2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

David Toms (cont.)stroke lead through 54 holes. Maintained three-stroke cushion over Stuart Appleby withfinal-round 71. Had to quit Wednesday pro-am after one hole due to severe back pain.1998: Made an impression in first Masters Tournament appearance in 1998. Shot finalround64, one off Augusta National course record and one shy of record for any majorchampionship. Hot finish helped Masters rookie to T6 finish. Back-nine 29 tied tournamentrecord, as did his six consecutive birdies on holes 12-17…With three consecutive 65s,took 54-hole lead in defense of Quad City Classic title but closing 71 produced fourthplacefinish. 1997: Captured first TOUR title at Quad City Classic. Shot 67-66 and trailed36-hole leader Keith Fergus by two strokes. Added Saturday 67 to share one-stroke leadwith Brad Fabel and final-round 65 earned three-stroke victory over three others. 1995:Won Greenville Classic in playoff over Tom Scherrer…Won another playoff over E.J.Pfister at Wichita Open. 1992: Opened Kemper Open with course-record-tying 63, firsttime he set foot on TPC at Avenel.1991: First qualified for TOUR by finishing 24th inQualifying Tournament. Amateur: First-team All-American at LSU in 1988-89, when hewas named Southeastern Conference Player of the Year…Won the Junior WorldChampionship and the PGA Junior Championship as a junior golfer in 1984.PERSONAL: Honorary Captain at 2001 LSU-Tulane football game, participating in pregamecoin toss. Received a standing ovation from 90,000 fans at TigerStadium…Teammates at Louisiana State included Bob Friend, Emlyn Aubrey, Perry Mossand Greg Lesher, current or former PGA TOUR members…In 2003, created the David TomsFoundation. The foundation helps underprivileged, abused and abandoned children throughfunding programs that are designed to enhance a child’s character, self-esteem and careerpossibilities…Grew up playing baseball with future major leaguers Ben McDonald andAlbert Belle…Helped in re-design of Palmetto Dunes Club (Louisiana) in 1999.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 1-2Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1989 5 1 $1,463 2781990 31992 30 14 1 1 4 148,712 1011993 32 12 3 5 120,952 1231994 32 16 4 87,607 1641996 29 16 2 8 205,188 1051997 27 17 1 2 7 460,355 491998 26 18 1 3 11 635,073 441999 32 21 2 1 1 7 17 1,959,672 102000 31 26 1 1 6 19 2,002,068 152001 28 23 3 1 9 16 3,791,595 32002 27 25 3 1 12 20 3,459,739 42003 26 19 2 1 7 11 3,710,905 8Total 328 208 9 7 4 52 122 16,583,330NATIONWIDE TOURYear Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1990 26 12 1 1 5 $20,943 491991 6 4 3 3,372 1491993 11995 27 18 2 1 2 10 15 174,892 3Total 60 34 2 2 2 11 23 199,206COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $16,782,536PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03Masters T6 CUT T49 T31 T36 T8U.S. Open CUT W/D CUT T16 T66 T45 T5British Open T4 CUT 83 CUTPGA CUT CUT CUT T41 1 CUT T29THE PLAYERS CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT T20 T38 T12 T19 CUTTOUR Championship T12 T11 T2 3 T21WGC-Accenture Match Play T17 T17 T5 2WGC-NEC InvitationalT13 T15 T33WGC-American Express Champ T11 T25 CNL T4 5NATIONAL TEAMS: Ryder Cup, 2002; The Presidents Cup, 2003; WGC-World Cup, 2002.PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------69.86 (12)Driving Distance ------------------288.8 (72)Driving Accuracy Percentage --64.2% (125)Total Driving ------------------------197 (106)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------68.0% (39)Putting Average--------------------1.773 (84)Sand Save Percentage ----------53.5% (43)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------182.3 (77)Birdie Average --------------------3.79 (53)All-Around Ranking --------------505 (27)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------70.31 (32)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------69.47 (16)Final Round Scoring Average --70.65 (54)Birdie Conversion Percentage--30.2% (73)Par Breakers ------------------------21.6% (53)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:63–Phoenix Open/3Career Low Round/Round:62–2001 Verizon Byron Nelson Classic/3Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$1,008,000–2003 WachoviaChampionship/1SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSKIRK TRIPLETT (TRIP-lit)EXEMPT STATUS: 2003 tournament winner (through 2005)FULL NAME: Kirk Alan Triplett HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 200BIRTHDATE: March 29, 1962BIRTHPLACE: Moses Lake, WARESIDENCE: Scottsdale, AZ FAMILY: Wife, Cathi; Conor Logan and Samuel Jacob (1/19/96),EDUCATION: University of Nevada (1985, Civil Engineering) Alexis Marie (3/17/00), Kobe Thomas (5/14/02)SPECIAL INTERESTS: Basketball, reading, computersTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1985 Q SCHOOL: 1989PGA TOUR VICTORIES (2): 2000 Nissan Open. 2003 Reno-Tahoe Open.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (1): 1988 Alberta Open [Can]BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: 1—Reno-Tahoe Open; T2—Bay Hill Invitationalpresented by Cooper Tires; T5—Wachovia Championship; T8—THE PLAYERSChampionship; T9—FedEx St. Jude Classic.2003 SEASON: Recorded first top-10 of the season and first since the 2001 MichelobChampionship with a T2 at the Bay Hill Invitational…The next week at THE PLAYERSChampionship a final-round 67 secured a T8 finish and got him into the Masters. Finish atTPC at Sawgrass was just enough to move up to No. 49 in the Official World Golf Ranking,the deadline for making the field for the first major championship of the year…FinishedT5 at the Wachovia Championship, three strokes behind David Toms…Fourth top-10 wasT9 at the FedEx St. Jude Classic, seven strokes behind champion David Toms…Afterwithdrawing from the PGA Championship the week before, earned second career TOURvictory at the Reno-Tahoe Open. University of Nevada-Reno graduated tied the 72-holetournament record of 17-under-par with rounds of 67-68-73-63—271. Five strokes behindthe leaders Tim Herron and Craig Barlow through 54 holes, but carded final-round 63 tofinish three ahead of Herron. Was one of 11 players age 40-plus to win on the PGA TOURin 2003…Earned a spot in the TOUR Championship for only the third time in his career,finished T21. His $103,200 payday moved him over $2 million for the second time sincejoining the TOUR in 1990.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: First top-10 of season was T6 at the Bob Hope ChryslerClassic…Shared second-round lead at Greater Milwaukee Open with eventual winnerJeff Sluman and Tommy Armour III, finished T8…Earned third top-five finish in last fouryears at the John Deere Classic with his third-place finish (T3-1999, 2nd-2000). 2001:Finished in the top-10 in three of the four majors. Did not play in British Open. Best finishin a major before this season included T13 at the PGA in 1995 and 1997…First top-10 ofseason came at Masters Tournament, where rounds of 68-70-70-71 producedT6…Recorded a T7 in season’s second major, U.S. Open at Southern Hills…Playing in his10th PGA Championship, rounds of 68-70-71-66 were good for T10…Four rounds in the60s produced Michelob Championship runner-up finish. 2000: Earned first victory in 266thPGA TOUR start, a one-stroke win over Jesper Parnevik in Nissan Open. A clutch four-footpar putt on final hole at Riviera CC brought victory after watching Parnevik drain a birdieputt. Trailed 54-hole leader David Sutherland by one stroke before closing with 67. Inaddition to winning first TOUR title, also lost distinction of being player with most moneywon ($4.27 million at that time) without a victory…Almost won again at John DeereClassic, where he lost on fourth playoff hole to Michael Clark II, the 2000 Rookie of theYear. Shot third-round 62 at TPC at Deere Run, tying course record set day before by DavidFrost…Qualified for U.S. Presidents Cup team and was 3-0-1 in his first appearance inteam competition. 1999: Recorded his fifth and sixth career third-place finishes atTouchstone Energy Tucson Open and John Deere Classic. 1998: Posted four top-10s and10 top-25s in 25 appearances. Top-10s came in Bob Hope Chrysler Classic (T10), DepositGuaranty (T7) FedEx St. Jude Classic (T7) and Las Vegas Invitational (T8). 1997: Played in26 events, finished in the top-10 four times, including a solo third. Three of the top-10sWWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 2-149