2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

Chris Perry (cont.)PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96MastersCUTU.S. Open CUT CUT T54 T31 CUT T56PGA T28 T17 T26THE PLAYERST55 T54 T20 T64 T21 T16 T27 CUTYear 97 98 99 00 01MastersT50 T14 T37U.S. OpenT43 T25 T42 T32 T19British Open W/D CUT W/DPGA T49 74 T10 T34 CUTTHE PLAYERST31 CUT T32 T33TOUR Championship 4 T8WGC-Accenture Match PlayT33 T17WGC-American Express Champ T7 16PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------73.42 (N/A)Driving Distance ------------------272.8 (N/A)Driving Accuracy Percentage --61.9% (N/A)Total Driving ------------------------1,998 (N/A)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------54.6% (N/A)Putting Average--------------------1.763 (N/A)Sand Save Percentage ----------33.3% (N/A)Birdie Average --------------------3.00 (N/A)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------72.33 (N/A)Birdie Conversion Percentage--28.8% (N/A)Par Breakers ------------------------16.7% (N/A)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round: 66–Bob HopeChrysler Classic/2Career Low Round/Round: 62–1998Greater Milwaukee Open/2Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$291,600–2000 Buick Open/2SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSKENNY PERRYEXEMPT STATUS: 2003 three-time tournament winner (through 2007)FULL NAME: James Kenneth Perry HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 220BIRTHDATE: August 10, 1960BIRTHPLACE: Elizabethtown, KYRESIDENCE: Franklin, KY; plays out of Country Creek GC FAMILY: Wife, Sandy; Lesslye (5/20/84), Justin (11/23/85),EDUCATION: Western Kentucky University Lindsey (4/27/88)SPECIAL INTERESTS: Drag racing, coaching high school golf teamTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1982 Q SCHOOL: Fall 1986PGA TOUR VICTORIES (7): 1991 Memorial Tournament. 1994 New England Classic.1995 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. 2001 Buick Open. 2003 Bank of America Colonial, theMemorial Tournament, Greater Milwaukee Open.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: 1—Bank of America Colonial, the MemorialTournament, Greater Milwaukee Open; T2—Bay Hill Invitational presented by CooperTires; T3—U.S. Open Championship; T4—Greater Hartford Open; T5—FordChampionship at Doral; T8—British Open Championship, Buick Open; T9—THE TOURChampionship presented by Coca-Cola; T10—PGA Championship.2003 SEASON: Enjoyed most prolific season of career, with three wins and 11 top-10s in26 starts, along with a career-best $4,400,122 in winnings. One of three players, alongwith Mike Weir and Ernie Els, to log top-10s in three major championships…Earned firsttop-10 of season at the Ford Championship at Doral. Jumped from T51 through 54 holesto T5 finish thanks to a final-round 64…Added his second top-10 of the Florida swing witha T2 at the Bay Hill Invitational…Picked up first win since the 2001 Buick Open with a sixstrokevictory at the Bank of America Colonial. Set 54- and 72-hole tournament recordswhile tying the course record with a third-round, 9-under 61. Held eight-stroke leadheading into Sunday prior to picking up his career-largest $900,000 paycheck. Became14th player in his 40s to win at Colonial CC after firing four rounds in the 60s…Picked upsecond victory of season one week later at the Memorial Tournament with rounds of 65-68-70-72. At the age of 42, became oldest player to win back-to-back weeks on the PGATOUR since Hale Irwin won the U.S. Open and the Buick Classic in consecutive weeks atage 45 in 1990. Held solo lead after 36 and 54 holes. With paycheck of $900,000,established career high in earnings with $2,551,171. A winner at Muirfield Village in 1991,became the sixth player to capture multiple titles at the Memorial Tournament…Addedthird consecutive top-three finish with a T3 at the U.S. Open. Jumped from T33 to T3 onSunday thanks to a final-round-best 3-under 67. Second time in his 17-year career that hehas posted three consecutive top-threes. The other was in 1995 with a T3 at AT&T PebbleBeach National Pro-Am, win at Bob Hope Chrysler Classic and T2 at the NissanOpen…Picked up third win in four starts on TOUR at the Greater Milwaukee Open. Heldthird-round lead and won for fourth consecutive time after holding/sharing the 54-holelead. Surpassed $3-million mark in season’s earnings for first time in career. Victory washis fourth straight top-five finish at the Greater Milwaukee Open (T3 in 2000, T5 in 2001and fourth in 2002) and his sixth top-five finish of the 2003 season through 17starts…Playing in only his second career British Open, continued to ride his hot streakwith a T8 finish. In five starts, had three wins and top 10s at both the U.S. Open and BritishOpen…With four rounds in the 60s, earned sixth consecutive top-10 with a T4 at theGreater Harford Open, four shots behind Peter Jacobsen…Past champion earned T8 atthe Buick Open then posted T10 at PGA. Eight consecutive top-10s were tops on TOURthroughout season until Vijay Singh ended season with eight straight to match thestreak…Closed the year with T9 at TOUR Championship…Represented the United Statesat The Presidents Cup in November…Finished third in Total Driving and eighth in ScoringAverage.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Finished in the top 30 in earnings for fifth time in career.Of his six top-10s, three came in first four starts…Finished third, one stroke shy of theSergio Garcia-David Toms playoff at the Mercedes Championships…T6 at the Bob HopeChrysler Classic…T2 with Kaname Yokoo at Phoenix Open, one stroke behind championChris DiMarco…Second runner-up finish of the season at the MasterCard Colonial, fivestrokes (tied with David Toms) behind champion Nick Price. Earnings of $378,400 jumpedseason winnings over $1 million for the second time in career at $1,301,646… Sat 31ston the money list heading into the Buick Challenge, the last event before THE TOURChampionship. T7 finish vaulted him to No. 27 and earned him a spot in the season-endingevent. 2001: In finishing 24th on the money list with $1,786,066, surpassed the $1-millionsingle-season earnings mark for the first time…Top-30 finish earned a spot in THE TOURChampionship for the first time since 1996…Year was driven by six top-10s…Capturedhis fourth TOUR title with an impressive two-shot victory in the Buick Open. A secondround64, which included a 29 on the front nine of Warwick Hills G&CC, came on his 41stbirthday and earned a three-stroke lead. Followed with another 64, this time with a 29 onthe back nine, to extend his lead to five after 54 holes. Closed with a 69 to collect the$558,000 paycheck. 2000: Consistent season, making 18 cuts in 20 tournaments enteredand finishing third three times…Finished T3 finish at rain-shortened BellSouth Classic forbest finish on TOUR since he lost in playoff at 1996 PGA Championship. 1999: Though hesurpassed $400,000 in earnings, finished 94th on the money list, his lowest ranking sincejoining the TOUR. 1998: Rebounded from sub-standard 1997 season, entered 25tournaments and finished in top 10 five times. 1997: Not as spectacular a year as 1996,but still managed to retain full-exempt status for 11th consecutive season. 1996: Earnednearly $1 million and 13th spot on money list with nine top-10s, including a second, onethird, two fourths and a fifth…Nearly won PGA Championship at Valhalla GC in homestate of Kentucky. Took lead with course-record opening 66, followed with 72-71 to fallfour back with 18 to play. Fired 34 on front nine Sunday to take slim lead, but bogey-6 onfinal hole left him at 11-under-par 277. Mark Brooks forced playoff with closing birdie andwon with birdie on 18 after Perry took four strokes to reach green. 1995: Seasonhighlighted by February stretch that featured T3 at AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am,victory at Bob Hope Chrysler Classic and T2 at Nissan Open. Led all three tournamentsentering final round. 1994: Shot closing 65 at Pleasant Valley to win New England Classicby one stroke over David Feherty. Win helped him to 26th on money list and first trip toTOUR Championship. 1991: Claimed first TOUR victory at Memorial Tournament. Movedinto lead with then-course-record 9-under-par 63. Was forced into playoff when Hale Irwinshot 65-66 on weekend. Birdied first extra hole for victory.PERSONAL: Took up golf at age 7 with encouragement from his father, who spent hoursteeing balls up for him…Member of Western Kentucky University Hall of Fame…Namedwinner of the 2002 Charles Bartlett Award, given to a professional golfer for his unselfishcontributions to the betterment of society, by the Golf Writers Association of America.Perry donates five percent of his winnings to David Lipscomb University, his wife’s almamater, to fund a pair of scholarships. In addition, 11 years ago, Perry took out a loan tobuild Country Creek, a public course in his hometown of Franklin, KY. In 1995, Perry bought142 acres of land and borrowed more than $2.5 million to design and build the only publiccourse in the town in 1995. He designed it for mid-to-high handicappers and kept itaffordable: 18 holes with a cart is $28; $12 without one…Takes a six-week break to serveas assistant coach for boys and girls golf at Simpson High School in Franklin, KY, a publicschool with about 800 students. His son, Justin, is a senior and his daughter, Lindsey, is asophomore. In 2003, Simpson High finished fifth at the state tournament and Justinfinished fifth individually, posting scores of 74-71—145.2-122 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM