2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

PGA TOUR West Coast Swing Presented by The St. PaulNISSAN OPENNOTESThe tournament began as the Los Angeles Open in1926 and was contested at Los Angeles CC. The namechanged to Nissan Los Angeles Open in 1989 and thento Nissan Open in 1995. Over the years, the PGA TOURevent has been held at 11 different courses.There have been 14 playoffs at the Nissan Open,including last year when Mike Weir made birdieon the second playoff hole to defeat CharlesHowell III. The most memorable playoff came in2001, when six players matched the PGA TOURrecord for most participants in an extra-hole event,set at the 1994 GTE Byron Nelson Classic. RobertAllenby beat Brandel Chamblee, Toshi Izawa,Dennis Paulson, Jeff Sluman and Bob Tway.TOURNAMENT HISTORYYear Winner Score Runner-up Score Location Par/YardsNISSAN OPEN1995 Corey Pavin 268 Jay Don Blake 271 Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, CA 71/6,946Kenny Perry1996 Craig Stadler 278 Mark Brooks 279 Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, CA 71/6,946Fred CouplesScott SimpsonMark Wiebe1997 Nick Faldo 272 Craig Stadler 275 Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, CA 71/6,9461998 Billy Mayfair* 272 Tiger Woods 272 Valencia CC, Valencia, CA 71/6,9871999 Ernie Els 270 Ted Tryba 272 Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, CA 71/6,953Tiger WoodsDavis Love III2000 Kirk Triplett 272 Jesper Parnevik 273 Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, CA 71/7,0552001 Robert Allenby* 276 Brandel Chamblee 276 Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, CA 71/7,055Toshi IzawaDennis PaulsonJeff SlumanBob Tway2002 Len Mattiace 269 Brad Faxon 270 Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, CA 71/7,174Rory SabbatiniScott McCarron2003 Mike Weir* 275 Charles Howell 275 Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, CA 71/7,222KEY: * = Playoff ~ = Weather-shortenedSECTION 3 / SUMMARIESCHARLES HOWELL IIIMike Weir looks to become the sixth golfer to winback-to-back Nissan Opens in 2004. MacdonaldSmith (1928-29) was the first to win in consecutiveyears, followed by Ben Hogan (1947-48), PaulHarney (1964-65), Arnold Palmer (1966-67) andCorey Pavin (1994-95).Charles Howell III’s 7-under-par 28 on the frontnine in the third round of the 2002 Nissan Opentied the tournament record set by Andrew Mageein 1991. Howell’s third-round 64 boosted him to aT6 finish in his first career appearance at theNissan Open. Brad Faxon fired a 28 in the finalround of the 1995 PGA Championship held atRiviera Country Club.The par-4 18th hole at Riviera Country Club.3-20 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM