WGC-NEC Invitational T15 T31 T38WGC-American Express Champ T25 CNL T392-88 / <strong>2004</strong> <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> WWW.<strong>PGA</strong><strong>TOUR</strong>.COM