2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

HEATH SLOCUMEXEMPT STATUS: 80th on 2003 money listFULL NAME: Tyler Heath Slocum HEIGHT: 5-8 WEIGHT: 150BIRTHDATE: February 3, 1974BIRTHPLACE: Baton Rouge, LARESIDENCE: Pensacola, FL; plays out of Moors GC, Milton, FL FAMILY: SingleEDUCATION: University of South Alabama (1996, Physical Education) SPECIAL INTERESTS: Fishing, huntingTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1996 JOINED TOUR: 2001Nationwide Tour AlumnusSECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSBEST PGA TOUR CAREER FINISH: 2—2002 WORLDCOM CLASSIC - The Heritage ofGolf, T2—2003 Greater Milwaukee Open.NATIONWIDE TOUR VICTORIES (3): 2001 Greater Cleveland Open, Knoxville Open,Omaha Classic.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: T2—Greater Milwaukee Open; T5—FordChampionship at Doral.2003 SEASON: Finished in the top 80 in his first two years on TOUR…Got off to a slowstart making the cut in just five of first 16 starts, but changed that in the second half ofhis season making 13 of 16…First top-10 was a T5 at the Ford Championship atDoral…Second career runner-up finish was a T2 at the Greater Milwaukee Open, thanksto a final-round 66, which included a birdie on the final hole…Shared the first-round leadat the Valero Texas Open after posting a course record-tying, career-best 61. Three roundsin the 70s dropped him to T44.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Sixth-ranked player of the 11 rookies who ended theseason in the top 125…Had one-stroke lead with three holes to play at the WORLDCOMCLASSIC-The Heritage of Golf but a double bogey on the 16th hole left him in secondplace, one stroke behind winner Justin Leonard…Tied for third on TOUR with DrivingAccuracy Percentage of 77.6. 2001: Became second person since Chris Smith in 1997 toearn promotion to PGA TOUR by winning three Nationwide Tour events in same season—Greater Cleveland Open, Knoxville Open and Omaha Classic…Became second player inNationwide Tour history to complete 72 holes without a bogey at Dayton Open, joiningClark Dennis, who accomplished the feat at the 1997 Upstate Classic…Nationwide Tourrecord of 106 consecutive holes without a bogey came to an end during the second round.He followed the three-putt bogey with another 37 consecutive holes without a bogey. Overthe three-week period, finished 21-, 23- and 21-under and posted a scoring average of66.41…Completed the trifecta with a victory at the Omaha Classic, where ironically Smithalso earned his promotion. Held onto his 54-hole one-stroke lead to defeat Rod Pamplingby a stroke. With $337,090, became the first player in Nationwide Tour history to surpassthe $300,000 mark in a season…Set Nationwide Tour record for Driving AccuracyPercentage (77.5 percent). 2000: Regained Nationwide Tour membership at TOURQualifying School. Amateur: Three-time All-America for South Alabama…Captured theSun Belt Conference individual title to help the Jaguars capture the team championship.PERSONAL: Father is a golf professional and head of the DP TOUR…Contractedulcerative colitis in November 1997 and dropped from 150 to 122 pounds. Missed the nextyear and one-half of golf…Played on the same high school golf team as former TOURplayer Boo Weekley.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-0Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank2001 8 6 $45,6702002 32 15 1 2 6 864,615 762003 32 18 1 2 5 815,812 80Total 72 39 2 4 11 1,726,096NATIONWIDE TOUR1997 19 5 2 $6,567 1422000 12001 18 11 3 2 6 8 339,670 3Total 38 16 3 2 6 10 346,237COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $2,072,333PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 02 03U.S. OpenCUTPGA 22THE PLAYERSCUTPLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------71.67 (146)Driving Distance ------------------279.1 (150)Driving Accuracy Percentage --73.6% (15)Total Driving ------------------------165 (53)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------67.2% (57)Putting Average--------------------1.783 (112)Sand Save Percentage ----------45.6% (142)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------588.0 (177)Birdie Average --------------------3.62 (94)All-Around Ranking --------------893 (135)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------71.19 (119)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------71.39 (146)Final Round Scoring Average --71.12 (98)Birdie Conversion Percentage--28.8% (120)Par Breakers ------------------------20.3% (108)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:61–Valero Texas Open/1Career Low Round/Round:61–2003 Valero Texas Open/1Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$432,000–2002 WORLDCOM CLASSIC –The Heritage of Golf/2JEFF SLUMANEXEMPT STATUS: 2002 tournament winner (through 2004)FULL NAME: Jeffrey George Sluman HEIGHT: 5-7 WEIGHT: 140BIRTHDATE: September 11, 1957BIRTHPLACE: Rochester, NYRESIDENCE: Hinsdale, IL FAMILY: Wife, Linda; Kathryn Doreen (4/22/98)EDUCATION: Florida State University (1980, Finance)SPECIAL INTERESTS: Old cars, stock market, Akitas, wineTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1980 Q SCHOOL: Fall 1982, 1984PGA TOUR VICTORIES (6): 1988 PGA Championship. 1997 Tucson Chrysler Classic. 1998Greater Milwaukee Open. 1999 Sony Open in Hawaii. 2001 B.C. Open. 2002 GreaterMilwaukee Open.OTHER VICTORIES (3): 1999 CVS Charity Classic [with Stuart Appleby]. 2003 CVSCharity Classic [with Rocco Mediate], Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout [with HankKuehne].BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: 3—Bank of America Colonial; T7—Bay HillInvitational presented by Cooper Tires; T10—MCI Heritage.2003 SEASON: Surpassed $1 million in earnings for the fifth time in last six years andplayed in over 30 events for the sixth consecutive season…Recorded first top-10 of theseason with a T7 at the Bay Hill Invitational…Entered final round at MCI Heritage onestroke behind Stewart Cink after third-round 7-under-par 64. Finished T10 after closingwith a 72…Held the first-round lead at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship. One back ofVijay Singh through 54 holes, but a closing 73 dropped him into T14…Third at the Bankof America Colonial made it four straight tournaments finishing in the top 15…NamedCaptain’s Assistant for The Presidents Cup team by Jack Nicklaus…T13 at the ChryslerChampionship, the final full-field event of the season to move from 42nd to 40th on thefinal money list and qualify for his 15th trip to the Masters in 2004…Teamed with HankKuehne to win the Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout. Survived a three-team playoff withChad Campbell/Shaun Micheel and Brad Faxon/Scott McCarron. Won with a birdie at thesecond extra hole.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Has won on TOUR in five of the last six seasons…BeganGreater Milwaukee Open one back of Tommy Armour III after opening-round 64. Tied withArmour and Kirk Triplett for second-round lead at 12-under 130. Third-round 63 left himtwo strokes ahead of Steve Lowery and at 20-under-par 193 surpassed the GMO recordof 19-under-par set by Loren Roberts in 2000. The 63 was one off his career low, a 62, atthe 1992 GTE Byron Nelson Classic, and was his lowest round since a 63 during the third2-138 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM