2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

KEVIN SUTHERLANDEXEMPT STATUS: 2002 World Golf Championships winner (through 2005)FULL NAME: Kevin John Sutherland HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 185BIRTHDATE: July 4, 1964BIRTHPLACE: Sacramento, CARESIDENCE: Sacramento, CA FAMILY: Wife, Mary; Keaton (8/28/00)EDUCATION: Fresno State University (1987, Business)SPECIAL INTERESTS: Basketball, baseballTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1987 Q SCHOOL: 1995, 1996Nationwide Tour AlumnusSECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSPGA TOUR VICTORIES (1): 2002 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: T5—John Deere Classic; T9—WGC-AccentureMatch Play Championship, Shell Houston Open.2003 SEASON: Held first-round lead at AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am aftercarding 6-under-par 66 at Pebble Beach GL. Finished T15 for second top-25 of theseason…Finished T9 at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship after losing toAdam Scott in the third round (2 and 1). Defeated Justin Rose and Sergio Garcia in thefirst two rounds. He holds the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship record of eightconsecutive winning matches won…Recorded second top-10 of the season with T9 at theShell Houston Open. Brother David finished T13 in Houston, the third time both brothersfinished in the top-20 in the Houston event…Top finish of season was T5 at the JohnDeere Classic, five strokes behind Vijay Singh. Surpassed $1 million in earnings for thirdconsecutive season.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Earned first PGA TOUR title in his 184th career start.Became first player to make a World Golf Championships event his first career victory witha win at WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. Beat fellow Sacramento, CA nativeScott McCarron 1-up in the 36-hole final at La Costa Resort and Spa. Became the highestseed (No. 62) to win the tournament. Key shot was and up-and-down for par from the frontbunker on the final hole. Used claw putting grip to win just one week after experimentingwith it at Nissan Open. 2001: Shattered previous mark for top-25s with 13 (previous bestwas 12 in 2000)…Opening 67 gave him six-way share of the first-round lead atTouchstone Energy Tucson Open. Closing 68 left him one shy of winner GarrettWillis…Managed to eclipse the $1-million mark in a single season for the first time in hiscareer with T7 at the Advil Western Open, worth $112,200…Participated in the BritishOpen for the first time and finished T9, his only top-10 in a major championship. 2000:Best showing of year came at Buick Invitational. After opening with 1-over-par 73, closed66-69-68 for T5 finish…At Canon Greater Hartford Open where a final-day 65, his lowestfinal-round score of the year, was good for a T9…Held first-round lead at Bell CanadianOpen after opening 65. Entered the event as a last-minute commitment due to fact hiswife, Mary, gave birth to their first child just 10 days prior to tournament. Eventuallyfinished T10. 1999: Finished with four top-10s and eight top-25s. Top-10s came in BobHope Chrysler Classic (T8), Buick Invitational (T4), FedEx St. Jude Classic (T6) and LasVegas Invitational (T6). 1998: At Buick Invitational, where rounds of 68-67-70 left him onestroke shy of second career playoff. 1997: Came close to victory at Shell Houston Open,sharing 54-hole lead with Phil Blackmar. He and Blackmar shot final-round 70s beforeBlackmar won with a birdie on first playoff hole. 1991-92: Member of Nationwide Tour.Amateur: Second-team All-American at Fresno State University.PERSONAL: Brother David is a member of PGA TOUR. The Sutherlands often can be seenpracticing together at TOUR events. The two were paired together for the first time onTOUR during first two rounds of 1999 Compaq Classic of New Orleans…Won 1997 EASports Challenge Championship, defeating defending champion Paul Goydos.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-1Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1991 1 1 $2,030 2961995 11996 33 21 1 4 144,828 1351997 27 17 1 4 6 455,860 521998 30 22 1 3 9 444,429 661999 29 21 4 8 663,891 632000 27 21 4 12 728,635 662001 30 21 1 7 13 1,523,573 322002 28 18 1 3 7 1,569,529 362003 27 21 3 9 1,092,918 67Total 233 163 1 2 1 29 68 6,625,693NATIONWIDE TOUR1990 2 1 1 $1,475 1761991 26 16 1 2 8 30,221 401992 15 6 1 2 4 21,444 631993 5 5 1 5 15,113 911994 4 3 1 2 10,130 1061995 26 21 7 12 60,822 32Total 78 52 2 13 32 139,205COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $6,764,898PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03MastersCUT T33U.S. Open CUT CUT T44 T37 T28British Open T9 CUTPGAT76 T44 CUT CUT CUT T43 T18THE PLAYERST42 CUT CUT T58 CUT T48WGC-Accenture Match Play T33 1 T9WGC-NEC InvitationalT58WGC-American Express ChampT27PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------70.53 (47)Driving Distance ------------------288.8 (72)Driving Accuracy Percentage --64.0% (126)Total Driving ------------------------198 (107)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------67.9% (42)Putting Average--------------------1.766 (63)Sand Save Percentage ----------60.1% (3)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------211.5 (96)Birdie Average --------------------3.63 (88)All-Around Ranking --------------537 (36)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------70.45 (49)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------71.29 (139)Final Round Scoring Average --70.85 (71)Birdie Conversion Percentage--29.3% (103)Par Breakers ------------------------20.6% (89)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:64–2 times, most recent Las VegasInvitational/2Career Low Round/Round:63–3 times, most recent 1999 Las VegasInvitational/3Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$1,000,000–2002 WGC–Accenture MatchPlay Championship/12-144 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM