2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

Shaun Micheel (cont.)Finish was first top-10 since T5 at the 2000 Invensys Classic at Las Vegas. 2001: T13 atQualifying School to retain TOUR card following season. 2000: Enjoyed his best season onthe PGA TOUR thanks to a then-career-high three top-10s and four top-25s…After earningonly $35,689 as a professional in 43 PGA TOUR events prior to 2000, nearly cracked thetop 100 in earnings with $467,431 (No. 104) in 31 events. 1999: Earned his firstNationwide Tour title at the Greensboro Open, edging Garrett Willis by one stroke. Wasthree strokes back of Willis with three holes to play in the final round but played the lastthree holes in 1-under par while Willis played them in 3-over. 1996: T9 at PGA TOURQualifying Tournament to regain his TOUR card. 1993: Earned first TOUR card with T37 atthe PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament.PERSONAL: Friendly with the rock band KISS and was a backstage guest of the band inColumbus, OH, the week following the PGA…Was honored with the 1994 Sons ofConfederate Veterans Award for Bravery after saving two people from a sinking car whileat a golf tournament in New Bern, NC…Wife, Stephanie, graduated from LSU and is anattorney…Recently retired father was one of the original pilots for FedEx in 1973…Shot58 in the 1998 Omega PGA Championship pro-am in Hong Kong.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-0Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1989 11990A 11991A 11994 19 4 $12,252 2471997 21 5 14,519 2501998 2 2 8,918 2861999 12000 31 15 3 4 467,431 1042001 34 18 3 351,095 1362002 30 21 1 2 8 641,450 1052003 28 21 1 4 7 1,827,000 32Total 169 86 1 1 9 22 3,322,663PHIL MICKELSONNATIONWIDE TOURYear Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1994 31996 27 15 1 5 $22,007 821997 5 3 1 2 18,140 921999 25 19 1 1 2 6 13 173,411 9Total 60 37 1 1 2 8 20 213,558COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $3,536,221EUROPEAN TOUR2003 1 1 $32,049PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 99 00 01 02 03U.S. Open CUT T40PGA 1THE PLAYERS CUT T54WGC-NEC InvitationalT23WGC-American Express ChampT44PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------70.67 (56)Driving Distance ------------------288.9 (71)Driving Accuracy Percentage --64.4% (124)Total Driving ------------------------195 (102)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------68.8% (20)Putting Average--------------------1.794 (148)Sand Save Percentage ----------43.8% (154)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------241.7 (118)Birdie Average --------------------3.63 (88)All-Around Ranking --------------779 (106)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------70.38 (39)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------70.75 (102)Final Round Scoring Average --70.85 (71)Birdie Conversion Percentage--28.7% (128)Par Breakers ------------------------20.6% (89)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:65–2 times, most recent Greater HartfordOpen/4Career Low Round/Round:63–2000 Invensys Classic at Las Vegas/4Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$1,080,000–2003 PGA Championship/1EXEMPT STATUS: Winner, 1996 NEC World Series of Golf (through 2006)FULL NAME: Philip Alfred Mickelson HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 190BIRTHDATE: June 16, 1970BIRTHPLACE: San Diego, CARESIDENCE: Rancho Santa Fe, CA; plays out of Grayhawk GC, Scottsdale, AZFAMILY: Wife, Amy; Amanda Brynn (6/21/99), Sophia Isabel (10/23/01), Evan Samuel (3/23/03)EDUCATION: Arizona State University (Psychology, 1992) SPECIAL INTERESTS: All sports, especially football; flyingTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1992 JOINED TOUR: June 1992SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSPGA TOUR VICTORIES (21): 1991 Northern Telecom Open. 1993 Buick Invitational ofCalifornia, The International. 1994 Mercedes Championships. 1995 Northern TelecomOpen. 1996 Nortel Open, Phoenix Open, GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic, NEC World Seriesof Golf. 1997 Bay Hill Invitational, Sprint International. 1998 Mercedes Championships,AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. 2000 Buick Invitational, BellSouth Classic,MasterCard Colonial, THE TOUR Championship. 2001 Buick Invitational, Canon GreaterHartford Open. 2002 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Canon Greater Hartford Open.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (1): 1993 Perrier Open [Eur].BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: 3—Masters Tournament; T4—Buick Invitational;T6—Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, The INTERNATIONAL; T9—Phoenix Open, WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Las Vegas Invitational.2003 SEASON: Uncharacteristic season, finishing outside the top 30 for first time in 11-year career. Still managed seven top-10s in 23 starts…Opened his season with a T9 atthe Phoenix Open, an event he won in 1996…One week later in defense of Bob HopeChrysler Classic title, finished T6, thanks to a final-round 67 that tied champion Mike Weirand Jonathan Kaye for low final-round honors…Third top-10 was T4 at Buick Invitational,six strokes behind champion Tiger Woods. Played in final group on Sunday with Woodsand Brad Faxon, starting two strokes behind the leader Woods, but was unable to gainany ground with even-par 72…Finished T9 at the WGC-Accenture Match PlayChampionship after losing to Jerry Kelly in the third round (3 and 2). Defeated RobertKarlsson and Brad Faxon in the first two rounds…For the third consecutive year finishedthird at the Masters (also finished third there in 1996). The top-10 was his 17th in a majorchampionship. One of only five players to post a sub-par round on Sunday with his 4-under68…First-round co-leader at the PGA after carding a 4-under-par 66. Finished T23…Nexttop-10 did not come until August, a T6 at The INTERNATIONAL…Posted T9 finish at LasVegas Invitational, one of six players to card five rounds in the 60s on the week. In thesecond round, recorded seven birdies on the front nine at TPC at The Canyons for a 7-under-par 29, the lowest nine-hole score of the week on any of the three courses…Playedon fifth Presidents Cup team representing the United States.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Won multiple PGA TOUR events for seventh time in 10years on TOUR, cementing reputation as one of best players of his generation…Secondon TOUR with 12 top-10s in 26 starts…Became second player to top $20-million mark forcareer…Captured Bob Hope Chrysler Classic in first appearance of season and first TOURstart since August 2001. Overcame four-shot deficit with a 64 on the final day to finish tiedwith David Berganio, Jr., at 30-under-par 330. Made up and down from beside the greento birdie the finishing hole. Defeated Berganio with a birdie on the first playoff hole withanother birdie, running his playoff record on the PGA TOUR to 5-1. Victory, worth$720,000, was the 20th of PGA TOUR career…Shot a final-round 64 at the Canon GreaterHartford Open, including a birdie on the final hole, to beat Davis Love III and JonathanKaye by one stroke. Became first player in 51 Hartford tournaments to win in consecutiveyears…Third-place finish at the Masters was sixth career top-10 at Augusta National andfourth consecutive top-10. After entering the final round four strokes behind Tiger Woodsand Retief Goosen, birdied the first two holes to close within two strokes of Woods.Finished with 1-under-par 71, four behind Woods…Runner-up to Tiger Woods at the U.S.Open. Finishing even par, joined Woods as only two players at par or better on theweek…Member of fourth Ryder Cup squad, compiling a 2-2-1 record. All-time record inRyder Cup play is 8-5-3. 2001: Continued to be among the game’s top players, posting twoPGA TOUR victories and finishing second on the money list ($4,403,883)…Won the BuickInvitational in hometown of San Diego in playoff with Frank Lickliter II and Davis Love III.Beat Lickliter with a double bogey on the third extra hole…Won for the second time onthe season at Canon Greater Hartford Open, keyed by a third-round 61, his career lowround…Shot three straight 66s to start the PGA at Atlanta Athletic Club. Came down to18th hole one behind David Toms. Toms laid up short of the hazard in front of the green.Mickelson’s long birdie putt from the back of the green was just short and Toms got upand down for par and the victory…Took remainder season off after NEC Invitational inSeptember because of the birth of a second child, Sophia Isabel, on Oct. 23. 2000: Enjoyedfifth multiple-win season and second four-win season, including ending Tiger Woods’consecutive victory string at six with four-stroke win at Buick Invitational and capturingthe TOUR Championship at Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club with a final-round 66. 1999:Despite failing to win, posted another strong season and had memorable performance inthe U.S.Open at Pinehurst. With wife Amy’s delivery of their first child imminent, lost byWWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 2-103