2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

Chris Smith (cont.)SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSthan he had in his career entering the season. 2000: Established a Nationwide Tour recordwith five runner-up finishes and finished in the top-25 in 13 of his 20 starts…Sixth-placefinish on money list earned his PGA TOUR card for 2000 season…Tore tendon in left wristat Omaha Classic in August which sidelined him for seven weeks…Finished season as No.1 on Nationwide Tour career money list with $605,332. 1999: Ranked sixth in DrivingDistance (287.2) and had the longest drive on TOUR that year, a 427-yard effort in the finalround of the Honda Classic. That drive is the longest recorded drive at a PGA TOUR eventsince such record keeping began in 1980. 1997: Earned three of his five Nationwide Tourvictories, making him the first player to take advantage of a three-win promotion thatawards PGA TOUR membership to any Nationwide Tour player who wins three times in ayear. Won the Dakota Dunes Open and the Omaha Classic in back-to-back weeks,becoming only the third player in TOUR history to accomplish that feat. Win at DakotaDunes made him the first player in TOUR history to win the same tournament twice (1995,1997). Victory in Omaha was a record-setting affair. Set TOUR scoring records for 72-holescore with a 258, strokes-under-par at 26 and winning margin (11 strokes)…Week prior tohis consecutive wins, lost to Ben Bates in four-man playoff at Wichita Open…DefeatedTerry Price by three strokes at the Upstate Classic for first victory of season…Named Playerof the Year after finishing No. 1 on the money list with $225,201 in just 17 events…Afterearning PGA TOUR spot on Aug. 10, made cut in all five of his TOUR appearances in the falland finished in top-20 three times. 1995: Finished seventh on Nationwide Tour money listto graduate to PGA TOUR for first time…Two-time winner, earning wins at the GatewayClassic and the Dakota Dunes Open in a three-week period. Amateur: All-American atOhio State in 1991 and Big-10 Conference Individual Champion…1990 Indiana StateAmateur Champion and Player of the Year.PERSONAL: Lifelong St. Louis Cardinals fan, became friends with catcher Tom Pagnozzithe week of his 1995 Gateway Classic victory in St. Louis.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-0Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1987A 11991 11993 3 1 1 1 $24,000 2071994 2 1 3,075 2941996 28 12 41,112 2061997 6 6 1 3 120,768 1511998 31 16 2 2 184,933 1441999 28 11 1 116,794 1842001 30 20 1 5 8 932,810 582002 30 21 1 5 8 1,361,094 432003 30 15 1 6 479,523 131Total 190 103 1 1 15 29 3,264,108NATIONWIDE TOURYear Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1992 11993 11995 28 14 2 2 1 7 10 $143,200 71997 17 16 3 2 1 8 12 225,201 11998 1 1 390 2972000 20 17 5 7 13 236,541 6Total 68 48 5 9 2 22 35 605,332COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $3,869,440PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 97 98 99 00 01 02 03U.S. Open T60 T62 CUT CUTBritish Open T76 71PGAT29 T53THE PLAYERSCUT CUTWGC-NEC InvitationalT55PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------72.05 (167)Driving Distance ------------------293.2 (46)Driving Accuracy Percentage --65.2% (118)Total Driving ------------------------164 (52)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------69.0% (18)Putting Average--------------------1.809 (178)Sand Save Percentage ----------33.1% (188)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------150.5 (42)Birdie Average --------------------3.54 (113)All-Around Ranking --------------870 (128)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------71.71 (158)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------71.88 (167)Final Round Scoring Average --71.60 (134)Birdie Conversion Percentage--28.3% (143)Par Breakers ------------------------20.4% (104)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:64–Greater Milwaukee Open/4Career Low Round/Round:63–2002 Buick Challenge/3Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$630,000–2002 Buick Classic/1CRAIG STADLEREXEMPT STATUS: 2003 tournament winner (through 2005)FULL NAME: Craig Robert Stadler HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 240BIRTHDATE: June 2, 1953BIRTHPLACE: San Diego, CARESIDENCE: Denver, CO FAMILY: Wife, Sue; Kevin (2/5/80), Chris (11/23/82)EDUCATION: University of Southern California (1975)SPECIAL INTERESTS: Hunting, wine collecting,TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1975Colorado Avalanche hockeyQ SCHOOL: Spring 1976PGA TOUR VICTORIES (13): 1980 Bob Hope Desert Classic, Greater Greensboro Open.1981 Kemper Open. 1982 Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open, Masters Tournament, KemperOpen, World Series of Golf. 1984 Byron Nelson Golf Classic. 1991 THE TOURChampionship. 1992 NEC World Series of Golf. 1994 Buick Invitational of California. 1996Nissan Open. 2003 B.C. Open.CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORIES (3): 2003 Ford Senior Players Championship, GreaterHickory Classic at Rock Barn, SBC Championship.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (4): 1985 Canon European Masters [Eur]. 1987 DunlopPhoenix [Jpn]. 1990 Scandinavian Enterprise Open [Eur]. 1992 Argentine Open.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISH: 1—B.C. Open.BEST 2003 CHAMPIONS TOUR FINISHES: 1—Ford Senior Players Championship,Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn, SBC Championship; T8—SAS ChampionshipPresented by BusinessWeek; 9—Charles Schwab Cup Championship; T10—U.S. SeniorOpen, JELD-WEN Tradition2003 SEASON: Split year between PGA TOUR and Champions Tour, where he gainedeligibility in June…Made the cut in four of 10 events on the PGA TOUR but made the mostof them with his 13th TOUR victory at the B.C. Open. Fresh from his victory the weekbefore at the Ford Senior Players Championship on the Champions Tour, Stadler came fromeight strokes back on the final day to win the B.C. Open. He became just the second playerin PGA TOUR history to win both a PGA TOUR and Champions Tour event in the sameseason, joining Raymond Floyd who won the Doral Ryder Open at age 49 and the GTENorth Classic at 50 in 1992. At the age of 50 years, 1 month and 18 days he became thefifth-oldest player to win on the TOUR and the first player over the age of 50 to win sinceArt Wall won the 1975 Greater Milwaukee Open at the age of 51 years, 7 months and 10days. With the win he collected $540,000, the largest of his professional career. Hisprevious best was $375,000 the week before at the Ford Senior Players Championship.Stadler posted four rounds in the 60s in a single PGA TOUR event for the first time sincethe 1995 B.C. Open when he finished T3. It was a family affair for the Stadlers at the B.C.Open. His older son, Kevin, was playing on a sponsor exemption and missed the cut byone and younger son Chris served as his father’s caddie…Won three times on theChampions Tour and had seven top-10s in 14 starts. Other two wins besides Ford SeniorPlayers Championship came at the Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn and the SBCChampionship…Ranked sixth in Charles Schwab Cup points…Voted Champions TourRookie of the Year.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Played with son Kevin for the first time in an official TOURevent at the B.C. Open. T50 at 6-under-par but Kevin missed cut by seven strokes…Useda 7-iron from 185 yards to ace No. 13 during the third round of THE PLAYERSChampionship. 2001: Finished outside the Top 100 for first time in his career…Used longputter for first time in career at the Shell Houston Open. 2000: His $631,752 seasonearnings are the most he has won in a single year since 1991 when he made a career-best$827,628…Came into the season 50 pounds lighter than in 1999…Nearly won for thefirst time since the 1996 Nissan Open when he lost in a playoff on the fourth extra holeto Robert Allenby at the Shell Houston Open. Second-place finish his best effort since he2-140 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM