2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

PAUL STANKOWSKIEXEMPT STATUS: 89th on 2003 money listFULL NAME: Paul Francis Stankowski HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 185BIRTHDATE: December 2, 1969BIRTHPLACE: Oxnard, CARESIDENCE: Flower Mound, TX FAMILY: Wife, Regina; Joshua (8/11/99), Katelyn (2/25/02)EDUCATION: University of Texas-El PasoSPECIAL INTERESTS: Hunting, music, being with familyTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1991 Q SCHOOL: 1993, 1995SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSPGA TOUR VICTORIES (2): 1996 BellSouth Classic. 1997 United Airlines Hawaiian Open.NATIONWIDE TOUR VICTORIES (1): 1996 Louisiana Open.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (2): 1996 Casio World Open [Jpn], Lincoln MercuryKapalua International.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: T4—Southern Farm Bureau Classic; T5—John DeereClassic; T7—AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am; T10—Reno-Tahoe Open.2003 SEASON: Earned a spot in the top 125 for the eighth consecutive season. Moved backinto the top 100 by finishing 89th in earnings. Played in only 22 events, a career low for himon the PGA TOUR…Posted first top-10 of season with T7 at AT&T Pebble Beach NationalPro-Am, six shots behind Davis Love III. Through 36 holes, trailed Jim Furyk by one strokeafter opening 71-67…After an 8-under 64, shared lead with Akio Sadakata at the HP Classicof New Orleans. Third time in four years that Stankowski was a first-round leader in NewOrleans. Eventually finished T11…Underwent right wrist surgery in May for torn cartilageafter missing cut at EDS Byron Nelson Championship. First event back, withdrew from 100thWestern Open after opening 77. Returned with consecutive top-10s in September, a T10 atthe Reno-Tahoe Open and a T5 at the John Deere Classic. Secured his position in the Top-125 for 2004, jumping from 110th to 96th on PGA TOUR Official Money List with his$127,000 payday at John Deere Classic…Was two back of the lead heading into the finalround at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic and finished T4 after a closing 70.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: His 31 starts tied his personal high. First top-10 of season,T10, came at Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic, where he was one shot off the lead afteran opening-round 66…Secured TOUR card for 2003 with T9 finish at the Invensys Classicat Las Vegas, best outing of the year. Jumped from 130th to 112th with $130,000 check.2001: Appeared in 27 tournaments and was among the top-10 twice, including a runner-upfinish early in the season…After opening rounds of 67-64 at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic,a third-round 65 lifted him to within one of Joe Durant. Closed 69-63 for 32-under-par 328,four strokes behind the record-smashing Durant. Runner-up finish, worth a career-best$378,000, was his best finish since he won 1997 United Airlines Hawaiian Open…At theCompaq Classic of New Orleans, opened the event with course-record 61, good for threestrokefirst-round lead. Finished T33. 2000: Recorded three top-10s and nine top-25s in 22appearances. Top-10s came in Phoenix Open (T10), GTE Byron Nelson Classic (T10) and BellCanadian Open (T10). 1999: Came close to losing full exempt status on PGA TOUR. Was140th on money list with only Southern Farm Bureau Classic to play. However, rounds of70-69-67 produced T3 worth $104,000 which lifted him to 113th on final money list. 1998:Was hampered to some degree by right shoulder injury sustained at Bay Hill Invitational.MRI showed slight cartilage irritation but no muscle tears. Was forced to withdraw duringsecond round of THE PLAYERS Championship…T6 in final start of year, at Las VegasInvitational, to earn $69,500 which led to 96th-place finish on final money list. 1997:Qualified for THE TOUR Championship, where he finished T17…Scores of 71-66-64-70-271forced playoff at United Airlines Hawaiian Open with Jim Furyk and Mike Reid. Reid waseliminated on first extra hole, and Stankowski defeated Furyk on fourth playoff hole tocapture second PGA TOUR title…After Hawaii, finished T3 at Bob Hope Chrysler Classicand T5 at Honda Classic, Masters Tournament and GTE Byron Nelson Classic. 1996:Unquestionably his breakthrough year, featuring his first victory on TOUR at BellSouthClassic in just his third full season. Started 68-71-70 for third place entering final round.Closing 71 forced playoff with Brandel Chamblee, which Stankowski won with birdie onfirst extra hole. Had arrived in Atlanta as sixth alternate after winning Natonwide TourLouisiana Open the week before. Is the only player to win Nationwide Tour and PGA TOURevents back-to-back. Prior to Atlanta had missed five of six PGA TOUR cuts…After theseason, posted a victory at unofficial Lincoln-Mercury Kapalua International, birdieing 72ndhole to earn one-stroke victory over Fred Couples…Later that month, captured Casio WorldOpen on Japanese Tour. 1994: First year on TOUR, achieved PGA TOUR exempt statusfollowing T26 finish at Qualifying Tournament. Played in 29 events, making 10 cuts.Finished in the top-10 three times and finished 106th on the PGA TOUR money list.Amateur: Three-time All-American at Texas El-Paso.PERSONAL: First played golf on Easter Sunday in 1978; 18 years later, won BellSouth Classicon Easter…Uncertain he would return to Masters, so bought souvenir glass, filled it withbunker sand and placed tee and ball inside as remembrance of first visit to Augusta Nationalin 1996. Returned in 1997 and 1998…Underwent LASIK surgery in September 1998.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 2-0Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1994 29 10 3 4 $170,393 1061995 31 15 1 3 144,558 1331996 25 11 1 3 3 390,575 521997 29 22 1 1 5 15 929,405 211998 26 14 2 6 322,036 961999 28 11 1 2 6 362,889 1132000 22 16 3 9 669,709 702001 27 19 1 2 5 743,603 692002 31 18 2 6 565,294 1182003 21 13 4 6 719,436 89Total 269 149 2 1 2 27 63 5,017,898NATIONWIDE TOUR1991 1 1 $1,063 2231992 3 1 1 1,296 2121993 1 1 665 2431994 11996 2 2 1 1 2 46,800 43Total 8 5 1 1 3 49,824COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $5,067,722PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03Masters CUT T5 T39U.S. Open CUT T19 CUT T62British OpenCUTPGA CUT T47 T67 CUT T41 74THE PLAYERS CUT T14 W/D CUT CUT T44 CUT CUTTOUR ChampionshipT17PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------71.08 (93)Driving Distance ------------------293.8 (39)Driving Accuracy Percentage --62.9% (138)Total Driving ------------------------177 (67)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------69.3% (14)Putting Average--------------------1.754 (43)Sand Save Percentage ----------57.3% (14)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------86.1 (3)Birdie Average --------------------4.00 (18)All-Around Ranking --------------362 (7)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------70.44 (46)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------70.83 (106)Final Round Scoring Average --70.92 (82)Birdie Conversion Percentage--32.0% (34)Par Breakers ------------------------23.4% (11)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:64–2 times, most recent HP Classic ofNew Orleans/1Career Low Round/Round:61–2001 Compaq Classic of NewOrleans/1Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$378,000–2001 Bob Hope ChryslerClassic/22-142 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM