2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

Ben Crane (cont.)SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSPERSONAL: Was age 5 when his grandfather taught him how to play golf…Doesn’t liketo know who he will be paired with, saying, “I looked up to a lot of these guys who I’mnow playing with. So, I didn’t want to have to go to sleep thinking about it. And so that’skind of been my routine. I never want to know who I’m playing with. Just tell me the time.In 2002, at the Byron Nelson I played with Ernie Els in the final round, it worked good,because I watched Ernie play a lot of golf on TV. So we just kind of kept that routine going.I just never look and find out on the first tee.”PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-0Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank2002 30 16 1 2 7 $921,076 702003 27 19 1 3 8 1,419,070 48Total 57 35 1 1 5 15 2,340,146NATIONWIDE TOUR1998A 11999A 11999 12000 18 11 1 1 4 $103,651 482001 26 14 1 4 6 147,474 23Total 47 25 2 5 10 251,125COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $2,591,271EUROPEAN TOUR2003 1BEN CRENSHAWPGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 02 03U.S. OpenCUTBritish OpenCUTPGAT48THE PLAYERSCUTWGC-NEC InvitationalT42PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------70.89 (75)Driving Distance ------------------289.2 (68)Driving Accuracy Percentage --60.6% (165)Total Driving ------------------------233 (156)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------64.1% (122)Putting Average--------------------1.750 (36)Sand Save Percentage ----------49.7% (103)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------331.2 (149)Birdie Average --------------------3.89 (33)All-Around Ranking --------------751 (100)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------71.05 (104)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------69.68 (24)Final Round Scoring Average --70.68 (56)Birdie Conversion Percentage--31.9% (37)Par Breakers ------------------------21.9% (40)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:63–BellSouth Classic/4Career Low Round/Round:63–2003 BellSouth Classic/4Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$720,000–2003 BellSouth Classic/1WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME MEMBER (Inducted 2002)EXEMPT STATUS: Winner, 1995 Masters Tournament (through 2005)FULL NAME: Ben Daniel Crenshaw HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 157BIRTHDATE: January 11, 1952BIRTHPLACE: Austin, TXRESIDENCE: Austin, TX FAMILY: Wife, Julie; Katherine Vail (10/6/87), Claire Susan (4/23/92),EDUCATION: University of Texas Anna Riley (2/12/98)TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1973SPECIAL INTERESTS: Fishing, bird watching, collecting golf artifacts,JOINED TOUR: 1973golf course architecture, country musicPGA TOUR VICTORIES (19): 1973 San Antonio Texas Open. 1976 Bing Crosby NationalPro-Am, Hawaiian Open, Ohio Kings Island Open. 1977 Colonial National InvitationTournament. 1979 Phoenix Open, Walt Disney World National Team Championship. 1980Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic. 1983 Byron Nelson Golf Classic. 1984 Masters Tournament.1986 Buick Open, Vantage Championship. 1987 USF&G Classic. 1988 Doral-Ryder Open.1990 Southwestern Bell Colonial. 1992 Centel Western Open. 1993 Nestle Invitational.1994 Freeport-McMoRan Classic. 1995 Masters Tournament.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (3): 1976 Irish Open [Eur]. 1981 Mexican Open. 1988World Cup [Indiv.].OTHER VICTORIES (1): 1995 PGA Grand Slam of Golf.BEST 2003 CHAMPIONS TOUR FINISHES: T4—3M Championship; T10—AllianzChampionship.2003 SEASON: Played in the Masters Tournament, missing the cut with rounds of 79-76…On the Champions Tour, played in 19 events with two top-10s…Turned in his bestChampions Tour performance with a T4 at the 3M Championship in August.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: On Nov. 15, inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame viathe PGA TOUR Ballot…Played in only two PGA TOUR events at the age of 50,concentrating on Champions Tour career, where he made 20 starts. 2001: Honored withPayne Stewart Award at THE TOUR Championship. 1999: Spent most of the seasonpreparing for Ryder Cup. Captain of U.S. team which staged greatest comeback in event’shistory, winning 8 points in singles matches on final day to come from four points backfor victory. Crenshaw’s team was the first U.S. squad to win Ryder Cup since1993…Appeared in 13 TOUR events but did not make a cut. 1997: Underwent footsurgery. 1995: Prior to being named Ryder Cup Captain, most memorable moment in golfcame in winning second Masters. Earlier in week had served as pallbearer at funeral oflong-time mentor, friend and teacher Harvey Penick. Closed with a 68 to defeat Davis LoveIII by one stroke…Produced a victory each year from 1992 through 1995. From July 1992until April 1994, his only three top-10 finishes were victories. 1991: Won Bob Jones Awardfrom USGA. 1990: Earned second Colonial title. Victory was his fifth in home state ofTexas among 19 TOUR victories. 1989: Won William Richardson Award, given by GolfWriters Association of America. 1987: Placed third on the money list and recorded 14 top-10 finishes. 1986: Won Vantage Championship (now THE TOUR Championship) at OakHills CC in San Antonio. 1984: Earned first Masters victory. Two strokes off lead enteringfinal round, shot closing 68 to defeat Tom Watson by two strokes. 1983: Prevailed againin Texas with a win in the Byron Nelson Classic. 1977: Claimed the first of two ColonialNational Invitation Tournament titles. 1976: Won three events and finished second threetimes on way to second-place finish on money list behind Jack Nicklaus…Despiteopening 75, won Bing Crosby National Pro-Am by two over Mike Morley…The followingweek, closed with rounds of 65-66 to win Hawaiian Open by four over Larry Nelson andHale Irwin…Third victory came at Ohio Kings Island Open. 1973: Won QualifyingTournament by then-record 12-stroke margin…In his first start as a PGA TOUR member,defeated Orville Moody by two strokes in the San Antonio-Texas Open. Amateur: Winnerof 1971-72-73 NCAA Championships, sharing title with University of Texas teammate TomKite in 1972…Winner of Fred Haskins Award as nation’s outstanding collegiate golfereach of those years.PERSONAL: Noted golf historian…Introduced to golf by his father and won his firsttournament as a fourth-grader…Fought winning battle against Graves Disease in mid-1980s…1996 PGA National Golf Day Honorary Chairperson…His book, “A Feel for theGame”, reached No. 25 on the New York Times best-seller list in 2001…Named as aPlayer Ambassador for the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2003.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-8Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1970A 1 11971A 3 3 1 21972A 4 4 1 1 41973A 3 3 1 31973 6 5 1 1 3 4 $76,374 321974 27 22 2 6 11 66,825 321975 28 20 3 6 8 63,528 321976 28 27 3 3 14 17 257,760 21977 26 19 1 1 2 6 11 123,841 161978 27 24 1 2 5 12 108,305 211979 26 21 2 4 8 16 236,770 51980 26 24 1 2 1 10 13 237,727 51981 25 20 2 1 9 14 151,038 201982 22 15 2 8 54,277 851983 21 18 1 2 2 9 14 275,474 71984 24 20 1 1 9 13 270,989 161985 22 8 2 25,814 1491986 26 22 2 5 12 388,169 81987 24 19 1 1 1 14 15 638,194 31988 26 25 1 1 1 8 21 696,895 81989 23 18 1 1 5 12 443,095 211990 21 15 1 2 8 351,193 332-34 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM