2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide
2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide
2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide
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Woody Austin (cont.)<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> TOP <strong>TOUR</strong>NAMENT SUMMARYYear 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03MastersCUTU.S. Open T23 T37 CUT T48British OpenCUT<strong>PGA</strong> T23 T69 T27THE PLAYERS T67 CUT T61 CUT CUT<strong>TOUR</strong> ChampionshipT4PLAYER STATISTICS2003 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------70.74 (60)Driving Distance ------------------290.8 (59)Driving Accuracy Percentage --62.7% (142)Total Driving ------------------------201 (115)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------67.6% (48)Putting Average--------------------1.763 (57)Sand Save Percentage ----------39.7% (176)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------133.7 (26)Birdie Average --------------------4.00 (18)All-Around Ranking --------------586 (43)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------70.36 (35)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------70.05 (40)Final Round Scoring Average --71.59 (132)Birdie Conversion Percentage--32.1% (33)Par Breakers ------------------------23.0% (16)MISC. <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> STATS2003 Low Round/Round:63–2 times, most recent FUNAI Classic atthe WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort/2Career Low Round/Round:63–4 times, most recent 2003 FUNAIClassic at the WALT DISNEY WORLDResort/2Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$486,000–2003 MCI Heritage/2<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> VICTORIES (12): 1987 Phoenix Open, Panasonic Las Vegas Invitational,Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open. 1988 Hertz Bay Hill Classic. 1989 CanonGreater Hartford Open. 1990 MONY Tournament of Champions. 1991 AT&T Pebble BeachNational Pro-Am. 1992 THE <strong>TOUR</strong> Championship. 1993 Memorial Tournament, NewEngland Classic, <strong>PGA</strong> Championship. 2000 Sony Open in Hawaii.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (2): 1990 BMW International Open [Eur]. 1992 BMWInternational Open [Eur].BEST 2003 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> FINISH: T12—Buick Open.PAUL AZINGEREXEMPT STATUS: 2002 U.S. Ryder Cup Team MemberFULL NAME: Paul William Azinger HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 175BIRTHDATE: January 6, 1960BIRTHPLACE: Holyoke, MARESIDENCE: Bradenton, FL FAMILY: Wife,Toni; Sarah Jean (12/28/85), Josie Lynn (4/21/89)EDUCATION: Brevard JC and Florida State UniversitySPECIAL INTERESTS: FishingTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1981 Q SCHOOL: Fall 1981, 1983, 19842003 SEASON: Fighting an ailing back and hip much of the year, slumped to 169th on themoney list, making only 10 cuts in 26 starts…Withdrew after two rounds at the AT&TPebble Beach National Pro-Am due to a back injury…Best finish of season was T12 at theBuick Open…Penalized two strokes at the Bell Canadian Open after a television vieweralerted <strong>TOUR</strong> officials that his caddie had removed the flagstick while Fred Funk’s chipwas still in motion on the 13th green. Would have been one back of the lead through 36holes, but the two-stroke penalty dropped him three back. Finished T48.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Finished in the top 100 on the money list for the eighthconsecutive season and 17th time in 20-year career…Finished fourth at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, earning $360,000. Defeated Jesper Parnevik, DavisLove III, Niclas Fasth and Bob Estes before falling to eventual runner-up Scott McCarronin the semifinals. Fell to Brad Faxon in consolation match…Member of the U.S. Ryder Cupteam for the fourth time. Provided thrilling moment as he holed out on No. 18 to halvesingles match with Niclas Fasth. Career record of 5-7-3 in the Ryder Cup. 2001: Made over$1.5 million and missed just one cut for the second year in a row. Ironically, the cut hemissed was at the Sony Open in Hawaii, an event he came into as defendingchampion…Chosen by Curtis Strange as Captain’s Choice for U.S. Ryder Cupteam…Finished season making 18 consecutive cuts, the second-longest current streakbehind Tiger Woods’ 78. 2000: Captured his 12th career victory at the Sony Open inHawaii, his first victory since the 1993 <strong>PGA</strong> Championship. Marked third year he began<strong>TOUR</strong> season with a victory, including 1987 Phoenix Open and 1990 MONY Tournament ofChampions…Member of victorious U.S. Presidents Cup team. Was a Captain’s Pick byU.S. Captain Ken Venturi…Qualified for first <strong>TOUR</strong> Championship since 1993 and 27thplacefinish on <strong>TOUR</strong> Official Money List was also best since finishing second in 1993.1998: Recorded a career-best fifth at Masters Tournament, a T14 at U.S. Open and T13 at<strong>PGA</strong> Championship. 1994: Played in only four events following chemotherapy andradiation treatments. 1993: Enjoyed finest season of career before being diagnosed withlymphoma in right shoulder blade in December of that year…Kept the longest activewinning streak on <strong>TOUR</strong>, seven years, going with three victories. Captured first major titleby defeating Greg Norman on second hole of sudden-death playoff at <strong>PGA</strong> Championshipat Inverness. Earlier won Memorial Tournament in dramatic fashion, holing out fromgreenside bunker on 72nd hole to defeat Corey Pavin by one stroke and Payne Stewart bytwo…Won New England Classic after taking lead with third-round 64…Ten top-threefinishes in 1993 were most since Tom Watson in 1980…Finished second on money list toNick Price. 1992: Held on to his three-stroke advantage heading into the final round to winTHE <strong>TOUR</strong> Championship by the same margin over Lee Janzen at Pinehurst No. 2. 1991:Convincing four-stroke victory over Brian Claar and Corey Pavin at the AT&T Pebble BeachNational Pro-Am in February…Missed nine tournaments during the middle of the seasonafter having right shoulder surgery on June 20…Won crucial singles match against JoseMaria Olazabal during the Ryder Cup at Kiawah Island. 1990: Opened with an impressivevictory in the MONY Tournament of Champions. Final-round 69 carried the 54-hole leaderto a one-stroke victory over Ian Baker-Finch…Shared the third-round lead with FredCouples at the Doral-Ryder Open but ended up losing in a four-man playoff to GregNorman. 1989: Captured his second Canon Greater Hartford Open by shooting a 65 onSunday to overtake third-round leader Wayne Levi by one stroke…Had 13 top-10 finishesin 25 starts, the most in one season during his career…Captured singles victory over SeveBallesteros during his first Ryder Cup. 1988: Shot three rounds of 66, one being the finalround, to win by five strokes over Tom Kite at the Hertz Bay Hill Classic. 1987: Three-timewinner, when he finished second on money list behind Curtis Strange. Finished withrounds of 65-67 to capture the Phoenix Open. Holed a 30-foot putt for eagle three on thelast hole at the Panasonic-Las Vegas Invitational for second victory. Third-round 63 carriedhim to his third victory at the Canon Sammy Davis, Jr.-Greater Hartford Open…Runner-upat British Open…Named 1987 <strong>PGA</strong> and Golf World Player-of-the-Year. 1984: <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong>Qualifying Tournament medalist.PERSONAL: In 1994 and 1995, served as host for the Zinger Stinger Pro-Am, which raisedmoney for lymphoma research…Recipient of GWAA Ben Hogan Award in 1995, given tothe individual who has continued to be active in golf despite physical handicap or seriousillness…His book, “Zinger,” is about his fight against cancer…Started playing golf at age5, but couldn’t break 40 until he was a high school senior…Gave a eulogy at longtimefriend Payne Stewart’s memorial service in 1999…Loves to play foosball.<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 1-2Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1982 21 10 1 1 $10,655 1741983 21984 21 14 3 27,821 1441985 33 18 3 6 81,179 931986 30 25 2 2 7 13 254,019 291987 27 22 3 1 9 15 822,481 21988 27 21 1 1 1 10 16 594,850 111989 25 21 1 2 4 13 16 951,649 31990 26 22 1 3 12 18 944,731 41991 21 18 1 2 2 6 13 685,603 91992 23 20 1 1 3 10 14 929,863 71993 24 17 3 1 6 12 13 1,458,456 21994 4 2 1 13,422 2421995 23 15 1 5 182,595 1001996 22 17 1 8 232,041 951997 20 12 3 4 262,045 931998 22 15 1 3 11 568,233 501999 24 14 4 10 562,053 732000 20 19 1 7 14 1,597,139 272001 20 19 1 4 13 1,509,130 332002 20 13 2 4 769,926 902003 26 10 1 222,643 169Total 481 344 12 13 20 108 199 12,680,533SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSWWW.<strong>PGA</strong><strong>TOUR</strong>.COM <strong>2004</strong> <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> / 2-11