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O’MEARA, Mark
FULL NAME: Mark Francis O'Meara BIRTHDATE: January 13,
1957 BIRTHPLACE: Goldsboro, NC RESIDENCE: Windermere, FL
HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 195 FAMILY: Wife, Alicia; Michelle
(3/14/87), Shaun Robert (8/29/89) EDUCATION: Long Beach State
(1980, Marketing) SPECIAL INTERESTS: Golf course design, fly
tying, fly fishing TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1980 Q SCHOOL: Fall
1980 OTHER INFORMATION: Played out of the Veteran Member
category for the first time in his 26-year PGA TOUR career in 2007.
Played in only four PGA TOUR events after turning 50 in January 2007. From there, recorded
seven top-10 finishes in 16 Champions Tour starts. Will play out of the Past Champion
status for the 2008 PGA TOUR season. Has been a member of the PGA TOUR since 1981.
Finished outside the top 150 (No. 231) in 2007 for the third consecutive year. The 16-time
winner is tied for 50th on the career TOUR wins list. Included among those victories are two
major championships (1998 Masters Tournament and PGA Championship) and five wins at
the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. At age 41, became oldest player to win two major
championships in the same year and was voted 1998 PGA TOUR Player of the Year. Has 22
career runner-up finishes. Collected two wins in a season six times (1985, 1990, 1995-98).
Best earnings year came in 1998 with the two major titles and $1,786,699. His highest finish
on the money list came in 1984, placing second on the money list with a career-high 15
top-10s, including his first victory at the Greater Milwaukee Open, five seconds and three
thirds. TOUR Rookie of the Year in 1981. Member of five U.S. Ryder Cup and two U.S.
Presidents Cup teams. Has eight international wins, including his last at the 2004 Dubai
Desert Classic. Defeated John Cook in 1979 U.S. Amateur. Has won on five continents -
North America, South America, Asia, Europe and Australia.
EXEMPT STATUS: Past Champion
PLAYOFF RECORD: 3-4
PGA TOUR VICTORIES (16): 1984 Greater Milwaukee Open. 1985 Bing Crosby National
Pro-Am, Hawaiian Open. 1989 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. 1990 AT&T Pebble
Beach National Pro-Am, H.E.B. Texas Open. 1991 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic.
1992 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. 1995 Honda Classic, Bell Canadian Open. 1996
Mercedes Championships, Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic. 1997 AT&T Pebble Beach
National Pro-Am, Buick Invitational. 1998 Masters Tournament, British Open Championship.
MONEY & POSITION:
1981 — 76,063 — 56 1990 — 707,175 — 10 1999 — 868,796 — 45
1982 — 31,711 — 120 1991 — 563,896 — 20 2000 — 424,309 — 112
1983 — 69,354 — 76 1992 — 759,648 — 11 2001 — 438,620 — 116
1984 — 465,873 — 2 1993 — 349,516 — 43 2002 — 730,132 — 97
1985 — 340,840 — 10 1994 — 214,070 — 86 2003 — 388,349 — 143
1986 — 252,827 — 30 1995 — 914,129 2004 — 543,866 — 135
1987 — 327,250 — 30 1996 —1,255,749 — 5 2005 — 190,970 — 198
1988 — 438,311 — 22 1997 —1,124,560 — 13 2006 — 203,667 — 192
1989 — 615,804 — 13 1998 —1,786,699 — 7 2007 — 42,914 — 231
BEST 2007 PGA TOUR FINISHES: T39—Buick Invitational.
PGA TOUR CAREER LOW ROUND: 62–2 times, most recent 1996 Greater Greensboro
Chrysler Classic/3
2007 SUMMARY: Tournaments Entered—4; in money—2; Top-10 finishes—0
CAREER SUMMARY: Tournaments Entered—649; in money—437; Top-10 finishes—
119
CAREER EARNINGS: $14,125,097
Career High Official World Rank: After 1999 Sony Open in Hawaii/2
OOSTERHUIS, Peter
FULL NAME: Peter Oosterhuis BIRTHDATE: May 3, 1948 BIRTH-
PLACE: London, England RESIDENCE: Charlotte, NC HEIGHT: 6-5
WEIGHT: 230 FAMILY: Wife, Ruth Ann; two sons, Robert, Richard;
two stepsons, Byron, Matt SPECIAL INTERESTS: Golf-course
architecture, dining out, bird watching TURNED PROFESSIONAL:
1968 JOINED TOUR: 1974 OTHER INFORMATION: Continues
career as analyst for CBS Sports golf telecasts and also works with
GOLF CHANNEL on its studio shows and live coverage of events.
Joined CBS in 1998 after serving as lead analyst for GOLF CHANNEL's coverage of the
European Tour from 1995 to 1997. Amassed more than 20 victories worldwide, including a
PGA TOUR victory at the 1981 Canadian Open. Competed on TOUR full-time between 1975
and 1986. Participated in 314 TOUR events during his career. Runner-up at the 1974 and
1982 British Opens and led the European Tour Order of Merit for four consecutive years
(1971-74), a record that stood until broken by Colin Montgomerie in 1997. Played in six
Ryder Cups for Great Britain and Europe between 1971 and 1981, sharing the European
team mark for most singles victories with Nick Faldo and Montgomerie. Member of the
1967 Walker Cup team. Between 1987 and 1993, served as Director of Golf at Forsgate CC
in Jamesburg, NJ, and at Riviera CC in Pacific Palisades, CA. Son Robert, the former head
professional at the TPC Four Seasons Resort at Las Colinas, site of the EDS Byron Nelson
Championship, and the former Director of Golf at Four Seasons-Costa Rica's Peninsula
Papagayo, is now the Director of Golf Operations for JC Resorts in San Diego.
EXEMPT STATUS: Past Champion
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PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-1
PGA TOUR VICTORIES (1): 1981 Canadian Open.
MONEY & POSITION:
1971 — 0 1978 — 50,480 — 66 1985 — 41,805 — 130
1972 — 1,675 — 222 1979 — 41,104 — 93 1986 — 15,364 — 188
1973 — 16,269 — 108 1980 — 30,662 — 107 1987 — 969 — 291
1974 — 21,914 — 93 1981 — 115,862 — 28 1988 — 0
1975 — 59,936 — 34 1982 — 95,038 — 43 1989 — 0
1976 — 41,323 — 66 1983 — 68,893 — 78
1977 — 60,083 — 50 1984 — 74,314 — 79
PGA TOUR CAREER LOW ROUND: 63–4 times, most recent 1986 Bob Hope Chrysler
Classic/2
CAREER SUMMARY: Tournaments Entered—314; in money—234; Top-10 finishes—27
CAREER EARNINGS: $736,692
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PALMER, Ryan
FULL NAME: Ryan Hunter Palmer BIRTHDATE: September 19,
1976 BIRTHPLACE: Amarillo, TX RESIDENCE: Hurst, TX; plays out
of Colonial CC and Cowboys GC HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 175 FAM-
ILY: Wife, Jennifer; Mason (1/28/07) EDUCATION: Texas A&M
University (2000, Recreation) SPECIAL INTERESTS: Ryan Palmer
Foundation, cooking, racquetball, Dallas Cowboys and Texas A&M
football TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 2000 JOINED TOUR: 2004
OTHER INFORMATION: In 21st start of the 2007 season, finished
T3 at the Canadian Open aided by a final-round, 5-under-par 66. It was his first top-10 since
a solo fifth at the 2006 Chrysler Classic of Greensboro. Jumped inside the top 150 on the
money list, moving from 189th to 129th. In 2006, made 20 cuts in 30 tournaments entered
and collected more than $1 million. Best finish was a five-way tie for second at the FBR
Open, seven strokes behind winner J.B. Holmes. Shared lead with Holmes through 10 holes
on Sunday at 17-under. Fell one behind Holmes after a bogey on the par-4 11th hole, then
dropped six back after triple bogeying the par-5 15th hole while Holmes eagled it. In 2005,
made his first start in the Masters and only his second start in a major championship.
Finished T39 in Augusta. First top-10 of the season was a T2 at the B.C. Open, thanks to a
pair of 67s on the weekend. It was his best finish since winning the 2004 FUNAI Classic at
Walt Disney World Resort. Made his first start in a World Golf Championships event at the
2005 NEC Invitational in Akron and finished T3. Defending champion at the 2005 FUNAI
Classic at Walt Disney World Resort finished T3, aided by a closing 8-under 64. The rookie
posted his first tournament title in his 34th career TOUR start in 2004 at the FUNAI Classic
at the Walt Disney World Resort. Was five strokes back through 54 holes but closed with
a career-best 10-under 62 to win by three. Three weeks earlier, runner-up at the 2004
Southern Farm Bureau Classic. Posted four rounds in the 60s in a single event for the first
time in his career, including a final-round 64 at Annandale GC. Made the cut in 18 of 24
appearances on the Nationwide Tour in 2003 and enjoyed six top-10s and 10 top-25s.
Finished the season No. 6 on the money list. Earned his first career Nationwide Tour win at
the 2003 Clearwater Classic in New Zealand in just his second Tour start. Fired a courserecord,
9-under 63 in the second round at the Clearwater Resort. First start on the TOUR as
a professional came at the 2002 Valero Texas Open. Played the 2002 Tight Lies Tour and
made the cut in all 15 events entered. Won four times in 2002 on the Tight Lies Tour and
was the leading money winner with $81,634. Won the 2002 Valley Open (Harlingen, TX) and
2002 Sprint PCS Open (Tyler, TX) in consecutive weeks. Added victories in Lake Charles, LA,
and Hattiesburg, MS, to close the year. As an amateur, played practice round with Payne
Stewart at the 1998 U.S. Open where he posted rounds of 82-73 but missed the cut.
EXEMPT STATUS: 144th on 2007 money list
PGA TOUR VICTORIES (1): 2004 FUNAI Classic at Walt Disney World Resort.
NATIONWIDE TOUR VICTORIES (1): 2003 Clearwater Classic.
MONEY & POSITION:
2002 — 0 2005 —1,280,002 — 60 2007 — 524,988 — 144
2004 —1,592,344 — 37 2006 —1,092,853 — 84
BEST 2007 PGA TOUR FINISHES: T3—Canadian Open presented by Franklin Templeton
Investments.
PGA TOUR CAREER LOW ROUND: 62–3 times, most recent 2006 Buick Invitational/2
2007 SUMMARY: Tournaments Entered—30; in money—15; Top-10 finishes—1
CAREER SUMMARY: Tournaments Entered—127; in money—71; Top-10 finishes—10
CAREER EARNINGS: $4,490,187
Career High Official World Rank: After 2006 Nissan Open/70
Nationwide Tour Graduate (2003)
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