2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

Bob Tway (cont.)Classic…Named PGA of America Player of the Year. 1985: Rookie on the PGA TOUR andcollected winnings of $164,023, 45th on the money list. Amateur: Three-time All-American at Oklahoma State and member of two national championship teams (1978,1980)…Winner of 1981 Fred Haskins Award as nation’s top college player…Winner of1985 and 1987 Oklahoma State Opens.PERSONAL: Described 1995 MCI Classic victory as “better than any other win I’ve had,because I was down so low.”…Introduced to golf at age 5, following his father andgrandfather around course. Played his first tournament at age 7.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 4-4Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1981A 1 11981 2 1 $582 2951982 9 7 1 9,039 1771983 8 6 2 12,089 1741984 2 1 1,719 2371985 25 14 1 2 4 9 164,023 451986 33 28 4 13 21 652,780 21987 27 19 1 7 12 212,362 471988 30 25 2 1 4 13 381,966 291989 28 19 1 2 4 9 488,340 171990 29 20 1 5 8 495,862 231991 24 15 1 5 7 322,931 521992 21 12 47,632 1791993 25 11 2 4 148,120 1091994 29 13 4 114,176 1461995 27 22 1 8 15 787,348 201996 25 17 1 1 5 11 529,456 351997 26 21 5 14 507,523 431998 28 24 1 9 18 1,073,447 241999 29 20 1 1 5 11 899,484 432000 30 16 1 8 417,646 1142001 29 25 1 1 5 11 1,121,858 482002 28 22 6 10 1,160,399 552003 26 17 1 2 1 7 9 2,601,600 13Total 541 376 8 11 9 95 197 12,150,383PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98Masters T8 CUT T33 CUT T36 CUT T12 CUT CUTU.S. Open T8 T68 T25 CUT T33 T26 CUT CUT T10 T67 T5 3British Open T46 T35 T20 T61 CUT T5 CUT CUT CUT CUT CUTPGA 1 T47 T48 CUT T45 T66 T56 CUT CUT CUT CUT T13 T13THE PLAYERST10 CUT CUT T29 CUT T41 T70 CUT CUT T68 CUT CUT T18TOUR Championship T8 T22 T14 15 T8Year 99 00 01 02 03MastersT52 CUTU.S. Open T62 T52 T59 CUTBritish Open CUT CUT T50PGAT57 CUT T29 CUT CUTTHE PLAYERSCUT CUT T40 T28 T17TOUR ChampionshipT13WGC-Accenture Match Play T17 T17WGC-American Express Champ T37 T59NATIONAL TEAMS: World Amateur Team, 1980; Nissan Cup, 1986; Asahi Glass FourTours, 1991PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------70.48 (44)Driving Distance ------------------288.8 (72)Driving Accuracy Percentage --66.2% (104)Total Driving ------------------------176 (66)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------69.7% (11)Putting Average--------------------1.776 (94)Sand Save Percentage ----------43.0% (159)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------218.6 (101)Birdie Average --------------------3.68 (73)All-Around Ranking --------------658 (65)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------70.26 (29)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------70.67 (96)Final Round Scoring Average --70.38 (37)Birdie Conversion Percentage--29.3% (103)Par Breakers ------------------------20.9% (74)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:61–Valero Texas Open/1Career Low Round/Round:61–2 times, most recent 2003 ValeroTexas Open/1Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$756,000–2003 Bell Canadian Open/1SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSSCOTT VERPLANKEXEMPT STATUS: 2002 U.S. Ryder Cup Team MemberFULL NAME: Scott Rachal Verplank HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 165BIRTHDATE: July 9, 1964BIRTHPLACE: Dallas, TXRESIDENCE: Edmond, OK FAMILY: Wife, Kim; Scottie (7/14/92), Hannah (1/26/95), Emma (8/15/97)EDUCATION: Oklahoma State University (1986, Business) SPECIAL INTERESTS: Playing with his kids, sports,TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1986Oklahoma State footballJOINED TOUR: 1986PGA TOUR VICTORIES (4): 1985 Western Open. 1988 Buick Open. 2000 Reno-TahoeOpen. 2001 Bell Canadian Open.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (1): 1998 World Cup of Golf [indiv.].BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: T2—FUNAI Classic at the WALT DISNEY WORLDResort; 3—HP Classic of New Orleans; 4—EDS Byron Nelson Championship, Las VegasInvitational; T8—THE PLAYERS Championship, Masters Tournament; T9—THE TOURChampionship presented by Coca-Cola; T10—U.S. Open Championship.2003 SEASON: First top-10 of the season came at THE PLAYERS Championship. Closingrounds of 68-69 secured a T8 finish, his first top-10 at TPC at Sawgrass…Had best finish ineight Masters appearances with his T8. Missed cut in first six appearances in Augustabefore finishing 43rd in 2002…Led after the second and third rounds of the HP Classic ofNew Orleans, but a final-round 74 resulted in a third-place finish, two strokes out of a SteveFlesch-Bob Estes playoff…Bounced back with a fourth-place finish at the EDS Byron NelsonChampionship. Recorded 63 on the Cottonwood course in the second round…Posted hisfirst top-10 in a U.S. Open with his T10 at Olympia Fields CC in Olympia Fields, IL, and hissecond top-10 of the season in a major championship. Just his third top-10 in 36 majorchampionship events….Finished solo fourth at Las Vegas Invitational with four of fiverounds in the 60s. Tied for the lead with Steve Flesch after second and third rounds. Postedhis career-best two opening rounds on TOUR with at 17-under 126. Suffered triple-bogeyeight on par-5 16th hole at the TPC at Summerlin in fourth round to drop fromcontention…Recorded first runner-up finish on TOUR since losing a playoff to RobertDamron at the 2001 EDS Byron Nelson Classic by finishing T2 at the FUNAI Classic at theWALT DISNEY WORLD Resort. After opening with three consecutive 66s, shared third-roundlead with Vijay Singh, Stewart Cink and John Rollins. Payday pushed him over the $2-millionmark in season’s earnings for just the second time (2001) in his 17-year career…Earned aspot in the TOUR Championship for the fifth time in his career, finished T9.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Named winner of the 2002 Ben Hogan Award, given by theGolf Writers Association of America to an individual who has continued to be active in golfdespite a physical handicap or serious illness…One stroke back of the lead through 54holes at the Canon Greater Hartford Open, finish solo fourth…Playing in his first Ryder Cup,posted a record of 2-1-0. 2001: Finished in the top 10 on the money list and earned over $2million for first time in his career, completing the season with a victory…Opened with an8-under 62 to take first-round lead at Verizon Byron Nelson Classic. Shared second- andthird-round leads after rounds of 67-68. Closing 66 produced playoff with Robert Damron.Damron won playoff with birdie on fourth extra hole…Following T7 at PGA Championship,selected by Curtis Strange as one of two Captain’s Choices for Ryder Cup team. First RyderCup rookie to make team as Captain’s Choice…Three weeks later, earned fourth PGA TOURvictory at Bell Canadian Open. Second-round 63, after opening 70, lifted him intocontention. Third-round 66 put him one stroke ahead of Paul Gow and Dicky Pride. Closing67 produced three-stroke victory over Bob Estes and Joey Sindelar…Posted eighth andfinal top-10 at THE TOUR Championship, where he held the second- and third-round leadsby one stroke. Final-round 71 produced T5. 2000: Returned to the winner’s circle for the firsttime since 1988 with victory at Reno-Tahoe Open. Trailed third-round leader Jean Van deVelde by five strokes after 54 holes. Final-round 67 earned a tie with Van de Velde, andVerplank won playoff with an eight-foot birdie putt on the fourth extra hole…After missingthe cut at the PGA Championship, won the next week at Reno and started a stretch in whichhe finished in the top 10 in four of his final eight appearances. 1999: Made 26 starts,making cut in 19…Finished in the top 10 once during the year with solo eighth at the JohnDeere Classic. 1998: Lost playoff to Trevor Dodds at Greater Greensboro Chrysler ClassicWWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 2-151