2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

MATT KUCHAREXEMPT STATUS: 2002 tournament winner (through 2004)FULL NAME: Matthew Gregory Kuchar HEIGHT: 6-4 WEIGHT: 195BIRTHDATE: June 21, 1978BIRTHPLACE: Winter Park, FLRESIDENCE: Ponte Vedra Beach, FLFAMILY: Wife, SybiEDUCATION: Georgia Tech (2000, Management)SPECIAL INTERESTS: Sports, boats, planes, hiking, skiingTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 2000 JOINED TOUR: 2001PGA TOUR VICTORIES (1): 2002 The Honda Classic.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: T20—FedEx St. Jude Classic; T25—MercedesChampionships.2003 SEASON: After winning for the first time, struggled through a difficult season whichsaw him fall out of the top 125 on the money list…Earned his best finish of the season atthe FedEx St. Jude Classic with a 20th-place finish thanks to a pair of 67s on the weekend.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Opened the season with a bang with a T4 at the Sony Openin Hawaii…Two months later earned his first victory at The Honda Classic. Closed with apair of 66s to defeat Brad Faxon and Joey Sindelar by two strokes. Made four consecutivebirdies on the back nine to help him rally from a four-shot deficit to Sindelar at the turn.Victory jumped him from No. 149 in Official World Golf Ranking to No. 50 and qualified himfor the Masters on the last day to qualify…Finished T5 at the Fed Ex St. Jude Classic,worth $133,475 to push him over the $1-million mark for the first time in a singleseason…Finished T9 at Tampa Bay Classic presented by Buick, posting four sub-parrounds. 2001: Earned PGA TOUR card through sponsor exemptions…Ranked secondbehind Charles Howell III in PGA TOUR non-member earnings with $572,669 in only 11starts. Earnings would have ranked him 91st on TOUR official money list…After missingthe cut in his first three PGA TOUR starts, playing on a sponsor exemption, secured his cardfor 2002 with two big finishes…Earned first top-10 in PGA TOUR event in sixth start asprofessional. Rounds of 68-66-72-67 at Air Canada Championship produced T3 worth$197,200. Season earnings total at that point of $269,253 earned him Special TemporaryMembership…Best effort of season came in San Antonio, where rounds of 67-68-64 lefthim two strokes behind Justin Leonard after 54 holes of Texas Open. Playing in the finalgroup on Sunday, closed with 69, as did Leonard, for T2 with rookie J.J. Henry. The TexasOpen paycheck of $264,000, clinched 2002 TOUR card in only eighth start ofseason…Made three starts in Nationwide Tour events, including a T2 at the SiouxlandOpen in July, worth $37,400…Played from Australia to Mexico, played on the NationwideTour, Canadian Tour and the Golden Bear Tour. 2000: After finishing his collegiate career atGeorgia Tech in May, decided to stay amateur and briefly took a job in finance…Played inthe Westin Texas Open at LaCantera in October as an amateur and missed the cut. It wasin Texas where he started to think about turning pro and giving the PGA TOUR a try…Onemonth later, made his professional debut at the 2000 Australian Open (won by AaronBaddeley). Amateur: 1997 U.S. Amateur champion following three consecutive wins byTiger Woods…Lost in the quarterfinals in 1998 when defending the U.S. Amateur crownat Oak Hill…As a sophomore in 1998 at Georgia Tech, finished 21st at Masters and 14that U.S. Open. Finish at Masters was best 72-hole finish by an amateur in 20 years. Therewas talk of his turning pro, but Kuchar instead finished out his collegiate career at GeorgiaTech, where he was a two-time first-team All-America selection and the Yellow Jackets’second player to be a four-time All-ACC selection (along with David Duval). Awarded FredHaskins Award in 1998 as the nation’s top collegiate golfer…1998 ACC Player of theYear…Six career collegiate victories for Tech was bested only by Duval’s eight.PERSONAL: Father, Peter Kuchar, is an excellent tennis player who was ranked No. 1 indoubles at one time in the state of Florida…Matt’s wife, Sybi, was a standout tennisplayer at Georgia Tech, where they met…Got started in golf when his mother, Meg,upgraded the country club membership to include golf when he was 12 years old. Mattand his dad tried golf and were hooked.PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-0Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1998A 6 5 21999A 4 22000A 12001 11 6 1 1 2 4 $572,6692002 27 14 1 4 6 1,237,725 492003 23 8 2 176,047 182Total 72 35 1 1 1 6 14 1,986,442NATIONWIDE TOUR2001 3 2 1 1 1 $38,739 95Total 3 2 1 1 1 38,739COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $2,025,181PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 98 99 00 01 02 03Masters T21 T50 CUTU.S. Open T14 CUT CUTBritish Open CUT CUTPGACUTTHE PLAYERSW/D CUTWGC-NEC InvitationalT38NATIONAL TEAMS: Walker Cup, 1999.PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------72.32 (176)Driving Distance ------------------275.3 (174)Driving Accuracy Percentage --68.0% (65)Total Driving ------------------------239 (159)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------63.8% (132)Putting Average--------------------1.806 (171)Sand Save Percentage ----------53.5% (43)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------549.0 (174)Birdie Average --------------------3.31 (157)All-Around Ranking --------------1,092 (173)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------71.98 (168)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------72.33 (173)Final Round Scoring Average --72.13 (167)Birdie Conversion Percentage--27.4% (161)Par Breakers ------------------------18.6% (161)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:67–3 times, most recent FedEx St. JudeClassic/4Career Low Round/Round:64–2001 Texas Open at LaCantera/3Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$630,000–2002 The Honda Classic/1SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSHANK KUEHNE (KEE-ne)EXEMPT STATUS: Top 125 on 2003 non-member money listFULL NAME: Henry August Kuehne II HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 205BIRTHDATE: September 11, 1975BIRTHPLACE: Dallas, TXRESIDENCE: Palm Beach Gardens, FLFAMILY: Wife, NicoleEDUCATION: Southern Methodist University (1999, Communications) SPECIAL INTERESTS: Fishing, meditationTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1999 JOINED TOUR: 2003BEST PGA TOUR CAREER FINISH: T2—2003 Shell Houston Open.INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES (2): 2002 Texas Challenge [Can], TELUS Quebec Open[Can].OTHER VICTORIES (1): 2003 Franklin Templeton Shootout [with Jeff Sluman].BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: T2—Shell Houston Open; T3—BellSouth Classic;T5—B.C. Open; T9—FedEx St. Jude Classic.2003 SEASON: Earned TOUR card for 2004 with $872,139 in earnings as a non-memberplaying primarily on Sponsor Exemptions. Began the season with partial status on theNationwide Tour…Topped TOUR in Driving Distance, averaging a record 321.4 yards,unseating John Daly, who had won eight consecutive Driving Distance titles…Playing in24th career TOUR event as a Sponsor Exemption, finished T3 at the BellSouth Classic toearn a paycheck of $208,000. Averaged 325.8 yards per drive for the week. Carded holein-oneduring third round on the 131-yard second hole with a 52-degree wedge…Earnedtop-10 exemption into Shell Houston Open for his T3 finish at BellSouth. Posted a T2 inWWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 2-83