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PGA TOUR VICTORIES (3):
1995 Buick Open. 2004 Buick Championship. 2007 Stanford
St. Jude Championship.
OTHER VICTORIES (1):
2007 Merrill Lynch Shootout [with Mark Calcavecchia].
BEST 2007 PGA TOUR FINISHES:
1—Stanford St. Jude Championship; 2—PGA Championship,
Buick Open.
2007 SEASON:
Had the best season of his career, with a victory, a runner-up in
the PGA Championship, a spot on The Presidents Cup team, a
17th-place finish in the FedExCup and his most earnings in one
season...Shot the best final round of his season by a winner, an
8-under-par 62, in winning the Stanford St. Jude
Championship. The five-stroke victory was the third of his
career and the first since 2004. Trailed third-round leader Adam
Scott by four and recorded the best final round on TOUR since
Brad Faxon shot a 61 to win the 2006 Buick Championship.
Entered the event with five missed cuts and a best finish of T18
in 2007...Three weeks later, finished T2 at the Buick Open, an
event he won in 1995, one stroke behind Brian Bateman.
Recorded his career-best finish in a major, placing second to
Tiger Woods at the PGA Championship at Southern Hills. Was
within one of Woods on the back nine on Sunday and finished
with a final-round 67, two behind. Was the only player in the
field to record all four rounds at par or better. Finish improved
his position from 18th to 10th in The Presidents Cup standings,
thereby making his first national team competition...Qualified
for the TOUR Championship for the first time since 1995, finished
T11. In first team appearance representing the United
States, had a 1-1-3 record. That included the biggest moment
of the competition when he fell face first in a hazard on the
14th hole while trying to extract his ball from the water.
Recovered to birdie the final three holes to earn a halve with
teammate David Toms in the Four-ball match with Trevor
Immelman and Rory Sabbatini. Rally kept International Team
from winning five of the six matches during the second day.
Woody Austin
EXEMPT STATUS: 2007 tournament winner
(through 2009)
FULL NAME: Albert Woody Austin II
HEIGHT: 6-0
WEIGHT: 190
BIRTHDATE: January 27, 1964
BIRTHPLACE: Tampa, FL
PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 2-1
Events Cuts FedExCup Pts/ Earnings/
Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Rank Rank
1992 1
1995 34 22 1 7 12 736,497
1996 35 26 1 5 15 539,397/32
1997 35 7 1 2 75,151/180
1998 10 5 1 56,028/203
1999 30 20 1 5 338,045/121
2000 32 19 3 5 485,589/100
2001 34 14 2 5 406,352/125
2002 36 14 1 3 307,348/156
2003 31 23 1 4 10 1,518,707/44
2004 29 18 1 3 8 1,495,980/45
2005 30 21 1 4 7 1,177,095/64
2006 31 23 4 9 1,179,321/78
2007 27 20 1 2 3 6 98,407/17 2,887,596/15
Total 395 232 3 3 2 38 88 11,203,106
NATIONWIDE TOUR
Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings/Rank
1990 1
1993 1 1 383/274
1994 26 18 1 1 6 10 72,206/23
1995 1
1998 23 17 2 2 9 15 140,955/8
1999 1 1 1 1 8,250/135
Total 53 37 3 3 16 26 221,793
* Majors and World Golf Championships are considered official on multiple tours*
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2006: Finished in the top 80 on the money list and earned more
than $1 million for the fourth consecutive season on the
strength of four top-10s. 2005: T3 finish at the Valero Texas
Open was his best performance of the year. In San Antonio, held
the 54-hole lead for the first time in his career and was in the
final grouping for only the second time in his career, the other
coming earlier in 2005 while defending his title at the Buick
Championship. 2004: Earned a victory for the first time since his
rookie season of 1995, a period of more than nine years, and
went over the $1-million mark for the second straight season...Second
TOUR victory came in August at the Buick
Championship, his 301st career start. After opening 68-70-66,
trailed leader Fred Funk by three strokes. Posted a 4-under-par
66 on Sunday to finish tied with Tim Herron at 10-under-par 270.
Defeated Herron with a birdie-3 on the first hole of a suddendeath
playoff. 2003: Finished in the top-50 for the first time
since 1996. Earned more than $1 million for the first time in his
career...Runner-up to Davis Love III at MCI Heritage, falling on
the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff. Missed two putts
inside 10 feet that would have clinched title on second and third
playoff holes. 2002: With four sub-par rounds, finished T10 at
the Reno-Tahoe Open, first top-10 since T8 at the 2001 INTER-
NATIONAL. Finished T26 at the Qualifying Tournament to return
to the PGA TOUR in 2003. 2001: A late surge earned playing
card for 2002 by finishing 125th in earnings; second time in last
three years he retained playing privileges with good play late in
season. Made cut his last three events. 2000: Collected
$485,589 in prize money and had three top-10s...At Buick Open,
1995 winner finished T4, worth $118,000, moving from 108th on
the TOUR money list to 81st, enough to keep his card. 1999:
Made successful return to TOUR, playing in 30 events and making
the cut in 20 of those. 1998: Played mainly on Nationwide
Tour and was first in scoring average (69.61) on way to eighthplace
finish on money list to regain TOUR playing privileges.
1997: Lost his card after finishing 180th on the money list. 1996:
Was among top-25 in 15 events and among top-10 in five
events...Shared U.S. Open first-round lead with Payne Stewart
at 67...In defense of title, finished T3 at Buick Open. 1995:
RESIDENCE: Derby, KS; plays out of Wolf Creek GC,
Wichita CC and Willowbend GC
FAMILY: Wife, Shannon; Parker, Peyton
EDUCATION: University of Miami (1986, Business
Administration)
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1986
Q SCHOOL: 1994, 2002
Nationwide Tour Graduate (1998)
PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARY
Earned PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year honors. One of three rookies
to qualify for THE TOUR Championship...Highlight was a
playoff victory over Mike Brisky at Buick Open. Opening 63 gave
him two-stroke lead, but lost his advantage to Payne Stewart
after second round. Final-round 68 earned spot in playoff, which
he won with par on first extra hole. 1994: Made his debut on
TOUR by capturing the 1994 Qualifying Tournament. Finished
23rd on Nationwide Tour money list...Played in Japan (1989-90)
and on mini-tours (1992-93).
PERSONAL:
Tore tendons and cartilage in left knee during 1987
Qualifying Tournament. Injury sidelined him for two years.
Originally injured knee as 11-year old playing Little League
baseball...Worked for years as credit union teller during offseason.
Also worked in supplies department at Eckerd
Drug...On making his debut at The Presidents Cup in 2007:
“I'm going to make sure I savor every minute because it's
taken so long and there's been a lot of bumps in the road.”
Year 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
Masters CUT
U.S. Open T23 T37 CUT T48 T32 CUT
British Open CUT
PGA T23 T69 T27 T62 T66 T16 2
THE PLAYERS T67 CUT T61 CUT CUT T16 CUT 73 CUT
TOUR Championship T4 T11
Bridgestone Invitational T36 T56
NATIONAL TEAMS: The Presidents Cup (1), 2007.
PLAYER STATISTICS
2007 PGA TOUR STATISTICS
Scoring Average ..........................................70.32 (40)
Driving Distance ..........................................286.5 (112)
Driving Accuracy Percentage ......................63.36% (89)
Greens in Regulation Pct. ............................64.84% (63)
Putting Average............................................1.777 (49)
MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS
2007 Low Round/Round: 62–Stanford St. Jude
Championship/4
Career Low Round/Round: 62–2007 Stanford St. Jude
Championship/4
Largest Career Paycheck/Finish: $1,080,000–2007
Stanford St. Jude Championship/1
Career High Official World Rank: After 2007 Ginn sur
Mer Classic at Tesoro/29
Woody AUSTIN
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