2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

Tom Watson (cont.)SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSOpen since he held the third-round lead in 1987. Finished T28…T18 at the British Openwas his highest finish at a major since a T9 at the 2000 PGA…Finished in top 10 in 10 of14 events on the Champions Tour including two wins and five runner-ups. Wins came intwo of the Champions Tour majors: Senior British Open and JELD-WENTradition…Finished first in Charles Schwab Cup points and donated entire $1-millionbonus to ALS research, the disease his caddie Bruce Edwards suffers from…Also therecipient of the Card Walker Award and the Payne Stewart Award.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Made his 23rd cut in 29 appearances at the Masters andfinished T40…Was the oldest player to make the cut at the PGA at Hazeltine National andfinished T48. 2001: PGA TOUR record string of consecutive years earning at least$100,000 stopped at 26 (1974-2000)…Picked up a win for third consecutive year onChampions Tour at Senior PGA Championship. 2000: Made cut in three of four majors witha best finish of T9 in the PGA (missed Masters cut)…Won season-ending IR ChampionsTour Championship…Went over $1-million mark in season earnings for first time in hiscareer. 1998: Earned 34th PGA TOUR title with victory at MasterCard Colonial. At 48, wasoldest player to win event (previous oldest:46-year-old Ben Hogan when he captured hislast of five Colonial titles)…Stretch between first win, the 1974 Western Open, and mostrecent (23 years, 11 months, 24 days) third longest in TOUR history. 1997: Posted T3 at GTEByron Nelson Classic and fourth at Masters Tournament. Best finish at Augusta Nationalsince 1991. 1996: After nine-year absence, returned to the PGA TOUR winner’s circle withvictory at Memorial Tournament…Finished 25th on the money list, highest ranking since1987, and made first trip to THE TOUR Championship since winning that event in 1987.1993: Captain of victorious Ryder Cup team. 1987: Won season-ending NabiscoChampionship (now THE TOUR Championship) and finished in top five on money list (No.5) for last time in his career. 1984: Finished in top-3 six times including threevictories…First on final money list for fifth time in career…Won PGA of America Playerof the Year Award for sixth time in career (1977, ‘78, ‘79, ‘80, ‘82, ‘84). 1983: Won the lastof his eight major championship crowns at the British Open. Also captured British Opentitles in 1975, ‘77, ‘80, ‘82, Masters titles in 1977 and 1981 and the 1982 U.S. Open. 1982:Won only U.S. Open title, chipping in on the 17th hole at Pebble Beach to nip JackNicklaus…For sixth consecutive year, captured at least three victories in a season. Duringthat time (1977-82) posted 26 wins, 13 runners-up finishes and 10 thirds along with beingthe PGA TOURs leading money-winner four years in a row (1977-80)…Became one of sixplayers to win U.S. and British Opens in same year (Bobby Jones, Gene Sarazen, BenHogan, Lee Trevino and Tiger Woods). 1980: Became first player to earn $500,000 in aseason when he captured six TOUR events to go along with third British Open…Was lastplayer to win same event three consecutive years (1978-79-80 GTE Byron Nelson Classics)before Tiger Woods accomplished the feat twice in 2001. 1979: Earned third consecutiveVardon Trophy (1977-79). 1974: First victory came at Western Open, where he defeatedTom Weiskopf and J.C. Snead by two strokes.PERSONAL: Active in Kansas City-area charitable endeavors, including Children’s MercyHospital and development of golf courses for junior players. Won the 2003 Card WalkerAward as the result of his interest in junior golf…In 1999, named honorary member of theRoyal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, joining fellow Americans Arnold Palmer, JackNicklaus, former President George Bush and Gene Sarazen…Led the effort to raiseawareness of ALS, the disease which longtime caddie Bruce Edwards and former TOURplayer Jeff Julian have. Web site is driving4life.org.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 8-4Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1968A 1 11971 6 5 2 $2,185 1911972 32 22 1 1 8 30,413 741973 31 23 2 8 13 73,692 351974 29 27 1 1 10 20 131,537 101975 25 22 2 1 1 12 21 153,796 71976 25 22 2 1 11 15 138,203 121977 23 22 5 1 3 17 19 310,653 11978 24 22 5 3 1 15 21 362,429 11979 21 20 5 4 1 15 18 462,636 11980 22 22 7 1 3 16 22 530,808 11981 21 19 3 3 1 10 16 347,660 31982 20 19 4 1 1 12 17 316,483 51983 17 16 1 2 10 14 237,519 121984 20 17 3 2 1 9 15 476,260 11985 19 17 1 1 7 11 226,778 181986 20 17 4 9 13 278,338 201987 20 15 1 1 5 12 616,351 51988 19 15 1 6 11 273,216 391989 18 13 1 2 7 185,398 801990 17 13 5 9 213,989 681991 16 12 1 1 6 10 354,877 451992 15 12 1 5 7 299,818 501993 16 14 4 9 342,023 461994 15 14 1 5 9 380,378 431995 16 14 3 7 320,785 581996 15 14 1 1 4 7 761,238 251997 16 12 1 5 8 479,146 451998 15 10 1 2 4 5 976,585 291999 13 7 1 141,410 1742000 4 3 1 1 158,409 1742001 4 1 9,950 2402002 4 3 1 1 $180,130 1772003 4 2 1 108,017 204Total 583 487 39 31 23 218 350 9,881,778CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 1-5Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1999 2 1 1 2 $208,240 622000 13 1 4 10 13 1,146,361 132001 13 1 1 8 11 986,547 172002 14 1 5 10 12 1,522,437 82003 14 2 5 10 13 1,853,108 1Total 56 6 15 39 51 5,716,693COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $15,598,471PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84Masters T8 T33 1 T2 T2 T12 1 T5 T4 2U.S. Open T29 CUT T5 T9 7 T7 T6 CUT T3 T23 1 2 T11British Open 1 CUT 1 T14 T26 1 T23 1 1 T2PGA T12 T11 9 T15 T6 T2 T12 T10 CUT T9 T47 T39THE PLAYERS CUT T8 T9 T5 CUT 2 T3 CUT T6 T19 T8Year 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97Masters T10 T6 T7 T9 T14 T7 T3 T48 T45 13 T14 CUT 4U.S. Open CUT T24 2 T36 T46 CUT T16 CUT T5 T6 T56 T13 64British Open T47 T35 7 T28 4 CUT T26 CUT CUT T11 T31 T10PGA T6 T16 T14 T31 T9 T19 CUT T62 5 T9 T58 T17 CUTTHE PLAYERS T55 T58 CUT CUT T11 T36 T20 T2 10 T14 T29 T33 T53TOUR Championship 1 T6Year 98 99 00 01 02 03MastersCUT CUT CUT CUT T40 CUTU.S. Open CUT T57 T27 T28British OpenCUT CUT T55 CUT CUT T18PGA CUT CUT T9 T66 T48 CUTTHE PLAYERST35 T62TOUR ChampionshipT18WGC-Accenture Match Play T33CHAMPIONS TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 00 01 02 03Senior PGA Championship T17 1 T18 T17U.S. Senior Open T10 T16 2 2Ford Senior Players ChampionshipT18 T8 T2Senior British Open 1JELD-WEN Tradition T2 5 1Charles Schwab Cup Champ 1 4 1 2NATIONAL TEAMS: Ryder Cup (4), 1977, 1981, 1983, 1989; UBS Cup, 2003.PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------69.72 (N/A)Driving Distance ------------------286.1 (N/A)Driving Accuracy Percentage --56.5% (N/A)Total Driving ------------------------1,998 (N/A)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------55.1% (N/A)Putting Average--------------------1.824 (N/A)Sand Save Percentage ----------23.1% (N/A)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------216.0 (N/A)Birdie Average --------------------2.50 (N/A)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------73.38 (N/A)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------74.00 (N/A)Final Round Scoring Average --70.50 (N/A)PLAYER STATISTICS2003 CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------68.81 (1)Driving Distance ------------------284.0 (8)Driving Accuracy Percentage --69.2% (41)Total Driving ------------------------49 (9)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------72.2% (7)Putting Average--------------------1.736 (2)Sand Save Percentage ----------40.0% (70)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------54.0 (1)Birdie Average --------------------4.21 (5)All-Around Ranking --------------135 (5)Birdie Conversion Percentage--23.7% (N/A)Par Breakers ------------------------14.4% (N/A)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:65–U.S. Open Championship/1Career Low Round/Round:63–3 times, most recent 1992 BuickInvitational of California/1Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$414,000–1998 MasterCard Colonial/1MISC. CHAMPIONS TOUR STATS2003 Low Round:62–2003 JELD-WEN Tradition/2Career Low Round:62–2 times, most recent 2003 JELD-WENTradition/2Career Largest Paycheck:$440,000–2002 SENIOR TOURChampionship at Gaillardia/12-154 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM