2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

Retief Goosen (cont.)SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSworldwide events: Two on the PGA TOUR, three on the European Tour and one on theSouthern Africa Tour. He also had three runner-up finishes among the 24 events…Wonthe Johnnie Walker Classic in Australia on the European Tour by eight strokes. Fired acourse-record, third-round 63 and led by 13 entering the final round…Won the DimensionData Pro-Am at the Gary Player CC, his second win in as many weeks…Third-round 68moved him to 14-under 202 and gave him a two-shot lead over Phil Mickelson at theBellSouth Classic. Closed with a 70 to earn a four-stroke victory over Jesper Parnevik.Moved up to career-best No. 4 in Official World Golf Ranking following the BellSouthClassic…Shot a final-round career-low 62 at the WGC-American Express Championshipto finish one back of winner Tiger Woods. In addition to the $540,000 he earned forfinishing second he slipped past Ernie Els into first place on the European Tour’s Order ofMerit. 2001: Earned over $1.1 million in 10 starts during official rookie campaign on PGATOUR…Became fourth rookie in TOUR history to earn $1 million in his first season…WonU.S. Open in 38th start in PGA TOUR event, defeating Mark Brooks, 70-72, in 18-holeMonday playoff at Southern Hills CC. Overcame three-putt on 72nd hole on Sunday tobecome the eighth player in past 50 years to make U.S. Open first TOUR title. Held firstroundlead and shared second- and third-round leads…Joined TOUR as member week ofJuly 30…Won Volvo Order of Merit on European Tour, first South African winner since1975 (Dale Hayes). 2000: Continued love affair with France by winning Trophée Lancôme,his third on French soil…Won the Nelson Mandela Invitational with Alan Henning. 1999:Suffered broken left arm in skiing accident in Switzerland prior to season…After linkingup with Belgian psychologist Jos Vanstiphout, won third European Tour title - NovotelPerrier Open de France - in playoff with Greg Turner…Then lost playoff to Jarmo Sandelinfor German Open…Missed tying Greg Norman’s record of 11 successive individual winsin Alfred Dunhill Cup when beaten by China’s Wu Xiang-Bing…Played front nine atWentworth Club in 29 while defeating Sergio Garcia in first round of Cisco World MatchPlay. 1997: Won Peugeot Open de France. 1996: First European Tour win came at StaleyHall Northumberland Challenge. 1995: Collected sixth victory on Southern Africa Tour atthe Philips South African Open. 1991: Southern Africa Tour Rookie of Year. Amateur: Won1990 South African Amateur Championship.PERSONAL: Regarded as one of South Africa’s brightest young prospects in generationthat included Ernie Els. However, after being struck by lightning as an amateur in SouthAfrica, had to deal with ongoing health problems…Introduced to golf at age 11 by hisestate agent father, a 10-handicapper.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 1-0Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1995 3 3 $20,652 2371996 1 1 7,363 2971997 5 2 1 1 45,048 2091998 61999 4 2 1 2 54,368 2222000 13 9 4 196,0932001 10 7 1 2 4 1,126,985 472002 15 14 1 2 5 13 2,617,004 102003 19 17 1 1 3 9 14 3,166,373 10Total 76 55 3 3 3 18 38 7,233,886EUROPEAN TOUR2003 9 7 1 1 1 4 5 $768,545PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03Masters CUT T40 CUT 2 T13U.S. Open CUT CUT T12 1 CUT T42British Open CUT 75 T10 CUT T10 T41 T13 T8 T10PGA T61 CUT CUT CUT T37 T23 CUTTHE PLAYERS CUT CUT CUT T14 CUTTOUR Championship T9 3WGC-Accenture Match Play T17 T17 T17 T33WGC-NEC Invitational T24 10 T11 T17WGC-American Express Champ T25 T35 CNL 2 T8NATIONAL TEAMS: Dunhill Cup (6), 1995-2000; World Cup (4), 1993, 1995, 2000, 2001;Presidents Cup (2), 2000, 2003.PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------69.20 (6)Driving Distance ------------------299.4 (13)Driving Accuracy Percentage --61.5% (158)Total Driving ------------------------171 (59)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------69.8% (9)Putting Average--------------------1.770 (76)Sand Save Percentage ----------39.8% (174)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------164.6 (59)Birdie Average --------------------4.17 (6)All-Around Ranking --------------501 (25)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------69.44 (4)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------70.00 (34)Final Round Scoring Average --70.13 (25)Birdie Conversion Percentage--32.9% (19)Par Breakers ------------------------23.8% (5)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:64–2 times, most recent FUNAI Classic atthe WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort/2Career Low Round/Round:62–2002 WGC-American ExpressChampionship/4Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$900,000–2001 U.S. Open Championship/1DAVID GOSSETTEXEMPT STATUS: 84th on 2003 money listFULL NAME: David Spencer Gossett HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 170BIRTHDATE: April 28, 1979BIRTHPLACE: Phoenix, AZRESIDENCE: Orlando, FLFAMILY: SingleEDUCATION: University of TexasSPECIAL INTERESTS: Sports, fishing, reading, relaxing with friendsTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 2000and familyJOINED TOUR: 2001Nationwide Tour AlumnusPGA TOUR VICTORIES (1): 2001 John Deere Classic.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: T3—MCI Heritage; 5—Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.2003 SEASON: Finished 84th on the money list; has compiled three straight seasons atNo. 100 or better…First top-10 of season came at Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, a solo fifthaided by a career-low 10-under-par 62 in the third round at Indian Wells CountryClub…Finished T3 at MCI Heritage with a final-round 66 to earn season-high $216,000.One stroke out of Davis Love III-Woody Austin playoff for best finish since T2 at 2002 BuickClassic…Playing in front of hometown family and friends at the FedEx St. Jude Classic inMemphis, carded a first-round 6-under-par 66, two shots off the lead. Finished T20…Bestfinish after April was T11 at the B.C. Open.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Followed up successful rookie year that included firstTOUR victory with solid sophomore campaign, finishing 100th on money list…Notchedbest finish of season with a T2 at the Buick Classic, two strokes behind Chris Smith. Onestroke behind leaders after both 36 and 54 holes. 2001: Had successful rookie professionalcampaign, starting on the Nationwide Tour and ending as a PGA TOUR winner…In fifthstart of the year on TOUR, won John Deere Classic by one shot to become one of 10 firsttimewinners on TOUR. Had a one-stroke lead after both 36 and 54 holes. Closed with a66 to became the first sponsor exemption to win on TOUR since Tiger Woods at 1996 LasVegas Invitational. Sank a four-foot par putt on the 18th green at the TPC at Deere Run tonip Briny Baird by one stroke. Was 14th on the Nationwide Tour money list thanks to sixtop-10s in 12 starts. 2000: Turned professional in July during the weekend of the BritishOpen…Posted a 59 in the fourth round of the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament, the firsttime any player has done that in Q-School. Finished T68 to earn status on Nationwide Tour.Amateur: Won 1999 U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach, defeating Sung Yoon Kim 9 and 8 inthe final…Ended amateur career as No.1-ranked amateur in country, according toGolfweek…Played nine TOUR events, making three cuts. Was low amateur with a T54finish at 2000 Masters…At age 20, was the youngest member of the 1999 Walker CupTeam…Two-time first-team All-American in only two years of college….Winner of 1999Big 12 Championship and Golf Digest Intercollegiate…1999 NCAA Freshman of the Yearand First-Team All-American in 1999 and 2000…1999 Big 12 Player of the Year, Freshmanof the Year and Student Athlete of the Year…1997 AJGA Player of the Year.PERSONAL: Introduced to the game by his father, first competitive tournament was atage 10…Excelled in baseball growing up but changed focus to golf in high school…Oneof two biggest thrills was winning the 1999 U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach. The other wasplaying with Jack Nicklaus during the final round of the 2000 Masters. Following victory2-62 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM