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Tommy Armour III (cont.)SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSNATIONWIDE <strong>TOUR</strong>Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1992 11993 5 3 2 $3,529 1591994 19 14 2 1 1 5 7 126,620 71996 6 2 1 1,838 1941998 1 1 1 1 1 14,813 1062003 1Total 33 20 2 1 2 6 11 146,799COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 <strong>TOUR</strong>S): $4,836,498<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> TOP <strong>TOUR</strong>NAMENT SUMMARYYear 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98MastersCUTU.S. Open CUT T55 T67British Open T46 T28 T39 CUT<strong>PGA</strong> T24 CUT CUTTHE PLAYERS CUT CUT 71 T31Year 99 00 01 02 03U.S. Open CUT CUT<strong>PGA</strong>CUTTHE PLAYERSCUT CUT W/DWOODY AUSTINPLAYER STATISTICS2003 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------71.01 (87)Driving Distance ------------------294.3 (36)Driving Accuracy Percentage --68.7% (55)Total Driving ------------------------91 (5)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------66.0% (80)Putting Average--------------------1.777 (97)Sand Save Percentage ----------43.3% (158)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------164.6 (59)Birdie Average --------------------3.64 (85)All-Around Ranking --------------657 (63)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------71.41 (139)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------71.33 (142)Final Round Scoring Average --69.60 (17)Birdie Conversion Percentage--29.5% (96)Par Breakers ------------------------20.8% (80)MISC. <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> STATS2003 Low Round/Round:62–Valero Texas Open/2Career Low Round/Round:60–1999 Las Vegas Invitational/2Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$630,000–2003 Valero Texas Open/1EXEMPT STATUS: 44th on 2003 money listFULL NAME: Albert Woody Austin HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 175BIRTHDATE: January 27, 1964BIRTHPLACE: Tampa, FLRESIDENCE: Derby, KS; plays out of Wolfcreek FAMILY: Wife, Shannon; Parker (3/31/98), Peyton (3/14/00)EDUCATION: University of Miami (1986, Business Administration)TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1986 Q SCHOOL: 1994Nationwide Tour Alumnus<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> VICTORIES (1): 1995 Buick Open.BEST 2003 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> FINISHES: 2—MCI Heritage; T6—Las Vegas Invitational; 7—HP Classic of New Orleans; T8—The Honda Classic.2003 SEASON: Finished in the top-50 for the first time since 1996. Earned over $1 millionfor the first time in his career, with $1,518,707…Runner-up to Davis Love III at MCIHeritage, falling on the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff. Missed two putts inside 10feet that would have clinched title on second and third playoff holes. Payday of $486,000was a career high, and runner-up finish was best since playoff win over Mike Brisky at1995 Buick Open…Two weeks later added a seventh-place finish at the HP Classic ofNew Orleans…Finished T45 at the Bank of America Colonial and collected $14,014 tosurpass the $1-million mark…Ended the year on a strong note with a T6 at the Las VegasInvitational.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: With four sub-par rounds, finished T10 at the Reno-TahoeOpen, first top-10 since T8 at the 2001 INTERNATIONAL Presented by Qwest. Finished T26at the Qualifying Tournament to return to the <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> in 2003. 2001: A late surgeearned playing card for 2002 by finishing 125th in earnings; second time in last three yearshe has retained playing privileges with good play late in season. Made cut his last threeevents, including T16 in National Car Rental Golf Classic at Walt Disney World…Only twotop-10s came in consecutive starts, a T8 at John Deere Classic followed by a solo eighthin The INTERNATIONAL. 2000: Collected $485,589 in prize money and had three top-10s…Got off to a terrible start by missing the cut in his first six tournaments. Made hisseventh start pay off, finishing T7 at the Touchstone Energy Tucson Open…Winner of the1995 Buick Open matched his career-low first round at ‘95 Buick Open with a 63 in the firstround in Michigan to take a two-stroke lead at Warwick Hills G&CC. Made 11 birdies andneeded only 22 putts. Maintained two-shot lead after 36 holes with a 67 the next day.Rounds of 73-70 on the weekend resulted in T4 finish, worth $118,000 — moving himfrom 108th on the <strong>TOUR</strong> money list to 81st, enough to keep his playing card. 1999: Madesuccessful return to <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong>, playing in 30 events and making the cut in 20 ofthose…Lone top-10 of the year came at the Reno-Tahoe Open where he finishedT9…Finished 121st on the money list to retain his card. 1998: Played mainly onNationwide Tour and was first in scoring average (69.61) on way to eighth-place finish onmoney list to retain <strong>TOUR</strong> playing privileges. 1997: Lost his card after finishing 180th onthe money list. 1996: Was among top-25 in 15 events and among top-10 in fiveevents…Posted T6 in Phoenix after leading through 36 holes…Shared U.S. Open firstroundlead with Payne Stewart with 67…In defense of title, finished T3 at Buick Open.1995: Earned <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> Rookie of the Year honors. One of three rookies to qualify for THE<strong>TOUR</strong> Championship that year…Highlight was his playoff victory over Mike Brisky atBuick Open. Opening 63 gave him two-stroke lead, but lost his advantage to PayneStewart after second round. Final-round 68 earned spot in playoff, which he won with paron first extra hole. Win was worth $216,000…First career top-10 finish was T6 at 1995Northern Telecom Open…Made 10 of 12 cuts leading up to <strong>TOUR</strong> Championship, wherehe finished fourth. 1994: Made his debut on the <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> by capturing the 1994 <strong>PGA</strong><strong>TOUR</strong> Qualifying Tournament. Finished 23rd on Nationwide Tour money list…Played inJapan (1989-90) and on mini-tours (1992-93).PERSONAL: Tore tendons and cartilage in left knee during 1987 Qualifying Tournament.Injury sidelined him for two years. Originally injured knee as 11-year old playing LittleLeague baseball…Worked for years as credit-union teller during off-season. Also workedin supplies department at Eckerd Drug…After falling to Davis Love III in a playoff at the2003 MCI Heritage, said of his previous struggles: “It’s just so much fun to actually be inthe game again and show people that I do know how to play the game and hit qualityshots. I had numerous chances, and it just wasn’t my day.”<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 1-1Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1992 11995 34 22 1 7 12 $736,497 241996 35 26 1 5 15 539,397 321997 35 7 1 2 75,151 1801998 10 5 1 56,028 2031999 30 20 1 5 338,045 1212000 32 19 3 5 485,589 1002001 34 14 2 5 406,352 1252002 36 14 1 3 307,348 1562003 31 23 1 4 10 1,518,707 44Total 278 150 1 1 1 24 58 4,463,114NATIONWIDE <strong>TOUR</strong>1990 11993 1 1 $383 2741994 26 18 1 1 6 10 72,206 231995 11998 23 17 2 2 9 15 140,955 81999 1 1 1 1 8,250 135Total 53 37 3 3 16 26 221,793COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 <strong>TOUR</strong>S): $4,684,9072-10 / <strong>2004</strong> <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> WWW.<strong>PGA</strong><strong>TOUR</strong>.COM

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