2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

JOHN HUSTONEXEMPT STATUS: 2003 tournament winner (through 2005)FULL NAME: Johnny Ray Huston HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 155BIRTHDATE: June 1, 1961BIRTHPLACE: Mt. Vernon, ILRESIDENCE: Palm Harbor, FL; plays out of Westin Innisbrook FAMILY: Wife, Suzanne; Jessica (11/9/87), Travis (3/29/93)Golf ResortEDUCATION: Auburn UniversitySPECIAL INTERESTS: All sports TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1983Q SCHOOL: Fall 1987PGA TOUR VICTORIES (7): 1990 Honda Classic. 1992 Walt Disney World/OldsmobileClassic. 1994 Doral-Ryder Open. 1998 United Airlines Hawaiian Open, National Car RentalGolf Classic/Disney. 2000 Tampa Bay Classic. 2003 Southern Farm Bureau Classic.OTHER VICTORIES (1): 1988 JCPenney Classic.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: 1—Southern Farm Bureau Classic; 2—PhoenixOpen.2003 SEASON: Won for the second time in the 2000s with his victory at the SouthernFarm Bureau Classic, his seventh career victory. Shared first-round lead and held secondandthird-round leads while firing four rounds in the 60s. Birdied three of final four holesto defeat Brenden Pappas, who shot a final-round 10-under 62, by a stroke. Became 11th40-plus year old to win on TOUR in 2003…Began year making seven straight cuts,including a second at the Phoenix Open. First runner-up finish since a T2 at the 1998 Doral-Ryder Open…Opened 67-63 to hold a share of the 36-hole lead at the FedEx St. JudeClassic before finishing T17…Finished first on TOUR in Putting Average (1.713 putts pergreen) and third in Birdie Average and All Around Ranking.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Began the season making 15 consecutive cuts and missedjust three of 26 cuts, the least in his 15-year TOUR career…Was ninth in All-AroundRanking, a year after finishing 72nd in the same category…Third-round 11-under-par 61, acareer low, moved him into a tie for the lead with Tim Herron through 54 holes at the BuickChallenge. The 61 tied J.P. Hayes and Garrett Willis for low round of the season. FinishedT4 after final-round 70. 2001: After three consecutive years in top 25 on TOUR money list,finished No. 100. 2000: Collected his sixth PGA TOUR victory and for the third consecutiveseason eclipsed $1.5 million in earnings…Was among the top-10 eight times, including hisfirst two starts of the season…Earned three-stroke victory at the inaugural Tampa BayClassic, his fifth victory in the state of Florida. In final round, birdied three of the last fourholes en route to a 65. Win occurred on home course, Innisbrook Resort’s CopperheadCourse…Shared the 54-hole lead with Davis Love III at GTE Byron Nelson Classic. Closing70 left him T4, one stroke out of three-man playoff…Posted his best finish at the U.S.Open, solo fourth…Ranked seventh in par-4 birdie average (18.6 percent). 1999: Althoughwithout a victory, posted three third-place finishes…Earned over $700,000 in first fourstarts of season on strength of back-to-back third-place finishes at Bob Hope ChryslerClassic and WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. Won consolation match atAccenture, defeating Steve Pate 5 and 4 for $400,000 payday. 1998: A memorable seasonfrom start to finish…Best four-day performance at the time by any player on TOUR atUnited Airlines Hawaiian Open, where he broke the 72-hole scoring record in relation to parwith a 28-under-par 260 to capture his fourth TOUR title. Rounds of 63-65-66-66 included31 birdies and only three bogeys. Broke record shared by Ben Hogan and Mike Souchakwhich had stood for 43 years. Joe Durant’s 29-under in 2001 broke Huston’s record. Sharedfirst-round lead with David Ogrin before breaking away with tournament record-tying 16-under 128 total through 36 holes. Shot tournament-record 22-under 194 through 54holes…Closed year with fifth TOUR victory at National Car Rental Golf Classic at WaltDisney World Resort and for first time in career earned two wins in a season. Closing 66produced his second title at Disney…Shot closing 67 to earn T2 at Doral-Ryder Open…Thefinish in Miami marked four top-10s with earnings of $636,250 after six starts and earnedhim top spot on TOUR money list. It was his best start ever…Ranked first in all-aroundstats category (151), third in birdie average (3.96), fourth in putting (1.730) and third in thirdroundscoring average (69.29). 1997: Fell out of top 125 for first time in career, finishing141st. 1996: Shot course-record 61 at Muirfield Village GC during second round ofMemorial Tournament. 1994: Earned third victory at 1994 Doral-Ryder Open. Entered finalround four strokes behind, but closing 66 good for three-stroke victory. 1993: Lost playoff toJim McGovern at Shell Houston Open…T2 with Greg Norman, Scott Simpson and DavidFrost at 1993 TOUR Championship, one stroke behind Jim Gallagher, Jr. 1992: Fired closing62 to overtake Mark O’Meara and win the Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic, wherewinning total of 26-under-par 262 was one off TOUR record for most strokes below par in72-hole event. 1990: Earned first PGA TOUR victory at windswept Honda Classic, where heheld off strong Mark Calcavecchia challenge to win by two strokes. 1987: Medalist atQualifying Tournament. 1985: Won Florida Open (non-TOUR event).PERSONAL: Sister Julie Jones caddied for him during record-breaking performance at1997 United Airlines Hawaiian Open. “She never said one word to me all week, she wasscared stiff,” Huston said…With daughter Jessica, won the Father-Daughter tournamentat 1997 National Car Rental Golf Classic at Walt Disney World Resort…Suffered withbursitis in left shoulder in 1997. Sleeps on magnetic mattress cover and wears magnetsin soles of shoes for relief.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-1Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1987 1 1 $1,055 2871988 31 17 1 2 6 150,301 781989 29 14 1 2 5 203,207 681990 25 16 1 1 3 7 435,690 301991 27 23 1 5 13 395,853 401992 32 23 1 1 4 15 515,453 261993 30 26 2 6 15 681,441 151994 25 19 1 1 8 11 731,499 161995 27 15 5 7 294,574 641996 25 18 1 6 9 506,173 371997 29 12 1 3 151,840 1411998 25 21 2 1 8 16 1,544,110 101999 23 17 3 7 11 1,519,387 212000 23 19 1 1 8 11 1,631,695 252001 20 14 1 7 505,252 1002002 26 23 1 5 12 1,299,053 452003 23 17 1 1 2 8 1,565,119 42Total 421 295 7 6 10 73 156 12,131,701PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00Masters T3 T29 T25 59 T10 T17 17 T21 T23 T36 T14U.S. Open CUT T14 CUT CUT CUT CUT T82 T32 T17 4British Open CUT T48 CUT T31 T11 T68 CUTPGA CUT T57 T7 T18 T44 CUT DQ CUT T13 CUT 71THE PLAYERS 68 CUT T15 T40 CUT T35 CUT CUT T68 CUT T20 CUTTOUR Championship T28 T13 T2 T10 T11 T5 T25WGC-Accenture Match Play 3 T33WGC-NEC InvitationalT33WGC-American Express ChampT34Year 01 02 03Masters T20 CUTU.S. OpenCUT CUTBritish OpenCUTPGA 72 T39 W/DTHE PLAYERS CUT T9 W/DWGC-Accenture Match Play T33 T33WGC-American Express Champ CNLNATIONAL TEAMS: The Presidents Cup (2) , 1994, 1998.PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------70.57 (49)Driving Distance ------------------284.8 (107)Driving Accuracy Percentage --69.0% (50)Total Driving ------------------------157 (48)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------68.8% (20)Putting Average--------------------1.713 (1)Sand Save Percentage ----------56.6% (17)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------122.7 (19)Birdie Average --------------------4.28 (2)All-Around Ranking --------------265 (3)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------69.93 (14)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------70.00 (34)Final Round Scoring Average --70.56 (49)Birdie Conversion Percentage--33.9% (6)Par Breakers ------------------------24.6% (3)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:63–FedEx St. Jude Classic/2Career Low Round/Round:61–2 times, most recent 2002 BuickChallenge/3Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$540,000–2003 Southern Farm BureauClassic/1SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSWWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 2-71