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Scott Verplank (cont.)SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSon first extra hole…Finished fifth at THE <strong>TOUR</strong> Championship…Earnings of $1,223,436placed him 18th on money list, highest finish by Q-School grad since John Daly was 17thin 1991…With Daly, represented United States in World Cup of Golf and won individualtitle with 9-under-par 279, one stroke better than Nick Faldo and CostantinoRocca…Chosen by his peers as <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> Comeback Player of the Year. 1997: Finished asmedalist at 1997 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> Qualifying Tournament to regain <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> card. 1996:Required surgery on elbow again and received special medical extension for 1997. 1994:Played first part of season under special medical extension and was able to retain card byfinishing 97th on money list. 1992: Missed most of season and the prior year due to firstelbow surgery. 1988: Earned second <strong>TOUR</strong> title at the Buick Open, where a final-round 66produced two-stroke victory over Doug Tewell. 1985: Became first amateur in 29 years towin a <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> event (Doug Sanders at 1956 Canadian Open had been the last) when hedefeated Jim Thorpe in a playoff at the Western Open. Amateur: 1984 U.S. Amateur and1986 NCAA Championship winner…Four-time All-American at Oklahoma State…Playedon the U.S. Walker Cup team in 1985.PERSONAL: Has diabetes and wears a MiniMed insulin pump while playing to regulatehis medication…Co-chair of The Next Level campaign at Oklahoma State, designed toraise funds to improve the OSU football facilities.<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 2-2Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1983A 11984A 1 11985A 5 2 1 1 11986A 5 3 1 21986 13 5 1 2 $19,757 1771987 31 12 2 34,136 1731988 28 19 1 1 3 9 366,045 311989 28 15 1 3 82,345 1411990 27 18 1 1 4 7 303,589 471991 26 1 3,195 2661992 13 1 1,760 3091994 19 14 1 8 183,015 971995 25 20 4 10 332,886 551996 12 10 4 88,801 1711997 21 10 1 4 113,254 1591998 27 22 2 1 10 14 1,223,436 181999 26 19 1 8 474,260 822000 28 24 1 6 16 1,747,643 222001 26 24 1 1 1 8 16 2,783,401 102002 26 21 4 12 1,217,022 502003 26 23 1 1 8 13 2,306,714 19Total 414 264 4 6 4 54 131 11,281,259NATIONWIDE <strong>TOUR</strong>1992 11994 1 1 $220 309Total 2 1 220COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 <strong>TOUR</strong>S): $11,281,479<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> TOP <strong>TOUR</strong>NAMENT SUMMARYYear 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97Masters CUT CUT CUT CUTU.S. Open T34 T15 CUT T61 T18 T21British Open CUT CUT<strong>PGA</strong> CUT CUT T31 CUTTHE PLAYERS CUT CUT CUT CUT W/D<strong>TOUR</strong> ChampionshipT8Year 98 99 00 01 02 03Masters CUT CUT 43 T8U.S. OpenT49 T17 T46 T22 CUT T10British OpenT15 CUT T30 T37 CUT<strong>PGA</strong>T54 T34 CUT T7 CUT CUTTHE PLAYERS T11 T32 T20 T44 T28 T8<strong>TOUR</strong> Championship T5 14 T5 T9WGC-Accenture Match Play T17 T17 T17 T33WGC-NEC InvitationalT17 T58 T46WGC-American Express ChampT48 CNL T15 T51NATIONAL TEAMS: Ryder Cup, 2002; World Cup, 1998.PLAYER STATISTICS2003 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------69.88 (13)Driving Distance ------------------275.5 (173)Driving Accuracy Percentage --72.2% (23)Total Driving ------------------------196 (104)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------67.4% (53)Putting Average--------------------1.729 (7)Sand Save Percentage ----------58.2% (9)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------246.9 (119)Birdie Average --------------------4.10 (8)All-Around Ranking --------------405 (11)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------69.75 (7)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------68.91 (3)Final Round Scoring Average --70.77 (65)Birdie Conversion Percentage--32.6% (26)Par Breakers ------------------------23.2% (13)MISC. <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> STATS2003 Low Round/Round:62–Las Vegas Invitational/2Career Low Round/Round:61–2001 Canon Greater Hartford Open/4Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$684,000–2001 Bell Canadian Open/1DUFFY WALDORFEXEMPT STATUS: 58th on 2003 money listFULL NAME: James Joseph Waldorf, Jr. HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 225BIRTHDATE: August 20, 1962BIRTHPLACE: Los Angeles, CARESIDENCE: Santa Clarita, CA FAMILY: Wife, Vicky; Tyler Lane (7/16/90), Shea Duffy (4/23/92),EDUCATION: UCLA (1985, Psychology) Kelli Ann (1/14/94), Justin James (7/20/96)SPECIAL INTERESTS: Wine collectingTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1985 Q SCHOOL: 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> VICTORIES (4): 1995 LaCantera Texas Open. 1999 Buick Classic, WestinTexas Open. 2000 National Car Rental Golf Classic Disney.OTHER VICTORIES (3): 1995, 1996, 2000 Hyundai Team Matches [with Tom Lehman].BEST 2003 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> FINISHES: T2—FBR Capital Open; 4—Valero Texas Open;T10—Nissan Open.2003 SEASON: Entered 25 tournaments and made 19 cuts. Finished among the top-10three times and top-25 nine times…Earned first top-10 of season with T10 at the NissanOpen…Making his 13th start at The PLAYERS Championship, posted a career-best finishwith T11…Recorded a T2 at the FBR Capital Open in June. Would have finished alone insecond but was penalized two strokes after he finished his round because of a rulesinfraction (13-2: Improving his line of play) that occurred in the 12th fairway. It was hisbest finish on <strong>TOUR</strong> since his victory at the 2000 National Car Rental Golf Classic at WaltDisney World Resort…Two-time winner of the Valero Texas Open finished alone in fourthafter closing rounds of 62-67, his sixth top-10 in 16 starts in San Antonio. His $168,000payday lifted him over the $1-million mark for the third time in his career…Recorded ahole-in-one on the sixth hole of the Magnolia Course during the FUNAI Classic at theWALT DISNEY WORLD Resort.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Made 19 cuts in 27 starts, finished in top-10 four times andtop-25 10 times…Led Phoenix Open after 36 and 54 holes. Final-round 73 dropped finishto sixth…Best outing of the year was a T5 at the Advil Western Open where he earned aspot in the British Open. The top-8 finishers from the Advil Western Open, not previouslyexempt, gained entry into British Open…Tied for 18- and 36-hole leads at the BritishOpen. Fell out of contention with third-round 76, but recovered with final-round 69 for bestcareer British Open finish, T18. 2001: Earned his only top-10 of the year in 22nd start ofthe season in Reno-Tahoe Open, finished T5. 2000: For the first time in his career, won inback-to-back seasons with victory at National Car Rental Golf Classic at Walt DisneyWorld Resort. Came from six strokes back of 54-hole leaders Steve Flesch and TigerWoods with a final-round 62 to win by one. Final round highlighted by 10 birdies, includingthe winning putt from 12 feet on the 18th green…In his next start, finished T3 at theWGC-American Express Championship. In his final two starts of the season, earned$827,000. 1999: Had a career-first multiple-win season with victories at the Buick Classic2-152 / <strong>2004</strong> <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> WWW.<strong>PGA</strong><strong>TOUR</strong>.COM

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