2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

Fred Couples (cont.)second consecutive year…Winner of Arnold Palmer Award and PGA of America Player ofthe Year. 1991: Took lead at Federal Express St. Jude Classic with third-round 66 and wenton to three-stroke victory over Rick Fehr. Won B.C. Open by three strokes as well. 1990:After equaling the then-course record with a 9-under 62 during the third round, defeatedGil Morgan by three strokes at the Nissan Los Angeles Open…Finished second at the PGAChampionship and fifth at the Masters Tournament. 1988: Lost playoff to Sandy Lyle at thePhoenix Open when Lyle bogeyed the third extra hole. 1987: Defeated Mark Calcavecchiawith a par on the third extra hole at Byron Nelson Golf Classic. 1984: Edged Lee Trevinoby a stroke to earn his first Tournament Players Championship. Featured second-round 64.1983: First TOUR victory came in five-man playoff at Kemper Open. Birdied second playoffhole to defeat T.C. Chen, Barry Jaeckel, Gil Morgan and Scott Simpson.PERSONAL: Roomed with Blaine McCallister and CBS broadcaster Jim Nantz atUniversity of Houston…His charity is Millie Medlin Violet Sobich Couples Fund, inmemory of mother…Serves as host of the Fred Couples Invitational, a charity event inhometown of Seattle…Introduced to game by his father, who worked in Seattle Parks andRecreation Department.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 5-4Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1979A 1 11981 25 19 1 1 4 9 $78,939 541982 28 18 1 2 9 77,606 541983 30 23 1 1 7 15 209,733 191984 26 24 1 2 9 19 334,573 71985 26 23 7 10 171,272 381986 26 16 1 1 6 116,065 761987 27 21 1 9 15 441,025 191988 27 25 1 1 10 19 489,822 211989 24 21 1 2 9 17 653,944 111990 22 17 1 1 3 9 12 757,999 91991 21 20 2 4 9 12 791,749 31992 22 20 3 2 3 12 19 1,344,188 11993 19 17 1 2 9 15 796,579 101994 15 15 1 2 4 7 625,654 231995 15 12 4 7 299,259 631996 18 16 1 1 9 12 1,248,694 61997 15 13 7 7 448,385 551998 17 16 2 2 1 5 10 1,650,389 91999 16 13 6 7 769,192 562000 19 17 5 11 990,215 472001 19 14 4 385,984 1312002 18 13 1 2 7 646,703 1032003 18 17 1 4 9 1,820,495 34Total 494 411 15 15 19 143 258 15,148,465PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91Masters T32 10 T10 T31 T5 T11 5 T35U.S. Open T48 CUT CUT T9 T39 T46 T10 T21 CUT T3British Open T4 T46 T40 T4 T6 T25 T3PGA T3 T23 T20 T6 T36 CUT CUT CUT 2 T27THE PLAYERS CUT CUT 1 T49 CUT CUT T23 T4 CUT T23TOUR Championship T12 7 T7 T22 T16Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03Masters 1 T21 T10 T15 T7 T2 T27 T11 26 T36 T28U.S. Open T17 T16 T16 CUT T52 T53 CUT T16 CUT T66British Open CUT T9 T7 T7 T66 6 CUT T46PGA T21 T31 T39 T31 T41 T29 T13 T26 CUT T37 T34THE PLAYERS T13 T39 T29 1 T10 T42 T4 T33 T58 CUT 10TOUR Championship T5 T10 T29 5 T24WGC-Accenture Match Play T9 T33WGC-NEC Invitational T15 T21WGC-American Express ChampT10NATIONAL TEAMS: USA vs. Japan, 1984; Ryder Cup (5), 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997;Asahi Glass Four Tours World Championship of Golf (2), 1990, 1991; Dunhill Cup (4), 1991,1992, 1993, 1994; World Cup (4), 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995; The Presidents Cup (3), 1994,1996, 1998.PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------69.81 (11)Driving Distance ------------------293.4 (42)Driving Accuracy Percentage --57.5% (180)Total Driving ------------------------222 (142)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------64.0% (126)Putting Average--------------------1.745 (26)Sand Save Percentage ----------49.5% (107)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------301.5 (137)Birdie Average --------------------4.00 (18)All-Around Ranking --------------647 (59)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------70.05 (19)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------70.19 (50)Final Round Scoring Average --72.75 (180)Birdie Conversion Percentage--33.5% (12)Par Breakers ------------------------22.6% (24)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:65–2 times, most recent Shell HoustonOpen/1Career Low Round/Round:62–1990 Nissan Los Angeles Open/3Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$810,000–2003 Shell Houston Open/1SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSBEN CRANEEXEMPT STATUS: 2003 tournament winner (through 2005)FULL NAME: Benjamin McCully Crane HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 165BIRTHDATE: March 6, 1976BIRTHPLACE: Portland, ORRESIDENCE: Westlake, TXFAMILY: Wife, HeatherEDUCATION: University of Oregon (1999, Sociology)SPECIAL INTERESTS: Fishing, Bible study, fitness, ping-pongTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1999 JOINED TOUR: 2002Nationwide Tour AlumnusPGA TOUR VICTORIES (1): 2003 BellSouth Classic.NATIONWIDE TOUR VICTORIES (2): 2000 Wichita Open. 2001 Gila River Classic atWild Horse Pass Development.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: 1—BellSouth Classic; T6—FedEx St. Jude Classic;T10—Bay Hill Invitational presented by Cooper Tires.2003 SEASON: The first of seven first-time winners on the PGA TOUR in 2003, capturingthe BellSouth Classic in his second season on TOUR…Recorded first top-10 of the seasonwith a T10 at the Bay Hill Invitational…In 40th career start, carded rounds of 64-63 on theweekend to come from six strokes back of 54-hole leader Lee Janzen to capture theBellSouth Classic. Final-round, 9-under-par 63, punctuated by an eagle-3 on the 72nd holeafter a 357-yard drive, matched TPC at Sugarloaf course record held by Tiger Woods (1998)and later matched by Duffy Waldorf (1999). Opened 73-73 to make the cut by only onestroke. Joined Tommy Aaron (1970) and Paul Stankowski (1996), both of whom won theirfirst TOUR titles at the BellSouth Classic. Earned a career-high paycheck of $720,000. Led144-player field in putting on the week (1.620)…Third top-10 was T6 at the FedEx St. JudeClassic, aided by rounds of 64-67 on the weekend.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: One of several rookies that found success on the PGATOUR after posting wins during Nationwide Tour career…After struggling early on,finished second to Shigeki Maruyama at the Verizon Byron Nelson Classic. Closed onSunday with a 65, matching Tiger Woods’ low round of the day. Recorded an eagle andbirdie on final three holes that closed gap to two strokes. Earned $518,400 six days beforehis wedding, enough to secure card for 2003…Second career top-10 finish came at theReno-Tahoe Open, T6, six strokes behind champion Chris Riley. Tied for the lead through36 holes at 10-under after opening 67-67. 2001: Earned his first TOUR card by virtue of T5at the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament…Won a three-man playoff which included BoVan Pelt and Jason Caron at the Gila River Classic (Nationwide Tour) on the fourth extrahole. Shared first- and second-round leads with Van Pelt and held one-stroke advantageat the 54-hole mark. The victory and a T5 at the Nationwide Tour Championship movedhim to 23rd on the final money list. 2000: Gained membership on Nationwide Tour withvictory at the 2000 Nationwide Tour Wichita Open. Became 12th Monday qualifier to wina tournament with three-stroke victory. The 25-under-par 263 was at the time the secondlowestin TOUR history, bettered only by Chris Smith’s 26-under par at the 1997 OmahaClassic. Amateur: Won the 1998 Pacific Coast Amateur…Three-time All-Pac 10 selectionat the University of Oregon…Originally attended Baylor University, but did not play golf.WWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 2-33