2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

SCOTT HOCH (hoak)EXEMPT STATUS: 2003 tournament winner (through 2005)FULL NAME: Scott Mabon Hoch HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 170BIRTHDATE: November 24, 1955BIRTHPLACE: Raleigh, NCRESIDENCE: Orlando, FL FAMILY: Wife, Sally; Cameron (5/1/84), Katie (5/16/86)EDUCATION: Wake Forest University (1978, Communications) SPECIAL INTERESTS: All sportsTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1979 Q SCHOOL: Fall 1979PGA TOUR VICTORIES (11): 1980 Quad Cities Open. 1982 USF&G Classic. 1984 MillerHigh Life QCO. 1989 Las Vegas Invitational. 1994 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. 1995 GreaterMilwaukee Open. 1996 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill. 1997 Greater MilwaukeeOpen. 2001 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic, Advil Western Open. 2003 FordChampionship at Doral.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (6): 1982 Pacific Masters [Jpn], Casio World Open [Jpn].1986 Casio World Open [Jpn]. 1990 Korean Open [Asia]. 1991 Korean Open [Asia]. 1995Heineken Dutch Open [Eur].BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: 1—Ford Championship at Doral; T5—WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.2003 SEASON: In his second tournament of the season finished T5 at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship after losing to eventual champion Tiger Woods in thequarterfinals (5 and 4). Defeated Toshi Izawa, Padraig Harrington and Tom Lehman in thefirst three rounds…Following week won the Ford Championship at Doral, for his 11thcareer victory and fifth since turning 40. Shared third-round lead with Bob Tway, then wenton to defeat Jim Furyk with birdie on the third extra hole to even his career playoff recordat 2-2. Play was suspended due to darkness on Sunday night while both players were onthe green of the second playoff hole. First Monday finish since the 2001 Buick Classic.$900,000 paycheck was largest of career and helped push him over the $1-million markfor the eighth consecutive season. Now holds the 10th-longest span between first andlast victories (22 years, seven months and 21 days) in TOUR history. At beginning of theweek was going to pull out of the Ford Championship due to wrist injury…Played off andon the rest of the season due to a nagging right wrist injury. Made only five cuts in the 13starts after his win in Miami. Missed six straight cuts in the middle of the season. Hislongest stretch of consecutive cuts missed in his 23 year TOUR career was four in a rowcoming into the 2003 season. He missed four consecutive cuts in each of the first twoseasons on the TOUR, 1980 and 1981.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Perhaps the PGA TOUR’s most consistent performer since joiningin 1980. Has collected 158 top-10s in his career. 2002: Posted a T9 finish at the Bay HillInvitational…T4 at THE PLAYERS Championship was fifth top-10 there in the last sixyears…Did not defend his title at the Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic due to troublewith right eye from LASIK surgery. Had two surgeries over last four months to fix anastigmatism…Tied career best with a T5 finish at the U.S. Open, closing with a 1-underpar69. Also T5 at the 1993 U.S. Open at Baltusrol GC, won by Lee Janzen. On Sunday,sporting a stars and stripes golf shirt dedicated to New York City, recorded an ace with a3-iron on the 207-yard 17th hole, one of three holes-in-one on the week…Comebackcontinued with T7 finish at Canon Greater Hartford Open. Entered final round in thirdplace, two strokes behind leader Jonathan Kaye…In only fifth career British Openappearance, finished T8 for low American, aided by a final-round 66. Total of 280 was onlytwo strokes out of a four-man playoff. Previous best finish at British Open had been T68in 1995, missing cut in three others…Finished Ryder Cup with 0-3-1 record. Along withJim Furyk, tied Darren Clarke and Paul McGinley during Saturday’s Four-Ballcontest…Picked up T2 at the Michelob Championship at Kingsmill. Made the cut 19 of 20times at Kingsmill Golf Club, including a win, T2, third and T3, T4, fifth and a sixth-placefinish. Also had a T9, which gave him more top-10 finishes than any other player in thehistory of that event. 2001: At 45, had a career year in money earned with $2,875,319(seventh on money list) and tournament titles (two) in a single season. First 45-year old towin twice in same season since Hale Irwin in 1990. Only Julius Boros (age 47 and 48 in1967 and ‘68), Sam Snead (age 47 in 1960) and Irwin had won multiple times at age 45 orolder…Held third-round lead at Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic. Closing 69 broughthim his ninth TOUR title, first in last 94 starts. At age 45 years, 5 months and 5 days, oldestTOUR winner since Tom Watson won the 1998 MasterCard Colonial at age 48. Alsosupplanted defending champion Hal Sutton (age 41) as oldest Greater GreensboroChrysler Classic winner since 52-year-old Sam Snead…Closing 64 at Advil Western Openproduced 10th TOUR title and second of season. Edged 36- and 54-hole leader David LoveIII by one stroke. His 267 total broke tournament record set by Sam Snead in 1949 andequaled by Chi Chi Rodriguez in 1964. 2000: First of seven top-10s came at WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, where he defeated Stuart Appleby, Lee Westwoodand Jesper Parnevik before a 5-and-4 quarterfinal loss to David Duval…Shot a final-round65 to finish runner-up at SEI Pennsylvania Classic. 1999: Another consistent seasonmaking 24 cuts in 27 starts and finished No. 33 on the final PGA TOUR money list…Hadsix top-10s and 17 top-25s. 1998: Finished second at Kemper Open and CVS CharityClassic. 1997: Won second Greater Milwaukee Open…That year had career-high 11 top-10s, including second at THE PLAYERS Championship, third at Nissan Open, T4 at ShellHouston Open and Memorial Tournament, fifth at Michelob Championship, T6 at PGAChampionship, T9 at Bob Hope Chrysler Classic and MCI Classic, T10 at U.S. Open andTHE TOUR Championship. Was the second oldest (Lee Elder) Ryder Cup rookie. 1996: Sixtop-three finishes, topped by wire-to-wire victory at Michelob Championship atKingsmill…Won Vardon Trophy with 70.08 scoring average. 1995: Shot back-to-back 65son weekend at Greater Milwaukee Open for three-stroke victory…Lost playoff to PayneStewart at Shell Houston Open after holding five-stroke lead through 54 holes. 1994: Afterfour years without a victory, captured Bob Hope Chrysler Classic…Later that year, runnerupto Jose Maria Olazabal at NEC World Series of Golf. 1989: Lost on second hole ofsudden-death playoff to Nick Faldo at Masters. Three weeks later, won Las VegasInvitational in playoff over Robert Wrenn…Had first money list top-10 finish (No.10),earning $670,680. 1986: Winner of Chrysler Team Championship with Gary Hallberg. 1984:Won third TOUR title, at the Miller Lite Quad Cities Open by five strokes. 1982: Wonsecond TOUR title at the USF&G Classic in New Orleans, beating Bob Shearer and TomWatson by two strokes in the weather-shortened 54-hole tournament. 1980: First victorycame in rookie season, winning first of two Quad Cities Opens. Amateur: Runner-up toJohn Cook at 1978 U.S. Amateur…Member of 1975 national championship team at WakeForest…An All-America selection in 1977 and 1978 when he won Atlantic CoastConference title.PERSONAL: Donated $100,000 of 1989 Las Vegas Invitational winnings to Arnold PalmerChildren’s Hospital in Orlando. Has a floor named after him at the Arnold Palmer Hospitalthanks to his family’s donations. Although son Cameron was successfully treatedelsewhere for rare bone infection in right leg, he and wife Sally are strong supporters ofOrlando facility…Family has also made large donations to area hospitals andchurches…Brother Buddy was a professional bowler, while their father won All-Americanhonors in baseball at Wake Forest.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 2-2Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1979A 1 11980 18 6 1 1 4 $45,600 771981 31 19 2 7 49,606 871982 28 23 1 1 8 17 193,862 161983 25 20 1 7 11 144,605 371984 26 22 1 1 3 7 13 224,345 271985 30 24 1 1 6 13 186,020 351986 28 23 1 3 6 13 222,077 361987 27 23 4 8 12 391,747 201988 31 26 10 18 397,599 261989 27 21 1 1 1 6 12 670,680 101990 26 19 1 7 13 333,978 401991 31 26 1 1 9 14 520,038 271992 16 13 3 84,798 1461993 28 18 1 6 15 403,742 371994 28 21 1 1 2 7 14 804,559 111995 28 23 1 1 1 8 14 792,643 181996 27 23 1 2 3 8 14 1,039,564 91997 22 22 1 1 1 11 15 1,393,788 61998 27 22 2 9 17 1,237,053 171999 27 24 6 17 1,172,692 332000 29 24 1 7 17 1,368,888 332001 24 17 2 1 10 14 2,875,319 72002 21 16 1 7 11 1,465,173 382003 17 8 1 2 2 1,198,250 59Total 623 484 11 16 23 158 300 17,216,624PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91Masters T34 T37 T27 T53 CUT 2 T14 T35U.S. Open CUT W/D T48 T34 T36 T21 T13 T8 6British OpenCUTPGA CUT CUT T61 T48 T12 T41 T3 T25 T7 T49 T43THE PLAYERST37 T13 CUT T44 CUT T14 T39 CUT CUT W/D CUTTOUR Championship T12 28 T7 T21Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03Masters CUT T7 T5 38 T16 T44 CUT T37 CUT CUTU.S. Open CUT T5 T13 T56 T7 T10 CUT CUT T16 T16 T5 CUTBritish Open T68 CUT CUT T8PGA CUT T6 CUT CUT T61 T6 T29 T21 T74 T7 CUT T57THE PLAYERS CUT CUT W/D T19 2 T5 T6 T13 T7 T4 W/DTOUR Championship T20 T27 T18 T10 T21 29WGC-Accenture Match Play T17 T5 T33 T5WGC-NEC Invitational T23 T21 T55 T51WGC-American Express Champ T7 T17 CNL T23 T70SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSWWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 2-69