2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

PGA TOUR West Coast Swing Presented by The St. PaulBUICK INVITATIONALNOTESTiger Woods earned his 35th career PGA TOURvictory in his eighth season as a professional and indoing so he collected at least one victory in aseason for the eighth consecutive year. The recordis 17 consecutive years with a victory held by JackNicklaus (1962-78) and Arnold Palmer (1955-71).Tiger Woods won his first event of the TOURseason for the third time in his career (1997 and2000 Mercedes Championships) and became theall-time money leader at the Buick Invitational with$1,968,600.TIGER WOODSTiger Woods has finished in the top five in sixconsecutive Buick Invitationals including twovictories (2003 and 1999). The other finishes: 1998(T3), 2000 (T2), 2001 (4) and 2002 (T5). He also hasrecorded 17 of his 23 rounds at Torrey Pines in the60s and carries a scoring average of 68.09 at thistournament. His Sunday scoring average on theSouth Course is even better than that at 67.0.Speaking of top-10 finishes, Brad Faxon has nowfinished in the top-10 four times at the BuickInvitational. Faxon’s third-place finish in 2003 washis first in the top-10 at the Buick Invitational sincehe finished T8 in 1991. Others included a T2 in1989 and T5 in 1988.Tournament Record:266, George Burns, 1987; Tiger Woods, 1999Tournament Course Record:61, Mark Brooks, 1990 (Torrey Pines North)62, Tiger Woods, 1999 (Torrey Pines South)TOURNAMENT HISTORYYear Winner Score Runner-up Score Location Par/Yards1974 Bobby Nichols 275 Rod Curl 276 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,659, S-7,021Gene Littler1975 J.C. Snead* 279 Raymond Floyd 279 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,659, S-7,021Bobby Nichols1976 J.C. Snead 272 Don Bies 273 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,659, S-7,0211977 Tom Watson 269 Larry Nelson 274 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,659, S-7,021John Schroeder1978 Jay Haas 278 Andy Bean 281 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,659, S-7,021Gene LittlerJohn Schroeder1979 Fuzzy Zoeller 282 Bill Kratzert 287 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,659, S-7,021Wayne LeviArtie McNickleTom Watson1980 Tom Watson* 275 D.A. Weibring 275 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,659, S-7,021WICKES/ANDY WILLIAMS SAN DIEGO OPEN1981 Bruce Lietzke* 278 Raymond Floyd 278 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,659, S-7,021Tom Jenkins1982 Johnny Miller 270 Jack Nicklaus 271 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,659, S-7,021ISUZU/ANDY WILLIAMS SAN DIEGO OPEN1983 Gary Hallberg 271 Tom Kite 272 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,659, S-7,0211984 Gary Koch* 272 Gary Hallberg 272 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,659, S-7,0211985 Woody Blackburn* 269 Ron Streck 269 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,659, S-7,021SHEARSON LEHMAN BROTHERS ANDY WILLIAMS OPEN1986 Bob Tway~* 204 Bernhard Langer 204 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,659, S-7,0211987 George Burns 266 J.C. Snead 270 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,659, S-7,021Bobby WadkinsSHEARSON LEHMAN HUTTON ANDY WILLIAMS OPEN1988 Steve Pate 269 Jay Haas 270 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,659, S-7,021SHEARSON LEHMAN HUTTON OPEN1989 Greg Twiggs 271 Steve Elkington 273 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,659, S-7,021Brad FaxonMark O’MearaMark Wiebe1990 Dan Forsman 275 Tommy Armour III 277 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,659, S-7,021SHEARSON LEHMAN BROTHERS OPEN1991 Jay Don Blake 268 Bill Sander 270 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,659, S-7,021BUICK INVITATIONAL OF CALIFORNIA1992 Steve Pate~ 200 Chip Beck 201 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,659, S-7,0211993 Phil Mickelson 278 Dave Rummells 282 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,659, S-7,0211994 Craig Stadler 268 Steve Lowery 269 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,592, S-7,0001995 Peter Jacobsen 269 Mark Calcavecchia 273 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,592, S-7,000Mike HulbertHal SuttonKirk TriplettBUICK INVITATIONAL1996 Davis Love III 269 Phil Mickelson 271 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,592, S-7,0221997 Mark O'Meara 275 Donnie Hammond 277 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,592, S-7,022David OgrinMike HulbertLee JanzenJesper ParnevikCraig StadlerDuffy Waldorf1998 Scott Simpson~* 204 Skip Kendall 204 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,592, S-7,0001999 Tiger Woods 266 Billy Ray Brown 268 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,854, S-7,0002000 Phil Mickelson 270 Shigeki Maruyama 274 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,874, S-7,055Tiger Woods2001 Phil Mickelson* 269 Frank Lickliter 269 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,874, S-7,055Davis Love III2002 Jose M. Olazabal 275 J.L. Lewis 276 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,874, S-7,568Mark O’Meara2003 Tiger Woods 272 Carl Pettersson 276 Torrey Pines GC, La Jolla, CA 72/N-6,874, S-7,568KEY: * = Playoff N = North S = South ~ = Weather-shortened # = AmateurSECTION 3 / SUMMARIESWWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 3-17