2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

FRED FUNKEXEMPT STATUS: 2003 U.S. Presidents Cup Team MemberFULL NAME: Frederick Funk HEIGHT: 5-8 WEIGHT: 165BIRTHDATE: June 14, 1956BIRTHPLACE: Takoma Park, MDRESIDENCE: Ponte Vedra Beach, FL FAMILY: Wife, Sharon; Eric (8/2/91), Taylor Christian (10/30/95),EDUCATION: University of Maryland (1980, Law Enforcement) Leigh (12/16/99)SPECIAL INTERESTS: Water and snow skiingTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1981 Q SCHOOL: 1988, 1989.SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSPGA TOUR VICTORIES (5): 1992 Shell Houston Open. 1995 Ideon Classic at PleasantValley, Buick Challenge. 1996 B.C. Open. 1998 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (1): 1993 Mexican Open.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: T2—FBR Capital Open; T3—Nissan Open; T4—Buick Classic; T6—Bell Canadian Open; T7—Sony Open in Hawaii, PGA Championship;T9—Bank of America Colonial, FedEx St. Jude Classic, THE TOUR Championshippresented by Coca-Cola.2003 SEASON: Always one of the busiest players on TOUR, with at least 30 starts in 12of the last 13 seasons…Finished in the top-10 in his first start of the season at the SonyOpen in Hawaii. Recorded four rounds in the 60s, good for a T7 at Waialae CC…Finalround68 at the Nissan Open jumped him from T10 to T3. Held three-stroke lead afteropening the tournament with a 6-under 65…Final-round 66 led to a T9 finish at the Bankof America Colonial…The former University of Maryland men’s golf coach posted a T2two weeks later at the FBR Capital Open in Potomac, MD…Added a T4 at the BuickClassic, thanks, in part, to a third-round 64. Was one back of the four leaders through threerounds…Finished T9 at the FedEx St. Jude Classic after rounds of 65-66 on theweekend…On the strength of a T7 finish at PGA Championship, was named as Captain’sPick by Jack Nicklaus to 2003 U.S. Presidents Cup team…One week later, posted lowround of the year with second-round 8-under-par 62 at WGC-NEC Invitational at FirestoneCC, finished T14…Posted his eighth top-10 of the season with a T6 at the Bell CanadianOpen. Made a hole-in-one in the final round to take the lead, but dropped out ofcontention with three consecutive bogeys…T9 at the TOUR Championship to post ninetop-10s in a season for first time in his career.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Had his best earnings season ever, topping the $2-millionmark for the first time and earning his highest placement ever on the money list, 13th. Hadfour runner-up finishes, career best. The last players to have that many runner-up finishesin a year without winning were Davis Love III and Tom Lehman in 1999…Birdied final twoholes to finish solo second at the B.C. Open…T2 at the Buick Open…Played in his firstmajor of the season at the PGA Championship at Hazeltine National GC and was theMinnesota fan favorite. Had share of the lead through the first two rounds. Closed with73-73 on the weekend to T4, which earned a spot into the WGC-NEC Invitational the nextweek in Seattle…Continued magical run with T2 finish at WGC-NEC Invitational, withfour rounds of 68. Payday of $410,000 was largest of career…Finished T2 at Valero TexasOpen, aided by closing rounds of 64-64. 2001: Finished in the top 20 10 times…Began theyear with a bang at the Sony Open in Hawaii with a T5…The next week finished T9 atthe Phoenix Open…Posted next top 10 in September with T3 at the Air CanadaChampionship…Ended the season on a high note with third place finish in final event ofthe season the Southern Farm Bureau Classic. 2000: Recorded at least four top-10s for theeighth time in his last 10 seasons…Suffered a tear in right knee which required surgeryin September, but rebounded by making his last six cuts of the year, including back-to-backtop-10s to end the season—T4 at National Car Rental Golf Classic at Walt Disney WorldResort and T6 at Southern Farm Bureau Classic. 1999: Finished second three times andposted eight top-10s. Runner-up at MasterCard Colonial, Air Canada Championship andB.C. Open (losing Monday playoff to Brad Faxon). 1998: Collected his fifth PGA TOURvictory and for the first time in his 10-year career eclipsed the $1-million mark in earnings.Made 25 of 32 cuts on his way to $1,121,988 season in which he was among top 10 eighttimes and top 25 17 times. Along with victory, also finished second and third…Earnedtwo-stroke win at Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic. After rounds of 69-64, stood one off 36-hole lead. Third-round 69 produced share of the lead. Birdied four holes on Sunday backnine on way to 66…Nearly became two-time winner for first time since 1995 at BuickChallenge, losing a playoff when Steve Elkington parred first extra hole. 1996: Earnedfourth victory in five-year stretch, at B.C. Open. Third-round 63 moved him into share oflead with Pete Jordan. After birdieing four of six holes on Sunday, round was canceled dueto rain and tournament was reduced to 54 holes. Hit 7-iron approach on first extra hole towithin 10 inches to secure victory…Nearly won again the following week when rainreduced Buick Challenge to 36 holes. Was part of five-man playoff won by MichaelBradley. 1995: Opened four-stroke lead through 54 holes of Ideon Classic. Won by onestroke over Jim McGovern after closing 73…Entered final round of Buick Challenge tiedwith Steve Stricker before closing 67 gave him one-stroke victory over John Morse andLoren Roberts. 1992: First TOUR victory came at Shell Houston Open. Grabbed one-strokelead with course-record 62 in third round, then shot closing 70 for two-stroke victory overKirk Triplett. Shot 59 on TPC at Scottsdale (Desert Course) during pro-am at Phoenix Open.1989: Rookie on the PGA TOUR. 1984: Won Foot-Joy National Assistant ProChampionship.PERSONAL: Golf coach at University of Maryland from 1982 through 1988…Also workedas newspaper circulation supervisor before joining TOUR…One of the first TOUR playersto have LASIK surgery. His bag sponsor is Dr. Whitten & Associates.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 1-3Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1982 3 2 $1,779 2511985 1 1 1 6,345 1961986 31987 2 1 2,400 2551988 2 1 1,552 2861989 29 17 1 2 3 59,695 1571990 29 13 1 3 7 179,346 911991 31 17 5 9 226,915 731992 32 24 1 1 3 9 416,930 341993 34 24 5 11 309,435 561994 30 23 4 8 281,905 671995 32 26 2 4 11 717,232 261996 31 23 1 1 2 8 13 814,334 211997 33 25 1 3 10 544,419 381998 32 25 1 1 1 8 17 1,121,988 231999 34 27 3 8 14 1,638,881 162000 32 24 4 10 827,691 582001 33 27 2 4 13 1,237,004 432002 29 24 4 7 19 2,383,071 132003 33 25 1 1 9 12 2,144,653 27Total 485 349 5 10 10 77 167 12,915,575PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97Masters CUT T38 T36 T17U.S. Open T23 CUT CUT CUT CUT T33 T7 T44 CUT CUT T43British Open 73PGA T47 T57 CUT T44 T55 T39 T26 T61THE PLAYERS CUT T60 T39 T78 T61 T13 T14TOUR Championship T27 14Year 98 99 00 01 02 03Masters CUT CUT T37 CUTU.S. Open CUT CUT T44 T35British Open W/D CUT CUTPGA T23 73 T9 T70 T4 T7THE PLAYERST69 T38 T13 T33 CUT T45TOUR Championship T24 T5 T24 T9WGC-Accenture Match Play T33 T33 T33 T33WGC-NEC Invitational T2 T14WGC-American Express Champ T7 T49 T40NATIONAL TEAMS: Presidents Cup, 2003.PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------70.08 (18)Driving Distance ------------------274.1 (178)Driving Accuracy Percentage --77.9% (1)Total Driving ------------------------179 (71)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------67.2% (57)Putting Average--------------------1.778 (102)Sand Save Percentage ----------51.2% (77)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------327.0 (146)Birdie Average --------------------3.61 (95)All-Around Ranking --------------674 (71)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------70.38 (39)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------69.52 (20)Final Round Scoring Average --70.74 (64)Birdie Conversion Percentage--28.0% (149)Par Breakers ------------------------20.3% (108)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:62–WGC-NEC Invitational/2Career Low Round/Round:61–1999 B.C. Open/2Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$410,000–2002 WGC–NEC Invitational/T22-56 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM