2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

JAY HAASEXEMPT STATUS: 2003 U.S. Presidents Cup Team MemberFULL NAME: Jay Dean Haas HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 180BIRTHDATE: December 2, 1953BIRTHPLACE: St. Louis, MORESIDENCE: Greenville, SC; plays out of Thornblade GC FAMILY: Wife, Janice; Jay, Jr. (3/8/81), William Harlan (5/24/82),EDUCATION: Wake Forest University Winona Haley (1/18/84); Emily Frances (9/25/87),SPECIAL INTERESTS: All sports Georgia Ann (3/12/92)TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1976 Q SCHOOL: Fall 1976SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSPGA TOUR VICTORIES (9): 1978 Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational. 1981Greater Milwaukee Open, B.C. Open. 1982 Hall Of Fame, Texas Open. 1987 Big “I”Houston Open. 1988 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. 1992 Federal Express St. Jude Classic.1993 H.E.B. Texas Open.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (1): 1991 Mexican OpenOTHER VICTORIES (1): 1996 Franklin Templeton Shootout [With Tom Kite].BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: 2—Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, THE PLAYERSChampionship; T4—Buick Classic; 5—Shell Houston Open, WGC-Accenture Match PlayChampionship, PGA Championship, Chrysler Classic of Greensboro; T9—FedEx St. JudeClassic.2003 SEASON: Finished in the Top 30 on the money list for the first time since 1995 andhis 15th-place finish on the list was the highest since he finished 13th in 1982…Althoughhe did not win, the 49-year old posted two runner-up finishes. Finished second to MikeWeir at Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. Playing in 727th career TOUR event, 11-under-par 61at PGA West to take second-round lead was career best and runner-up paycheck of$486,000 was then-largest of TOUR career. Entered final round trailing leader Tim Herronby four shots, but claimed the lead after two birdies and an eagle on his first six holes.After Weir birdied No. 17 to claim a share of the lead, Haas’ 194-yard second shot on thepar-5 18th hole found the water hazard just short of the green and he made bogey. Weirbirdied the hole to clinch the two-shot win…Played in his 729th event on TOUR at theNissan Open, passing Arnold Palmer for starts on TOUR…Playing in his first World GolfChampionships event, finished T5 at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship afterlosing to 22-year-old Adam Scott in the quarterfinals (2 and 1)…Finished T2 at THEPLAYERS Championship after holding a 54-hole lead for the first time on TOUR since the1996 Walt Disney World Resort/Oldsmobile Classic. His $572,000 was a new career highpayday and moved him to over $1 million in season earnings for the first time in his career.Also moved into the top-10 on the PGA TOUR season money list and earned a position inthe Masters for the first time since 2000…Posted fourth top-10 of the season with a solofifth at the Shell Houston Open…Played with his son Bill, a junior at Wake ForestUniversity, at the Wachovia Championship. It was second time in Jay’s career that theyhave played in the same event (2002 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic)…Posted backto-backtop-10s with a T4 at the Buick Classic thanks to a final-round 65 and a T9 at theFedEx St. Jude Classic. Held a share of 18-hole lead in Memphis after opening with a 7-under-par 64…Held a share of the first-round lead at the Greater Hartford Open witheventual champion Peter Jacobsen after matching 7-under-par 63s. FinishedT26…Named to 2003 Presidents Cup team as a Captain’s Choice by Jack Nicklaus afterT5 finish at PGA Championship. Earnings of $214,000 pushed season winnings over $2-million mark for the first time in career…Posted final top-10 and seventh top-5, a T5, atthe Chrysler Classic of Greensboro…Eight top 10s in 2003 is most since 11 in 1995.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Made 10 of his first 11 cuts on the way to then-secondbestearnings year of career…First-round co-leader at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic aftercareer-tying low of 63. Outright leader by one stroke over Cameron Beckman and KennyPerry after fourth round with second 63 of tournament. Final-round 74 produced T16…SonBill, a sophomore at Wake Forest, received sponsor exemption into Greater GreensboroChrysler Classic. Duo became first father-son tandem to compete in a TOUR event sinceRaymond and Robert Floyd at the 2000 Advil Western Open. 2001: Regained full exemptstatus by finishing 92nd on money list. 2000: Finished outside the top 125 on the moneylist for the first time since turning pro in 1976. 1999: Earned five top-10s, including a pairof third-place finishes for first time since 1995—T3 at Doral-Ryder Open and PGAChampionship. Best finish at a major since T3 at 1995 Masters. 1996: Won Par-3 Contestat Masters as he had 20 years earlier as an amateur…Tied then-record of nine for mostconsecutive rounds of par or better at Masters (1994-96). 1994: Captain’s Choice forPresidents Cup Team, where his record was 3-2. 1993: Collected ninth TOUR victory at theH-E-B Texas Open in a playoff with Bob Lohr. 1992: Shot weekend rounds of 64-64 forthree-stroke victory over Dan Forsman and Robert Gamez at Federal Express St. JudeClassic. 1988: Shot opening 63 on way to Bob Hope Chrysler Classic crown. 1987: Afterfour years without a victory, sank 70-foot putt on final hole of Big “I” Houston Open toforce playoff with Buddy Gardner, then won playoff. 1982: Had back-to-back two-winseasons. Won playoff at Hall of Fame Classic with John Adams and defeated CurtisStrange by three strokes at Texas Open. 1981: Three-stroke victories over Chi ChiRodriguez at Greater Milwaukee Open and Tom Kite at B.C. Open. 1978: Earned first TOURvictory at Andy Williams-San Diego Open by three strokes. Amateur: Won 1975 NCAAChampionship at Wake Forest and received Fred Haskins Award that year…1975-76 All-America selection. Teammates included Curtis Strange and Scott Hoch.PERSONAL: Introduced to golf by uncle, 1968 Masters Tournament winner BobGoalby…Won first trophy at National Pee Wee Championship in Orlando at age7…Brother Jerry is the golf coach at Wake Forest…Brother-in-law Dillard Pruitt playedPGA TOUR and is now a TOUR Rules Official…Appeared in a Hootie and the Blowfishmusic video…Older son Jay, Jr. caddied for him in 1999 PGA Championship. Second son,Bill, is an All-America player at Wake Forest, Jay’s alma mater. Bill was the medalist anda semifinalist at the 2002 U.S. Amateur at Oakland Hills and a 2003 Walker Cup member.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 3-0Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1973A 1 11974A 1 11975A 1 1 11976 4 4 1 $2,911 1921977 30 18 2 5 32,326 771978 29 20 1 4 9 77,176 311979 28 20 1 7 12 102,515 341980 30 26 1 7 14 114,102 351981 30 25 2 6 13 181,894 151982 29 27 2 1 10 15 229,746 131983 28 25 2 1 8 15 191,735 231984 27 20 1 1 3 12 146,514 451985 29 20 3 7 121,488 691986 29 17 7 12 189,204 451987 29 24 1 5 10 270,347 371988 29 22 1 1 6 12 490,409 201989 30 17 2 5 8 248,831 541990 28 17 1 1 5 180,023 891991 29 18 1 3 8 200,637 841992 28 24 1 1 1 6 16 632,628 201993 29 27 1 6 15 601,603 261994 30 25 1 5 14 593,386 251995 27 18 1 2 11 14 822,259 161996 26 21 1 4 11 523,019 361997 24 18 4 11 437,895 571998 25 17 1 4 7 515,454 561999 24 16 2 5 7 696,861 602000 26 13 4 265,755 1442001 21 16 2 8 565,141 922002 24 18 1 9 722,782 982003 25 19 2 8 13 2,563,545 15Total 750 555 9 14 11 133 288 11,720,183NATIONWIDE TOUR2001 1Total 1PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86Masters T47 T17 T31 44 T27 T21 5 T6U.S. Open T54 T18 T5 CUT T25 CUT T6 T43 T11 T15 CUTBritish Open T27 T19 T36PGA T58 T7 T50 T19 T5 T9 T39 T38 T53THE PLAYERS CUT T57 T9 T8 T29 T27 W/D T29 T55 T7Year 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99Masters T7 CUT T46 38 T5 T3 T36 T12 T44U.S. Open T25 CUT CUT T23 T77 CUT T4 T90 T5 CUT T17British Open T35 T38 T79 T22 T24PGA T28 T38 CUT CUT T62 T20 14 T8 T31 T61 T40 T3THE PLAYERS T50 DQ CUT CUT CUT CUT T20 T55 CUT T8 T43 CUT CUTTOUR Championship T14 T7 T10 6 T20Year 00 01 02 03Masters T37 CUTU.S. OpenT12 CUTBritish OpenCUTPGA T64 CUT T5THE PLAYERS CUT T49 T2TOUR Championship 29WGC-Accenture Match PlayT5WGC-NEC InvitationalT17WGC-American Express ChampT542-64 / 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide WWW.PGATOUR.COM