2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

Craig Perks (cont.)PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 02 03MastersCUT CUTU.S. OpenCUTBritish OpenT50 CUTPGAT29THE PLAYERS 1 T17WGC-NEC Invitational T42WGC-American Express Champ 61NATIONAL TEAMS: WGC-World Cup (2), 2001, 2002.PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------72.37 (177)Driving Distance ------------------290.7 (62)Driving Accuracy Percentage --56.3% (185)Total Driving ------------------------247 (164)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------63.2% (152)Putting Average--------------------1.792 (140)Sand Save Percentage ----------49.2% (112)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------158.0 (51)Birdie Average --------------------3.43 (135)All-Around Ranking --------------1,014 (161)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------71.86 (162)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------71.69 (158)Final Round Scoring Average --72.91 (182)Birdie Conversion Percentage--29.8% (85)Par Breakers ------------------------19.7% (130)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:65–Valero Texas Open/2Career Low Round/Round:64–2 times, most recent 2002 BuickInvitational/2Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$1,080,000–2002 THE PLAYERS Championship/1SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSTOM PERNICE, JR. (purr-NIECE)EXEMPT STATUS: 57th on 2003 money listFULL NAME: Thomas Charles Pernice, Jr. HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 155BIRTHDATE: September 5, 1959BIRTHPLACE: Kansas City, MORESIDENCE: Murrieta, Calif.; plays out of Bear Creek Golf Club FAMILY: Wife, Sydney; Kristen (9/30/93), Brooke (3/7/95)EDUCATION: UCLA (Economics, 1982)SPECIAL INTERESTS: Gardening, television, sports, politicsTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1983 Q SCHOOL: 1985, 1996, 1997Nationwide Tour AlumnusPGA TOUR VICTORIES (2): 1999 Buick Open. 2001 The INTERNATIONAL Presented byQwest.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: 3—Bell Canadian Open; T6—BellSouth Classic;T7—MCI Heritage, Wachovia Championship.2003 SEASON: Played in 31 tournament and made 21 cuts, including 11 consecutive atthe end of the season, longest consecutive cuts streak he has ever posted…Finished inthe top-10 four times and top-25 nine times, a career best…First top-10, T6 at theBellSouth Classic in 10th start. Jumped into contention with a third-round, 6-under-par 66,but fell back on Sunday after even-par 72…In next start posted second straight top-10with T7 at MCI Heritage, aided by pair of 68s on the weekend. Back-to-back top-10s werethe first since 2001’s The INTERNATIONAL and Buick Open…Continued strong play at theinaugural Wachovia Championship, finishing T7. In 14 starts, surpassed 2002 earningswith a total of $726,960…Had a chance to get into the playoff with Brad Faxon and BobTway at the Bell Canadian Open with a birdie on the 71st hole, but a bogey-5 on the 72ndhole dropped out of the playoff and into third place. $285,000, a season’s best payday,lifted him over the $1-million mark for only the second time in his 12-year career.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Struggled after a career season in 2001…First top-10 ofthe season came at the Shell Houston Open, his 10th start of the season, with aT6…Finished the year on a strong note with three top-15s, including a T7 at the RenoTahoe Open. 2001: Collected his second PGA TOUR victory and for the first time eclipsedthe $1-million mark in season earnings with $1,273,902…At The INTERNATIONAL,accumulated 12 points in each of the first two rounds under Modified Stableford scoringsystem and led by two. Added nine points in round three and increased his lead to three.Recorded only one point in the final round, but was good enough for one-point victory overChris Riley. Inspirational victory because his two daughters, Kristen and Brooke, were inattendance. Brooke, then age 6, is blind…Next week finished T4 at the Buick Open afterposting rounds of 68-67-66-66. INTERNATIONAL first-place check for $720,000, combinedwith Buick Open payday ($136,400), gave him $856,400 in two weeks, more than he hadearned in any of his nine previous seasons on TOUR. 2000: Opened season at theMercedes Championships with T8. His third-round 65 was the low round of thechampionship…His only other top-10 came at the rain-shortened BellSouth Classic, a T5.1999: Earned first PGA TOUR victory at Buick Open. His closing 65 brought one-strokevictory over Tom Lehman, Ted Tryba and Bob Tway. Shared 36-hole lead after opening 67-66 and stood five strokes back after third-round 72. Victory came in his 213th career starton the PGA TOUR. His $432,000 payday was more than he made the first 16 years asprofessional. 1998: First season he earned full-exempt status….Although it took morethan half a year because of tournament delay, enjoyed runner-up finish to Phil Mickelsonat AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Rounds of 67-69-67 were worth $270,000. 1997:Earned more than $100,000 for the first time with $173,012, which placed him 127th onmoney list…Best finish was fourth at Greater Milwaukee Open…Finished 25th at PGATOUR Qualifying Tournament to return to TOUR in 1998. 1996: Had three top-10Nationwide Tour finishes, including T6 at Miami Valley Open. 1992: Best Nationwide Tourfinish T3 at Hawkeye Open. 1986: Earned status on the PGA TOUR with his second-placefinish at the 1985 Qualifying Tournament…Made 12 cuts and finished 148th on the moneylist with $40,172. Amateur: Two-time All-American at UCLA. PAC-10 Player of Year in1981.PERSONAL: Teammates at UCLA included Jay Delsing, Corey Pavin, Steve Pate andDuffy Waldorf…All-conference wrestler in high school…Daughter Brooke has a geneticdisease, Leber’s Amorosis, which causes blindness. Her retinas did not develop fully atbirth. Tom and Brooke won the National Car Rental Golf Classic at Walt Disney WorldResort father-child event for Brooke’s age group in 2001…Player Director on the PGATOUR Policy Board.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-0Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1983 11986 33 12 5 $40,172 1481987 20 5 1 1 15,431 1951988 31 14 1 2 47,108 1501989 22 10 2 5 81,863 1421990 20 7 1 19,504 2121991 3 1 1,824 3061992 11994 11996 1 1 5,235 3131997 30 12 1 5 173,012 1271998 27 15 1 1 8 520,400 551999 31 14 1 1 5 656,140 652000 32 16 2 5 387,716 1272001 33 19 1 4 6 1,318,762 392002 31 19 2 8 645,110 1042003 31 21 1 4 9 1,210,541 57Total 348 166 2 1 1 19 60 5,122,816NATIONWIDE TOUR1990 10 7 3 $6,077 1081991 4 1 550 3051992 12 2 1 2 2 12,500 951995 28 19 2 11 42,047 481996 24 12 3 8 34,224 581997 1 1 1,390 213Total 79 42 1 7 24 96,788COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $5,219,6042-120 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM