2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

Dean Wilson (cont.)press conference and was widely applauded for sportsmanship at the event. “A lot ofpeople know me from playing with Annika. That’s only positive for me. I’m proud to say Iwas the one with her.”PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-0Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank2001 2 1 $30,0552002 4 2 1 41,3442003 27 15 2 7 654,345 98Total 33 18 2 8 725,744NATIONWIDE TOUR1993 1 1 $904 2161995 11996 8 1 1 2,463 1841999 8 5 2 14,061 111Total 18 7 3 17,428COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $743,172TIGER WOODSPGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 01 02 03U.S. Open T30 CUTBritish OpenCUT CUTPGACUT CUTWGC-American Express Champ CNLPLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------71.20 (112)Driving Distance ------------------278.4 (154)Driving Accuracy Percentage --67.3% (84)Total Driving ------------------------238 (157)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------63.6% (141)Putting Average--------------------1.766 (63)Sand Save Percentage ----------52.3% (59)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------492.0 (170)Birdie Average --------------------3.59 (101)All-Around Ranking --------------884 (132)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------71.32 (129)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------71.50 (151)Final Round Scoring Average --70.31 (36)Birdie Conversion Percentage--29.9% (82)Par Breakers ------------------------20.1% (116)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:63–Las Vegas Invitational/2Career Low Round/Round:63–2003 Las Vegas Invitational/2Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$168,700–2003 WachoviaChampionship/T7EXEMPT STATUS: Winner, 1997 Masters Tournament (through 2007)FULL NAME: Eldrick T. Woods HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 180BIRTHDATE: December 30, 1975BIRTHPLACE: Cypress, CARESIDENCE: Orlando, FLFAMILY: SingleEDUCATION: Stanford UniversitySPECIAL INTERESTS: Basketball, fishing, all sportsTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1996 JOINED TOUR: 1996SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSPGA TOUR VICTORIES (39): 1996 Las Vegas Invitational, Walt DisneyWorld/Oldsmobile Classic. 1997 Mercedes Championships, Masters Tournament, GTEByron Nelson Golf Classic, Motorola Western Open. 1998 BellSouth Classic. 1999 BuickInvitational, Memorial Tournament, Motorola Western Open, PGA Championship, WGC-NEC Invitational, National Car Rental Golf Classic/Disney, THE TOUR Championship,WGC-American Express Championship. 2000 Mercedes Championships, AT&T PebbleBeach National Pro-Am, Bay Hill Invitational, Memorial Tournament, U.S. OpenChampionship, British Open Championship, PGA Championship, WGC-NEC Invitational,Bell Canadian Open. 2001 Bay Hill Invitational, THE PLAYERS Championship, MastersTournament, Memorial Tournament, WGC-NEC Invitational. 2002 Bay Hill Invitationalpresented by Cooper Tires, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open Championship, Buick Open,WGC-American Express Championship. 2003 Buick Invitational, WGC-Accenture MatchPlay Championship, Bay Hill Invitational presented by Cooper Tires, 100th Western Openpresented by Golf Digest, WGC-American Express Championship.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (7): 1997 Asian Honda Classic. 1998 Johnnie WalkerClassic [Asia]. 1999 Deutsche Bank Open - TPC of Europe [Eur], World Cup of Golf [Indiv.].2000 Johnnie Walker Classic. 2001 Deutsche Bank-SAP Open TPC of Europe. 2002Deutsche Bank-SAP Open TPC of Europe.OTHER VICTORIES (8): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 PGA Grand Slam of Golf. 1999World Cup [with Mark O’Meara]. 2000 EMC World Cup [with David Duval]. 2001 WilliamsWorld Challenge.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: 1—Buick Invitational, WGC-Accenture Match PlayChampionship, Bay Hill Invitational presented by Cooper Tires, 100th Western Openpresented by Golf Digest, WGC-American Express Championship; T2—Buick Open, FUNAIClassic at the WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort; T4—the Memorial Tournament, British OpenChampionship, WGC-NEC Invitational; T5—Nissan Open; T7—Deutsche BankChampionship.2003 SEASON: Continued his reign as the world’s top-ranked player, capturing five eventsin 18 starts to lead TOUR in victories for the fifth consecutive season and was voted PGATOUR Player of the Year. Enters 2004 campaign with 39 career wins, tied for ninth all-timewith Tom Watson and Gene Sarazen. Broke Byron Nelson’s long-standing record forconsecutive cuts with his 114th straight at THE TOUR Championship. With victory at theWGC-American Express Championship, became the first player in PGA TOUR history towin five times in five consecutive seasons. Since 1981, Nick Price (1994) is the only otherplayer to win five times in a single season. Captured his record fifth consecutive ByronNelson Award and the PGA America’s Vardon Trophy, based on each player’s adjustedscoring average. Finished the season with an adjusted scoring average of 68.41, thesecond-lowest in TOUR history. Won record fifth consecutive PGA Player of the YearAward. Finished second on money list with $6,673,413, the fourth-highest single seasonamount and $900,494 behind Vijay Singh…Underwent arthroscopic surgery on his leftknee on December 12, 2002 following Target World Challenge. Surgery was performed byDr. Thomas Rosenberg at HealthSouth Surgical Center in Park City, UT. During the onehourprocedure, fluid on the outside and inside of anterior cruciate ligament was removed,and several benign cysts were removed. Missed first five events of 2003 due tosubsequent rehabilitation…Captured 35th career TOUR title in first start of season atBuick Invitational. After opening 70-66, took 54-hole lead with third-round 68, one strokeahead of Brad Faxon. Playing with Faxon and Phil Mickelson in final group Sunday, cardedfinal-round 68 to clinch four-shot win over Carl Pettersson. Victory marked eighthconsecutive season with at least one win on the PGA TOUR, dating back to 1996…Wonthe WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and became the first player to completethe World Golf Championships sweep by capturing all four WGC events in his career. BeatDavid Toms, 2 and 1, in the 36-hole final at La Costa Resort and Spa. He becomes thehighest seed (No. 1) in Accenture Match Play history to win. Career Accenture Match PlayChampionship record is 14-3…Won the Bay Hill Invitational for the fourth consecutiveyear, becoming the first player in 73 years to win the same event four consecutive times(Gene Sarazen was the last—Miami Open 1926, 1928-1930). Fought through wetconditions and a case of food poisoning during final round. After holding second- andthird-round leads, set tournament record with 11-stroke victory, breaking Fred Couples’margin of nine strokes in 1992. Victory marked the quickest time period to reach threevictories to start a season. Made his 100th consecutive cut in his 131st career TOURstart…His career-best streak of 10 consecutive top-10 finishes dating back to his win atthe 2002 Buick Open was snapped with his T11 finish at THE PLAYERSChampionship…Effort to win third consecutive Masters fell short with T15 finish. Made102nd consecutive cut on the number and then fired a third-round 66 to move within fourstrokes of the lead. However, shot a final-round 75…Moved to 11th all-time in PGA TOURvictories (38) with wire-to-wire victory (fifth of career) at the 100th Western Open, cardingrounds of 63-70-65-69—267 to tie Scott Hoch’s 72-hole tournament scoring record.Opening 9-under-par 63 tied the 18-hole tournament record and was his lowest round of2003. With 106th consecutive made cut, moved ahead of Jack Nicklaus into second placefor all-time consecutive cuts behind Byron Nelson’s 113. Led by six shots entering the finalround and is now 29-2 when leading/co-leading through 54 holes. Total of 104 putts onthe week tied career low (1997 GTE Byron Nelson Classic and 2000 WGC-NECInvitational)… Earned $185,000 with his T4 finish at British Open to re-claim the TOUROfficial Money List lead over Mike Weir with $4,546,496…In defense of Buick Open title,carded four rounds in the 60s to finish T2, two strokes behind champion JimFuryk…Posted lowest career finish at a major as a professional, T39 at PGAChampionship…One week later, T4 at WGC-NEC Invitational broke streak of threeconsecutive NEC Invitational wins at Firestone CC (1999-01). With $235,000 payday,surpassed the $5-million mark for the fifth consecutive season on the PGATOUR…Finished T7 at the inaugural Deutsche Bank Championship for 10th top-10, fifthseason with double-digit top-10 finishes. Proceeds from Deutsche Bank event benefit theTiger Woods Foundation, with all four days sold out (in excess of 30,000 spectators eachday) at the Boston-area event…Successfully defended a title for the 10th time in hiscareer at the WGC-American Express Championship where he held the second- and thirdroundleads. Regained the top spot on the money list after his TOUR-leading fifth victoryand his seventh official WGC title in 13 events…Finished T2 to Vijay Singh at the FUNAIClassic at the Walt Disney World Resort…Played in his third Presidents Cup in November.WWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 2-157