2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

DAVID FROSTEXEMPT STATUS: 114th on 2003 money listFULL NAME: David Laurence Frost HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 190BIRTHDATE: September 11, 1959BIRTHPLACE: Cape Town, South AfricaRESIDENCE: Dallas, TX; plays out of Preston Trail GCFAMILY: Wife, CorrieTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1981SPECIAL INTERESTS: All sports especially rugby, as well as goodQ SCHOOL: 1984food and wine from his own vineyard (www.frostwine.com)PGA TOUR VICTORIES (10): 1988 Southern Open, Northern Telecom Tucson Open. 1989NEC World Series of Golf. 1990 USF&G Classic. 1992 Buick Classic, Hardee’s Golf Classic.1993 Canadian Open, Hardee’s Golf Classic. 1994 Canon Greater Hartford Open. 1997MasterCard Colonial.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (12): 1982 Gordon’s Gin Classic [SAf], 1984 Air FranceCannes Open [Eur]. 1986 South African Open. 1987 South African Masters. 1989 MillionDollar Challenge [SAf]. 1990 Million Dollar Challenge [SAf]. 1992 Million Dollar Challenge[SAf], Dunlop Phoenix [Jpn]. 1993 Kent Hong Kong Open [Asia]. 1994 Lexington PGAChampionship [SAf]. 1999 South African Open Championship [SAf].PGA TOUR VICTORIES (10): 1988 Southern Open, Northern Telecom Tucson Open. 1989NEC World Series of Golf. 1990 USF&G Classic. 1992 Buick Classic, Hardee’s Golf Classic.1993 Canadian Open, Hardee’s Golf Classic. 1994 Canon Greater Hartford Open. 1997MasterCard Colonial.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (12): 1982 Gordon’s Gin Classic [SAf], 1984 Air FranceCannes Open [Eur]. 1986 South African Open. 1987 South African Masters. 1989 MillionDollar Challenge [SAf]. 1990 Million Dollar Challenge [SAf]. 1992 Million Dollar Challenge[SAf], Dunlop Phoenix [Jpn]. 1993 Kent Hong Kong Open [Asia]. 1994 Lexington PGAChampionship [SAf]. 1999 South African Open Championship [SAf].BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: 5—Las Vegas Invitational; T8—HP Classic of NewOrleans.2003 SEASON: Entering the season with partial status, played in 26 events and finishedamong the top 125 at No. 114…Finished T7 in Putting Average at 1.729…With T8 finishat the HP Classic of New Orleans, picked up first top 10 of the season and first in NewOrleans since winning in 1990. With the top-10, earned a spot in the WachoviaChampionship the following week where he finished T21…With a fifth-place finish anda $160,000 paycheck at the Las Vegas Invitational, jumped from 136th to 110th on the PGATOUR Official Money List…Two other top-25s at the B.C. Open (T16) and the SouthernFarm Bureau Classic (T19).CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Playing in his adopted hometown of Dallas, posted his firsttop-10 of the season at the Verizon Byron Nelson Classic, a T8 aided by consecutive 2-under-par 68s on the weekend…Thanks to a final-round 65, finished T10 at the CanonHartford Open. 2001: Used top-50 career money winners exemption after finishing No.177 on the TOUR money list the previous year…Kept fully-exempt status for the 2002season by finishing 101st on money list, his highest spot since 1997 when he ended theseason at No. 50. Led TOUR in putting average (1.708) for second time in career (first in1993). 2000: Set course record at TPC at Deere Run with 9-under 62 during second roundof John Deere Classic, since broken by J.P. Hayes in 2002 (61)…Began and ended the yearwith good play on the South African Tour, with two top-5s in January and another inDecember. 1999: Started year by making eight consecutive cuts…Opened with back-toback63s at FedEx St. Jude Classic, tying PGA TOUR record for opening 36 holes with his16-under-par 126 total…Earned first top-10 finish since T8 at 1997 Bell Canadian Openwith T7 at British Open. Was his best finish in a major since T5 in 1995 MastersTournament and best finish in a British Open since T7 in 1988. 1998: Won Dunhill Cup forSouth Africa for second consecutive year. Teamed with Retief Goosen year after winningwith Ernie Els. 1997: Following three years without a victory, earned his 10th PGA TOURtitle in impressive form at MasterCard Colonial. Dedicated his win to Ben Hogan, who hadinspired him since he came to America. Shared 36-hole lead after 66-63 with Brad Faxonand Paul Goydos for tournament record-tying 11-under 129. Fell three strokes out of leadwith third-round 69 but fired front-nine 32 in final round on way to two-stroke victory overFaxon and Ogrin. 1993: Recorded back-to-back victories at Canadian Open and Hardee’sGolf Classic. 259 total at Hardee’s gained a seven-stroke victory and was two strokes off72-hole TOUR record. 1992: Also a two-time winner, capturing Buick Classic and Hardee’sGolf Classic. 1990: Won USF&G Classic in dramatic fashion, holing out from bunker on72nd hole to defeat Greg Norman by one…Shot 60 in final round of Northern TelecomOpen at Randolph Park GC. 1989: Won World Series of Golf and earned 10-year exemptionby defeating Ben Crenshaw on second playoff hole. 1988: Earned first two TOUR victoriesin a year when he finished in top-three eight times. Finished third three times in first sevenstarts—Phoenix Open, Hertz Bay Hill Classic and THE PLAYERS Championship, thenrunner-up three times in six-week stretch in spring — MCI Heritage Classic, MemorialTournament and Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic. Both victories — SouthernOpen and Seiko Tucson Open — came in fall.PERSONAL: Took up game with father while caddying for him at age 14…In 1994,established 300-acre vineyard with brother Michael in heart of wine-producing region ofSouth Africa. Current David Frost Wines production is 7,000 cases, consisting of CabernetSauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc. Wine features an artist series byLeRoy Neiman. Every vintage is dedicated to a golfer, and $1 from sale of each bottle goesto the golfer’s charity. Dedications include Sam Snead, Gene Sarazen, Arnold Palmer andJack Nicklaus in 2004. Information may be found at www.frostwine.com.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 2-3Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1983 1 11985 28 18 1 3 8 $118,537 701986 28 20 1 1 6 14 187,944 461987 27 24 3 12 19 518,072 111988 25 18 2 3 3 11 13 691,500 91989 26 23 1 1 1 8 12 620,430 121990 26 15 1 4 8 372,485 321991 28 18 2 8 171,262 931992 25 16 2 1 6 11 717,883 151993 22 15 2 2 1 9 15 1,030,717 51994 23 20 1 1 6 10 671,683 201995 21 15 1 3 5 357,658 501996 22 14 1 4 7 382,947 541997 24 12 1 2 5 458,700 501998 23 12 2 175,621 1481999 24 17 1 7 360,452 1172000 25 8 1 1 151,123 1772001 27 15 1 6 504,376 1012002 29 15 2 6 509,845 1262003 26 16 2 5 583,177 114Total 480 312 10 13 8 83 162 8,584,414PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95Masters T45 8 T18 CUT T32 CUT T35 T5U.S. Open T23 T15 T17 CUT T18 T33 CUT CUT CUT CUTBritish Open CUT T47 T25 CUT 6 T7 CUT CUT CUT T24 T51 T31PGA CUT T21 T10 CUT T27 T31 T48 T73 CUT T25 T67THE PLAYERS T48 T15 T3 T8 CUT T41 CUT CUT CUT T37TOUR Championship T17 T17 T11 T7 T2 T4Year 96 97 98 99 00 01 02Masters T10 37 T26U.S. Open CUT CUT CUTBritish Open T40 CUT T44 T7 T55 CUTPGACUT CUT T56 T21THE PLAYERS T17 W/D T42 T52 T57 75WGC-American Express ChampT59NATIONAL TEAMS: Hennessy Cognac Cup, 1984; Dunhill Cup (9), 1991-95, 1997-2000;The Presidents Cup (2), 1994, 1996.PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------71.13 (96)Driving Distance ------------------277.2 (168)Driving Accuracy Percentage --66.9% (97)Total Driving ------------------------265 (178)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------63.3% (148)Putting Average--------------------1.729 (7)Sand Save Percentage ----------54.9% (31)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------180.0 (73)Birdie Average --------------------3.59 (101)All-Around Ranking --------------721 (83)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------70.92 (89)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------70.94 (113)Final Round Scoring Average --70.53 (46)Birdie Conversion Percentage--31.1% (52)Par Breakers ------------------------20.5% (100)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:65–5 times, most recent Las VegasInvitational/5Career Low Round/Round:60–1990 Northern Telecom Tucson Open/2Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$288,000–1997 MasterCard Colonial/1SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSWWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 2-55