2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

Jeff Sluman (cont.)round of the 1998 GMO. Sunday 68 gave him four-stroke victory over Lowery and TimHerron…Finished T2 at the Invensys Classic at Las Vegas, one shot behind champion PhilTataurangi. Paycheck of $440,000 pushed season winnings to career-best $2,083,181,moving from 31st to 15th on the money list and clinching a spot in season-ending TOURChampionship. 2001: T2 at Nissan Open was best finish since 1999. Lost in six-manplayoff won by Robert Allenby at Riviera CC…Held 54-hole lead at Greater MilwaukeeOpen, which he won in 1998. Closing 72 dropped him to T10…Earned fifth PGA TOUR titleand first playoff victory at B.C. Open. Career playoff record had been 0-6 coming into theevent. Tied for 54-hole lead with Paul Gow. Each closed with 66, and Sluman won playoffwith birdie on second extra hole. Win was third event since turning 40. Became fifthplayer with upstate New York ties to win B.C. Open. 2000: Streak of three consecutiveyears with a victory ended…Was among the top-25 16 times in 32 starts…1999: Won atSony Open in Hawaii, where he posted a two-stroke victory over Davis Love III, JeffMaggert, Len Mattiace, Chris Perry and Tommy Tolles. Birdied final two holes to seal thevictory…Lost in three-man playoff involving winner Glen Day and Payne Stewart at MCIClassic…Earned second runner-up finish at MasterCard Colonial where he was part offive-way T2, one behind Olin Browne…Led TOUR in Sand Saves with 67.3 percent. 1998:Earned more than $1 million for the first time…Lost in playoff at FedEx St. Jude Classic,where Nick Price birdied second extra hole…Earned title at Greater Milwaukee Openwhere third-round 63 produced 54-hole tie for lead with Chris Perry. Closing 68 gave himone-stroke victory over Steve Stricker. Won with best friend Rick Bruder, a non-golfer,serving as a caddie for the first time. 1997: Had eight second-place finishes in betweenfirst and second victories (1988-1997). Captured the Tucson Chrysler Classic after opening75, when he stood nine strokes out of lead. Final-round 67 produced one-stroke victoryover Steve Jones. His opening 75 was highest by winner since Mark O’Meara posted firstround75 at 1996 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic. 1992: Finished second at U.S.Open, where final-round 71 was one of only four sub-par rounds that day…Had earliersecond-place finish in AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am…Was T4 at Masters, wherehe became first player ever to ace fourth hole during opening-round 65 that produced tiefor lead. 1991: Finished one stroke behind Ted Schulz at Nissan Open and lost playoff toBilly Andrade at Kemper Open. 1988: Won PGA Championship at Oak Tree GC with one ofthe finest closing rounds in tournament history. Trailed Paul Azinger by three strokesthrough 54 holes, then shot 6-under-par 65 to win by three.PERSONAL: Has been a Chicago Bulls season ticketholder since 1996…Loves FormulaOne auto racing…Big fan of the Florida State Seminoles, Chicago Bears and ChicagoCubs…Serious wine collector, owns about 2,000 bottles, dating back to 1957…Co-ownerwith Dudley Hart of Lakeshore GC in Rochester, NY, a course he played regularly growingup…Good friend of 1986 Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Rahal…After disqualifyinghimself at 1996 Bay Hill Invitational, refused to take undue credit for act, quoting BobbyJones: “It would be like congratulating someone for not robbing a bank.”PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------70.30 (31)Driving Distance ------------------280.6 (138)Driving Accuracy Percentage --69.5% (44)Total Driving ------------------------182 (76)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------68.8% (20)Putting Average--------------------1.787 (121)Sand Save Percentage ----------57.9% (10)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------374.4 (157)Birdie Average --------------------3.69 (72)All-Around Ranking --------------593 (44)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------70.54 (55)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------69.24 (11)Final Round Scoring Average --70.29 (33)Birdie Conversion Percentage--28.8% (120)Par Breakers ------------------------20.8% (80)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:63–EDS Byron Nelson Championship/1Career Low Round/Round:62–2 times, most recent 2002 BuickChallenge/4Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$558,000–2002 Greater MilwaukeeOpen/1PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 1-6Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1983 20 11 2 $713,643 1711984 1 1 603 2821985 25 18 4 10 100,523 781986 34 24 7 12 154,129 601987 32 22 2 6 11 335,590 271988 32 30 1 1 6 15 503,321 181989 23 16 4 6 154,507 891990 31 22 1 2 6 264,012 561991 30 24 2 7 13 552,979 231992 30 26 2 1 8 17 729,027 141993 27 21 1 6 187,841 931994 30 16 1 4 8 301,178 591995 29 20 1 2 7 12 563,681 311996 30 23 1 7 14 650,128 281997 29 20 1 1 3 9 634,203 341998 30 25 1 1 1 5 11 1,148,375 211999 31 26 1 2 6 13 1,621,491 172000 32 25 1 16 877,390 542001 30 23 1 1 1 7 15 1,841,952 212002 32 27 1 1 6 15 2,250,187 152003 31 22 1 3 15 1,609,748 40Total 589 442 6 15 8 94 226 14,494,507PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98Masters T45 T8 T27 T29 T4 T17 T25 T41 CUT T7 CUTU.S. Open T62 CUT CUT T14 CUT 2 T11 T9 T13 T50 T28 T10British Open CUT T25 T101 CUT CUT T59PGA T30 T14 1 T24 T31 T61 T12 T61 T25 T8 T41 CUT T27THE PLAYERS T40 2 T45 CUT CUT CUT T40 T46 CUT T49 T41 CUT CUTTOUR Championship T27 T26 T10 T13 T9 T11Year 99 00 01 02 03Masters T31 18 T24 44U.S. Open CUT CUT T24 CUTBritish Open T45 T60 CUTPGAT54 T41 CUT T23 CUTTHE PLAYERS T46 T17 T33 T4 T32TOUR Championship T5 T20 T24WGC-Accenture Match Play T33 T17 T17 T33 T17WGC-NEC InvitationalT39WGC-American Express Champ T34 CNL T43NATIONAL TEAMS: Presidents Cup, 2003 (Captain’s Assistant)SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSCHRIS SMITHEXEMPT STATUS: 2002 Tournament winner (through 2004)FULL NAME: Christopher McClain Smith HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 190BIRTHDATE: April 15, 1969BIRTHPLACE: Indianapolis, INRESIDENCE: Peru, IN (plays out of Rock Hollow Golf Club) FAMILY: Wife, Beth; Abigail (2/28/93), Cameron McClain (3/24/97)EDUCATION: Ohio State University (1991, Economics)SPECIAL INTERESTS: Rodeo, whistling show tunes, bowling,TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1991Internet checkersJOINED TOUR: 1996Nationwide Tour AlumnusPGA TOUR VICTORIES (1): 2002 Buick Classic.NATIONWIDE TOUR VICTORIES (5): 1995 Gateway Classic, Dakota Dunes Open. 1997Upstate Classic, Dakota Dunes Open, Omaha Classic.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISH: T5—Greater Milwaukee Open.2003 SEASON: Finished outside the top 125 for the first time since he regained his TOURcard in 2001…Struggled with back pain throughout the first half of the season and postedhis only top-10, a T5, at the Greater Milwaukee Open, thanks, in part, to a final-round 64.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: For the second straight season had five top-10s, but thistime was able to punch through for his first TOUR victory at the Buick Classic in his 148thTOUR start…Earned almost as much ($61,528 shy) as he had in his previous four-plus yearson TOUR…After opening 66-69 at the Buick Classic, grabbed sole possession of 54-holelead at 11-under-par with a third-round 67. Sewed up first-place check of $630,000 with a1-under-par 70 in the final round, two strokes ahead of runners-up David Gossett, Pat Perezand Loren Roberts. Jumped from 149th in World Ranking to 57th…Fired career-low 63during third round of the Buick Challenge…Ranked T2 in Total Driving (83) and third ingreens in regulation (71.6). 2001: Best finish of career prior to win was a T3 at the BellSouthClassic. Was T41 heading into the 36-hole Sunday finish…His five top-10s were one moreWWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 2-139