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CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-0<br />

Year Events Played 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank<br />

2004 14 1 1 $150,863 74<br />

2005 20 1 9 311,453 50<br />

Total 34 2 10 462,316<br />

COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 <strong>TOUR</strong>S): $495,349<br />

JOINED CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong>: 1996<br />

CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> VICTORIES (23): 1996<br />

Ralphs Senior Classic. 1997 The Tradition Presented by<br />

Countrywide, Ameritech Senior Open, BellSouth Senior<br />

Classic at Opryland, First of America Classic, Ralphs<br />

Senior Classic, Energizer SENIOR <strong>TOUR</strong> Championship.<br />

1998 MasterCard Championship, LG Championship, The<br />

Tradition Presented by Countrywide, Ford Senior Players<br />

Championship, Utah Showdown, Vantage<br />

Championship. 1999 Comfort Classic, Kroger Senior<br />

Classic. 2000 Emerald Coast Classic, The Instinet<br />

Classic, Comfort Classic. 2001 ACE Group Classic, The<br />

Instinet Classic. 2002 BellSouth Senior Classic at<br />

Opryland. 2003 Kroger Classic. 2004 SBC Classic.<br />

OTHER SENIOR VICTORIES (3): 1998 Senior<br />

Slam at Los Cabos. 1999 Senior Slam at Los Cabos,<br />

Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf [with Hubert Green].<br />

2005 CHARLES SCHWAB CUP FINISH:<br />

8th - 1,504 points<br />

Gil Morgan<br />

EXEMPT STATUS: Top 30 on 2005 Champions Tour<br />

Money List<br />

FULL NAME: Gilmer Bryan Morgan II<br />

HEIGHT: 5-9<br />

WEIGHT: 175<br />

BIRTHDATE: September 25, 1946<br />

BIRTHPLACE: Wewoka, OK<br />

RESIDENCE: Edmond, OK<br />

CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-5<br />

Year Events Played 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank<br />

1996 5 1 1 3 $157,339 70<br />

1997 25 6 4 2 19 23 2,160,562 2<br />

1998 25 6 1 4 18 24 2,179,047 2<br />

1999 27 2 6 15 22 1,493,282 5<br />

2000 23 3 5 16 19 1,873,216 4<br />

2001 24 2 4 1 14 23 1,885,871 5<br />

2002 24 1 2 1 11 19 1,343,276 11<br />

2003 25 1 4 14 21 1,620,206 3<br />

2004 26 1 2 3 14 25 1,606,453 4<br />

2005 25 3 2 10 20 1,364,170 7<br />

Total 229 23 25 19 132 199 15,683,422<br />

COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 <strong>TOUR</strong>S): $20,942,586<br />

Hajime Meshiai (Continued)<br />

<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> VICTORIES (7): 1977 B.C. Open. 1978<br />

Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open, World Series of Golf.<br />

1979 Danny Thomas Memphis Classic. 1983 Joe<br />

Garagiola-Tucson Open, Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open.<br />

1990 Kemper Open.<br />

OTHER VICTORIES (3): 1978 Taiheiyo Masters. 1981<br />

Oklahoma Open. 1997 Oklahoma Open.<br />

<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER EARNINGS: $5,259,164<br />

BEST 2005 CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> FINISHES:<br />

2—Administaff Small Business Classic, Bayer Advantage<br />

Classic, Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach; 3—<br />

JELD-WEN Tradition, MasterCard Championship; T4—<br />

Toshiba Senior Classic; T5—Ford Senior Players<br />

Championship, 3M Championship.<br />

2005 SEASON:<br />

Saw his streak of years winning at least one event end at<br />

nine consecutive seasons, tying Miller Barber for the second<br />

longest run in Champions Tour history behind Hale<br />

CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> MAJOR <strong>TOUR</strong>NAMENT SUMMARY<br />

Year 04 05<br />

Senior <strong>PGA</strong> Championship T31 T14<br />

Ford Senior Players T28 T49<br />

U.S. Senior Open T50 T22<br />

JELD-WEN Tradition T42<br />

<strong>PGA</strong><strong>TOUR</strong>com Champions Tour 2006 Guide<br />

CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS (TOP 50 ON 2005 MONEY LIST)<br />

Scoring Average Putting Average Greens in Regulation Driving Distance Driving Accuracy<br />

2004 71.93 (46) 1.851 (74) 66.9 (T39) 292.0 (2) 60.0 (T74)<br />

2005 71.41 (36) 1.822 (T59) 69.8 (28) 294.1 (4) 61.1 (77)<br />

FAMILY: Wife, Jeanine; Molly (5/18/81), Maggie<br />

(8/10/82), Melanie (9/24/84)<br />

CLUB AFFILIATION: Oak Tree GC (Edmond, OK)<br />

EDUCATION: East Central State College (1968, B.S.),<br />

Southern College of Optometry (1972, Doctor of Optometry)<br />

SPECIAL INTERESTS: Cars<br />

TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1972<br />

JOINED <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong>: 1973<br />

Irwin (11 straight)…Still managed to eclipse seven figures<br />

in earnings for the ninth straight year, the second-longest<br />

streak in Champions Tour annals, after compiling 10 top-<br />

10s, five of them in his last seven starts of the campaign.<br />

Pocketed $1,364,170 without claiming a title, the secondhighest<br />

amount ever (Tom Kite/$1,549,819/2003) without<br />

posting a victory in a season in Champions Tour history…Had<br />

several good opportunities to extend his victory<br />

run during the campaign…Was one of three players in a<br />

playoff (Dana Quigley and Tom Watson) at the rain-shortened<br />

Bayer Advantage Classic that was eventually won by<br />

Quigley with a birdie on the first extra hole. Had completed<br />

his round early Sunday before rain forced the tournament<br />

into a Monday finish. His T2 in Kansas City pushed<br />

his all-time earnings past the $20-million mark…Shared<br />

the 36-hole lead with Hale Irwin at the Wal-Mart First Tee<br />

Open at Pebble Beach, but fell one stroke short and finished<br />

T2 despite back-to-back rounds in the 60s on the<br />

weekend…Birdied five of his last seven holes at Augusta<br />

Pines, but came up one stroke short of Mark McNulty at<br />

the Administaff Small Business Classic when he missed a<br />

31-foot birdie putt on the final hole…Also T3 at the JELD-<br />

CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> MAJOR <strong>TOUR</strong>NAMENT SUMMARY<br />

Year 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05<br />

Senior <strong>PGA</strong> Championship T15 3 T11 T32 T6 T7 T7 T23<br />

Ford Senior Players T6 1 T7 T10 13 T40 T5 T9 T5<br />

U.S. Senior Open T3 T7 T3 T15 T2 T11 T12 T12 T18<br />

JELD-WEN Tradition 1 1 T15 4 T35 T2 T11 3<br />

CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS (TOP 50 ON 2005 MONEY LIST)<br />

Scoring Average Putting Average Greens in Regulation Driving Distance Driving Accuracy<br />

1996 70.87 (N/A) 1.801 (N/A) 68.9 (N/A) 283.7 (N/A) 73.4 (N/A)<br />

1997 69.29 (2) 1.746 (2) 74.1 (2) 281.8 (4) 69.1 (T35)<br />

1998 69.46 (2) 1.752 (5) 73.5 (3) 277.4 (8) 74.3 (11)<br />

1999 69.69 (3) 1.773 (T14) 72.6 (4) 282.3 (3) 73.3 (27)<br />

2000 68.83 (1) 1.740 (T4) 77.1 (2) 284.0 (3) 73.1 (16)<br />

2001 69.20 (1) 1.742 (T5) 72.1 (6) 280.3 (13) 73.7 (T24)<br />

2002 69.88 (7) 1.765 (10) 68.5 (T27) 276.2 (T14) 67.2 (51)<br />

2003 69.71 (5) 1.768 (T10) 72.1 (9) 286.0 (6) 67.1 (48)<br />

2004 69.76 (3) 1.759 (9) 72.7 (9) 289.6 (3) 70.1 (41)<br />

2005 69.92 (7) 1.771 (20) 72.5 (T9) 290.7 (6) 70.5 (37)<br />

SECTION 2 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES<br />

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