2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

Ben Curtis (cont.)SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSYear Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank2000 12001 1 1 $6,0202003 21 13 1 1 3 1,434,911 46Total 23 14 1 1 3 1,440,931NATIONWIDE TOUR1997 12001 2 1 1 $6,847 1942002 4 2 1 6,470 2002003 1 1 1 5,146 229Total 8 4 3 18,463COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $1,459,394EUROPEAN TOUR2003 1 1 $3,175PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 03British Open 1PGACUTWGC-NEC Invitational T30WGC-American Express Champ T66JOHN DALYPLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------71.37 (124)Driving Distance ------------------283.2 (119)Driving Accuracy Percentage --67.3% (84)Total Driving ------------------------203 (118)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------64.5% (113)Putting Average--------------------1.795 (151)Sand Save Percentage ----------48.5% (122)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------310.5 (139)Birdie Average --------------------3.12 (183)All-Around Ranking --------------1,035 (166)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------72.09 (172)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------72.43 (178)Final Round Scoring Average --70.62 (53)Birdie Conversion Percentage--26.6% (177)Par Breakers ------------------------17.6% (185)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:64–WGC-NEC Invitational/1Career Low Round/Round:64–2003 WGC-NEC Invitational/1Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$1,112,720–2003 British OpenChampionship/1EXEMPT STATUS: Winner, 1995 British Open (through 2005)FULL NAME: John Patrick Daly HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 220BIRTHDATE: April 28, 1966BIRTHPLACE: Carmichael, CARESIDENCE: Rogers, AR FAMILY: Wife, Sherrie; Shynah Hale (6/10/92), Sierra Lynn (6/1/95),EDUCATION: University of Arkansas John Patrick (7/23/03)SPECIAL INTERESTS: Most sports TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1987Q SCHOOL: 1990Nationwide Tour AlumnusPGA TOUR VICTORIES (4): 1991 PGA Championship. 1992 B.C. Open. 1994 BellSouthClassic. 1995 British Open Championship.NATIONWIDE TOUR VICTORIES (1): 1990 Utah Classic.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (4): 1990 AECI Charity Classic [SAf], Hollard Royal SwaziSun Classic [SAf]. 2001 BMW International Open [Eur]. 2003 Kolon Korean Open [Asian].OTHER VICTORIES (1): 2003 Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISH: T7—Shell Houston Open.2003 SEASON: Fell out of the top 125 from No. 112 to No. 171 with only one top-10 in22 starts. Missed cut or was disqualified at final seven events of 2003…Averaged acareer-best 314.3 yards off the tee, but failed to win ninth consecutive Driving Distancecrown. Rookie Hank Kuehne averaged 321.4…Finished in the top-10 for first time in 2003at the Shell Houston Open, with T9…Won the Kolon Korean Open on the Asian PGA Tourat Woo Jung Hills Country Club, closing with a 4-under 68 for a one-stroke victory. It washis first victory since the 2001 BMW International Open in Germany.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Slipped from 61st to 112th on TOUR money list, but wonhis 11th Driving Distance crown with a record mark of 306.8, topping his own 2001 markof 306.7. Daly’s 11th category win surpassed the mark of Calvin Peete, who won 10Driving Accuracy titles in his career…Returned to Masters after one-year hiatus.Qualified for Augusta as No. 43 in the Official World Golf Ranking after The HondaClassic…T4 with Lee Janzen at Phoenix Open, two shots behind champion ChrisDiMarco…Finished fourth at the Buick Invitational, two strokes behind champion JoseMaria Olazabal. Back-to-back top-10s jumped Official World Golf Ranking to season-bestNo. 40, and were his first consecutive top-10s since a pair of T4s at the 1998 Nissan Openand Honda Classic. 2001: Returned to old form with a career-high $828,914 in earnings.Finished 61st on the money list, his highest since 1995. Began the season ranked 507th inthe Official World Golf Ranking and reached the top 50 by the end of the official PGATOUR season…Closed with a 66 at the Phoenix Open to post a T9, his first top-10 sinceT4 in the 1998 Honda Classic…Stood one stroke off 54-hole lead after a third-round 63 inthe FedEx St. Jude Classic, best round since 63 at the 1991 Las Vegas Invitational. Closedwith a 73 to record a T5…Fired bookend 66s to finish T4 in the Bell Canadian Open…Finaltop-10 came at Invensys Classic at Las Vegas with a T7. Second-round 62 set a courserecord at the TPC at The Canyons…Four top-10s match 1991 season and second only tofive in 1992…Captured European Tour’s BMW International Open, his first victory sincethe 1995 British Open. 2000: Played in 26 events and seemed to find some consistency atend of the year, making four straight cuts for his best stretch of the year…With rounds of80-73—153, missed Masters cut for first time in eight appearances and his five-yearexemption to Augusta National, earned with victory in 1995 British Open, expired. 1998:Joined Mark O’Meara and Tiger Woods to represent U.S. in Dunhill Cup, where he wasunbeaten in four matches. 1995: Added second major title with victory at British Open atSt. Andrews. After holding 36-hole lead, fell to fourth with third-round 73. Appeared tohave one-stroke victory after closing 71, but Costantino Rocca holed 70-foot putt from“Valley of Sin” short of 18th green. Daly won playoff by four strokes, thanks largely toRocca’s 7 at par-4 17th…Became youngest active player on TOUR with two majorchampionship titles and fourth American since World War II to win two majors before his30th birthday, joining Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Johnny Miller. 1994: After servingsuspension early in season, earned third TOUR victory at BellSouth Classic. Grabbed leadwith second-round 64, then withstood challenges of Nolan Henke and Brian Henninger.1992: Won B.C. Open by six strokes for second career victory. 1991: Delighted golf worldwith surprising victory at 1991 PGA Championship. As ninth and final alternate into fieldat Crooked Stick, shot opening 69 without benefit of practice round. Added rounds of 67-69-71 for three-stroke victory over Bruce Lietzke. Named PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year.1990: Played Nationwide Tour, won Utah Classic and finished ninth on money list.PERSONAL: Enjoys writing lyrics and playing guitar…Recorded a largelyautobiographical album entitled “My Life,” featuring guest performances by DariusRucker, Willie Nelson, Johnny Lee and Daron Norwood…Instead of flying to tournamentsites, purchased large RV and drives to many events…Involved in many charitable causes,most notably Make-a-Wish Foundation and Boys & Girls Clubs of America…Donated$25,000 to Nationwide Tour’s Mark Christopher Charity Classic in 2002 and 2003.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 1-0Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1986 11989 6 3 1 $14,689 2001990 3 2 1 10,000 2301991 33 21 1 2 4 11 574,783 171992 25 15 1 1 5 8 387,455 371993 24 15 1 1 5 225,591 761994 17 9 1 3 4 340,034 491995 23 15 1 1 4 321,748 571996 23 14 1 3 173,557 1211997 17 9 1 2 106,762 1651998 25 14 2 6 393,740 771999 22 11 3 186,215 1582000 26 10 1 115,460 1882001 25 16 4 8 828,914 612002 21 12 2 4 593,595 1122003 22 8 1 1 220,647 171Total 313 174 4 1 3 25 62 4,493,1892-36 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM