| MEDIA GUIDE |
| Nationwide Tour Victories |
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(4)
2004 Lake Erie Charity Classic at Peek 'n Peak Resort, Scholarship America Showdown. 2006 Xerox Classic, Albertsons Boise Open Pres'd by First Health.
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| International Victories |
| (2): 2005 Centenary Argentine Open. 2006 Johnnie Walker Classic [Eur]. |
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| Other Victories |
| (1): 1999 Champions Challenge [with father, Craig]. |
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| Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Position |
| $810,876 (124) |
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| Current Year Nationwide Tour Money and Position |
| $8,533 (213) |
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| Current Year Best PGA TOUR Finishes
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| T2--
Reno-Tahoe Open. T7--
Wyndham Championship.
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| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round |
| 66 at Round 1, Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun.
66 at Round 4, Wyndham Championship.
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| Current Year Nationwide Tour Best Round |
| 67 at Round 2, LaSalle Bank Open.
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| Current Year PGA TOUR Highlights |
| Finished in the top-125 (No. 124) to maintain his membership on TOUR, thanks to a solid finish. It was first time finishing in the top 125...After a first-round 66, finished T13 at the Mayakoba Golf Classic in February...Made his first start at the British Open, finished T51...Posted first top-10
in August at the Reno-Tahoe Open. Consecutive 67s Friday and Saturday led to a T2 finish, his best TOUR finish which came in the city where he was born...T7 at the Wyndham Championship moved him to 106th in the FedExCup standings. He was 157th following the Canadian Open one month before and moved to 121st with his finish at the Reno-Tahoe Open...Ended the year with a T15 finish at the Children's Miracle Network Classic presented by Wal-Mart. Collected $73,600 to earn enough money to finish in the top-125. moving from 127th to 124th. More |
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| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| T2--
Reno-Tahoe Open.
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| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes |
| 1--
Lake Erie Charity Classic at Peek 'n Peak Resort, Scholarship America Showdown, Xerox Classic, Albertsons Boise Open Pres'd
by First Health.
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| 2006 Best Nationwide Tour Finishes
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| 1--
Xerox Classic, Albertsons Boise Open Pres'd by First Health. T3--
BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs. T10--
ING New Zealand PGA Championship.
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| 2006 Season PGA TOUR |
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Tournaments Entered--6; in money--5; Top 10 finishes--
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| 2006 Season Nationwide Tour |
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Tournaments Entered--15; in money--10; Top 10 finishes--4
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| Career Highlights |
| 2006: Finished with an eagle for the third consecutive day to win the Johnnie Walker Classic in February and his biggest professional victory. The 26-year-old son of 1982 Masters champion Craig Stadler had a 3-under 69 final round for a 20-under 268 total on The Vines Resort's Lakes Course
and a two-stroke victory over Australia's Nick O'Hern. He earned $365,340 in the event sanctioned by the European, Australasian and Asian Tours...Finished 12th on the Nationwide Tour money list to earn membership on the PGA TOUR in 2007. Made 15 starts on the Nationwide Tour, including two wins...Final-round 65 and a double bogey by leader Glen Day on the 72nd hole gave him his third career Nationwide Tour victory at the Xerox Classic...A month later, defeated Day by a stroke again at the Albertsons Boise Open presented by First Health...Made six starts on the TOUR, highlighted by five made cuts and a T13 finish at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational. 2005: Rookie on TOUR after finishing 13th on the 2004 Nationwide Tour money list in his first season on that circuit...Posted first career top-10 in 13th professional start on TOUR with a T9 at the Chrysler Classic of Tucson...Tied for fifth at the Michelin Championship at Las Vegas. Was three off the lead entering the final round, but was disqualified (Rule 4-1/1) for having a non-conforming club (shaft in wedge was bent) in his bag. 2004: Won his first start of the season on the Nationwide Tour with a 9-under 279 at the Lake Erie Charity Classic, outlasting Bubba Watson and Michael Long in a four-hole playoff. His father, Craig, won the Champions Tour's Bank of America Championship in Massachusetts just minutes earlier, making the father-son duo the first to accomplish such a feat since Bob Duval won the Emerald Coast Classic on March 28, 1999, the same day his son David won THE PLAYERS Championship. Became the first Sponsor Exemption to win on the Nationwide Tour since Chris Couch won the 2001 Florida Classic...Two weeks later won in a playoff at the Scholarship America Showdown, with a tournament record 11-under-par 269. The win came in just his fourth career start on the Nationwide Tour, giving him the honor as the fastest player to two wins in Tour history...Made the cut in four of five appearances on the PGA TOUR. Amateur: Was named Pac-10 player of the year as a senior at Southern California in 2002. Led the Trojans to their second consecutive Pac-10 Championship and finished his senior year with six top-five finishes in NCAA play, including four seconds...As a senior at Kent Denver School in Englewood, CO, won the Colorado High School State Championship and was a second-team 1997 AJGA All-America...He also won the 1997 Junior World Championships (he and father Craig are the only father/son champions in the history of the event). More |
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| Personal |
| The older son of 1982 Masters champion and 13-time PGA TOUR winner Craig Stadler. Craig caddied for Kevin in his 2002 Colorado Open victory. |
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| Nationwide Tour Playoff Record |
| 2-0 |
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