2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSBilly Andrade (cont.)PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99Masters CUT T54 61 CUT T38U.S. Open CUT CUT T6 T33 T21 T23 T13 CUTBritish Open T54 T25 CUT CUT 70 CUTPGACUT T14 T32 T12 CUT T47 CUT CUT CUT T44 CUTTHE PLAYERS CUT T27 CUT T20 CUT T8 CUT 5 T35 T62TOUR ChampionshipT13Year 00 01 02 03MastersCUTU.S. OpenCUT CUT CUTBritish OpenT13 CUTPGA 6 CUT T10THE PLAYERS CUT T44 T4 T48WGC-Accenture Match PlayT33WGC-American Express Champ CNLNATIONAL TEAMS: Junior World Cup, 1981 (won team title with Sam Randolph atSTUART APPLEBYPGA TOUR VICTORIES (4): 1997 Honda Classic. 1998 Kemper Open. 1999 Shell HoustonOpen. 2003 Las Vegas Invitational.NATIONWIDE TOUR VICTORIES (2): 1995 Monterrey Open, Sonoma County Open.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (2): 1998 Coolum Classic [Aus.]. 2001 Holden AustralianOpen.OTHER VICTORIES (1): 1999 CVS Charity Classic [with Jeff Sluman].BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: 1—Las Vegas Invitational; T2—Shell Houston Open,84 Lumber Classic of Pennsylvania, WGC-American Express Championship; 6—SonyOpen in Hawaii.2003 SEASON: Season punctuated by fourth career PGA TOUR victory at the Las VegasInvitational, his first TOUR win since 1999. Finished a career-best 12th on the TOUR moneylist and represented the International team at The Presidents Cup in South Africa.Surpassed the $10-million mark in career TOUR earnings with victory at Las VegasInvitational…In first start of the season at the Sony Open in Hawaii, a final-round 63moved him from T30 to solo sixth…Second top-10 came in April at the Shell HoustonOpen when the finished T2 behind local favorite Fred Couples. Best finish since losing inthe four-man playoff at the 2002 British Open…Added a second T2 at the 84 LumberClassic of Pennsylvania thanks to rounds of 64-67 during a 36-hole Sunday. Tied forclubhouse lead at 20-under before eventual winner J.L. Lewis birdied two of the last threeholes to finish at 22-under…Added another T2 in his next start at the WGC-AmericanExpress Championship, finishing two behind Tiger Woods…In winning the Las VegasInvitational, posted rounds of 62-68-63-66-69—328 and captured playoff over ScottMcCarron with birdie-3 on first extra hole. Co-leader with Steve Flesch after first-round62, a career-low on the PGA TOUR. Led Flesch by one and McCarron by three entering finalround. The 328 (31-under-par) total broke the tournament total of 329 by D.A. Weibring(1991), Andrew Magee (1991) and Bob Estes (2001). Las Vegas victory came four years,five months and 10 days since last win at the 1999 Shell Houston Open, a span of 88events. Fourth foreign-born player to win the Las Vegas Invitational and the secondAustralian, joining 1986 winner Greg Norman. The $720,000 first-place check was thelargest of his eight-year PGA TOUR career.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Moved back into top 50 in season TOUR earnings with athen-career-best $1,729,459, highlighted by near-miss at British Open. Best career finishin a major, T2, at the 131st British Open at Muirfield. After posting final-round 65 to joinErnie Els, Thomas Levet and Steve Elkington in playoff, bogeyed the fourth and final holeof the playoff to be eliminated…Second runner-up finish of 2002 came at the InvensysClassic at Las Vegas, one stroke shy of Phil Tataurangi, who posted a final-round 62 inwinning effort. Missed competing in season-ending TOUR Championship for the fourthtime in career by only $33,955. 2001: Despite four top-10 finishes, fell out of the top 30,at 55th, for the first time since 1998…Finished T9 in WGC-Accenture Match PlayChampionships after losing to Toru Taniguchi (2 and 1) in the third round. DefeatedNobuhito Sato and Per-Ulrik Johansson in the first two rounds…Tied for fifth in WGC NECPortmarnock, Ireland); World Amateur Team Championship, 1986; Walker Cup, 1987.PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------70.96 (79)Driving Distance ------------------284.4 (110)Driving Accuracy Percentage --60.2% (169)Total Driving ------------------------279 (185)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------64.1% (122)Putting Average--------------------1.747 (30)Sand Save Percentage ----------51.7% (71)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------450.0 (168)Birdie Average --------------------3.82 (48)All-Around Ranking --------------797 (114)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------70.71 (73)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------70.29 (61)Final Round Scoring Average --71.26 (107)Birdie Conversion Percentage--31.6% (40)Par Breakers ------------------------21.4% (61)EXEMPT STATUS: 2003 tournament winner (through 2005)FULL NAME: Stuart Appleby HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 195BIRTHDATE: May 1, 1971BIRTHPLACE: Cohuna, AustraliaRESIDENCE: Orlando, FloridaFAMILY: Wife, AshleySPECIAL INTERESTS: Action sports, motor racingTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1992 JOINED TOUR: 1996Nationwide Tour AlumnusMISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:64–2 times, most recent 84 LumberClassic of Pennsylvania/2Career Low Round/Round:62–1995 Canon Greater Hartford Open/3Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$765,000–2000 Invensys Classic at LasVegas/1Invitational. Was three back after two rounds, but fired consecutive 70s to fall out ofcontention. 2000: Although winless for first time in four seasons, stood 24th on PGA TOURofficial money list with earnings of $1,642,221 in 24 starts. Money total marked his bestin five years on TOUR to date, and third time in which he surpassed $1 million…Best offive top-10 finishes came in his second start, as runner-up to Paul Azinger at Sony Openin Hawaii…After missing cut at Shell Houston Open, where he was defending champion,stayed over to lend support to countryman, good friend and eventual winner RobertAllenby…Four sub-par rounds at PGA Championship produced 12-under-par 276, good forcareer-best T4 finish at that event…Participated in second career Presidents Cup asmember of International Team, compiling 0-3 record. 1999: Earned his third PGA TOURtitle in as many seasons with Shell Houston Open win. Stood two strokes back after 36holes and three back through 54 holes. Closing 71, the highest final round by a winner in15 years at TPC at the Woodlands, was good for one-stroke victory over John Cook andHal Sutton. Credited his late wife Renay with giving him the strength to win his first titlesince her death in the previous year. 1998: Earned his second TOUR victory at KemperOpen. Trailed by one through 54 holes and survived windswept Sunday with closing 72,one stroke better than Scott Hoch. 1997: Established himself as one of TOUR’s youngstars, becoming the first Q-School graduate to earn more than $1 million the followingyear…Won the Honda Classic, finished second twice and earned trip to THE TOURChampionship…Held one-stroke lead over Payne Stewart after 54 holes at Honda Classic.Closing 71 on windy Sunday enough for one-stroke victory over Stewart and MichaelBradley. 1995: Became eighth player to win first Nationwide Tour event with victory atMonterrey Open…Earned place on PGA TOUR in 1996 by finishing fifth on the NationwideTour money list.PERSONAL: Raised on dairy farm, where he used to hit golf shots from paddock topaddock once his chores were completed…Former Australian Rules footballplayer…After missing cut at 1998 British Open, experienced tragic death of wife Renayoutside a train station in London. The Renay Appleby Memorial Trophy, created by officialsin New South Wales, is given annually to the Australian state’s best female junior golfer.The first recipient, Marousa Plioas, attended the 1999 PLAYERS Championship andMasters Tournament.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 1-1Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1996 30 18 1 5 $164,483 1301997 23 18 1 2 5 12 1,003,356 181998 22 12 1 5 7 717,962 401999 29 21 1 1 5 12 1,359,724 252000 24 20 1 1 5 15 1,642,221 242001 29 23 4 8 1,004,528 552002 28 21 2 4 10 1,729,459 322003 27 19 1 3 5 13 2,662,538 12Total 212 152 4 9 1 34 82 10,284,272PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARY2-8 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM