2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

RICH BEEMEXEMPT STATUS: Winner, 2002 PGA Championship (through 2007)FULL NAME: Richard Michael Beem HEIGHT: 5-8 WEIGHT: 165BIRTHDATE: August 24, 1970BIRTHPLACE: Phoenix, AZRESIDENCE: El Paso, TX FAMILY: Wife, Sara; Michael Waide (7/23/03)EDUCATION: New Mexico State University (1993, Marketing) SPECIAL INTERESTS: Music, water sports, cookingTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1994 Q SCHOOL: 1998SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSPGA TOUR VICTORIES (3): 1999 Kemper Open. 2002 The INTERNATIONAL Presented byQwest, PGA Championship.OTHER VICTORIES (1): 2002 Hyundai Team Matches [with Peter Lonard].BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: 2—100th Western Open presented by Golf Digest;T10—Nissan Open.2003 SEASON: After a career season in 2002, collected his first top-10 in 2003 with aT10 at the Nissan Open…Playing in the Masters Tournament for the first time, finishedT15…Finished second to Tiger Woods at the 100th Western Open, aided by rounds of 65-67 on the weekend. Earned a season-best paycheck of $486,000…Other top-25 finishesinclude T21 at Wachovia Championship and T17 at FBR Capital Classic.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Had a career year on TOUR, seventh place on the money listwith season earnings of $2,938,365 and consecutive victories, including a majorchampionship title at the PGA Championship…Early in the season posted a solo fourth atGenuity Championship…Runner-up finish at Kemper Insurance Open was best finish sincecapturing the Kemper in 1999, carding four rounds in the 60s for only the third time in hiscareer on the PGA TOUR. Finished one stroke behind champion Bob Estes…Collected$810,000 for winning The INTERNATIONAL Presented by Qwest, his second career victory,more than he had made in any of his previous three seasons on TOUR. Recorded 19 pointson Sunday to come from three back of third-round leader Craig Barlow and defeat SteveLowery by a stroke. Eagle on No. 17 offset Lowery’s double eagle there later…In next start,won his first major title with a one-stroke victory over Tiger Woods at the PGAChampionship. Shared the lead through 36 holes with four other players and was threeback of Justin Leonard playing in the final pairing on Sunday. With his closing round of 66he became the first final-round, come-from-behind winner in a major since the 1999 BritishOpen, when Paul Lawrie came from 10 back to win a playoff at Carnoustie. Eagled the 13thhole and made a 35-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole to hold off Woods. Became the firstplayer during the year to win in consecutive starts…Including T6 at WGC-NEC Invitational,totaled $1,950,00 in three August starts. 2001: Opened the year with a bang in the first fullfieldevent, finishing T9 at Touchstone Energy Tucson Open…Second top-10 came near theend of the season, a T7 at the Michelob Championship. His $101,850 paycheck inWilliamsburg secured a 2002 card. 2000: Made 13 cuts in 29 starts and finished with twotop-25 finishes…Best outing of the year came at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic with a T12finish…Only other top-25 came at the Reno-Tahoe Open with a T17. 1999: Nominated forRookie of the Year honors after earning his first PGA TOUR victory at the Kemper Open inonly his 12th start on TOUR. Opened with a 66 for a one-stroke lead, which he extended tothree with a second-round 67. Third-round 71 left him tied for lead with Tommy Armour III.Closing 70 produced a one-stroke victory over Bradley Hughes and Bill Glasson worth$450,000. Prior to winning Kemper Open, biggest first-place check was $5,000 he earnedfor winning 1998 Conrad Hilton Open in Socorro, NM. 1998: Earned status on the PGATOUR for the 1999 season with a T8 finish at the Qualifying Tournament in Palm Springs,CA…Played mini-tour events in the Sun Country PGA Section and was named Player of theYear after victories in Soccoro and Truth Or Consequences. Amateur: Member of the NewMexico State University golf team.PERSONAL: Quit the game temporarily in 1995 and sold cellular phones and car stereosystems in Seattle…Watched fellow El Paso, TX resident J.P. Hayes win 1998 BuickClassic and gained renewed interest…Worked in pro shop at El Paso CC prior to joiningTOUR…Father, Larry, is golf coach at New Mexico State…Signed a marketingpartnership with Pepto-Bismol in late 2002.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-0Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1999 24 9 1 2 3 $610,555 672000 29 13 2 249,881 1462001 31 15 2 5 460,565 1092002 30 19 2 1 5 8 2,938,365 72003 26 14 1 2 5 1,013,950 71Total 140 70 3 2 11 23 5,273,317PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 99 00 01 02 03MastersT15U.S. Open CUT CUTBritish Open CUT T43PGA T70 1 CUTTHE PLAYERS CUT T44 CUTTOUR ChampionshipT26WGC-Accenture Match PlayT33WGC-NEC Invitational T6 T67WGC-American Express ChampT49 T59PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------71.51 (128)Driving Distance ------------------293.6 (41)Driving Accuracy Percentage --62.7% (142)Total Driving ------------------------183 (80)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------63.2% (152)Putting Average--------------------1.797 (156)Sand Save Percentage ----------47.3% (132)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------138.6 (29)Birdie Average --------------------3.40 (142)All-Around Ranking --------------922 (140)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------71.61 (152)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------71.36 (143)Final Round Scoring Average --72.38 (175)Birdie Conversion Percentage--29.7% (88)Par Breakers ------------------------19.6% (133)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:63–Las Vegas Invitational/1Career Low Round/Round:63–2 times, most recent 2003 Las VegasInvitational/1Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$990,000–2002 PGA Championship/1NOTAH BEGAY IIIEXEMPT STATUS: 119th on 2003 money listFULL NAME: Notah Ryan Begay III HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 195BIRTHDATE: September 14, 1972BIRTHPLACE: Albuquerque, NMRESIDENCE: Albuquerque, NM; plays out of Las Campanas, FAMILY: SingleSanta Fe, NMEDUCATION: Stanford University (1995, Economics)SPECIAL INTERESTS: Notah Begay III Scholarship Fund TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1995Boys and Girls Club JOINED TOUR: 1999 Nationwide Tour AlumnusPGA TOUR VICTORIES (4): 1999 Reno-Tahoe Open, Michelob Championship atKingsmill. 2000 FedEx St. Jude Classic, Canon Greater Hartford Open.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: T5—The Honda Classic; T8—John Deere Classic.2003 SEASON: Made 30 starts on the PGA TOUR, the most in a season in hiscareer…First top-10 finish came in early March, T5 at The Honda Classic after postingfour rounds in the 60s. Co-leader through 18 and 36 holes. Post-round thoughts were onbrother Greg, 20, a third-generation U.S. Marine stationed in the Middle East. “We are onthe brink of war, but maybe I can go out and win the golf tournament, my younger brothermight read it somewhere in the paper.”…Reunited with Greg after return from MiddleEast at the FedEx St. Jude Classic, where he finished T13…Posted a T8 at John DeereClassic. Two shots behind Chris Riley and J.L. Lewis through 54 holes after third-round 65.Needing to secure TOUR card for 2004 with Top-125 finish on money list, jumped from117th to 103rd with $105,000 paycheck.2-16 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM