Stewart Cink - Media Guide

falling to Stephen Ames, 3 and 1, in the third round...One of only three players to record all four rounds under par at the Wachovia Championship, where he finished T5...Continued strong play with T3 finish at THE PLAYERS Championship. Rebounded from an opening 2-over-par 74 to finish three strokes behind champion Phil Mickelson with rounds of 69-71-66...Finished T5 at the Memorial Tournament thanks to his front-nine play (14-under par on Muirfield Village's front nine, even par on the back nine)...Teamed with J.J. Henry to make six back-nine birdies and win the CVS Caremark Charity Classic by one stroke over Brad Faxon and Zach Johnson...Recorded his first top-10 at the British Open in 10 appearances with his T6 finish at Carnoustie...T7 finish, with a final-round 65, at the BMW Championship moved him from 32nd to 23rd in the FedExCup standings, thereby qualifying him for THE TOUR Championship at his home course, East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta...T11 finish at THE TOUR Championship moved him up one spot to 22nd in the season-ending FedExCup points list...Earned a spot on his third Presidents Cup team and compiled a record of 3-1-0 for the week, bringing his all-time Presidents Cup record to 8-4-1.

a 1-1-3 record...The 2004 winner finished runner-up to Tiger Woods at the Bridgestone Invitational. Tied Woods at 10-under par with birdies on two (Nos. 16-17) of his last three holes to force a playoff. Lost on fourth extra hole when Woods made birdie on No. 17 from 8 feet. With a bogey-free 64, held the third-round lead by one over Woods, Paul Casey and Davis Love III...Teamed with J.J. Henry in the Barbados World Cup. 2005: Played on victorious U.S. Presidents Cup squad and fashioned five top-10s en route to top-50 finish on money list...Best finish was a T3 at the Chrysler Championship, four shots behind champion Carl Pettersson. 2004: Career season included multiple TOUR victories for the first time, a career-best fifth-place finish on the money list and a spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup squad. Jumped to No. 10 in Official World Golf Ranking from outside the top 50 at start of season. Led the PGA TOUR in Putting Average (1.723)...Earned third career victory and first in four years by defeating Ted Purdy in a five-hole playoff at the MCI Heritage. Made birdie on the fifth playoff hole, the par-4 16th, to win. Became seventh player to win the tournament more than once (2000) and had the largest come-from-behind win on TOUR, nine strokes, since Paul Lawrie won the 1999 British Open by coming from 10 strokes back at the start of the final round. The final-round, 7-under 64 was a tournament record for low finish by a winner, topping the 6-under 65 he posted in his 2000 win in Hilton Head Island, SC...Along with Jay Haas, selected by Hal Sutton as a Captain's pick for the 2004 Ryder Cup Team, his second appearance on the team...Recorded wire-to-wire victory at NEC Invitational, posting rounds of 63-68-68-70--269. Four-stroke win over Rory Sabbatini and Tiger Woods was worth a career-best $1.2 million. First player of 2004 to win wire-to-wire and first since Davis Love III at 2003 INTERNATIONAL. 2003: Returned to the top-40 on the money list after falling out in 2002. Runner-up at Bay Hill Invitational and FUNAI Classic at Walt Disney World Resort..Set two course records in one day with 62-61 U.S. Open sectional qualifying scores on June 2 in Columbus, OH. Bogeyed the first hole then recorded 22 birdies to win the qualifier by nine strokes. 2002: Without a top-10 finish through first 13 events, recorded back-to-back top-10s at the Memorial Tournament (T9) and Buick Classic (T5). 2001: Posted three top-fives in June, and narrowly missed the 18-hole U.S. Open playoff between Mark Brooks and Retief Goosen. Made double bogey on final hole at Southern Hills to fall one shy of playoff...First-time member of the U.S. Ryder Cup team. 2000: Earned second TOUR victory at MCI Classic. Shot final-round 65, which included birdies on three of final four holes. Two-stroke win over Tom Lehman was worth $540,000...Followed with T2 at MasterCard Colonial, where he held three-stroke lead through 54 holes. Closing 71 left him two strokes behind Phil Mickelson...Member of U.S. Presidents Cup team where he was 4-0-0 in first appearance. 1999: Missed earning a place in THE TOUR Championship by one spot. Was 31st on the money list after finishing T11 at National Car Rental Golf Classic at Disney World Resort, $14,600 behind Duffy Waldorf...At PGA Championship, was one stroke out of 54-hole lead and finished T3. 1998: Recorded six top-10s and almost became first to successfully defend at Canon GHO. A final-round 67 moved him into playoff with Olin Browne and Larry Mize. Browne won with a chip-in birdie. 1997: Voted PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year after victory at the Canon Greater Hartford Open and $809,580 in earnings...Was only rookie to qualify for THE TOUR Championship and finished season ranked 29th in official earnings...First player to be named Nationwide Tour Player of the Year and PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year in successive seasons...Came from behind to earn his first TOUR victory. Started final round in fifth place, four strokes behind leader Jeff Maggert. Closing 66 good for one-stroke victory over Brandel Chamblee, Tom Byrum and Maggert. 1996: Named Nationwide Tour Player of the Year after his record-setting season. Established Nationwide Tour record for earnings in a season with $251,699. Won three tournaments - Ozarks Open, Colorado Classic and Nationwide Tour Championship...Tied for 16th at U.S. Open to earn invitation to 1997 Masters. 1995: Tied for 18th in first professional start at Canon Greater Hartford Open. Amateur: A three-time All-American (1993-95) at Georgia Tech...Received 1995 Dave Williams, Haskins and Jack Nicklaus Awards as country's top collegiate golfer...Beat Tiger Woods 3 and 2 in an exhibition match in 1995 in Atlanta the week before the Masters...AJGA All-American in 1990.

hockey...Enjoys hiking in the mountains and goes for a week each summer with a group of friends.