2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

PGA TOUR West Coast Swing Presented by The St. PaulMERCEDES CHAMPIONSHIPSNOTESPrior to 2003, David Duval was the only player inthe previous four years at The Plantation Course tofinish the tournament at 20-under or better. In 2003,11 players accomplished the feat, and the winner,Ernie Els, broke the 30-under plateau.Out of the 144 rounds that were played in 2003 onThe Plantation Course, just nine rounds came inover par. Despite all the sub-par rounds, only ErnieEls was able to record four rounds in the 60s. Elsbecame the third player to record four rounds in the60s at Kapalua. David Duval was the first to do soin 1999 and Jim Furyk followed suit during his2001 victory.The course scoring average finished in the 60s forall four rounds of the 2003 tournament. That’s afirst for The Plantation Course. In fact, each round’sscoring average was a tournament low. The finalround finished with an average of 68.333. Theprevious final-round low (70.031) came during the2002 event.The 63s by Jonathan Byrd and Rocco Mediateset a new final-round low for the tournament. Theprevious mark of 64 was held by six players,including last year’s champion Sergio Garcia.Ernie Els collected seven victories in the lastcalendar year, including the 2002 Heineken Classic,Dubai Desert Classic and Cisco World Match Playon the European PGA Tour, the Nedbank GolfChallenge in South Africa and his three PGA TOURvictories.With his win, Ernie Els moved into the No. 1 spoton the 2003 money list, the highest ranking of hiscareer on the PGA TOUR season money list.Ernie Els has recorded a first, second (2000) and athird (2001) at the Mercedes Championships. Hisvictory came in his sixth appearance in thistournament.TOURNAMENT HISTORY cont.Year Winner Score Runner-up Score Location Par/Yards1982 Lanny Wadkins 280 Andy Bean 283 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/6,911David GrahamCraig StadlerRon Streck1983 Lanny Wadkins 280 Raymond Floyd 281 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/6,9111984 Tom Watson 274 Bruce Lietzke 279 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/7,0221985 Tom Kite 275 Mark McCumber 281 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/7,0221986 Calvin Peete 267 Mark O’Meara 273 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/7,0221987 Mac O’Grady 278 Rick Fehr 279 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/7,0221988 Steve Pate~ 202 Larry Nelson 203 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/7,0221989 Steve Jones 279 David Frost 282 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/7,022Jay Haas1990 Paul Azinger 272 Ian Baker-Finch 273 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/7,022INFINITI TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS1991 Tom Kite 272 Lanny Wadkins 273 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/7,0221992 Steve Elkington* 279 Brad Faxon 279 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/7,0221993 Davis Love III 272 Tom Kite 273 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/7,022MERCEDES CHAMPIONSHIPS1994 Phil Mickelson* 276 Fred Couples 276 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/7,0221995 Steve Elkington* 278 Bruce Lietzke 278 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/7,0221996 Mark O'Meara 271 Nick Faldo 274 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/7,022Scott Hoch1997 Tiger Woods*~ 202 Tom Lehman 202 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/7,0221998 Phil Mickelson 271 Mark O'Meara 272 La Costa CC, Carlsbad, CA 72/7,022Tiger Woods1999 David Duval 266 Billy Mayfair 275 The Plantation Course, Kapalua, HI 73/7,263Mark O'Meara2000 Tiger Woods* 276 Ernie Els 276 The Plantation Course, Kapalua, HI 73/7,2632001 Jim Furyk 274 Rory Sabbatini 275 The Plantation Course, Kapalua, HI 73/7,2632002 Sergio Garcia* 274 David Toms 274 The Plantation Course, Kapalua, HI 73/7,2632003 Ernie Els 261 K.J. Choi 269 The Plantation Course, Kapalua, HI 73/7,263Rocco MediateKEY: * = Playoff ~ = Weather-shortenedSECTION 3 / SUMMARIESErnie Els has now won at least once in nine of the10 seasons he has played on the PGA TOUR. Hedid not win a tournament in 2001.The par-5 18th hole at Kapalua.Tournament Record:261, Ernie Els, 2003Current Course Record:62, K.J. Choi, 2003WWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 3-3