GERMANTOWN, Tenn. -- Woody Austin was spectacular in winning the 2007 Stanford St. Jude Championship. Four strokes behind when the final round began at TPC Southwind, Austin fired an 8-under 62 to win going away, capturing a five-stroke victory over Brian Davis. The win was part of Austin's career year, where he finished 17th in the FedExCup, earned $2,887,596 and was a member of the United States' winning Presidents Cup team.

Austin is back this week in the midst of another solid season. Austin is coming off a tie for 73rd at last week's Memorial Tournament, and he is 57th in the FedExCup standings. He is also a little more than $40,000 shy of the $1-million mark in season earnings. He's passed seven figures in earnings in each of the last six seasons.

Austin's top finishes this year were a tie for fourth at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and a tie for fifth at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.

Two players currently ranked in the top 15 in the Official World Golf Ranking -- Sergio Garcia and Padraig Harrington -- both played in Memphis a year ago. It was the first time in their careers that they had played in the Stanford St. Jude Championship. Garcia, ranked 11th in the Ranking, tied for 55th a year ago. Harrington, No. 14, missed the cut.

At the 2007 Stanford St. Jude Championship, two-time winner David Toms (2003-04) posted his sixth consecutive top-10 at the event. Toms finished third, six strokes behind champion Woody Austin. After a slow start to his 2008 season, Toms has rebounded with two top-25s in his last three starts.

Memphis-area resident Shaun Micheel, making his 14th career start at this tournament a year ago, posted his best career finish (tied for 12th). Micheel's previous best in Memphis was a tie for 19th in 2002. He is in the final year of a five-year exemption for winning the 2003 PGA Championship and needs a strong finish to the season (he is currently 159th on the PGA Tour money list) to remain fully exempt for 2009. Micheel is 162nd in the FedExCup standings.

Nashville native and former Vanderbilt All-American Brandt Snedeker shot rounds of 69-68 on the weekend to secure a tie for fifth at this event in 2007. Snedeker later won the Wyndham Championship, played in all four events in the PGA Tour Playoffs for the FedExCup and was named PGA Tour Rookie of the Year.

Woody Austin had found little success in Memphis prior to 2007. In nine starts at the Stanford St. Jude Championship, Austin had made just four cuts with his best finish a tie for 44th in 2005.

At 43 years, 4 months, 13 days, Woody Austin became the second-oldest winner of the Stanford St. Jude Championship when he won the 2007 event. Gene Littler (44 years, 10 months, 4 days) is the oldest champion in tournament history. He won in Memphis in 1975.

Woody Austin's five-stroke win a year ago tied the fourth-largest margin of victory in tournament history. John Cook won by seven shots in 1996, with Raymond Floyd (1982) and David Toms (2004) winning by six strokes. Cary Middlecoff (1961), Bert Yancey (1966) and Gene Littler (1975) also won by five strokes.

The champion this week will start a new tradition by receiving a Brooks Brothers seersucker jacket as part of what is being dubbed Seersucker Sunday by tournament officials. Besides the Stanford St. Jude Championship, jackets are awarded to champions at the Masters Tournament (green), FBR Open and Arnold Palmer Invitational (blue), Verizon Heritage and Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial (tartan) and Wachovia Championship (light blue).

The Stanford St. Jude Championship has not had an international winner since 1998, when Nick Price defeated Jeff Sluman in a playoff. Price, a native of South Africa also won in 1993. In 1997, Australia's Greg Norman won at TPC Southwind. Other than those three victories by Price and Norman, the only other international player to win this event, which began in 1958, is South Africa's Gary Player, who defeated Lou Graham and Hubert Green by two strokes in 1974 at Colonial Country Club's South Course.

For the first time in PGA Tour history, the Stanford St. Jude Championship is featuring original artwork on professional caddie bibs during all rounds of play. The art was created by patients from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, highlighting the tournament's benefiting charity. The three artists are from Ohio, Venezuela and Mississippi.

Kenny Perry moved into fourth place in the FedExCup standings with his victory last week at the Memorial Tournament. Perry is only 89 points behind Ryuji Imada for third place. While Perry improved 15 positions with his win, Tiger Woods maintained his overall lead, 2,128 points ahead of Phil Mickelson. Stewart Cink is in fifth place.

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