2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

Ernie Els (cont.)SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSPGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 3-2Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1990 11991 1 1 $2,647 2741992 3 2 18,420 2131993 6 2 1 1 38,185 1901994 11 10 1 1 4 6 684,440 191995 18 14 1 1 2 6 10 842,590 141996 18 17 1 1 6 11 906,944 141997 19 15 2 1 7 11 1,243,008 91998 15 12 1 4 8 763,783 361999 18 16 1 1 1 7 10 1,710,756 152000 20 20 1 5 2 10 15 3,469,405 32001 19 15 1 5 9 11 2,336,456 152002 18 17 2 7 14 3,291,895 52003 17 17 2 7 14 3,371,237 9Total 184 158 12 11 10 68 111 18,679,767NATIONWIDE TOUR1991 8 5 1 2 $6,143 123Total 8 5 1 2 6,143COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $18,685,910EUROPEAN TOUR2003 9 9 4 3 8 9 $2,479,480PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01Masters T8 CUT T12 T17 T16 T27 2 T6U.S. Open T7 1 CUT T5 1 T49 CUT T2 T66British Open CUT T5 T6 T24 T11 T2 T10 T29 T24 T2 T3PGA CUT CUT T25 T3 T61 T53 T21 CUT T34 T13THE PLAYERS CUT T45 T68 T8 T10 T11 T17 T20 CUTTOUR Championship T17 T16 T6 T26 T26 T3 T2WGC-Accenture Match Play T33 T17 4WGC-NEC Invitational 5 T12 T8WGC-American Express ChampT40 W/D CNLYear 02 03Masters T5 T6U.S. Open T24 T5British Open 1 T18PGA T34 T5THE PLAYERST44TOUR Championship T13 17WGC-Accenture Match Play T17 T33WGC-NEC Invitational T15 T17WGC-American Express Champ T23 T12NATIONAL TEAMS: Dunhill Cup (9), 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,2000; World Cup (5), 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2001; Presidents Cup (4), 1996, 1998, 2000,2003.PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------68.99 (4)Driving Distance ------------------303.3 (5)Driving Accuracy Percentage --61.3% (161)Total Driving ------------------------166 (55)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------68.5% (27)Putting Average--------------------1.765 (61)Sand Save Percentage ----------50.5% (91)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------90.0 (4)Birdie Average --------------------3.70 (71)All-Around Ranking --------------424 (15)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------69.67 (6)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------69.87 (31)Final Round Scoring Average --70.40 (39)Birdie Conversion Percentage--30.5% (64)Par Breakers ------------------------21.7% (50)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:64–Mercedes Championships/1Career Low Round/Round:61–1995 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic/2Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$1,106,140–2002 British OpenChampionship/1BOB ESTES (ES-tis)EXEMPT STATUS: 2001 two-time tournament winner (through 2004)FULL NAME: Bob Alan Estes HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 180BIRTHDATE: February 2, 1966BIRTHPLACE: Graham, TXRESIDENCE: Austin, TXFAMILY: SingleEDUCATION: University of TexasSPECIAL INTERESTS: Music, hunting, physical fitnessTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1988 Q SCHOOL: 1988PGA TOUR VICTORIES (4): 1994 Texas Open. 2001 FedEx St. Jude Classic, InvensysClassic at Las Vegas. 2002 Kemper Insurance Open.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: 2—HP Classic of New Orleans; T3—FedEx St. JudeClassic; T6—Mercedes Championships; T7—FUNAI Classic at the WALT DISNEY WORLDResort; T10—Nissan Open, MCI Heritage.2003 SEASON: Despite not winning for the first time since 2000, finished among the top40 on the money list for the third straight season thanks to six top-10s…Trailed Ernie Elsby three strokes after opening Mercedes Championships with rounds of 66-66 andfinished T6…Second top-10, a T10, came at the Nissan Open…Third top 10 was T10 atMCI Heritage, aided by rounds of 66-67 on the weekend…Narrowly missed fifth careerPGA TOUR title at the HP Classic of New Orleans, losing in a sudden-death playoff toSteve Flesch. On the first extra hole, Flesch rolled in a birdie putt on the par-4 18th holefrom 40 feet. Playoff record fell to 0-3 for PGA TOUR career…Past champion cardedrounds of 66-65 on the weekend to finish T3 at the FedEx St. Jude Classic for fifth top-10performance of 2003…Picked up first top-10 since June with a T7 at the FUNAI Classicat the WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Earned fourth career PGA TOUR victory and tied forseventh in top-10s on the year with eight…Opened the season with T10 at MercedesChampionships, his seventh consecutive top-10 dating back to 2001…Streak of 29consecutive rounds at par or better was snapped at first round of PhoenixOpen…Captured fourth career PGA TOUR event (third in last 26 events) at the KemperInsurance Open. Paycheck of $648,000 was second largest of career. Shared lead at 10-under-par with Bob Burns after 54 holes, and finished one stroke ahead of runner-up RichBeem. Recorded 17 pars and one birdie in final-round 70. 2001: Posted two victories andended season with six consecutive top-10s to place career high ninth on money list. The$2,795,477 in earnings was also a personal best…One of nine multiple winners onTOUR…Opened with 61 in the Fed Ex St. Jude Classic, a season low start by a winner onTOUR, and never trailed en route to winning by one stroke over Bernhard Langer. It wasthe only wire-to-wire victory on TOUR all year…In contrast, never led after a round untilwinning the Invensys Classic at Las Vegas by one stroke over Tom Lehman. Was five shotsoff the pace after 72 holes only to close with a 63, which tied Davis Love III at the AT&TNational Pro-Am and Sergio Garcia at the MasterCard Colonial for low finish by winner onthe year…Won the Fall Finish presented by PricewaterhouseCoopers with late-seasonrush and the $500,000 bonus money. Was TOUR Player of the Month for October-November. During the stretch, his last 25 rounds were par or better. 2000: Fell out of thetop 30 on the PGA TOUR money list for the first time in two seasons. Recorded seven top-25s and three top-10s and for the ninth time in his career finished among the Top 100 onthe money list. 1999: Started the season on a positive note with a T4 at Bob Hope ChryslerClassic and by season’s end missed only one cut in 28 starts. His nine top-10s were acareer high and for third time in his career finished among top-30 on the TOUR money list.Combined with consistent 1998 season, had chance to make first U.S. Ryder Cup team.Needed to finish in the top five at the PGA Championship, but finished T6 and 11th ineligibility rankings, one shy of automatic selection…Posted T4 at Masters Tournament,best career finish in a major. 1998: Put together seven top-10s that included a second andthird. T2 at Bay Hill Invitational followed by solo third at Greater Greensboro ChryslerClassic. Shared 54-hole lead in Greensboro and at FedEx St. Jude Classic 1997:Rebounded with $340,057 in earnings in 19 starts. His 25 consecutive rounds of par orbetter (from fourth round of Motorola Western Open through fourth round of CVS CharityClassic) was second-longest on TOUR for the year. Also that year, set a TOUR record insand saves with 70.3 percent and was first in scrambling. 1996: Lost fully exempt statusafter finishing 149th on money list. 1994: Earned first PGA TOUR victory at Texas Open.Opened with course-record-tying 62 at Oak Hills CC, then cruised to wire-to-wire victory.1993: Held lead briefly during final round of 1993 PGA Championship before finishingT6…Was part of five-man playoff at Buick Southern Open, won by John Inman…In finalfull-field event, a T3 at Las Vegas Invitational, left him $1,135 out of top 30 and berth inTOUR Championship. 1989: Came close to victory in rookie season when he lost playoff toMike Hulbert at B.C. 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