2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

Ben Crenshaw (cont.)PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY (CONT.)Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1991 21 10 2 4 7 224,563 751992 24 19 1 1 4 7 439,071 311993 22 15 1 1 7 $318,605 511994 24 20 1 6 13 659,252 211995 23 17 1 1 4 7 737,475 231996 19 11 1 5 176,857 1191997 17 5 1 42,513 2131998 15 2 11,393 2681999 132000 13 1 7,400 2402001 11 1 7,770 2442002 22003 1Total 644 454 19 22 19 144 267 7,091,166CHAMPIONS TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-02002 20 1 4 $204,528 712003 19 2 3 231,512 58Total 39 3 7 436,039COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $7,527,205PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82Masters T19 T24 T22 T30 2 T8 T37 CUT T6 T8 T24U.S. Open T36 T27 T3 T8 T49 CUT T11 T31 T11 T19British Open T28 T5 T2 T2 3 T8 T15PGA T63 T10 T8 W/D T16 2 T41 CUT CUTTHE PLAYERS T39 T55 T70 CUT T4 CUT 2 T63 CUTYear 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95Masters T2 1 T57 T16 T4 4 T3 T14 T3 46 CUT T18 1U.S. Open CUT CUT CUT T6 T4 T12 CUT CUT T33 T71British Open CUT T22 T35 T21 T4 T16 T52 T31 T80 CUT T77 T15PGA T9 CUT T59 T11 T7 T17 T17 T31 W/D T73 T61 T9 T44THE PLAYERS T10 T26 T33 T54 T9 T11 T11 CUT CUT T29 CUT T19 CUTTOUR Championship T5 T21 T14 T13 T25Year 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03Masters CUT 45 CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUTU.S. OpenCUT T65 CUT CUTBritish Open T26 CUTPGAT69 CUT CUT CUT W/DTHE PLAYERST73 CUT CUT CUT CUT CUTCHAMPIONS TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 02 03Senior PGA Championship T27 CUTU.S. Senior OpenCUT CUTFord Senior PlayersT53 T61JELD-WEN TraditionT64 T33NATIONAL TEAMS: Ryder Cup (4), 1981, 1983, 1987, 1995, 1999 (Captain); U.S. vs.Japan, 1983; World Cup (2), 1987, 1988; Kirin Cup (Captain), 1988; Dunhill Cup, 1995.PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------74.09 (N/A)Driving Distance ------------------253.8 (N/A)Driving Accuracy Percentage --57.1% (N/A)Total Driving ------------------------1,998 (N/A)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------38.9% (N/A)Putting Average--------------------1.929 (N/A)Sand Save Percentage ----------100.0% (N/A)Birdie Average --------------------2.00 (N/A)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------77.50 (N/A)Birdie Conversion Percentage--28.6% (N/A)Par Breakers ------------------------11.1% (N/A)PLAYER STATISTICS2003 CHAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------72.79 (73)Driving Distance ------------------267.3 (61)Driving Accuracy Percentage --64.9% (60)Total Driving ------------------------121 (76)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------60.7% (77)Putting Average--------------------1.778 (21)Sand Save Percentage ----------41.6% (66)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------504.0 (67)Birdie Average --------------------2.96 (70)All-Around Ranking --------------495 (74)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:76–Masters Tournament/2Career Low Round/Round:61–1979 Phoenix Open/2Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$396,000–1995 Masters Tournament/1MISC. CHAMPIONS TOUR STATS2003 Low Round:67–2 times, most recent 2003 JELD-WENTradition/3Career Low Round:65–2002 Kroger Senior Classic/2Career Largest Paycheck:$85,750–2003 3M Championship/T4SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSBEN CURTISEXEMPT STATUS: Winner, 2003 British Open (through 2008)FULL NAME: Ben Clifford Curtis HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 175BIRTHDATE: May 26, 1977BIRTHPLACE: Columbus, OHRESIDENCE: Stow, OHFAMILY: Wife, CandaceEDUCATION: Kent State University (2000, Recreation Management) SPECIAL INTERESTS: FamilyTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 2000 Q SCHOOL: 2002PGA TOUR VICTORIES (1): 2003 British Open Championship.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISH: 1—British Open Championship.2003 SEASON: Voted PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year. Pulled one of the greatest upsets ingolf history, capturing the British Open Championship in the first major championship startof his career. Rounds of 72-72-70-69—283 topped Vijay Singh and Thomas Bjorn by oneshot. Entered final round tied for third, but grabbed lead with birdies on six of first 11 holeson Sunday, putting him two up on Bjorn, three on Singh and four on Tiger Woods. Wentto No. 18 three behind Bjorn after bogeys at Nos. 12, 14, 15 and 17. Saved par with 10-foot putt on No. 18, and earned title when Bjorn struggled down the stretch, finishing 4-over-par on the final four holes. First player since Francis Ouimet at the 1913 U.S. Open towin a major in his first try. First player to win first British Open start since Tom Watson in1975. Youngest British Open winner at 26 years, 1 month, 24 days, since Tiger Woods wonin 2000 at the age of 24 years, 6 months, and 23 days. Jumped from 396th to 35th in theOfficial World Golf Ranking, the biggest jump since the Ranking began in 1986. One of fourfirst-time major champions in 2003, joining Mike Weir (Masters), Jim Furyk (U.S. Open),and Shaun Micheel (PGA). Qualified for the British Open via a T13 finish at the 100thWestern Open, his best career finish to date and first career top-25 finish…Just onemonth after British Open triumph, returned to home state to play in the WGC-NECInvitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron. First-round co-leader with Sergio Garciaafter a 6-under-par 64. Married Candace Beatty in Kent on Saturday evening, Aug. 23 afterthe completion of the third round. Finished T30…Semifinalist at the HSBC World MatchPlay Championship in England before losing to Thomas Bjorn.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Played the Hooters Tour for a second consecutive season,finishing 10th on the money list and winning in Myrtle Beach, SC…Placed T26 at the PGATOUR Qualifying Tournament. Amateur: Three-time All-American at Kent StateUniversity…Won the Ohio Amateur in 1999 and 2000 — by 17 strokes, joining the PGATOUR’s John Cook and Arnold Palmer as the tournament’s only back-to-back winners. Thatsame year, Curtis finished runner-up at the Western Amateur and won the Player’sAmateur to become the No. 1-ranked amateur golfer in the world by Golfweek magazine.PERSONAL: Grew up only 50 yards from the practice putting green of Mill Creek GolfCourse in Ostrander, Ohio, where grandfather built the course and where his father issuperintendent…Started playing golf at age 3, but says he didn’t get serious about golf untilhigh school. Won the Division II state title his junior and senior years of high school…Theweek after British Open victory, was a guest on David Letterman, hitting wedge shotsrooftop-to-rooftop during broadcast, and visited President Bush in the WhiteHouse…Caddie for most of 2003 was former Kent State University teammate Danny Fahl.Andy Sutton, a long-time caddie on the European Tour, worked for Curtis at the British Open.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-0WWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 2-35