2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

Tiger Woods (cont.)SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSCAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Led the PGA TOUR in earnings and was named Player ofthe Year for the fourth consecutive season and the fifth in six years. Won fivetimes…Became the first player since Jack Nicklaus in 1972 to capture the Masters andU.S. Open in the same season…Earned third consecutive victory at the Bay HillInvitational, the first player to win three different TOUR events (the Memorial Tournament[1999-2001] and the WGC-NEC Invitational [1999-2001]) three straight times. Entered finalround with a one-shot lead over Len Mattiace and carded a 3-under-par 69 to win by fourover runner-up Michael Campbell. With 30th career PGA TOUR victory, surpassed JackNicklaus for most wins before the age of 30…Earned third Masters title, joining JackNicklaus (1965-66) and Nick Faldo (1989-90) as the only consecutive winners there. OnlyNicklaus (six wins) and Arnold Palmer (four) have more Masters titles. Jimmy Demaret,Faldo, Gary Player and Sam Snead have also won three Masters. Tied with Retief Goosenat 11-under-par entering the final round, birdied two of the first three holes en route to athree-stroke victory over runner-up Goosen. Win was his 31st on TOUR…Earned hiseighth major championship title with sixth wire-to-wire victory in U.S. Open history.Finished 3-under-par and won by three strokes over runner-up Phil Mickelson, the onlyother player to finish at par or better for the championship. Tied Tom Watson for fifth alltimewith eight professional major victories. Became the fifth player to win the first twomajors of the year - Craig Wood (1941), Ben Hogan (1951, ‘53), Arnold Palmer (1960) andNicklaus (‘72). In receiving a paycheck of $1 million, became the first player to surpass the$30-million mark in career earnings ($30,246,327), and the first player to exceed $4 millionin four consecutive seasons…Second-round 9-under-par 63 led to a win at the Buick Openfor 33rd career PGA TOUR victory. Led after both 36 and 54 holes…Birdied final four holesat PGA Championship, but finished one stroke behind winner Rich Beem…Closed with a66 to finish at 25-under par and held off Retief Goosen Sunday to claim the $1 million firstprize in the WGC-American Express Championship in Ireland. The win was his fifth of theseason and the 34th of his PGA TOUR career…Played in third Ryder Cup competition,recording a 2-2-1 record at The Belfry..Tied his personal low with a 61 on the second dayof The PGA Grand Slam of Golf to win by 14 strokes. 2001: Captured five PGA TOUR eventsto up his total to 29 wins in 110 career starts as a professional. Won the Masters tobecome the first player to hold all four professional major titles at once. Won PGA TOURand PGA Player of the Year honors for the third consecutive year and fourth time in fiveseasons. Led TOUR in Scoring Average (68.81, adjusted) for third straight year andcaptured third straight Vardon Trophy. Also led TOUR in Scrambling, getting up and down69.8 percent of the time, the highest percentage since Greg Norman’s 72.8 percent in1993. 2000: One of the greatest years in the history of the game, setting or tying 27 PGATOUR records and placing himself among the game’s greats. Won three consecutive majorchampionships (U.S. and British Opens, PGA Championship) and career Grand Slam, ninePGA TOUR victories and TOUR single-season earnings record of $9,188,321. Non-adjustedscoring average of 68.17 best in golf history, surpassing Byron Nelson’s 68.33 unofficialmark of 1945. Finished the year with 47 consecutive rounds of par or better andcompleting all 20 events started under par. Won PGA TOUR, PGA of America and GWAAplayer of the year honors…An eight-stroke victory in the British Open placed him in thesame company with Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player as winnersof the career Grand Slam. Became the youngest to do so at age 24…Joined Ben Hogan(1953) as the only men to win three professional majors in one season…Was 53-underpar in four majors, next-best mark was 18-under by Ernie Els…Nine TOUR victories mostin one season since Sam Snead won 11 in 1950…20th career win at the U.S. Open madehim youngest in TOUR history to win 20 times…Season-opening victories at MercedesChampionship and AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am gave him wins in six consecutivestarts, most since Hogan in 1948, and five behind Byron Nelson’s record of 11 in a row.Beat Ernie Els in a playoff at Mercedes, then came from seven strokes back with sevenholes to play at Pebble Beach, keyed by an eagle-birdie-par-birdie finish, for a 64 and atwo-stroke win Finished T2 at Buick Invitational, four behind winner Phil Mickelson, ineffort to win seven consecutive starts. Second-place pay day pushed him to first in TOURcareer money earnings…In Masters, started 75-72 and finished fifth. In first round, madedouble bogey on 10 and triple bogey on 12…At U.S. Open, won by a major championshiprecord 15 strokes (old record: Tom Morris Sr., 13 at 1864 British Open) at Pebble Beach.His 12-under 272 total tied the Open record of Jack Nicklaus and Lee Janzen and brokethe Open mark in relation to par…Completed career Grand Slam with eight-stroke victoryat British Open. His 19-under total at St. Andrews broke the British Open and majorchampionship record in relation to par…In head-to-head battle with fellow Californiajunior star Bob May, won PGA in three-hole playoff. Became first player since Denny Shutein 1936-37 to defend PGA title. Woods and May each played the final-round back nine in31, with Woods birdieing the final two holes to force the three-hole playoff. Woods wentbirdie-par-par to win. He finished 18-under, giving him a share of the PGA most under-parrecord with May…Won WGC-NEC Invitational the next week by a record 11 strokes. 21-under 259 total a record for Firestone South…In next start, out of a fairway bunker on thepar-5 72nd hole, faded a 6-iron from 213 yards over water to within 15 feet to secure aone-stroke victory over Grant Waite. Outdueled third-round co-leader Waite 65-66 on finalday. Joined Lee Trevino (1971) as only players to win U.S., British and Canadian Opens insame year…Named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, the first two-time recipient(also won in 1996) in the 46-year history of the award. Also named Associated Press MaleAthlete of the Year, becoming only three-time winner of that award. 1999: Earned a TOURrecord$6,616,585, nearly $3 million more than his nearest competitor, David Duval. Wasnamed PGA TOUR Player of the Year, PGA of America and GWAA Player of the Year forsecond time…Earned his eighth career TOUR title and first since 1998 BellSouth Classicwith two-stroke victory in Buick Invitational…Earned ninth TOUR victory at MemorialTournament, defeating Vijay Singh by two strokes…Became youngest player since SeveBallesteros to win two majors with his victory at PGA Championship at Medinah. Won byone stroke over Sergio Garcia…Became first player since Nick Price in 1994 to win fiveTOUR events in season with his win at WGC-NEC Invitational…Won his next start atNational Car Rental Golf Classic at Walt Disney World Resort to become first player sinceTom Watson in ‘80 to win six official TOUR titles in season…The next week won his thirdconsecutive start at THE TOUR Championship, becoming the first player since Duval in ‘97to accomplish that feat…Following week won the WGC-American Express Championshipand became first player since Johnny Miller in ‘74 to win eight times in year and first sinceBen Hogan in ‘53 to win four consecutive starts. 1998: Earned second international victoryat Johnnie Walker Classic in Thailand, defeating Ernie Els on second playoff hole,overcoming eight-stroke deficit to force playoff with Els…Earned seventh TOUR victorywith one-stroke win over Jay Don Blake at BellSouth Classic. 1997: PGA TOUR Player ofthe Year, a season that included four victories and nine top-10 finishes…Highlight of yearcame at Masters Tournament, where rounds of 70-66-65-69-270 set 72-hole record. Wonby 12 strokes…In first start after Masters, won GTE Byron Nelson Classic and later insummer captured Motorola Western Open…Prior to Masters, won first event of 1997season at rain-shortened Mercedes Championships, defeating Tom Lehman on firstplayoff hole…Member of Ryder Cup Team, named PGA of America and Golf WritersAssociation of America Player of the Year. Associated Press chose his Masters win topsports story of 1997, and followed by his designation as AP’s Male Athlete of the Year(first golfer to be so honored in 26 years). 1996: Turned professional at Greater MilwaukeeOpen, where he finished T60, and followed with two victories and three top-10s in onlyeight starts…Began final round of Las Vegas Invitational four strokes back, closed with64 to force playoff with Davis Love III, then parred first extra hole for first TOUR win.Earned $297,000 and was first sponsor’s exemption to win TOUR event since PhilMickelson at 1991 Northern Telecom Open…At Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic,shot closing 66 for one-stroke win…Named PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year. Also namedSports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year, becoming youngest to receive honor sincegymnast Mary Lou Retton in 1984. Amateur: Won ‘91-93 U.S. Junior AmateurChampionships when no one before or since has won more than one…In ‘94, at TPC atSawgrass, became youngest winner of U.S. Amateur at age 18. The following year,became first to successfully defend U.S. Amateur title since Jay Sigel in ‘93. In ‘96,became first player to win three consecutive U.S. Amateur titles. Owns U.S. Amateurrecords for consecutive match-play victories (18) and winning percentage (.909). His sixconsecutive years of winning a USGA championship are second only to Bobby Jones’eight…Made cut in four of six major championships as amateur and was low amateur at1995 Masters and 1996 British Open…Named year’s top amateur player by Golf Digestand Golfweek in ‘92 and Golf World in ‘92 and ‘93. Golf World’s “Man of the Year” in‘94…Won ‘96 NCAA Championship at Stanford and was named Collegiate Player of theYear…Joined Jack Nicklaus and Phil Mickelson as the only players to win NCAA and U.S.Amateur in same year.PERSONAL: Nicknamed “Tiger” after a Vietnamese soldier who was a friend of hisfather’s in Vietnam…Putted against Bob Hope on the “Mike Douglas Show” at age 2, shot48 for nine holes at age 3 and was featured in Golf Digest at age 5…In Feb. 1998, namedto Blackwell’s Best-Dressed List…Eighth athlete to be named Wheaties permanent rep,following Bob Richards (1958), Bruce Jenner (1977), Mary Lou Retton (1984), Pete Rose(1985), Walter Payton (1986), Chris Evert (1987) and Michael Jordan (1988)…Tiger WoodsFoundation, chaired by father Earl, created to provide minority participation in golf andrelated activities…Foundation has pledged its full support to World Golf Foundation’s TheFirst Tee program…In 1997 won Sports Star of the Year Award, given to athletes whocombine excellence in their sports with significant charitable endeavors…In 2000, on thecover of “Time” magazine, 40 years after Arnold Palmer became first golfer sohonored…Web site is www.tigerwoods.com.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 6-1Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1992A 11993A 31994A 31995A 4 31996A 3 2 11996 8 8 2 2 5 7 $790,594 241997 21 20 4 1 1 9 14 2,066,833 11998 20 19 1 2 2 13 17 1,841,117 41999 21 21 8 1 2 16 18 6,616,585 12000 20 20 9 4 1 17 20 9,188,321 12001 19 19 5 1 9 18 5,687,777 12002 18 18 5 2 2 13 16 6,912,625 12003 18 18 5 2 12 16 6,673,413 2Total 159 148 39 12 11 94 127 39,777,265EUROPEAN TOUR2003 1 1 $26,875PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03Masters T41 CUT 1 T8 T18 5 1 1 T15U.S. Open W/D T82 T19 T18 T3 1 T12 1 T20British Open T68 T22 T24 3 T7 1 T25 T28 T4PGA T29 T10 1 1 T29 2 T39THE PLAYERS T31 T35 T10 2 1 T14 T11TOUR Championship T21 T12 20 1 2 T13 T7 26WGC-Accenture Match Play T5 2 T33 1WGC-NEC Invitational 1 1 1 4 T4WGC-American Express Champ 1 T5 CNL 1 12-158 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM