2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

Craig Barlow (cont.)SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOShe finished T7 at The INTERNATIONAL Presented by Qwest. Held third-round lead by onepoint…At the Air Canada Championship, a T3 matched best TOUR finish of T3 at the 1999Buick Challenge. The $182,000 payday in Vancouver was the best of his career…FinishedT7 at Tampa Bay Classic presented by Buick, boosting official earnings inside top 125(120th, $486,288) for the first time all season…Never fell out of top 125 for the rest of theseason, despite missing cuts in three of final four events. 2001: Made first nine cuts ofseason, then made just five the remainder of the way…From first week of Februarythrough first week of March earned three of his four top-25s…Only top-10 came at AT&TPebble Beach National Pro-Am. 2000: Best effort of the season came at the Tampa BayClassic where he finished T10…After finishing 137th on the money list went to QualifyingTournament and improved his position on the PGA TOUR by finishing T21. 1999:Successful sophomore season on the PGA TOUR…Highlight of the year was T4 at theCompaq Classic of New Orleans…His career best came late in the season at the BuickChallenge where he finished T3. Prior to the week, was 153rd on the money list, butearned $93,600 and moved to 126th on money list…In hometown, took first-round lead inLas Vegas Invitational after shooting career-best 11-under-par 61. Finished T9. Checkworth $32,500 helped secure 2000 card. 1998: Best finish was T14 at the KemperOpen…Failed to retain playing privileges by finishing 183rd on TOUR moneylist…Returned to Qualifying Tournament and finished 18th. 1997: Earned PGA TOURstatus for 1998 after finishing 28th at the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament. Amateur:Winner of the 1994 Nevada State Amateur Championship…Qualified for the 1994 U.S.Open as an amateur…Named 1994 Southern Nevada Golf Association Player of theYear…1995 Nevada State Match Play Champion.PERSONAL: About injuries that plagued him in 2001 and 2002: “It’s been frustrating, butI promised myself through this whole thing that I was going to be patient. It’s hard toperform against the best golfers in the world when your body is not allowing you to doit.”…As a kid served as standard-bearer for the Las Vegas Invitational. Later, worked ontournament operations staff…Ranked fifth in state of Nevada as high school tennis playerin 1990…Worked at Pizza Hut for five years before playing on PGA TOUR.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-0Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1994A 11998 29 13 2 $98,111 1831999 28 16 1 2 3 327,393 1242000 31 19 1 4 297,672 1372001 23 14 1 4 414,139 1222002 22 9 1 3 5 528,569 1242003 29 17 3 5 638,721 100Total 163 88 2 10 23 2,304,605NATIONWIDE TOUR1998 2 1 1 $1,748 209Total 2 1 1 1,748COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $2,306,353PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03U.S. OpenCUTTHE PLAYERS T57 CUT CUTPLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------71.21 (113)Driving Distance ------------------293.9 (37)Driving Accuracy Percentage --67.2% (89)Total Driving ------------------------126 (21)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------66.8% (65)Putting Average--------------------1.762 (54)Sand Save Percentage ----------50.6% (88)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------152.2 (44)Birdie Average --------------------3.91 (29)All-Around Ranking --------------519 (28)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------70.73 (74)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------70.67 (96)Final Round Scoring Average --70.71 (59)Birdie Conversion Percentage--32.5% (28)Par Breakers ------------------------22.4% (26)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:62–Las Vegas Invitational/1Career Low Round/Round:61–1999 Las Vegas Invitational/1Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$182,000–2002 Air CanadaChampionship/T3PAT BATESEXEMPT STATUS: 123rd on 2003 money listFULL NAME: Patrick Alfred Bates HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 195BIRTHDATE: July 26, 1969BIRTHPLACE: St. Louis, MORESIDENCE: Boca Raton, FL FAMILY: Wife, Kristine; John Spencer (11/24/97),EDUCATION: University of Florida (1991, Communication Studies) Kendall MacKenzie (3/11/99), Cooper Douglas (2/6/02)SPECIAL INTERESTS: Bible study, fitness, sports TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1992JOINED TOUR: 1995Nationwide Tour AlumnusBEST PGA TOUR CAREER FINISH: T5—2003 Bank of America Colonial.NATIONWIDE TOUR VICTORIES (5): 1994 Dakota Dunes Open. 1997 Colorado Classic.2001 Siouxland Open, Shreveport Open, TOUR Championship.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISH: T5—Bank of America Colonial.2003 SEASON: Finished 123rd for second consecutive season. Last season earned$537,284 and finished 123, while 2003 needed only $496,978 to end the year at 123.Played in 35 tournaments for the most starts for the season, joining three other players -Neal Lancaster, Spike McRoy and Esteban Toledo…Posted four rounds in the 60s for thefirst time in his career on the PGA TOUR to produce his only top-10 of the season, a T5 atthe Bank of America Colonial. Other top-25 finishes - T25 HP Classic of New Orleans andT25 at the FBR Capital Open.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Returned to PGA TOUR for first time since1995…Collected initial top-10 finish of PGA TOUR career in his 49th start, T10 at theGreater Greensboro Chrysler Classic…Tied the course record at the TPC at Deere Runwith a second-round 62 on his 33rd birthday. Record was broken later in the afternoonwhen eventual winner J.P. Hayes shot a 61…Recovered from a third-round 73, firing a 68on Sunday to finish T6 at the Buick Open. His $106,838-paycheck pushed him over the$500,000 mark for the first time in his career. 2001: Became fourth three-time winner inNationwide Tour history to earn in-season promotion to PGA TOUR (Chris Smith, HeathSlocum and Chad Campbell were first three)…Finished second on money list with$352,261 and became the new Nationwide Tour career money leader with$844,499…Almost had to give up golf at beginning of season due to financial strugglesand loss of sponsors but posted T17 in Florida Classic in Gainesville, Florida where hewent to college to earn $5,376 paycheck and stay afloat…Won the Siouxland Open forthe second time in his career…Second victory came at Shreveport Open, where fourrounds in the 60s set a tournament record (20-under 268). By winning the TOURChampionship the following week gained a spot in final official-money event on PGATOUR, Southern Farm Bureau Classic, but chose not to play…Became the fifth player inthe 13-year history of the Nationwide Tour to win back-to-back tournaments. 2000: Tiedwith Paul Claxton and Paul Gow after 54 holes at the Hershey Open. A 74 on Sundayresulted in T7…Was one shot off the 54-hole lead at the Ozarks Open. Final-round 69placed him in a three-man playoff with Mike Heinen and Pat Perez, which was won byPerez…Granted special member/medical status for the 2000 season. 1999: Played in justfive events before having season-ending neck surgery in April…Had made first three cuts,including two top-15s. 1997: Fired rounds of 64-66 on the weekend to earn his secondcareer Nationwide Tour title at the Colorado Classic. First-round 11-under-par 61 at theCleveland Open is the Quail Hollow Resort course record. 1994: Finished third on theNationwide Tour money list to earn 1995 PGA TOUR membership for the first time in hiscareer…Won the Dakota Dunes Open. 1993: Member of Canadian Tour for secondconsecutive season. Amateur: Three-time All-America and All-SEC selection from 1989-91 at University of Florida.PERSONAL: Very active in Fellowship of Christian Athletes. After taking two-strokepenalty for hitting wrong ball in 1993 Canadian Tour event, began writing a Bible verse onhis ball for identification purposes…Wife, Kristine Tewell, is daughter of Champions Tourveteran Doug Tewell.2-14 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM