Posted on: Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Top PGA money leaders in tournament
Advertiser Staff
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| Jim Furyk |
Height: 6-2
Weight: 185
Birthplace: W. Chester, Pa.
Turned Pro: 1992
PGA Tour victories: 12, including 1996 United Airlines Hawaiian Open, 2001 Mercedes Championships, 2003 U.S. Open Championship ... 2003 PGA Grand Slam of Golf winner.
2006 SEASON
Finished second to Tiger Woods on PGA Tour money list with $7,213,316 ... won Wachovia Championship and Canadian Open ... best round 63 in Round 1, Canadian Open ... has at least one victory in 10 of his 13 seasons ... led tour in top-fives with 11, including nine top-threes. Shared tour lead in top-10s with Vijay Singh (13) ... won his first Vardon Trophy awarded by the PGA of America for best scoring average (68.86) but finished second on tour, where the minimum number of rounds to qualify is 50 (Tiger Woods- 68.11).
PERSONAL
Owns a home on The Plantation Course at Kapalua, home of the Mercedes-Benz Championships ... His father, Mike, has been his only swing instructor.
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| Vijay Singh |
Height: 6-2
Weight: 208
Birthplace: Lautoka, Fiji
Turned Pro: 1982
PGA Tour victories: 29, including 1998 PGA Championship, 2000 Masters Tournament, 2004 PGA Championship, 2005 Sony Open in Hawai'i (also has 22 international victories).
2006 SEASON
Finished fourth on PGA Tour money list with $4,602,416. ... finished second after losing playoff to Stuart Appleby. It was his second runner-up finish at Kapalua in the last three years (2004). ... finished tied for sixth at Sony Open in Hawai'i. ... inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on Oct. 30. ... finished among the top five on the PGA TOUR money list for the ninth consecutive season.
PERSONAL
Fiji's only world-class golfer ... learned game from his father, an airplane technician who also taught golf ... noted for his rigorous practice routine ... Once held a club professional position in Borneo ... Of Indian ancestry, first name means "victory" in Hindi ... established, with wife and son, the Vijay Singh Charitable Foundation, benefiting charities and non-profit agencies that provide assistance, shelter, counseling and support to women and children who are victims of domestic abuse. ... Won last week's Mercedes, his eighth top-10 finish in the event. Has a career total in Hawai'i of $3,721,772.
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| Geoff Ogilvy |
Height: 6-2
Weight: 180
Birthplace: Adelaide, South Australia
Turned Pro: 1998
PGA Tour victories: 3, 2005 Chrysler Classic of Tucson, 2006 World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship, 2006 U.S. Open Championship.
2006 SEASON
Finished fifth on PGA Tour money list with $4,354,969 ... won World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship, U.S. Open Championship ... Playing in only his third U.S. Open and his 10th major championship, won the 106th U.S. Open at Winged Foot GC, posting rounds of 71-70-72-72285 ... second in Honda Classic ... earned more than $4 million for the first time in his career ... missed just three cuts and posted a career-high three top-three finishes... best round 66 in Round 3, Nissan Open and Round 1, Verizon Heritage.
PERSONAL
A distant relative of Sir Angus Ogilvy, part of Britain's Royal Family and an even-more distant relative of Scotland's King of Bannockburn fame, Robert the Bruce ... was given a cut-down club by his dad at age 7 and progressed to a scratch handicap by age 16 ... played full-time amateur golf before turning pro. Talented junior athlete in many sports, winning numerous athletics medals at state and national level ... interested in history of golf.
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| Trevor Immelman |
Height: 5-9
Weight: 170
Birthplace: Cape Town, South Africa
Turned Pro: 1999
PGA Tour victories: 1, 2006 Cialis Western Open.
2006 SEASON
Finished seventh on PGA Tour money list with $3,844,189 ... won Cialis Western Open ... finished second Wachovia Championship and Byron Nelson ... first rookie since Jerry Pate (1976) to finish 10th or better on the season-ending money list ... led all rookies with eight top-10s in 24 starts ... overcame the two-shot lead of Vijay Singh on final day to capture first tour event at the Cialis Western Open, punctuated by a 30-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to clinch two-stroke win over Tiger Woods and Mathew Goggin.
PERSONAL
Began playing at 5, following in footsteps of his golf teaching brother Mark, nine years older ... was scratch player by 12 and played the African Junior Golf Association Tour from age 13-17.
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| Stuart Appleby |
Height: 6-1
Weight: 195
Birthplace: Cohuna, Australia
Turned Pro: 1992
PGA career victories: 8, including 2004, 2005 and 2006 Mercedes Championships.
2006 SEASON
Finished eighth on PGA Tour money list with $3,470,457... won Mercedes Championships, Shell Houston Open ... tied for seventh at Sony Open in Hawai'i ... joined Gene Littler (1955-57) as the only players to win three consecutive Mercedes Championships ... Tie for seventh the following week at the Sony Open gave him back-to-back top-10s for the first time since the end of the 2003 season ... Three months later, became a two-time winner by taking the Shell Houston Open in wire-to-wire fashion, the first player in the 59-year history of the tournament to lead outright in all four rounds ... Finished tied for sixth at the WGC-American Express Championship in London. He has competed in all 22 official World Golf Championship events, tops among all players since the series inception in 1999.
PERSONAL
Raised on dairy farm, where he used to hit golf shots from paddock to paddock once his chores were completed ... former Australian Rules football player before turning to pro golf in 1992 and playing in Australia before coming to the United States in 1995.
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| Luke Donald |
Height: 5-9
Weight: 160
Birthplace: Hemel Hempstead, England
Turned Pro: 2001
PGA Tour victories: 2, 2002 Southern Farm Bureau Classic, 2006 The Honda Classic
2006 SEASON
Finished ninth on the PGA Tour money list with $3,177,408 ... finished first in Honda Classic ... tied for third in PGA Championship ... best round 62 in Round 1, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am ... had a career year, making 16 cuts in 18 starts, with a career-best 10 top-10s and earnings of more than $3 million ... opened with a career-best 10-under 62 at Spyglass Hill Golf Club and was the first-round leader at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro Am ... Shared the 54-hold lead (14-under 202) with Tiger Woods at the PGA Championship but final-round 2-over 74 left him tied for third, six strokes behind Woods ... playing in his second Ryder Cup, had a 3-0-0 record for the victorious European Team.
PERSONAL
Brother, Christian, caddies for Luke ... avid painter who earned degree in art theory and practice at Northwestern. Donated one of his paintings to the pgatour.com auction and the winning bid was $1,640, which was split between PGA Tour Charities and junior golf charity in Chicago.


