Ted Purdy - Media Guide

starts over the summer, bounced back with three consecutive made cuts in September, including finishing in the top-10 twice, a T4 at 84 LUMBER Classic, T21 at the Valero Texas Open and T5 Southern Farm Bureau Classic...Thanks to a final-round 67, tied for low round of the day, finished T4 at the 84 LUMBER Classic. Jumped from T24 to T4 with the 5-under-par round....Closed with 4-under 68 to jump inside the top-10 to finish T5 at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic. 2005: Collected his first TOUR title at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship in his 82nd career TOUR start. Did not post a bogey over the last 27 holes. Trailed by two entering the final round, but closed with a 5-under 65 and won by one shot over 54-hole leader Sean O'Hair. Collected a career-best check for $1,116,000 and surpassed the $1-million mark for the second consecutive season...Recorded his first top-10 finish in a major championship with his T10 finish at the PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club. Closed with 4-under-par 66, low final-round score...Held the 54-hole lead at the Michelin Championship at Las Vegas. Posted 1-under-par 71 in final round to finish two strokes out of the playoff between West Short, Jr. and Jim Furyk...Made his first appearance at the season-ending TOUR Championship, finished T17...Believing he had missed the MCI Heritage cut, flew to Atlanta on the way home to Phoenix. Learned in Atlanta airport that he had made the cut, then rented a car and drove back to Hilton Head, SC. Clubs were on flight home, so he borrowed Mark Hensby's clubs, purchased a shirt at a local drugstore and finished T59. 2004: Had breakthrough season in just his second season as a full-time member. Played in 34 tournaments, making 22 cuts and posting a career-best four top-10s, including two runner-up finishes...Lost in a five-hole playoff to Stewart Cink at the MCI Heritage...Earned his second runner-up finish of the season at the B.C. Open, one behind winner Jonathan Byrd after missing a 3-foot birdie putt on final hole...First-round leader at the Valero Texas Open, with a course-record-tying, 9-under-par 61. Eventually finished T5. 2003: Posted 11 top-25s in 25 starts to finish 15th on Nationwide Tour money list to earn his PGA TOUR card for the second time...Notched initial career win at the First Tee Arkansas Classic by nipping defeating Chris Tidland on third hole of playoff. 2002: Played in 23 events on the Nationwide Tour and placed 113th on the final money list. 2000: Played one PGA TOUR event the Touchstone Energy Tucson Classic, posted a T11 finish...Member of the Nationwide Tour, collecting two top-10s. 1999: Made the cut in eight of 27 events during his rookie season on TOUR. Best finish was a T35 at the Buick Invitational. 1998: Earned his 1999 TOUR card by virtue of a T14 finish at the 1998 Qualifying Tournament. 1997: Indian Masters champion. Named Rookie of the Year on the Asian PGA Tour. Amateur: Winner of the Arizona State Amateur...Two-time All-American at the University of Arizona. Roomed with TOUR player Jason Gore during freshman season at Arizona...Winner of the 1996 Ping Arizona Intercollegiate by six strokes over Stanford's Tiger Woods.

the season. Posted rounds of 68-67 on the weekend. Had another consistent year on TOUR in 2006, earning more than $1 million on the strength of three top-10s. Posted first top-10, a T5 at the 2006 Bay Hill Invitational presented by MasterCard. Thanks to a final-round 67, tied for low round of the day, finished T4 at the 2006 84 LUMBER Classic. Closed with 4-under 68 to jump inside the top-10 to finish T5 at the 2006 Southern Farm Bureau Classic. Collected his first TOUR title in 2005 at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship in his 82nd career TOUR start. Trailed by two entering the final round, but closed with a 5-under 65 and won by one shot over 54-hole leader Sean O'Hair. Recorded his first top-10 finish in a major championship with his T10 finish at the 2005 PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club. Made his first appearance at the season-ending 2005 TOUR Championship, finished T17. Believing he had missed the 2005 MCI Heritage cut, flew to Atlanta on the way home to Phoenix. Learned in Atlanta airport that he had made the cut, then rented a car and drove back to Hilton Head, SC. Clubs were on flight home, so he borrowed Mark Hensby's clubs, purchased a shirt at a local drugstore and finished T59. Had breakthrough season in 2004 just his second season as a full-time member. Played in 34 tournaments, making 22 cuts and posting a career-best four top-10s, including two runner-up finishes. Lost in a five-hole playoff to Stewart Cink at the 2004 MCI Heritage. Earned his second runner-up finish of the season at the 2004 B.C. Open, one behind winner Jonathan Byrd after missing a 3-foot birdie putt on final hole. First-round leader at the 2004 Valero Texas Open, with a course-record-tying, 9-under-par 61. Eventually finished T5. Posted 11 top-25s in 25 starts to finish 15th on Nationwide Tour money list in 2003 to earn his PGA TOUR card for the second time. Notched initial career win at the 2003 First Tee Arkansas Classic by nipping defeating Chris Tidland on third hole of playoff. In 1999, made the cut in eight of 27 events during his rookie season on the PGA TOUR. Earned his 1999 TOUR card by virtue of a T14 finish at the 1998 Qualifying Tournament. 1997 Indian Masters champion. Named Rookie of the Year in 1997 on the Asian PGA Tour. Winner of the Arizona State Amateur. Two-time All-American at the University of Arizona. Roomed with TOUR player Jason Gore during freshman season at Arizona. Winner of the 1996 Ping Arizona Intercollegiate by six strokes over Stanford's Tiger Woods. Says his mother and grandfather started him in the game of golf while he was still in diapers. Lists Jimmy Buffett as his hero. Coached for more than 25 years by Pam Barnett, one of the few female instructors on TOUR. Web site for his foundation is TedPurdyFoundation.org. Personal site is Purds.com.