2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPSECTION 3 / SUMMARIESNOTESIn just his second U.S. Open appearance, StephenLeaney posted a runner-up finish. Then again, he isused to overcoming obstacles. Leaney rebuilt hiscareer after a life-threatening medical problem in1993, when he had two ribs removed and didn’tplay golf for seven months. According to his doctor,chances were pretty good that he wasn’t going toplay golf again. With his second-place finish, thefirst of his PGA TOUR career, Leaney earned a spoton the 2004 TOUR.Kenny Perry’s prior best in a U.S. Open was a tiefor 25th in 1993 at Baltusrol when he had aweekend finish of 68-71. In 2003, Perry finishedwith a 3-under 67 and a 1-under total for thechampionship, tied for third. It was his best finishin a major since his solo second at the PGAChampionship in 1996.Trip Kuehne, the older brother of PGA TOURmember Hank Kuehne, became the low amateurin the 2003 U.S. Open by one stroke over 2002 U.S.Amateur champion Ricky Barnes. Kuehne led theOpen in driving with a 325.6-yard average, almost10 yards ahead of Darren Clarke, who wassecond with a driving average of 315.9. Hank ledthe PGA TOUR in Driving Distance in 2003.In 2002, Tiger Woods became the first personsince Jack Nicklaus to win both the MastersTournament and the U.S. Open in the same season.Three others have accomplished the feat – CraigWood (1941), Ben Hogan (1951, ’53) and ArnoldPalmer (1960). Only Hogan in 1953 went on to winthe British Open.In 2002, Tiger Woods had the sixth wire-to-wirewin in U.S. Open history and his second (2000).Others include: Walter Hagen (1914), JamesBarnes (1921), Ben Hogan (1951, ’53) and TonyJacklin (1970).In 2002, Tiger Woods became the first person inhistory to win multiple U.S Junior (1991-93), U.S.Amateur (1994-96) and US Open (2000, ’02) titles.In the last 50 years, American players have won 44U.S. Opens. The only exceptions were four won bySouth Africans (Gary Player, Ernie Els twice andRetief Goosen), one by an Australian (DavidGraham) and one by an Englishman (Tony Jacklin).TOURNAMENT HISTORYYear Winner Score Runner-up Score Location1978 Andy North 285 Dave Stockton 286 Cherry Hills CC, Englewood, COJ.C. Snead1979 Hale Irwin 284 Gary Player 286 Inverness Club, Toledo, OHJerry Pate1980 Jack Nicklaus 272 Isao Aoki 274 Baltusrol GC, Springfield NJ1981 David Graham 273 George Burns 276 Merion GC, Ardmore, PABill Rogers1982 Tom Watson 282 Jack Nicklaus 284 Pebble Beach GL, Pebble Beach, CA1983 Larry Nelson 280 Tom Watson 281 Oakmont CC, Oakmont, PA1984 Fuzzy Zoeller* 276 Greg Norman 276 Winged Foot GC, Mamaroneck, NY1985 Andy North 279 Dave Barr 280 Oakland Hills CC, Birmingham, MITze-Chung ChenDenis Watson1986 Raymond Floyd 279 Lanny Wadkins 281 Shinnecock Hills GC, Southampton, NYChip Beck1987 Scott Simpson 277 Tom Watson 278 Olympic Club (Lake), San Francisco, CA1988 Curtis Strange* 278 Nick Faldo 278 The Country Club, Brookline, MA1989 Curtis Strange 278 Chip Beck 279 Oak Hill CC, Rochester, NYMark McCumberlan Woosnam1990 Hale Irwin* 280 Mike Donald 280 Medinah CC, Medinah, IL1991 Payne Stewart* 282 Scott Simpson 282 Hazeltine National GC, Chaska, MN1992 Tom Kite 285 Jeff Sluman 287 Pebble Beach GL, Pebble Beach, CA1993 Lee Janzen 272 Payne Stewart 274 Baltusrol GC, Springfield, NJ1994 Ernie Els* 279 Loren Roberts 279 Oakmont CC, Oakmont, PAColin Montgomerie1995 Corey Pavin 280 Greg Norman 282 Shinnecock Hills GC, Southampton, NY1996 Steve Jones 278 Tom Lehman 279 Oakland Hills CC, Bloomfield Hills, MIDavis Love III1997 Ernie Els 276 Colin Montgomerie 277 Congressional CC (Blue),Bethesda, MD1998 Lee Janzen 280 Payne Stewart 281 Olympic Club (Lake), San Francisco, CA1999 Payne Stewart 279 Phil Mickelson 280 Pinehurst (No. 2), Pinehurst, NC2000 Tiger Woods 272 Ernie Els 287 Pebble Beach GL, Pebble Beach, CAMiguel A. Jiminez2001 Retief Goosen* 276 Mark Brooks 276 Southern Hills CC, Tulsa, OK2002 Tiger Woods 277 Phil Mickelson 280 Bethpage State Park (Black),Farmingdale, NY2003 Jim Furyk 272 Stephen Leaney 275 Olympia Fields CC, Olympia Fields, ILKEY: * = Playoff # = Weather-shortened + = World War I ++ = World War IINOTESList of Players over age 40 who have won the U.S. Open:Date Winner Birthdate Age of winner8/13/20 Edward Ray 3/28/1877 43 years, 137 days6/14/53 Ben Hogan 8/13/12 40 years, 305 days6/14/58 Tommy Bolt 3/31/18 40 years, 75 days6/23/63 Julius Boros 3/3/20 43 years, 112 days6/15/80 Jack Nicklaus 1/21/40 40 years, 145 days6/15/86 Raymond Floyd 9/4/42 43 years, 284 days6/18/90 Hale Irwin 6/3/45 45 years, 15 days6/21/92 Tom Kite 12/9/49 42 years, 194 days6/20/99 Payne Stewart 1/30/57 42 years, 141 days3-52 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM