2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIPNOTESWith his final-round 8-under-par 64 in 2003, DavisLove III tied Fred Couples for low final round atTHE PLAYERS Championship. Couples, who playedwith Love in the final round in 2003, carded a 64 inhis winning effort in 1996. The 64 for Love tied forhis career third-lowest final round on the PGATOUR, behind a 62 at the 1992 Kmart GreaterGreensboro Open and a 63 at the 2001 AT&T PebbleBeach National Pro-Am. Love’s final-round 64 wasalso his career best in 59 rounds at THE PLAYERSChampionship, besting a 66 in 1997 and 1994.En route to his win in 2003, Davis Love IIIrecorded five straight birdies (Nos. 8-12) for thesecond time during the week.Davis Love III became the fourth player in 2003 tocapture two PGA TOUR events through 13 TOURevents, joining Ernie Els, Mike Weir and TigerWoods. The last time this occurred was in 1976,when Ben Crenshaw (Hawaiian Open, BingCrosby National Pro-Am), Johnny Miller (BobHope Desert Classic, NBC Tucson Open), HaleIrwin (Glen Campbell Los Angeles Open, FloridaCitrus Open) and Hubert Green (GreaterJacksonville Open, Doral-Eastern Open) each wontwo events in the first 11.Among his many keys to victory, Davis Love IIIwas one of just seven players without a three-putton the week and finished third in overall puttingaverage (1.647). He entered the week 11th on thePGA TOUR in putting average (1.685).Robert Allenby’s 7-under-par 65 tied four othersfor second-lowest final round in tournament history,most recently accomplished by Gil Morgan in 1993.For the week, the TPC at Sawgrass averaged72.541, playing easier than the 73.500 in 2002.TOURNAMENT HISTORYYear Winner Score Runner-up Score Location Par/Yards1999 David Duval 285 Scott Gump 287 TPC at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 72/7,0932000 Hal Sutton 278 Tiger Woods 279 TPC at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 72/7,0932001 Tiger Woods 274 Vijay Singh 275 TPC at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 72/7,0932002 Craig Perks 280 Stephen Ames 282 TPC at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 72/7,0932003 Davis Love III 271 Jay Haas 277 TPC at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 72/7,093Padraig HarringtonKEY: * = PlayoffEligibility Requirements for the 2004 THE PLAYERS ChampionshipEligible players are:• Winners of PGA TOUR cosponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, sincethe previous year’s PLAYERS Championship.•. The top 125 finishers on the 2003 Official PGA TOUR Money List.• Members in the Top 125-Nonmembers category whose official money for the previous year equals orexceeds the amount of official money earned by the player finishing in 125th position on the 2003 OfficialPGA TOUR Money List.• PGA TOUR members from the current Tournament Winners category.• Winners of THE PLAYERS Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, British Open and PGAChampionship from 1994 to 1997 and from 1999 to 2003. Beginning with 1998, winnerswill be eligible forfive years.• Winners of the NEC World Series of Golf in the last 10 years (1994-1997).• Winners of THE TOUR Championship in the last three years (2001-2003).• Winners of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in the last three years (2002-2004).• Winners of the WGC-NEC Invitational and WGC-American Express Championship in the last three years(2001-2003).• Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Rankingthrough the Bay Hill Invitational.• Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 10 leaders from the 2004 Official PGA TOUR MoneyList through the Bay Hill Invitational.• If necessary to complete a field of 144 players, PGA TOUR members from the 2004 Official PGA TOURMoney List below 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their positions on such list.• The PLAYERS Championship Committee may invite a player(s), not otherwise eligible, who is a currentinductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame. (NOTE: Such a player would be added to the field.)SECTION 3 / SUMMARIESSeventeen of the 30 winners of THE PLAYERSChampionship have done so in come-from-behindfashion, including the last three: Tiger Woods(2001), Craig Perks (2002) and Davis Love III(2003).Tournament Record:264, Greg Norman, 1994Tournament Course Record:63, Fred Couples, 1992; Greg Norman, 1994Davis Love III celebrates his 2003 victory.WWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 3-31