2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

Vijay Singh (cont.)Houston Open, collected his first PGA TOUR victory since the 2000 Masters Tournament, aspan of 50 starts. Set a new 72-hole scoring record at the TPC at The Woodlands with a22-under-par total. Rounds of 67-65-66-68—266 earned a six-stroke victory over DarrenClarke…36-hole leader at the Masters after 70-65 start. Second round was the low roundof the week at Augusta National. Tied for third entering final round, but quadruple-bogeynine on No. 15 dropped him from contention into seventh-place finish…Solo eighth at thePGA Championship, was his 11th top-10 in a major championship…Third-round leader inTHE TOUR Championship for third consecutive time at East Lake GC (1998 and 2000) andwon for first time by two strokes over Charles Howell III. 2001: Despite failing to win forthe first time in five years, put together a consistent season with a TOUR-best 14 top-10sand $3,440,829 in earnings, fourth on the money list…Finished second twice, at the AT&TPebble Beach National Pro-Am, where he shot a final-round 69 but was passed by DavisLove III’s 63, and at THE PLAYERS Championship, where he made triple-bogey-7 on the par-4 14th, eagle on the par-5 16th and birdie on the par-3 17th to complete a 68 and finish onestroke behind Tiger Woods…Given Lifetime Exemption on European Tour, following ErnieEls (1999) and Greg Norman (2000). 2000: Extended victory string to four straight seasonsand captured his second major in 20-month period with victory in Masters Tournament.Won by three strokes over Els…Enjoyed T8 at U.S. Open despite third-round 80…HadLASIK surgery on May 31…Placed second at Grand Slam of Golf when Tiger Woods eagled18th hole to tie him. Woods then eagled same hole in playoff…Finished season with eighttop-10s.1999: Earned his eighth career TOUR victory in March at the Honda Classic. Stoodnine strokes behind Eric Booker after 36 holes and five back through 54 holes but closedwith 69 for two-stroke victory over Payne Stewart…Had streak of four consecutivetournaments where he finished no worse than fifth beginning with solo second to TigerWoods in Memorial Tournament; Was also T3 at U.S. Open, T5 at Buick Classic and solofourth at Motorola Western Open. From MCI Classic through Motorola Western Open, didnot finish outside of top 20…Led the TOUR in eagles, averaging one every 104.8 holes andended 1999 with 17. 1998: Proved to be true to his name with consecutive victories insummer at PGA Championship and Sprint International in August. In PGA at Sahaleeopened with even-par 70, followed by a course-record-tying 66 that produced a one-strokelead. Third-round 67 brought tie for lead with Steve Stricker, and his closing 68 good fortwo-stroke win over Stricker. Became 10th winner in past 11 years to make PGAChampionship his first major championship victory…Began season with 48th consecutivecut made at Mercedes Championships and stretched streak to 53 in a row before shooting76-80 to miss cut at Masters Tournament and finished tied with Tom Kite for fifth place onall-time list. Previous missed cut came at 1995 PGA Championship…A week after PGAvictory, earned second win in two weeks and third top-10 in month of August with six-pointwin over Phil Mickelson and Willie Wood at Sprint International…Closed year at East LakeGC with playoff loss to Hal Sutton at THE TOUR Championship after opening week withcourse record 7-under-par 63. 1997: Won two TOUR events and earned more than $1million for second time in career…Made 24 consecutive cuts in 1996 and 21 in row in1997…Posted nine top-25 finishes and four top-10s…First victory came at the MemorialTournament. Shot 70 in first round and stood four strokes out of lead. Followed withsecond-round 65 to pull to within three strokes of lead. Due to heavy rains, tournament wasshortened to 54 holes. He fired final-round 67 to earn two-stroke victory over Jim Furyk andGreg Norman. Memorial was his first win without a playoff…Second victory came at BuickOpen. Was his third win at Buick-sponsored event. Closing 66 matched low round of dayand earned six-stroke victory over six players. 1996: Season featured June-July hot streak:T7 U.S. Open, T8 Motorola Western Open, T11 British Open and T5 PGA Championship.1995: After being hampered by back and neck problems in 1994, came back to win twiceat Phoenix Open and Buick Classic. 1993: PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year based on BuickClassic victory in playoff over Mark Wiebe…Second-round 63, at the time tying low roundin major championship history, lifted him to two-stroke lead at PGA Championship. Finished73-70 for T4 finish, two strokes out of Paul Azinger-Greg Norman playoff.PERSONAL: Fiji’s only world-class golfer…Learned game from his father, an airplanetechnician who also taught golf…Admired Tom Weiskopf while growing up and usedWeiskopf’s swing as early model for his own…Noted for his rigorous practiceroutine…Once held a club professional position in Borneo…Of Indian ancestry, first namemeans “victory” in Hindi…Served as Honorary Chairperson for 1999 National Golf Day,PGA of America’s annual fundraiser for junior golf…Teamed with son Qass in Office DepotFather-Son in December.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 3-1Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1992 4 4 1 3 $70,680 1561993 14 12 1 1 6 10 657,831 191994 21 16 2 3 7 325,959 521995 22 17 2 9 13 1,018,713 91996 24 24 1 9 16 855,140 171997 21 21 2 4 9 1,059,236 161998 26 23 2 3 7 18 2,238,998 21999 29 26 1 1 1 11 21 2,283,233 42000 26 24 1 1 3 8 15 2,573,835 52001 26 24 2 4 14 22 3,440,829 42002 28 24 2 2 11 17 3,756,563 32003 27 26 4 5 18 24 7,573,907 1Total 268 241 15 16 10 101 175 25,854,923EUROPEAN TOUR2003 1 1 1 $65,554PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01Masters T27 CUT T39 T17 CUT T24 1 T18U.S. Open CUT T10 T7 T77 T25 T3 T8 T7British Open T23 T12 T12 T51 T59 T20 T6 T11 T38 T19 CUT T11 T13PGA T48 4 CUT CUT T5 T13 1 T49 CUT T51THE PLAYERS T28 T55 T43 T8 T31 T54 T20 T33 2TOUR Championship T16 6 T9 T10 2 T9 T3 17WGC-Accenture Match PlayT17 T33 T17WGC-NEC Invitational T15 T13WGC-American Express Champ T16 T3 CNLYear 02 03Masters 7 T6U.S. OpenT30 T20British Open CUT T2PGA 8 T34THE PLAYERSCUT CUTTOUR Championship 1 T5WGC-Accenture Match Play T17WGC-NEC Invitational T11 T6WGC-American Express Champ 3 T2NATIONAL TEAMS: The Presidents Cup (5), 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003; World Cup, 2002.PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------68.65 (2)Driving Distance ------------------301.9 (6)Driving Accuracy Percentage --63.4% (132)Total Driving ------------------------138 (27)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------69.5% (12)Putting Average--------------------1.741 (18)Sand Save Percentage ----------58.6% (8)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------141.2 (30)Birdie Average --------------------4.41 (1)All-Around Ranking --------------209 (2)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------69.11 (1)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------69.08 (7)Final Round Scoring Average --69.24 (9)Birdie Conversion Percentage--35.2% (1)Par Breakers ------------------------25.2% (1)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:63–2 times, most recent U.S. OpenChampionship/2Career Low Round/Round:62–1998 Canon Greater Hartford Open/4Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$1,008,000–2003 EDS Byron NelsonChampionship/1SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSWWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 2-137