2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

PGA TOUR West Coast Swing Presented by The St. Paul2003 MERCEDES CHAMPIONSHIPS[First of 48 official events]GARCIA ELSWinner: Winner: SERGIO ERNIE GARCÍA ELS69-66-72-67 274 $720,00064-65-65-67 261 $1,000,000The Plantation Course at Kapalua; Lahaina, Maui, HI Purse: $5,000,000Par: 36-37—73 Yards: 7,263 January 9-12, 2003LEADERS: First Round—Jim Furyk and Ernie Els shared thelead at 9-under 64. Chris Riley, Gene Sauers and Jerry Kelly wereone back. Second Round—Els set a tournament record at 17-under 129 and led Bob Estes by three strokes. Third Round—Els set a tournament record at 25-under 194 and sat two aheadof K.J. Choi.CUT: There was no cut; all 36 players completed 72 holes (PhilMickelson did not commit and Tiger Woods missed the event dueto knee surgery).PRO-AM: $10,000. Sergio Garcia, Loren Roberts and SpikeMcRoy, 54, $1,666 each.WEATHER: Sunny with temperatures 75-81 on Thursday andFriday. Temperatures in the 70s and light rain at times onSaturday. More sun on Sunday, with temperatures in the 70s.Little to no wind all week.K.J. Choi ............................T2 67-67-62-73 269 $450,000.00Rocco Mediate..................T2 72-69-65-63 269 450,000.00Retief Goosen ..................T4 70-65-66-69 270 224,000.00Vijay Singh ........................T4 68-70-67-65 270 224,000.00Jonathan Byrd ..................T6 68-69-71-63 271 155,000.00Bob Estes ..........................T6 66-66-70-69 271 155,000.00Jim Furyk ..........................T6 64-72-67-68 271 155,000.00Chris Riley ........................T6 65-70-67-69 271 155,000.00Jerry Kelly ......................T10 65-70-67-70 272 125,000.00Gene Sauers....................T10 65-72-69-66 272 125,000.00Jeff Sluman ....................T12 72-67-70-64 273 105,000.00Kevin Sutherland ............T12 71-66-69-67 273 105,000.00Loren Roberts....................14 68-70-67-69 274 $90,000.00Luke Donald ......................15 68-72-69-66 275 85,000.00Charles Howell III..............16 73-66-67-70 276 82,000.00Craig Perks ......................T17 69-71-67-70 277 79,000.00Phil Tataurangi ................T17 68-70-69-70 277 79,000.00Justin Leonard ................T19 71-68-71-68 278 75,000.00Chris Smith......................T19 69-71-69-69 278 75,000.00Dan Forsman ..................T21 69-71-69-70 279 70,000.00J.P. Hayes ........................T21 72-67-70-70 279 70,000.00Nick Price ........................T21 69-69-75-66 279 70,000.00Len Mattiace ....................24 75-68-69-68 280 66,000.00Sergio Garcia ..................T25 71-73-66-71 281 61,250.00Matt Kuchar ....................T25 70-70-73-68 281 $61,250.00Shigeki Maruyama..........T25 66-72-70-73 281 61,250.00Craig Parry ......................T25 71-69-71-70 281 61,250.00Chris DiMarco ................T29 70-75-69-68 282 56,500.00Ian Leggatt ......................T29 69-67-79-67 282 56,500.00Spike McRoy ..................T29 72-71-73-66 282 56,500.00John Rollins ....................T29 72-72-69-69 282 56,500.00Bob Burns ........................T33 71-72-74-66 283 53,500.00Jose Maria Olazabal ......T33 74-71-69-69 283 53,500.00Matt Gogel ........................35 69-75-73-69 286 52,000.00Rich Beem ........................36 74-71-70-75 290 51,000.00SECTION 3 / SUMMARIESNOTESThe eight-stroke victory by Ernie Els was thelargest on the PGA TOUR since MarkCalcavecchia’s eight-stroke win at the 2001Phoenix Open. That year, Calcavecchia tied theprevious mark for the best score in relation to par ina 72-hole tournament (28-under par, John Huston,1998 United Airlines Hawaiian Open). RoccoMediate finished second behind both Els andCalcavecchia during the record-setting tournaments.The tournament record for largest margin of victoryis 13 strokes by Gene Littler in 1955.With his 31-under par, Ernie Els not only broke the72-hole tournament record but the best first 72holes mark as well. Joe Durant set that recordwith a score of 29-under par through the first fourrounds of the 2001 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.Over the last six seasons on the PGA TOUR, ErnieEls has begun his year with a top-five finish in five ofthose six seasons. He also picked up a victory in hisfirst TOUR event of the season for the second time inhis career. The first came at the 1999 Nissan Open.The best finish by the 18 first-timers in attendancecame from K.J. Choi who tied for second. Four ofthe first-timers finished in the top 10 – JonathanByrd (T6), Chris Riley (T6) and Jerry Kelly (T10).The T6 finish by Jim Furyk was his fifthconsecutive top-10 finish at the MercedesChampionships in Kapalua. He finished 9th, T4, 1stand 4th over the first four years. Furyk is the onlyplayer to play all five tournaments since theMercedes Championships moved to Hawaii in 1999.TOURNAMENT HISTORYYear Winner Score Runner-up Score Location Par/YardsTOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS1953 Al Besselink 280 Chandler Harper 281 Desert Inn CC, Las Vegas, NV 72/7,2091954 Art Wall 278 Al Besselink 284 Desert Inn CC, Las Vegas, NV 72/7,209Lloyd Mangrum1955 Gene Littler 280 Jerry Barber 293 Desert Inn CC, Las Vegas, NV 72/7,209Pete CooperBob Toski1956 Gene Littler 281 Cary Middlecoff 285 Desert Inn CC, Las Vegas, NV 72/7,2091957 Gene Littler 285 Billy Casper 288 Desert Inn CC, Las Vegas, NV 72/7,209Jimmy DemaretDow FinsterwaldBilly Maxwell1958 Stan Leonard 275 Billy Casper 276 Desert Inn CC, Las Vegas, NV 72/7,2091959 Mike Souchak 281 Art Wall 283 Desert Inn CC, Las Vegas, NV 72/7,2091960 Jerry Barber 268 Jay Hebert 272 Desert Inn CC, Las Vegas, NV 72/7,2091961 Sam Snead 273 Tommy Bolt 280 Desert Inn CC, Las Vegas, NV 72/7,2091962 Arnold Palmer 276 Billy Casper 277 Desert Inn CC, Las Vegas, NV 72/7,2091963 Jack Nicklaus 273 Tony Lema 278 Desert Inn CC, Las Vegas, NV 72/7,209Arnold Palmer1964 Jack Nicklaus 279 Al Geiberger 281 Desert Inn CC, Las Vegas, NV 72/7,209Doug Sanders1965 Arnold Palmer 277 Chi Chi Rodriguez 279 Desert Inn CC, Las Vegas, NV 72/7,2091966 Arnold Palmer* 283 Gay Brewer 283 Desert Inn CC, Las Vegas, NV 72/7,2091967 Frank Beard 278 Arnold Palmer 279 Stardust CC, Las Vegas, NV 71/6,7251968 Don January 276 Julius Boros 277 Stardust CC, Las Vegas, NV 71/6,7251969 Gary Player 284 Lee Trevino 286 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/6,9111970 Frank Beard 273 Billy Casper 280 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/6,911Tony JacklinGary Player1971 Jack Nicklaus 279 Bruce Devlin 287 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/6,911Gary PlayerDave Stockton1972 Bobby Mitchell* 280 Jack Nicklaus 280 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/6,9111973 Jack Nicklaus 276 Lee Trevino 277 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/6,9111974 Johnny Miller 280 Bud Allin 281 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/6,911John MahaffeyMONY TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS1975 Al Geiberger* 277 Gary Player 277 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/6,9111976 Don January 277 Hubert Green 282 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/6,9111977 Jack Nicklaus* 281 Bruce Lietzke 281 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/6,9111978 Gary Player 281 Andy North 283 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/6,911Lee Trevino1979 Tom Watson 275 Bruce Lietzke 281 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/6,911Jerry Pate1980 Tom Watson 276 Jim Colbert 279 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/6,9111981 Lee Trevino 273 Raymond Floyd 275 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/6,9113-2 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM