2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

Dan Forsman (cont.)PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARY (CONT.)Year 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03Masters T35 CUTU.S. Open T13 CUT T66 T48PGA T61 CUTTHE PLAYERS CUT CUT CUT W/D T52 T73 CUT CUTWGC-NEC InvitationalT11PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------70.35 (34)Driving Distance ------------------282.9 (124)Driving Accuracy Percentage --67.9% (68)Total Driving ------------------------192 (95)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------71.9% (3)Putting Average--------------------1.790 (131)Sand Save Percentage ----------55.3% (25)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------352.8 (154)Birdie Average --------------------3.67 (76)All-Around Ranking --------------615 (50)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------69.91 (12)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------70.62 (91)Final Round Scoring Average --69.90 (21)Birdie Conversion Percentage--27.3% (166)Par Breakers ------------------------20.7% (86)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:62–Las Vegas Invitational/1Career Low Round/Round:62–2 times, most recent 2003 Las VegasInvitational/1Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$594,000–2002 SEI Pennsylvania Classic/1CARLOS FRANCOEXEMPT STATUS: 94th on 2003 money listFULL NAME: Carlos Daniel Franco HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 165BIRTHDATE: May 24, 1965BIRTHPLACE: Asuncion, ParaguayRESIDENCE: Asuncion, Paraguay and Miami, FLFAMILY: Wife, Celsa; Carlos, Alcides, Jessenia CatalinaSPECIAL INTERESTS: FishingTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1986 Q SCHOOL: 1998PGA TOUR VICTORIES (3): 1999 COMPAQ Classic of New Orleans, Greater MilwaukeeOpen. 2000 COMPAQ Classic of New Orleans.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (25): 1994 Jun Classic. 1995 Sapporo Tokyo Open. 1996ANA Open. 1998 Just System KSB Open, Fuji Sankei Classic. 1999 Philippines Open. [Alsowon 19 times in South America].BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISH: T10—Chrysler Classic of Tucson.2003 SEASON: Finished in the top 100 on the money list for the fifth consecutiveseason…Made nine straight cuts beginning with his lone top-10 at the Chrysler Classicof Tucson…Leader through 18 holes at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic, but closingrounds of 72-69-78 dropped him into 65th place…Let the TOUR in eagles with 22 andfinished second in eagles (holes per)…Represented Paraguay in the World Cup for thesecond time in his career (1992).CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Late rally to jump from 131st to 102nd on money list infinal five events. Push aided by top-10s in two of final three events, only top-10s of theseason. 2001: Didn’t win or post a top-10 for the first time since joining the TOUR in1999…Ranked 104th in money with $486,665, both career lows. 2000: In defense of firstPGA TOUR title, at the Compaq Classic of New Orleans, shared second- and third-roundleads with Blaine McCallister, then both closed with 68. Won playoff with three-foot parputt on second extra hole. Became first TOUR player to successfully defend since JimFuryk won 1998-99 Las Vegas Invitationals. New Orleans victory gave him three victoriesin 12 months, exceeded at that time only by Tiger Woods’ 10…First player in TOUR historyto earn more than $1 million each of first two years ($1,864,584 in 1999)…A member ofInternational Team at Presidents Cup, posting a 2-1 individual record. 1999: Selected PGATOUR Rookie of the Year by his peers…Invited to Masters for first time and was threestrokes out of the lead through 54 holes. Final-round 73 good for T6 and another invitationfor 2000. Following performance, Paraguay threw a parade for him…In his nextappearance, won Compaq Classic of New Orleans. Rounds of 66-69-68 had him twostrokes off 54-hole lead. Closing 66 produced two-stroke victory over Steve Flesch andHarrison Frazar, worth $468,000. His 269 total bettered Brad Faxon’s English Turntournament record by three strokes. Also became first South American to win on TOURsince Roberto De Vicenzo in Houston in 1968…Earned second victory of rookie season atGreater Milwaukee Open with two-stroke victory over Tom Lehman and set anothertournament record…Became only the eighth rookie to win twice since 1960. With victorybecame first rookie to surpass $1 million in a season and moved to seventh on money list.First player since Greg Norman in 1989 to win GMO on first try. 1998: Member of thevictorious International team at Presidents Cup. Had an 0-2-1 overall record…Gainedexempt status on PGA TOUR in fall of 1998 by finishing 36th at PGA TOUR QualifyingTournament. 1997: Finished sixth at 1997 World Series of Golf at Firestone in third eventever on PGA TOUR. 1993: Made first big impact outside South America with victory overSam Torrance at Dunhill Cup when Paraguay defeated host Scotland on opening day.PERSONAL: Grew up in poverty in Paraguay. Family of nine shared a one-room, dirt-floorhome…Father was a greens superintendent and caddie at course in Asuncion…All fiveof his brothers became golf professionals. Brother Angel won the 1993 Dominion Open onNationwide Tour…Appointed Minister De Deportes (Minister of Sports) in 1999.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 1-0Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1994 11997 2 2 1 1 $74,950 1811998 2 2 21,079 2421999 22 15 2 3 7 10 1,864,584 112000 24 20 1 6 11 1,550,592 302001 27 17 8 486,665 1042002 31 22 2 8 652,147 1022003 30 19 1 7 672,022 94Total 139 97 3 3 17 45 5,322,039PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03Masters T6 T7 46U.S. OpenT34 T61 CUTBritish Open CUT T64 CUT CUT T54PGA 70 T40 T26 T58 T29 T18THE PLAYERS CUT T27 CUT T22 T48TOUR Championship T15 24WGC-Accenture Match PlayT17 T33WGC-NEC Invitational T7 T27 20 T42WGC-American Express ChampT48 T45NATIONAL TEAMS: Presidents Cup (2) 1998, 2000, World Cup (2) 1992, 2003.PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------70.87 (73)Driving Distance ------------------298.0 (19)Driving Accuracy Percentage --59.3% (175)Total Driving ------------------------194 (100)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------68.5% (27)Putting Average--------------------1.800 (163)Sand Save Percentage ----------48.7% (118)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------79.4 (2)Birdie Average --------------------3.60 (99)All-Around Ranking --------------676 (74)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------70.37 (37)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------70.25 (55)Final Round Scoring Average --71.68 (143)Birdie Conversion Percentage--28.6% (133)Par Breakers ------------------------21.2% (66)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:65–2 times, most recent HP Classic ofNew Orleans/2Career Low Round/Round:64–2002 Buick Challenge/4Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$612,000–2000 COMPAQ Classic of NewOrleans/1SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSWWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 2-53