2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

HAL SUTTONEXEMPT STATUS: Winner, 2000 PLAYERS Championship (through 2005)FULL NAME: Hal Evan Sutton HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 210BIRTHDATE: April 28, 1958BIRTHPLACE: Shreveport, LARESIDENCE: Shreveport, LAFAMILY: Wife, Ashley; Samantha Jean (11/24/96); Sara Rias andEDUCATION: Centenary College (Business) Sadie Ann (1/18/99); Holt Edwin (4/25/03)SPECIAL INTERESTS: Horses, hunting and fishingTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1981 Q SCHOOL: Fall 1981PGA TOUR VICTORIES (14): 1982 Walt Disney World Golf Classic. 1983 TournamentPlayers Championship, PGA Championship. 1985 St. Jude Memphis Classic, SouthwestGolf Classic. 1986 Phoenix Open, Memorial Tournament. 1995 B.C. Open. 1998 WestinTexas Open, THE TOUR Championship. 1999 Bell Canadian Open. 2000 THE PLAYERSChampionship, Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic. 2001 Shell Houston Open.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: T3—MCI Heritage; T5—Bank of America Colonial;T6—EDS Byron Nelson Championship; T10—Greater Milwaukee Open.2003 SEASON: A year after finishing outside the top 125 for the first time since 1993 andposting no top-10s, came back and finished 75th on the money list with four top-10s…Nearly tripled his earnings from prior season…Finished T3 at the MCI Heritage,first top-10 since winning the 2001 Shell Houston Open, a span of 50 events. Co-leader on72nd hole but was unable to get up and down from front bunker at Harbour Town’ssignature hole…Finished third on TOUR in Driving Accuracy.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: His exciting news came off the course rather than on thecourse as he was named by the PGA of America as the 2004 Ryder Cup Captain…Wasmember of Ryder Cup team and compiled a 1-1 record. 2001: Won seven times in his 20s,once in his 30s, now six times in 40s with win at Shell Houston Open. Six 40-plus victoriesties him with Greg Norman and Loren Roberts for the lead among active players…Closing69 at Shell Houston Open brought him from two strokes back to 14th title. $612,000 paydayalso lifted him over $1 million for fourth consecutive season…Suffering from sleep apneahe disclosed at the PGA Championship. 2000: By season’s end, had accumulated twovictories for a total of five in a three-year stretch, the best run of his career…In first win,went head to head with Tiger Woods at THE PLAYERS Championship and came away withone-stroke, wire-to-wire win. Sutton and Woods played in the last group Sunday andSutton held a three-stroke lead on the 12th hole when lightning suspended play for the day.On Monday morning, Woods fell four back but pulled to within one with an eagle on thepar-5 16th hole before both players parred the closing two holes. Victory came 17 yearsafter first PLAYERS win in ‘83…Second victory of season and 13th of PGA TOUR careercame at Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic with a three-stroke win over AndrewMagee…Fifth TOUR season in which he has had two victories…Tenth-place Mastersfinish first time he made cut at Augusta National since 1985…A member of the victoriousU.S. Presidents Cup team with 2-2 record. 1999: Had another super year with a career-best13 top-10s, including a three-stroke victory over Dennis Paulson in Bell Canadian Open. Hismargin of victory widest at Bell Canadian Open since Curtis Strange won by three in1987…Leader of Ryder Cup victory with 3-1-1 record. 1998: Had best money-list finishsince 1983, when he was first…Earned ninth PGA TOUR victory, first since 1995 B.C. Open,with one-stroke win over Justin Leonard and Jay Haas at Westin Texas Open. DefeatedVijay Singh in playoff with birdie on first extra hole to capture THE TOUR Championship atEast Lake GC…Qualified for his first Presidents Cup Team, but subsequently was forced towithdraw due to his father-in-law’s death. 1995: Returned to winner’s circle at B.C. Open.His closing 10-under-par 61 was best final round by winner since Johnny Miller at 1975Dean Martin Tucson Open…Won twice in one season for the first time since ‘86. 1994: The10-year PLAYERS Championship exemption ran out after ‘93 season, so he played underone-time exemption for being in top 50 in career earnings. Comeback began when he made$540,162 and twice finished second. Received Hilton Bounceback Award as result. 1992:Winless for eight years after 1986, with low point coming, when earnings fell to $39,324.1986: Posted two more titles for the second consecutive season, Phoenix Open andMemorial Tournament. 1985: Won two tournaments, St. Jude Memphis Classic andSouthwest Classic. 1983: Finished atop money list with $426,668 on strength of victoriesin THE PLAYERS Championship and PGA Championship…Led wire-to-wire at PGAChampionship, defeating Jack Nicklaus by one stroke…Trailed John Cook by four strokesentering final round of THE PLAYERS Championship before closing 69 gave him one-strokevictory…PGA of America and GWAA Player of the Year. 1982: Rookie year, posted threeseconds, a third and, in final event of his season at Walt Disney World Golf Classic, his firstvictory. Amateur: Winner 1980 U.S. Amateur at CC of North Carolina…1980 GOLFMagazine College Player of the Year.PERSONAL: As side business and hobby, rides and sells cutting horses…Family owns anoil company in hometown of Shreveport, LA…Is developing a golf course design business.His first course, Old Oaks, opened in Bossier City, LA in October 1999…Donated $100,000to his alma mater Centenary College and to United Way of Northeast Louisiana afterearning $1,080,000 for 2000 PLAYERS Championship victory…Was awarded the Omar N.Bradley Spirit of Independence award, which he accepted at the Independence Ball onNew Year’s Day 2004.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 4-2Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1980A 1 11981A 2 21981 41982 31 25 1 3 1 8 15 $237,434 111983 30 25 2 1 1 12 16 426,668 11984 26 23 1 1 11 16 227,949 261985 26 23 2 1 1 7 16 365,340 71986 28 23 2 1 9 11 429,434 61987 25 20 3 6 16 477,996 161988 27 16 1 8 137,296 881989 30 20 2 7 12 422,703 231990 28 18 4 8 207,084 751991 28 23 1 5 13 346,411 471992 29 8 1 39,234 1851993 29 13 1 2 74,144 1611994 29 23 2 4 15 540,162 291995 31 17 1 2 4 8 554,733 321996 29 17 1 7 193,723 1091997 29 18 1 4 9 453,928 541998 30 22 2 1 9 16 1,838,740 51999 25 22 1 1 13 17 2,127,578 62000 25 20 2 1 11 14 3,061,444 42001 26 23 1 1 3 9 1,723,946 282002 26 11 3 320,002 1532003 24 16 1 4 6 939,719 75Total 618 429 14 18 9 124 238 15,145,667PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93Masters CUT T27 CUT T31 CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUTU.S. Open CUT T19 6 T16 T23 T4 T31 64 T29 CUT CUTBritish Open T47 CUT T29 CUT T11 CUTPGA T29 1 T6 T65 T21 T28 T66 CUT T49 T7 CUT T31THE PLAYERS 1 T41 T22 T7 T24 CUT T29 CUT T68 CUT CUTTOUR Championship T5 T22Year 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03Masters CUT CUT CUT 10 36U.S. Open T36 T19 T7 T23 T24 CUTBritish Open T10 CUT CUT CUTPGA T55 CUT CUT CUT T27 T26 CUT T44 T60 T39THE PLAYERS T19 CUT T53 T50 T18 T4 1 T5 CUT CUTTOUR Championship T24 1 T9 T25 T26WGC-Accenture Match Play T33 T5 T33 T33WGC-NEC Invitational T15 T4 T11 T42 T33WGC-American Express Champ 19 CNLNATIONAL TEAMS: Walker Cup (2), 1979, 1981; USA vs. Japan, 1983; Ryder Cup (4),1985, 1987, 1999, 2002, Captain in 2004; Nissan Cup, 1986; The Presidents Cup, 1998(withdrew), 2000; UBS Cup, 2003.PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------70.70 (58)Driving Distance ------------------285.5 (102)Driving Accuracy Percentage --75.8% (3)Total Driving ------------------------105 (11)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------68.8% (20)Putting Average--------------------1.781 (106)Sand Save Percentage ----------36.4% (186)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------208.3 (93)Birdie Average --------------------3.63 (88)All-Around Ranking --------------656 (62)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------70.69 (72)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------69.00 (4)Final Round Scoring Average --71.25 (106)Birdie Conversion Percentage--28.0% (149)Par Breakers ------------------------20.6% (89)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:63–Valero Texas Open/2Career Low Round/Round:61–1995 B.C. Open/4Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$1,080,000–2000 THE PLAYERSChampionship/1SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSWWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 2-145