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JOINED CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong>: 1999<br />

CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> VICTORIES (8): 1999<br />

Bank One Championship. 2000 IR SENIOR <strong>TOUR</strong><br />

Championship. 2001 Senior <strong>PGA</strong> Championship. 2002<br />

SENIOR <strong>TOUR</strong> Championship at Gaillardia. 2003 Senior<br />

British Open, JELD-WEN Tradition. 2005 Senior British<br />

Open, Charles Schwab Cup Championship.<br />

OTHER SENIOR VICTORIES (4): 1999 Wendy’s<br />

Three-Tour Challenge [with Jack Nicklaus and Hale<br />

Irwin]. 1999 Diner’s Club Matches [with Jack Nicklaus].<br />

2000 Hyundai Team Matches [with Jack Nicklaus]. 2004<br />

Wendy’s Champions Skins Game.<br />

2005 CHARLES SCHWAB CUP FINISH:<br />

1st - 2,980 points<br />

<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> VICTORIES (39): 1974 Western Open.<br />

1975 Byron Nelson Golf Classic, British Open. 1977 Bing<br />

Crosby National Pro-Am, Andy Williams-San Diego Open<br />

Invitational, Masters Tournament, Western Open, British<br />

Open. 1978 Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open, Bing Crosby<br />

National Pro-Am, Byron Nelson Golf Classic, Colgate Hall<br />

of Fame Classic, Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic. 1979 Sea<br />

Pines Heritage Classic, MONY Tournament of Champions,<br />

Byron Nelson Golf Classic, Memorial Tournament, Colgate<br />

Hall of Fame Classic. 1980 Andy Williams-San Diego<br />

Open Invitational, Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open,<br />

MONY Tournament of Champions, Greater New Orleans<br />

Open, Byron Nelson Golf Classic, British Open, World<br />

Series of Golf. 1981 Masters Tournament, USF&G New<br />

Orleans Open, Atlanta Classic. 1982 Glen Campbell-Los<br />

Angeles Open, Sea Pines Heritage, U.S. Open, British<br />

Open. 1983 British Open. 1984 Seiko-Tucson Match Play<br />

Championship, MONY Tournament of Champions,<br />

Western Open. 1987 Nabisco Championship. 1996<br />

Memorial Tournament. 1998 MasterCard Colonial.<br />

OTHER VICTORIES (5):<br />

1980 Dunlop Phoenix. 1984 Australian Open. 1992 Hong<br />

Kong Open. 1994 Skins Game. 1997 Dunlop Phoenix.<br />

<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER EARNINGS: $9,918,371<br />

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

1—Senior British Open, Charles Schwab Cup<br />

Championship; 2—MasterCard Championship, Bayer<br />

Tom Watson<br />

WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME MEMBER (Inducted 1988)<br />

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

Money List<br />

FULL NAME: Thomas Sturges Watson<br />

HEIGHT: 5-9<br />

WEIGHT: 175<br />

BIRTHDATE: September 4, 1949<br />

BIRTHPLACE: Kansas City, MO<br />

RESIDENCE: Stilwell, KS<br />

CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 2-8<br />

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

1999 2 1 1 2 $208,240 62<br />

2000 13 1 4 10 13 1,146,361 13<br />

2001 13 1 1 8 11 986,547 17<br />

2002 14 1 5 10 12 1,522,437 8<br />

2003 14 2 5 10 13 1,853,108 1<br />

2004 12 1 1 5 7 475,203 42<br />

2005 13 2 2 2 9 9 1,532,482 5<br />

Total 81 8 18 3 53 67 7,724,377<br />

COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 <strong>TOUR</strong>S): $17,642,748<br />

Advantage Classic; T3—Turtle Bay Championship, Ford<br />

Senior Players Championship; T5—U.S. Senior Open,<br />

Constellation Energy Classic.<br />

BEST 2005 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> FINISH: T41—British<br />

Open.<br />

2005 SEASON:<br />

Had a magical finish to his season. Roared back from a sixstroke<br />

deficit to Jay Haas with a final-round, 8-under-par<br />

64 to win the Charles Schwab Cup Championship as well<br />

as the season-long Charles Schwab Cup. His final round<br />

included 10 birdies and just two bogeys. Drained a 20-foot<br />

putt on the final hole to build a one-stroke margin over<br />

Haas and then watched as Haas' birdie putt fell short<br />

moments later to give him his third win in the event. His<br />

64 was the low finish ever by a winner of the tournament<br />

and his first-place check for $440,000 equaled the largest<br />

of his career. In the process, earned 1,320 points (based on<br />

triple points in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship)<br />

and jumped four players to win the Charles Schwab Cup<br />

and the $1-million annuity which goes to the winner. It<br />

was the second time in his career he had won the Schwab<br />

Cup…More than tripled his 2004 earnings and was in the<br />

top 10 in nine of 13 starts…Earlier in the year, ended<br />

almost a two-year official victory drought when he triumphed<br />

for the second time at the Senior British Open,<br />

this time at Royal Aberdeen, his sixth overall title in<br />

Scotland. Defeated Des Smyth with a par-3 on the third<br />

playoff hole after the duo had finished 72 holes on the<br />

Balgownie links in 4-under-par 280. Win was his fourth<br />

major championship and seventh overall title on the<br />

Champions Tour. Overcame a first-round, 4-over 75, the<br />

highest start by a winner since Bruce Lietzke won the 2002<br />

Audi Senior Classic after opening with the same<br />

score…Backed up his win in Scotland with a T5 at the<br />

U.S. Senior Open the next week. Co-leader at the halfway<br />

mark, thanks to a 6-under 65 in the second round, but<br />

played his final 36 holes in 2-over-par. Performance near<br />

Dayton sealed July Player of the Month honors…Came<br />

close to winning twice earlier in the year…Nearly won<br />

the season-opening MasterCard Championship in Hawaii.<br />

Posted consecutive rounds of 64 and held a three-stroke<br />

margin heading into the final round but eventually lost in<br />

a three-hole playoff to Dana Quigley at Hualalai. Bogeyed<br />

the third extra hole after hitting his tee shot into the lava,<br />

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

FAMILY: Wife, Hilary; Meg (9/13/79), Michael<br />

Barrett (12/15/82), stepchildren Kyle<br />

(9/23/86), Paige (4/22/89), Ross (8/31/91)<br />

CLUB AFFILIATION: The Greenbrier (White<br />

Sulphur Springs, WV)<br />

EDUCATION: Stanford University (1971, Psychology)<br />

SPECIAL INTERESTS: Current affairs, hunting, fishing<br />

TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1971<br />

JOINED <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong>: 1971<br />

which forced him to take a one-stroke penalty and it<br />

proved to be his downfall…Also close to the winner's circle<br />

at the weather-shortened Bayer Advantage Classic<br />

near Kansas City, but lost in a playoff with Gil Morgan and<br />

Dana Quigley when Quigley birdied the first extra hole.<br />

Had a chance for the title on his final hole when his 25foot<br />

birdie attempt stopped on the lip, forcing him into<br />

overtime. Did not make a bogey over the 36 holes at the<br />

event…Also T3 at the Ford Senior Players Championship<br />

in July and T3 at the Turtle Bay Championship early in the<br />

year…Teamed with good friend Andy North to win the<br />

unofficial Raphael Division at the Liberty Mutual Legends<br />

of Golf by four strokes. Duo combined for a bogey-free,<br />

better-ball score of 16-under 128 over 36 holes…Made<br />

his 32nd Masters appearance but did not make the<br />

cut…Along with Luke Donald, played the first two rounds<br />

of the British Open at St. Andrews with Jack Nicklaus,<br />

who was making his last appearance in a major championship.<br />

Went on to make his second consecutive cut in the<br />

event and posted a 1-over 289 total to finish T41…Second<br />

in Birdie Average on the Champions Tour to Craig Stadler<br />

(4.54) at 4.44 and was also in the top 10 in four other stat<br />

categories…Had the distinction of having the highest<br />

start by a winner (75 at the Senior British Open) as well as<br />

the lowest finish by a winner in relation to par (64 at the<br />

Charles Schwab Cup Championship)…His back-to-back<br />

64s on the weekend at the MasterCard Championship<br />

were the best back-to-back rounds in relation to par (Jim<br />

Thorpe had a 127 on a par-70 course at Blue Angels<br />

Classic).<br />

CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:<br />

2004: Made just 12 official starts on the Champions Tour<br />

and was troubled by hip and shoulder problems throughout<br />

the season…Did not register an official victory for the<br />

first time in his Champions Tour career and also finished<br />

outside the top 30 money-winners for the first time…Won<br />

his first Wendy's Champions Skins Game early in the season<br />

when he two-putted for a par from 25 feet on the third<br />

extra playoff hole and then watched Lee Trevino three-putt<br />

from 25 feet for a bogey. Finished with eight birdies and an<br />

eagle to collect 10 skins and $400,000 at<br />

Wailea…Continued to be snakebit at The ACE Group<br />

Classic, losing in a three-way playoff with winner Craig<br />

Stadler and Gary Koch. Got himself into position with<br />

birdies on 16 and 17 Sunday and nearly earned the win at<br />

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

Year 00 01 02 03 04 05<br />

Senior <strong>PGA</strong> Championship T17 1 T18 T17 T4 T27<br />

Ford Senior Players T18 T8 T2 T3<br />

Senior British Open 1 T22 1<br />

U.S. Senior Open T10 T16 2 2 T25 T5<br />

JELD-WEN Tradition T2 5 1 T55 T9<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 />

1999 67.67 (N/A) 1.600 (N/A) 74.1 (N/A) 286.3 (N/A) 82.1 (N/A)<br />

2000 69.23 (5) 1.731 (2) 75.3 (T4) 272.8 (25) 72.6 (T20)<br />

2001 70.21 (10) 1.738 (4) 70.2 (T12) 272.0 (42) 74.3 (T16)<br />

2002 69.57 (2) 1.781 (T23) 74.9 (2) 268.8 (44) 75.3 (13)<br />

2003 68.81 (1) 1.736 (2) 72.2 (T7) 284.0 (8) 69.2 (41)<br />

2004 71.36 (N/A) 1.819 (N/A) 71.9 (N/A) 278.7 (N/A) 75.2 (N/A)<br />

2005 69.88 (6) 1.745 (T6) 72.5 (T9) 278.8 (30) 70.1 (T38)<br />

SECTION 2 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES<br />

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