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GEOFF OGILVY (OH-gil-vee)EXEMPT STATUS: 45th on 2003 money listFULL NAME: Geoff Charles Ogilvy HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 180BIRTHDATE: June 11, 1977BIRTHPLACE: Adelaide, South AustraliaRESIDENCE: Melbourne, Australia and Scottsdale, AZFAMILY: SingleSPECIAL INTERESTS: Australian Rules Football, reading, moviesTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1998 Q SCHOOL: 2000BEST <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER FINISH: T2—2001 Honda Classic, 2002 Compaq Classic ofNew Orleans, 2003 Buick Open.BEST 2003 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> FINISHES: T2—Buick Open; T3—MCI Heritage; T5—DeutscheBank Championship; T7—Shell Houston Open; 8—The INTERNATIONAL; T9—FUNAIClassic at the WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort, Chrysler Championship.2003 SEASON: Improved his standing on the money list from 64th in 2002 to 45th. Made16 cuts and finished in top 25 10 times…Earned $216,000 for T3 at the MCI Heritage, hisfirst top-10 in 10th start…The following week finished T7 at the Shell Houston Open. Firsttime since joining the <strong>TOUR</strong> in 2001 he has posted consecutive top-10s…Aided by finalround65, tied career-best finish with T2 at Buick Open, two strokes behind champion JimFuryk…Posted back-to-back top-10s for the second time in season with an eighth-placefinish the following week at The INTERNATIONAL. $155,000 payday in Colorado lifted himover the $1-million mark for the first time in his career…One of four players to post fourrounds in the 60s en route to T5 finish at the Deutsche Bank Championship, third top-10in four starts…Closed the season on a high note with two top-10s in the final twotournament of the season - T9 at the FUNAI Classic at the WALT DISNEY WORLD Resortand T9 at the Chrysler Championship…Moved into the top 100 for the first time in theOfficial World Golf Rankings after The INTERNATIONAL, finished the season 83rd.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Slow start to the season until May when he recorded hissecond career T2 finish on the <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> at the Compaq Classic of New Orleans, earningcareer-best paycheck of $396,000…Second top-10 came at the Bell Canadian Open.Almost missed the cut with a second-round 74, but rounds of 64-68 on the weekendmoved him up the leaderboard to finish T6…Was one out of the lead through 54 holes atthe Michelob Championship at Kingsmill after third-round 66. Closing round of 70 gavehim a solo fourth. 2001: Had a successful rookie campaign on the <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong>, with twotop-five finishes and earnings of $525,338…Part of a six-man first-round lead atTouchstone Energy Tucson Open after a 67. Finished T3 in first <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> start…Earnedsecond top-10 in fifth start, T2 at Honda Classic. Opened with 65 for share of first-roundlead. 2000: Joined Ben Ferguson and Stephen Allan as three Australians who survived<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> Qualifying School…Played on the Australasian, European and Southern AfricaTours…Four top-10s rocketed to him to fifth on <strong>PGA</strong> Tour of Australasia Order of Merit insecond season…Finished second behind Tiger Woods in Johnnie Walker Classic. 1999:Qualified to play in the British Open, his only <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> experience…Australian Rookieof the Year…Finished second place in the Johnnie Walker Classic behind MichaelCampbell. 1998: Gained card at first attempt on the European Tour and <strong>PGA</strong> Tour ofAustralasia. Amateur: Played full-time amateur golf before turning pro…Visited the UKwith some success, finishing runner-up in the 1997 Brabazon Trophy and reaching the lasteight of the 1998 British Amateur at Muirfield…Won 1997 Lake Macquarie Amateur.PERSONAL: A distant relative of Sir Angus Ogilvy, part of Britain’s Royal Family and aneven-more distant relative of Scotland’s King of Bannockburn fame, Robert theBruce…Was given a cut-down club by his dad at age 7 and progressed to a scratchhandicap by age 16…Played full-time amateur golf before turning pro. Talented juniorathlete in many sports…Numerous athletics medals at state and nationallevel…Interested in history of golf.<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-0Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1999 12001 23 7 1 1 2 4 $525,338 952002 27 17 1 3 4 957,184 642003 26 16 1 1 7 10 1,477,246 45Total 77 40 3 2 12 18 2,959,768<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> TOP <strong>TOUR</strong>NAMENT SUMMARYYear 99 00 01 02 03U.S. OpenCUTBritish Open CUT CUT<strong>PGA</strong>T27THE PLAYERSCUT T21PLAYER STATISTICS2003 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------71.19 (110)Driving Distance ------------------291.8 (53)Driving Accuracy Percentage --61.0% (164)Total Driving ------------------------217 (139)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------64.8% (107)Putting Average--------------------1.752 (37)Sand Save Percentage ----------58.8% (7)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------147.6 (38)Birdie Average --------------------4.00 (18)All-Around Ranking --------------534 (32)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------70.79 (77)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------70.94 (113)Final Round Scoring Average --70.93 (83)Birdie Conversion Percentage--33.8% (7)Par Breakers ------------------------22.9% (19)MISC. <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> STATS2003 Low Round/Round:64–The Honda Classic/2Career Low Round/Round:64–4 times, most recent 2003 The HondaClassic/2Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$396,000–2002 Compaq Classic of NewOrleans/T2SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSJOSE MARIA OLAZABAL (OH-luh-thaw-bull)EXEMPT STATUS: Winner, 1999 Masters Tournament (through <strong>2004</strong>)FULL NAME: Jose Maria Olazabal HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 160BIRTHDATE: February 5, 1966BIRTHPLACE: Fuenterrabia, SpainRESIDENCE: Fuenterrabia, SpainFAMILY: SingleSPECIAL INTERESTS: Pop music, cinema, hunting, wildlife, ecologyTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1985 JOINED <strong>TOUR</strong>: 2000<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> VICTORIES (6): 1990 NEC World Series of Golf. 1991 The International. 1994Masters Tournament, NEC World Series of Golf. 1999 Masters Tournament. 2002 BuickInvitational.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (22): 1986 Ebel European Masters, Swiss Open, SanyoOpen. 1988 Volvo Belgian Open, German Masters. 1989 Tenerife Open, KLM Dutch Open,Visa Taiheiyo Masters. 1990 Benson & Hedges International Open, Carroll’s Irish Open,Lancome Trophy, Visa Taiheiyo Masters. 1991 Open Catalonia, Epson Grand Prix of Europe.1992 Turespana Open de Tenerife, Open Mediterrania. 1994 Turespana OpenMediterrania, Volvo <strong>PGA</strong> Championship. 1997 Turespana Masters Open de Canarias. 1998Dubai Desert Classic. 2000 Benson and Hedges International Open. 2001 French Open.BEST 2003 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> FINISHES: T8—Masters Tournament; 10—the MemorialTournament.2003 SEASON: Full-time member of the <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> for only the third season. Made 16starts with his last tournament the <strong>PGA</strong> in August…Finished T8 at the Masters, his secondconsecutive top-10 in Augusta and his seventh overall there. Also recorded 13th top-15finish in 16 career Masters…Finished solo 10th at the Memorial Tournament, aided by abogey-free 6-under-par 66 in the third round, played in cold and wet conditions with windsup to 35 mph. Only round in the 60s on the day. Compared round to 9-under-par 61 atFirestone Country Club at the 1990 World Series of Golf, “I think this 66 is close to that 61that I had in Akron. I would think this is my second- or third-best round of my career.”CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Had a career year with seven top-10s and a victory…Fireda final-round 68 to finish T5 at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am…Captured sixthcareer <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> victory at the Buick Invitational, becoming the first player to win a <strong>TOUR</strong>event after being “on the cutline” (1-under-par 143) since Mike Sullivan at the 1989Independent Insurance Agent Open. Erased a four-shot deficit with a final-round 65 to topWWW.<strong>PGA</strong><strong>TOUR</strong>.COM <strong>2004</strong> <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> / 2-109

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