• Earns 47th PGA TOUR victory in 186th career TOUR start at the age of 30 years and 29 days.

BUICK INVITATIONAL NOTES

 Winner’s Stats
Driving Distance          309.8 yards          3
Driving Accuracy          26 of 56 (46.4%)     T55
Greens in Regulation      53 of 72 (73.6%)     T9
Putts Per Round           30.0                 T41
Putting Average (GIR)     1.774                T36    

• First player in tournament history to win the tournament four times (1999, 2003, 2005, 2006). Phil Mickelson has three.

• In nine appearances, has nine top-10s, including eight top-fives and six top-threes.

• Surpasses $3-million mark ($3,857,000) in earnings at the tournament, the seventh tournament where he has earned over $3 million in his career. It ranks fourth on his all-time tournament list.

• Has recorded 24 of 35 rounds at the tournament in the 60s. His scoring average at the tournament is 68.46 and his progressive round-by-round scoring average gets better by the round -- 69.67, 68.22, 68.00 and 67.875.

• The final-round even-par 72 was the first time in eight 72-hole Buick Invitationals that he has posted a final round higher than 69.

2006 NOTES
• Wins in first start of season. The fourth time in his 10 full seasons (not counting 1996 rookie season) that he has won in his initial start (1997 and ’99 Mercedes Championships, 2003 and ’06 Buick Invitational).

•Two-stroke come-from-behind win was the first of the season and was his 12th in 45 stroke-play wins.

CAREER NOTES
• Wins in defense of a title for the 12th time in his career. First time at the Buick Invitational.

• The Buick Invitational is the fifth tournament he has captured four times (Bay Hill Invitational, Masters Tournament, WGC-NEC Invitational, WGC-American Express Championship). Sam Snead and Jack Nicklaus each have at least five victories in three different tournaments.

• 47th career PGA TOUR victory is the seventh-most in TOUR history. Billy Casper stands in sixth with 51 victories.

• Has won in 25.27% (47 out of 186) of his professional starts on the PGA TOUR.

• Has at least one win in 11 consecutive seasons, the longest current streak on TOUR.

• Career playoff record now stands at 9-1. First three-way playoff of his career.

• Career PGA TOUR Official Money now stands at $56,668,760.

• Wins for the 10th time in California (AT&T – 1; Mercedes Championships – 1, Buick Invitational – 4; U.S. Open – 1; Accenture Match Play Championship – 2; American Express Championship – 1).

2006 PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Tournaments entered--1; in money--1; victories--1; top-10 finishes--2.