Toms wins FedEx St. Jude Classic

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (ALSAC)
Sunday, 29 June 2003

David Toms won the 46th FedEx St. Jude Classic on Sunday after finishing with a total of 20-under 264 during the four-day tournament at the Tournament Players Club at Southwind in Memphis. Toms, who was awarded the $810,000 winner's check from the tournament's $4.5 million purse, joins other notables such as Greg Norman, Nick Price, Notah Begay III and Len Mattiace as a FESJC champ.

Toms, who has been a marquee player since winning his first major at the PGA Championship in 2001, is currently ranked 7th in the world.

During the week of the tournament, patients of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital were treated to several activities held in conjunction with FESJC. Memphian Loren Roberts made a special visit to the hospital during a miniature golf activity where he signed autographs and putted on the custom-built putting courses. The patients and their families were also treated to a picnic with the PGA TOUR Wives and their husbands at Target House.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has been the sole beneficiary of this PGA tournament since 1970. Over the years, the tournament has raised more than $14 million for St. Jude, most of which has been raised since FedEx's title sponsorship in 1986.

For more information, or to contact St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (ALSAC), see their website at: www.stjude.org