2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

MARK BROOKSEXEMPT STATUS: Winner, 1996 PGA Championship (through 2006)FULL NAME: Mark David Brooks HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 150BIRTHDATE: March 25, 1961BIRTHPLACE: Ft. Worth, TXRESIDENCE: Ft. Worth, TX FAMILY: Wife, Cynthia; Lyndsay (1/24/86), Hallie (9/20/89)EDUCATION: University of TexasSPECIAL INTERESTS: Golf course design, collecting antique golfTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1983architecture books and historic golf prints,Q SCHOOL: Fall 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987all sports, cooking and drawingSECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSPGA TOUR VICTORIES (7): 1988 Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open. 1991KMart Greater Greensboro Open, Greater Milwaukee Open. 1994 Kemper Open. 1996 BobHope Chrysler Classic, Shell Houston Open, PGA Championship.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: T18—Las Vegas Invitational; T21—Greater HartfordOpen.2003 SEASON: Finished the season outside the top 125 for the first time since 1998 andhad lowest finish on money list (No. 167) in his 20-year career…Best finish was a T18 atthe Las Vegas Invitational.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Maintained his position in the Top 100 on the money listfor the 11th time in his last 13 seasons…His two top-10 finishes were both thirds at TheINTERNATIONAL Presented By Qwest and the Tampa Bay Classic presented by Buick.2001: Had highest finish on PGA TOUR money list (60) since finishing third in1996…Made playoff at U.S. Open after Retief Goosen three-putted 72nd hole. Brooksalso three-putted 18th hole in group ahead of Goosen. Lost by two strokes, 70-72, in 18-hole Monday playoff. Shared 36-hole lead and was one back after 54 holes. 2000: FinishedT5 at the Shell Houston Open, his first top-five on TOUR since winning the 1996 PGAChampionship. 1999: Returned to top 75 on TOUR money list for the first time since1996…Earned first top-10 since a T7 at the 1997 THE PLAYERS Championship with a T9at Nissan Open. 1996: Enjoyed his best season on TOUR with three victories, including hisfirst major title, the PGA Championship…First victory of year came in his second start.Had five consecutive sub-par rounds to win Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. His 23-under-par337 total was one stroke better than John Huston…Won Shell Houston Open in a playoffover fellow Texan and hometown favorite Jeff Maggert. In playoff, rolled in 50-foot birdieputt on first extra hole for victory, his first in his home state…Birdied 72nd hole at PGAChampionship at Valhalla GC to force playoff with Kenny Perry, then birdied first extra holeto earn title. 1995: Tied for third with Steven Bottomley and Michael Campbell at BritishOpen, one stroke out of John Daly-Constantino Rocco playoff. 1994: Won the KemperOpen by three strokes over D.A. Weibring and Bobby Wadkins. 1993: Was part of a fivemanplayoff at Buick Southern Open won by John Inman. 1991: Won twice. Shot a closing64 to catch Gene Sauers at Kmart Greater Greensboro Open, then parred third playoff holefor victory. Edged Robert Gamez by one stroke at Greater Milwaukee Open after openingwith 63. 1988: His first TOUR victory, at Canon Sammy Davis, Jr-Greater Hartford Open,came with 10-foot putt on second playoff hole with Dave Barr and Joey Sindelar.Amateur: Three-time All-American at University of Texas…Winner of 1979 and 1981Texas State Amateurs, 1979 Southern Amateur and 1979 Trans-Mississippi Amateur.PERSONAL: Served as host of W. Hal Brooks Memorial Golf Tournament and Gala, inhonor of his father. Event was held for 11 years in his hometown and benefited hundredsof youth and teenage programs…Partner in Knott-Linn-Brooks House, a golf coursedesign company based in Palo Alto, CA…His first start-to-finish project, Southern OaksGC outside Fort Worth, TX, opened to rave reviews in 1999.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 4-3Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1983A 11983 6 2 1 $6,924 1941984 35 17 1 4 40,438 1221985 32 11 3 32,094 1411986 32 19 1 5 47,264 1401987 32 17 2 42,100 1651988 30 22 1 1 2 11 280,636 361989 30 15 1 3 112,838 1151990 33 23 2 5 10 307,948 451991 30 24 2 5 11 667,263 111992 29 24 3 11 16 629,754 211993 31 19 1 3 10 249,696 661994 33 23 1 4 8 523,285 311995 29 17 1 3 10 366,860 481996 29 23 3 1 8 12 1,429,396 31997 30 15 1 3 213,516 1081998 30 18 5 219,570 1291999 33 24 3 7 557,037 742000 29 17 3 4 528,959 902001 27 16 1 2 5 899,444 602002 32 16 2 2 5 731,671 952003 31 14 2 236,489 167Total 624 376 7 4 8 55 137 8,123,182PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96Masters CUT T35 CUT CUT CUT CUTU.S. Open CUT CUT CUT CUT T5 T19 T44 T46 CUT T16British Open T80 T55 T20 T3 T5PGA CUT CUT T26 CUT T15 CUT CUT T31 1THE PLAYERS CUT CUT T63 CUT T36 CUT T9 CUT CUT CUT CUTTOUR Championship T24 T27 T29 T27Year 97 98 99 00 01 02 03MastersCUT CUT T38 T40 T31 T24U.S. Open CUT 57 CUT CUT 2 CUTBritish OpenCUT T66 T62 CUT CUTPGACUT T56 T16 CUT CUT CUT CUTTHE PLAYERS T7 CUT T10 T57 T65 T57 T62NATIONAL TEAMS: The Presidents Cup, 1996.PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------72.03 (166)Driving Distance ------------------271.9 (184)Driving Accuracy Percentage --67.8% (71)Total Driving ------------------------255 (170)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------61.7% (170)Putting Average--------------------1.762 (54)Sand Save Percentage ----------48.4% (123)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------1,566.0 (189)Birdie Average --------------------3.31 (157)All-Around Ranking --------------1,114 (175)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------71.95 (166)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------70.43 (79)Final Round Scoring Average --71.62 (138)Birdie Conversion Percentage--28.5% (138)Par Breakers ------------------------18.5% (163)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:64–Las Vegas Invitational/3Career Low Round/Round:61–1990 Shearson Lehman Hutton Open/2Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$530,000–2001 U.S. Open Championship/22-20 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM