2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

JESPER PARNEVIK (YES-per PAR-nuh-vick)EXEMPT STATUS: 118th on 2003 money listFULL NAME: Jesper Bo Parnevik HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 175BIRTHDATE: March 7, 1965BIRTHPLACE: Stockholm, SwedenRESIDENCE: Jupiter, FL FAMILY: Wife, Mia; Peg (9/3/95), Penny (5/9/97), Phillipa (5/16/99),SPECIAL INTERESTS: Magic, vitamins, bridge, backgammon, Phoenix (2/16/01)yoga, yachting, tennisTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1986 Q SCHOOL: 1993PGA TOUR VICTORIES (5): 1998 Phoenix Open. 1999 Greater Greensboro ChryslerClassic. 2000 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, GTE Byron Nelson Classic. 2001 Honda Classic.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (9): 1988 Odense Open [Sweden], Ramlosa Open[Sweden], Open Passing Shot [France]. 1990 Swedish Open [Eur]. 1993 Scottish Open[Eur]. 1995 Scandinavian Masters [Eur]. 1996 Trophee Lancome [Eur]. 1997 JohnnieWalker Super Tour [Asia]. 1998 Scandinavian Masters [Eur].BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISH: T5—84 Lumber Classic of Pennsylvania.2003 SEASON: Played in a career-high 31 PGA TOUR events. Sub-par year in which heslumped to $570,587 in earnings…Only top-10 of the season came in late September, T5at the 84 Lumber Classic of Pennsylvania. $146,000 paycheck moved him into the top 125with eight events remaining on the schedule…Fell out of top 125 again after the LasVegas Invitational with three tournaments remaining for the 2003 season. Collected threetop-30s, worth a total of $97,764, to secure a spot in the 125 (118th) - T22 at the ChryslerClassic of Greensboro, T30 FUNAI Classic at Walt Disney World Resort and T24 at theChrysler Championship.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Did not crack the $1-million mark in earnings for the firsttime since 1996…Made an early-season pledge to play until earning TOURvictory…Playing in his ninth consecutive event at the Genuity Championship, picked uphis first top-10 of the season…Did not play Bay Hill Invitational, having missed the cutplaying 10th straight week in title defense of Honda Classic…Final-round 7-under 65 gavehim a second-place finish at the BellSouth Classic, four strokes back of RetiefGoosen…Played in third Ryder Cup, posting an 0-1-1 record. Career Ryder Cup record is4-3-4. 2001: Won a TOUR event for the fourth consecutive season to place 31st on themoney list with $1,574,208…Shared first round lead at Honda Classic and led theremainder of the tournament for his fifth TOUR victory. Closed with a 72 to edge threeplayers by one stroke and capture the $576,000 winner’s paycheck…Was one off the leadafter 54 holes in the British Open. Fired a final-round 71 to post a T9, the fourth top-10 inhis last five British Open starts…Withdrew from defense of Bob Hope Chrysler Classicdue to pending birth of fourth child…Was a Captain’s Choice for the European Ryder Cupteam, his third appearance. 2000: Continued proving that he is one of the PGA TOUR’srising stars by posting first career multiple-win season despite dealing with increasing hippain that eventually required corrective surgery…Eighth-place finish on money list washis first year among the top 10…Established or matched career marks for: single-seasonearnings ($2,413,345), top-10s (nine) and wins (two)…Started the season red-hot with sixtop-10 finishes in first seven events. Led Mercedes Championships by one stroke afteropening 69 before dropping to T6 finish…Improved on performance the following weekat SONY Open with a T3…Won first tournament of year at Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.Superlative week included five rounds in the 60s…Two starts later at Nissan Open,turned in only runner-up performance of year. Tournament highlight was birdie putt on72nd hole that forced eventual winner Kirk Triplett to drain par putt for victory…Secondwin came at GTE Byron Nelson Classic in nail-biting fashion. Outlasted Davis Love III andPhil Mickelson with a par on third playoff hole to win largest winning purse of career($720,000)…Began suffering from hip pain two weeks prior to U.S. Open. Underwent hipsurgery to repair Labrum on Sept. 23. Surgery was performed by Dr. Marc Philippon, thesame surgeon who operated on Greg Norman and Steve Elkington earlier in the year.1999: Earned his second career PGA TOUR title by two strokes over Jim Furyk at GreaterGreensboro Chrysler Classic. Won in wire-to-wire fashion, becoming the first player sinceErnie Els at the 1997 Buick Classic to accomplish the feat. Final-round 70 earned him thevictory and tournament record. Lit victory cigar on 18th green before holing his finalputt…In November, withdrew from WGC-American Express Championship due to anirregular heartbeat and took remainder of year off to undergo tests and rest…Was 3-1-1as member of European Ryder Cup team. 1998: First PGA TOUR title came at the PhoenixOpen, a three-stroke victory over Tommy Armour III, Steve Pate, Brent Geiberger and TomWatson. Earned distinction as second Swede to win on TOUR, following GabrielHjertstedt at 1997 B.C. Open. 1997: Finished top-25 in 11 of 19 events entered. Posted fiverunner-up finishes and one third-place…Fired third-round 66 at British Open to open atwo-stroke lead over Darren Clarke and five-stroke edge over Justin Leonard heading intofinal round. Sunday 73 not good enough to hold off Leonard, so settled for British Opensecond place for second time in career…Was 1-1-2 as member of European Ryder Cupteam. 1996: Won Lancome Trophy on PGA European Tour by five strokes over ColinMontgomerie. 1995: Became first Swede to capture a European Tour event in Swedenwith victory at Scandanavian Masters. 1994: Marked first British Open near miss atTurnberry. Held two-stroke lead at final hole, but made bogey to finish 11-under-par 269.Nick Price went eagle-birdie-par on final three holes to capture one-stroke victory. 1993:First European Tour win came at Bell’s Scottish Open. 1992: Joined TOUR after finishingT4 in 1993 Qualifying Tournament.PERSONAL: Father, Bo, is Sweden’s most famous comedian…First turned up bill of capto get a tan on his face while playing. Also known for distinct golf attire, outfitted by J.Lindeberg…Mentor to rising PGA TOUR star Charles Howell III, also a J. Lindebergclient…Learned game by hitting floating golf balls into lake behind family home…Hiscompany, Lifizz, Inc., markets and distributes effervescent vitamins in the UnitedStates…Son is named Phoenix, where Jesper first won on PGA TOUR in 1998.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 1-0Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1994 17 12 2 4 $148,816 1201995 19 15 2 7 222,458 841996 19 17 1 5 9 389,266 531997 19 16 5 1 9 11 1,217,587 121998 20 17 1 1 5 13 1,290,822 141999 20 17 1 4 10 1,055,468 362000 20 17 2 1 1 9 11 2,413,345 82001 25 21 1 4 13 1,574,208 312002 26 17 1 2 4 964,304 632003 31 20 1 5 570,587 118Total 216 169 5 7 4 43 87 9,846,860PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03Masters T21 T31 CUT T40 T20 T29U.S. Open T48 T14 T17 CUT T30 T54 CUTBritish Open T21 2 T24 T44 T2 T4 T10 T36 T9 T28 DQPGA CUT T20 T5 T45 CUT T10 T51 T13 CUT T34THE PLAYERST49 T53 CUT T25 T23 CUT CUT CUT T48TOUR Championship T6 T3 T22WGC-Accenture Match Play T33 T9 T33WGC-NEC Invitational T27 T71 T71WGC-American Express ChampW/D CNLNATIONAL TEAMS: Dunhill Cup (4), 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997; World Cup (2), 1994, 1995;Ryder Cup (3), 1997, 1999, 2002.PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------71.14 (99)Driving Distance ------------------281.0 (135)Driving Accuracy Percentage --64.7% (120)Total Driving ------------------------255 (170)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------64.5% (113)Putting Average--------------------1.775 (92)Sand Save Percentage ----------43.4% (156)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------200.0 (87)Birdie Average --------------------3.48 (123)All-Around Ranking --------------925 (141)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------70.98 (93)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------71.48 (150)Final Round Scoring Average --71.28 (108)Birdie Conversion Percentage--29.0% (116)Par Breakers ------------------------19.8% (127)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:64–MCI Heritage/4Career Low Round/Round:62–1997 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic/5Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$720,000–2000 GTE Byron NelsonClassic/1SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSWWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 2-115