2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSJose Maria Olazabal (cont.)J.L. Lewis and Mark O’Meara by one stroke, and joined Gary Player (1963) as only foreignbornchampion in tournament’s 50-year history…One week later, finished T9 at NissanOpen…Finished T5 in WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship after losing to BradFaxon (20 holes) in the quarterfinals…Finished second in the West Coast Swingpresented by The St. Paul, earning $300,000…Played in the TOUR Championship for thefirst time in his career…Earned a career best season earnings of $1,987,027, doubling hiscareer season high on the PGA TOUR of $969,900 in 1994. 2001: First year as full-timemember of the PGA TOUR…Opened with rounds of 70-68 to trail 36-hole leader ChrisDiMarco by four strokes at the Masters. Closing 71-72 dropped him to T15…In 36-holefinish, earned 19th career European Tour victory at French Open. 2000: Split time betweenEuropean Tour and PGA TOUR…On European Tour, won the Benson & HedgesInternational Open…On PGA TOUR, missed the cut at the THE PLAYERS Championshipand Masters, but rebounded later with T12 at the U.S. Open and T4 at the PGA. 1999:Completed one of the greatest triumphs over adversity when he added a second greenjacket to the Masters title he won five years earlier. Finished two shots ahead of DavisLove III for an emotional victory, four years after watching the Masters from his bed dueto back problem. 1998: Captured the Dubai Desert Classic. 1997: After 18-month absence,during which he could not get out of bed, returned to European Tour at the Dubai Classic.He then won the Turespana Masters-Open de Canarias in his third tournament back. 1996:Started back therapy by Munich doctor Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt and what wasbelieved to be a foot problem was diagnosed as a back ailment. 1995: Withdrew from theRyder Cup suffering from a foot problem, initially diagnosed as rheumatoid polyarthritis inthree joints of right foot and two in left. 1994: Won Masters Tournament by three strokesover third-round leader Tom Lehman, shooting final-round 69 to Lehman’s 72. Moved intocontention with third-round 69, to pull within one stroke of Lehman, who also shot 69 onSaturday…Later that season, won second NEC World Series of Golf by one over ScottHoch — giving him his only multiple win season on PGA TOUR. 1991: Second PGA TOURvictory came at The INTERNATIONAL. 1990: First victory on PGA TOUR came in recordfashion at the NEC World Series of Golf. Opened with course-record 61, then added threeconsecutive 67s for tournament records following each round. Led Hale Irwin by eightstrokes heading into final round and won by 12. 1987: Made debut in Ryder Cup at age 21.During storied Ryder Cup career, teamed with countryman Seve Ballesteros for pairingwith most Ryder Cup victories (11-2-2 record). 1986: Won European Tour Qualifying Schooland claimed first European Tour title. Amateur: Won the British Boys, Youths andAmateur titles - the latter beating Colin Montgomerie in the final.PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------71.88 (N/A)Driving Distance ------------------269.4 (N/A)Driving Accuracy Percentage --56.6% (N/A)Total Driving ------------------------1,998 (N/A)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------60.4% (N/A)Putting Average--------------------1.794 (N/A)Sand Save Percentage ----------49.2% (N/A)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------252.0 (N/A)Birdie Average --------------------3.00 (N/A)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------73.11 (N/A)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------71.57 (N/A)Final Round Scoring Average --72.57 (N/A)Birdie Conversion Percentage--26.4% (N/A)Par Breakers ------------------------17.1% (N/A)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:66–the Memorial Tournament/3Career Low Round/Round:61–1990 NEC World Series of Golf/1Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$720,000–1999 Masters Tournament/1PERSONAL: Born the day after a golf course opened next door (Real Golf Club de SanSebastian) where grandfather was greenskeeper. Mother and father also worked there.When grandfather died, Jose’s father, Gaspar, took his place as greenskeeper. Fatherreceived a club to cut down and Jose, at age 2, used it to hit balls. Mother would take himout on golf course late in the afternoon starting at age 6…Sometimes called “Chemma”— a short way to say Jose Maria in Spanish.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-0Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1985 11987 5 3 $7,470 2151989 4 3 2 2 56,039 1601990 8 7 1 4 7 337,837 381991 7 5 1 1 3 3 382,124 431992 8 5 1 1 63,429 1611993 6 3 1 1 60,160 1741994 8 6 2 1 4 6 969,900 71995 10 8 2 4 213,415 871997 6 5 1 4 173,589 1261998 7 6 6 208,486 1331999 13 8 1 3 4 865,167 462000 12 7 2 5 320,9712001 15 10 5 458,678 1102002 20 16 1 1 7 7 1,987,027 242003 16 9 2 3 479,155 132Total 146 101 6 2 1 32 58 6,583,445EUROPEAN TOUR2003 12 9 1 3 6 $300,739PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96Masters CUT CUT T8 13 2 T42 T7 1 T14U.S. Open T68 T9 T8 T8 CUT CUT CUT T28British Open CUT T25 T16 T11 T36 T23 T16 T80 3 CUT T38 T31PGA CUT CUT T14 CUT CUT T56 T7 T31THE PLAYERS CUT T9 CUT T14 T23Year 97 98 99 00 01 02 03Masters T12 T12 1 CUT T15 4 T8U.S. OpenT16 T18 W/D T12 CUT T50 CUTBritish OpenT20 T15 CUT T31 T54 CUT CUTPGA CUT CUT CUT T4 T37 69 T51THE PLAYERST25 T52 CUT T12 T36 CUTTOUR Championship 29WGC-Accenture Match Play T5 T17 T5 T33WGC-NEC Invitational 40 T10 T47WGC-American Express Champ T11 T17 T27MARK O’MEARAEXEMPT STATUS: Top 25 on PGA TOUR Career Money ListFULL NAME: Mark Francis O’Meara HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 180BIRTHDATE: January 13, 1957BIRTHPLACE: Goldsboro, NCRESIDENCE: Windermere, FL FAMILY: Wife, Alicia; Michelle (3/14/87), Shaun Robert (8/29/89)EDUCATION: Long Beach State (1980, Marketing)SPECIAL INTERESTS: Golf course consulting, hunting, fishingTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1980 Q SCHOOL: Fall 1980PGA TOUR VICTORIES (16): 1984 Greater Milwaukee Open. 1985 Bing Crosby NationalPro-Am, Hawaiian Open. 1989 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. 1990 AT&T PebbleBeach National Pro-Am, H.E.B. Texas Open. 1991 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic.1992 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. 1995 Honda Classic, Bell Canadian Open. 1996Mercedes Championships, Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic. 1997 AT&T Pebble BeachNational Pro-Am, Buick Invitational. 1998 Masters Tournament, British OpenChampionship.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (7): 1985 Fuji Sankei Classic [Jpn]. 1986 AustralianMasters [Aus]. 1987 Lawrence Batley International [Eur]. 1992 Tokai Classic [Jpn]. 1994Argentine Open. 1997 Trophee Lancome [Eur]. 1998 Cisco World Match PlayChampionship.OTHER VICTORIES (6): 1989 RMCC [with Curtis Strange]. 1998 Cisco World Match PlayChampionship, Skins Game. 1999 World Cup. 2000 Fred Meyer Challenge. 2002 SkinsGame.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISH: T8—Masters Tournament.2003 SEASON: Fell out of the top 125 for the first time since earning his card in1981…Only top-10 of the season came at the Masters, his first top-10 in a major (T8)since a T4 at the 1998 PGA and his first top-10 at the Masters since his win in 1998…Thefour-time champion of the AT&T Pebble National Pro Am finished T15, his only other top-15 finish.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Two runner-up finishes were the most since he had two in1996…T2 with J.L. Lewis at Buick Invitational for first top-10 finish. Held share of the 54-hole lead, but final-round 70 came up one stroke short of champion Jose MariaOlazabal…Aided by rounds of 70-68 on the weekend, finished T2 at the Buick Openbehind champion Tiger Woods…Won The ConAgra Foods Skins Game on Thanksgivingweekend. 2001: Second-round 63 at PGA tied all-time low 18 for a major. Top-20 finishwas fifth career top-20 at Augusta National for the former Masters champion. 2000:Struggled through difficult season, which saw him fall out of the top 100 on the official2-110 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM