2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

Kirk Triplett (cont.)SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOScame in consecutive starts at THE PLAYERS Championship (T10), Freeport-McDermottClassic (T4) and Greater Greensboro Classic (3). 1996: Closed with a 68, one stroke shy ofWillie Wood at the Deposit Guaranty Classic, for his fifth career runner-up finish…WonMerrill Lynch Pebble Beach Invitational. 1995: First of two runner-up finishes came atBuick Invitational of California, where he placed four strokes behind Peter Jacobsen. Hethen finished two strokes behind Greg Norman, tying for second at Canon Greater HartfordOpen. Also T3 at B.C. Open. 1994: Was part of four-way T2 at AT&T Pebble Beach NationalPro-Am, one stroke behind Johnny Miller. 1992: Posted first second-place finish at ShellHouston Open. 1990: Rookie on the PGA TOUR, earned status through the 1989 QualifyingTournament. 1988: Winner of Alberta Open, Sierra Nevada Open and Fort McMurrayOpen…Played Australian, Asian and Canadian Tours from 1987-89.PERSONAL: Says of days on foreign tours: “I wouldn’t trade the experience for anything.I learned so much, not only about golf, but about myself. I’ll be telling stories about Asiauntil the day I die.”…Wife Cathi, active in TOUR Wives Association, has served as hiscaddie on occasion…Known for his patented “bucket” golf hat.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-1Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1986 11987 11988 11990 26 13 1 2 5 $183,464 881991 28 18 6 137,302 1121992 25 10 1 1 2 175,868 851993 27 19 1 2 6 189,418 901994 26 19 1 8 15 422,171 381995 27 24 2 1 7 17 644,607 291996 22 16 1 3 8 321,714 651997 26 19 1 4 10 541,023 391998 25 18 4 10 472,145 591999 26 19 2 5 12 863,399 472000 28 21 1 1 1 10 14 2,099,943 112001 26 19 1 5 12 1,388,202 382002 25 18 1 3 8 843,273 792003 25 20 1 1 5 12 2,001,561 29Total 365 253 2 8 8 59 137 10,284,090PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98MastersCUTU.S. Open CUT CUT T33 CUT 66 T52 T23 T40 CUTBritish OpenCUTPGA CUT CUT T15 T13 CUT T13 CUTTHE PLAYERS T36 T68 CUT T39 T45 67 T19 T10 T35TOUR ChampionshipT20Year 99 00 01 02 03Masters CUT T6 T40 CUTU.S. Open CUT 56 T7 CUT T28British OpenT60PGAT49 T69 T10 T29 W/DTHE PLAYERST38 T42 T31 CUT T8TOUR Championship T8 T21WGC-Accenture Match PlayT33 T17WGC-NEC Invitational T33 DQ T28WGC-American Express Champ T14 CNL 65NATIONAL TEAMS: Presidents Cup, 2000PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------70.41 (39)Driving Distance ------------------281.8 (128)Driving Accuracy Percentage --72.9% (19)Total Driving ------------------------147 (38)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------68.9% (19)Putting Average--------------------1.776 (94)Sand Save Percentage ----------55.8% (23)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------231.4 (108)Birdie Average --------------------3.79 (53)All-Around Ranking --------------483 (23)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------70.37 (37)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------70.48 (83)Final Round Scoring Average --70.90 (79)Birdie Conversion Percentage--30.2% (73)Par Breakers ------------------------21.5% (56)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:63–2 times, most recent Reno-TahoeOpen/4Career Low Round/Round:61–2000 Canon Greater Hartford Open/3Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$558,000–2000 Nissan Open/1BOB TWAYEXEMPT STATUS: 2003 tournament winner (through 2005)FULL NAME: Robert Raymond Tway HEIGHT: 6-4 WEIGHT: 195BIRTHDATE: May 4, 1959BIRTHPLACE: Oklahoma City, OKRESIDENCE: Edmond, OK; plays out of Oak Tree FAMILY: Wife, Tammie; Kevin (7/23/88), Carly Paige (11/8/93)EDUCATION: Oklahoma State UniversitySPECIAL INTERESTS: Snow skiing, fishing, all sportsTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1981 Q SCHOOL: 1984PGA TOUR VICTORIES (8): 1986 Shearson Lehman Brothers Andy Williams Open,Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic, Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf Classic, PGAChampionship. 1989 Memorial Tournament. 1990 Las Vegas Invitational. 1995 MCIClassic. 2003 Bell Canadian Open.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: 1—Bell Canadian Open; 2—BellSouth Classic,Valero Texas Open; 3—Ford Championship at Doral; T4—Chrysler Classic of Tucson; T9—FUNAI Classic at the WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort; T10—The INTERNATIONAL.2003 SEASON: Had career year with $2,469,750 in earnings on the strength of a victory,four top-3s and seven top-10s…Won the Bell Canadian Open in a three-hole playoff overBrad Faxon. Improved his playoff record to 4-4. Win came 8 years, 4 months and 21 daysfrom his last victory at the 1995 MCI Classic, a span of 233 events. His last three victorieshave come in playoffs. Collected a career-high $756,000 to put him over $2 million for theseason for the first time in his career. Won for the first time in his 40s and was one of 11players over 40 years old to win in 2003…Finished T4 at the Chrysler Classic of Tucson,giving him four consecutive top-10s in Tucson. Is the tournament’s all-time money-winnerwith $811,294…Topped that with a third-place finish the following week at the FordChampionship at Doral. Held second-round lead and shared third-round lead with ScottHoch before finishing two strokes out of the playoff between Hoch and JimFuryk…Finished second at the BellSouth Classic. Tied for the lead after 36 holes andtrailed Lee Janzen by one stroke after 54 holes. Playing in final threesome, grabbed earlylead but was passed on the back nine by Ben Crane’s 9-under 63…Next top-10 did notcome until August, a T10 at The INTERNATIONAL…Playing in his first event since winningthe Bell Canadian Open shared the first-round lead at the Valero Texas Open after postinga course record-tying 61. Finished T2 with Loren Roberts, seven strokes back of winnerTommy Armour III, who set the PGA TOUR record with a 254 72-hole total…Ended theyear on a high note finished T9 at the FUNAI Classic at the WALT DISNEY WORLDResort…Made the trip back to the TOUR Championship for the first time since 1998,finishing T13.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Six top-10s were the most since posting nine in1998…Earned over $1 million for the third time in his career (1998, 2001). 2001: Afterfalling out of the top 100 in 2000 for the first time since 1994, managed to bounce backwith $1,121,858, good for 48th on money list. Made the cut at 25 of 29 events, including11 consecutive to conclude the season…Started the season with three top-fives in firstfive starts, earning $562,057 in the process. 2000: Fell out of the top 100 money winnersfor just the fourth time in 16 seasons on TOUR…Made the cut in four of the last fivetournaments, including T10 at Tampa Classic and T20 at Southern Farm Bureau Classic, tomove from 130th to 114th on TOUR money list and regain full exempt status. 1999:Enjoyed fifth consecutive standout season with $899,484 in earnings…In his last attemptto earn spot in THE TOUR Championship, had to win National Car Rental Golf Classic atWalt Disney World Resort. Shared 36- and 54-hole lead with eventual winner Tiger Woodsbefore T3. 1998: Surpassed $1 million in season earnings for the first time after playing in18 events, finishing in top 10 nine times…Was in second place after second and thirdrounds of U.S. Open before final-round 73 at The Olympic Club produced third-place finish,his best in U.S. Open. 1997: Five top-10s, including T5 at U.S. Open. 1995: Returned towinner’s circle after four-year hiatus (1991-94) at MCI Classic, defeating Nolan Henke andDavid Frost in playoff and finished year with eight top-10s…Had fallen on hard times,finishing as low as 179th on the money list in 1992…Shared lead at U.S. Open with nineholes to play, but fell to T10…Voted by peers as PGA TOUR Comeback Player of the Year.1990: Parred first playoff hole to defeat John Cook at Las Vegas Invitational. 1989:Defeated Fuzzy Zoeller by two strokes at Memorial Tournament. 1986: Collected fourtitles, including PGA Championship, while finishing second on money list…Holed out fromgreen-side bunker on 18th hole at Inverness to win PGA Championship by two strokes overGreg Norman…Also won Shearson Lehman Brothers-Andy Williams Open,Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic and Georgia Pacific Atlanta2-150 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM