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John BlandEXEMPT STATUS: Net-70 on All-Time Money ListFULL NAME: John Louis BlandHEIGHT: 5-9WEIGHT: 176BIRTHDATE: September 22, 1945BIRTHPLACE: Johannesburg, South AfricaRESIDENCE: Knysna, South AfricaFAMILY: Wife, Sonja; John-Mark (2/8/69), Bonney(5/7/71), Candice (3/8/75); three grandchildrenCLUB AFFILIATION: Fancourt G&CC (George, SouthAfrica)EDUCATION: St. John’s Boscoe CollegeSPECIAL INTERESTS: Rugby, gardening, moviesTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1969JOINED CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong>: 1995CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> VICTORIES (5): 1995Ralphs Senior Classic. 1996 Puerto Rico Senior<strong>Tour</strong>nament of <strong>Champions</strong>, Bruno's Memorial Classic,Northville Long Island Classic, The Transamerica.OTHER SENIOR VICTORIES (4): 1995 LondonMasters. 1997 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf [withGraham Marsh], Franklin Templeton Senior SouthAfrican Open. 1998 Franklin Templeton Senior SouthAfrican Open.2006 CHARLES SCHWAB CUP FINISH:73rd - 46 pointsBEST <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER FINISH:20—1978 World Series of Golf.OTHER VICTORIES (23): 1970 Transvaal Open. 1977Holiday Inns Champion of <strong>Champions</strong>. Victoria FallsClassic, South African <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>Champions</strong>hip. 1979 HolidayInns Invitational. 1981 Sigma Series 2, Sigma Series 3.1983 Benson & Hedges International Open, Holiday InnsInvitational, Kodak Classic. 1984 Goodyear Classic. 1986Suze Open. 1987 Goodyear Classic. 1988 Trustbank<strong>Tour</strong>nament of <strong>Champions</strong>, Safmarine Masters. 1989Dewar's White Label Trophy. 1990 Dewar's White LabelTrophy, Minolta Match Play, Spoomet BloemfonteinClassic. 1991 Palabora Classic, Bell’s Cup, Trustbank<strong>Tour</strong>nament of <strong>Champions</strong>, Martini Open.<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER EARNINGS: $5,400BEST 2007 CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> FINISHES:T16—The ACE Group Classic; T17—Toshiba Classic.2007 SEASON:Made just seven appearances on the <strong>Champions</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> andnone in the United States after the Ginn <strong>Champions</strong>hip inearly April. Opted to play 10 events during the summer onthe European Seniors <strong>Tour</strong>...Was T16 at The ACE GroupClassic and then finished T17 in his next start at theToshiba Classic...In Europe, finished 26th on the Order ofMerit, with €74,991. Had four top-10 finishes, highlightedby a fifth-place showing at the European <strong>PGA</strong> Seniors<strong>Champions</strong>hip in England...Also finished T6 at the AIB IrishOpen and T8 at both the Bendinat London Senior Mastersand Wentworth Senior Masters.CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:2006: Lone top-10 was a T8 at The Boeing <strong>Champions</strong>hipat Sandestin...Played four events on the European Seniors<strong>Tour</strong> during August and early September. Was T3 at theCharles Church Seniors Scottish Open a week afterfinishing T4 at the European <strong>PGA</strong> Seniors <strong>Champions</strong>hip inEngland. 2005: Made a late push for a spot among the top30 before eventually ending up 32nd on the final earningslist, his highest ranking since 2002...Was among the top10 in four events...Led the <strong>Champions</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> in DrivingAccuracy for the first time since 1997, hitting the fairwayoff the tee a record 84.2 percent of the time...T4 at theToshiba Senior Classic following consecutive rounds in the60s on the weekend...Matched that performance in Junewhen he posted three straight sub-par rounds to T4 at theBank of America <strong>Champions</strong>hip...Also T5 at theConstellation Energy Classic near Baltimore...Low roundon the <strong>Champions</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> came on Saturday at the SeniorBritish Open <strong>Champions</strong>hip when he fashioned a bogeyfree6-under 65 at Royal Aberdeen. 2004: Best finish camein his initial start at the Royal Caribbean Golf Classic.Trailed after 36 holes by just one stroke before shooting afinal-round, 1-over-par 73 in windy conditions to finish T3with Gil Morgan. 2003: Finished out of the top 30 on theseason-long money list for the first time since1999...Strung together three straight sub-70 rounds and T8at the Allianz <strong>Champions</strong>hip...Was one of just two playerson the <strong>Champions</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> (Tom Jenkins) to make multipleaces during the season. First holed a 6-iron shot from 171yards on the par-3 12th hole at Egypt Valley during thesecond round of the Farmers Charity Classic and thenmade his fourth career <strong>Champions</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> ace in the lastround of his final start of the year at the SBC<strong>Champions</strong>hip. Again used a 6-iron, this time from 172yards on the par-3 second hole at Oak Hills during the finalround. 2002: Top performance of the year came at theAllianz <strong>Champions</strong>hip, finishing second by one stroke toBob Gilder. Had <strong>Champions</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> career-best 8-under 63(course record) at Glen Oaks on Saturday with a hole-inone(5-iron, 16th hole) that gave him a two-stroke leadafter 36 holes. Was tied with Gilder with just three holesto play, but made a bogey at No. 17 and finished second.2001: Fired a final-round 66 to finish as the runner-up toBruce Fleisher at the Home Depot Invitational. 2000: T4 atthe SBC Senior Open near Chicago...Finished second toChristy O’Connor, Jr. for the second straight year at theSenior British Open at Royal County Down in NorthernIreland, an unofficial event at the time. 1999: Had six top-10 performances, highlighted by a T4 at the Pacific BellSenior Classic, three strokes short of Joe Inman. 1998:Season was limited to just 18 events, including just twofollowing the death of his first wife, Helen, in earlyAugust...Earlier in the year, put together four straight top-10s, including a fifth-place effort at the Pittsburgh SeniorClassic. 1997: Battled good friend Graham Marsh to thefinal hole before falling one stroke short at the U.S. SeniorOpen at Olympia Fields CC near Chicago...Contended allthe way at Springhouse GC and was runner-up by twostrokes to Gil Morgan at the BellSouth Senior Classic atOpryland...Finished one shy of Bob Eastwood at the BellAtlantic Classic after the final round was canceled byheavy rain...Teamed with Marsh in March to win theLiberty Mutual Legends of Golf near Palm Springs,CA...Also lost in a playoff to Gary Player at Senior BritishOpen at Royal Portrush. 1996: Voted <strong>Champions</strong> <strong>Tour</strong>Rookie of the Year after earning $1,357,987 on theSECTION2PLAYER BIOGRAPHIESCHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 1-0Year Events Played 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1995 3 1 3 3 $184,867 541996 35 4 1 2 17 32 1,357,987 31997 33 3 2 17 30 1,169,707 61998 18 5 12 321,752 521999 28 6 18 508,847 372000 32 8 24 777,887 212001 30 1 4 18 718,632 262002 29 1 2 7 16 824,405 252003 24 2 6 343,642 462004 26 1 3 13 516,605 382005 22 4 10 497,853 322006 17 1 3 150,940 742007 7 4 120,665 86Total 304 5 6 7 77 189 7,493,787COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 <strong>TOUR</strong>S): $7,499,187CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> MAJOR <strong>TOUR</strong>NAMENT SUMMARYYear 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07Senior <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>Champions</strong>hip T25 T7 T29 DQ T10 T17 T51 T28 T42 CUT CUTConstellation Energy Senior Players T16 T10 T45 T22 T28 T45 T23 T46 T62Senior British Open T32 T30 T12 WD T23U.S. Senior Open T8 2 T21 CUT T21 T40JELD-WEN Tradition T7 T25 T25 T9 T9 T7 T57 T46 T24 T32CHAMPIONS <strong>TOUR</strong> YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICSScoring Average Putting Average Greens in Regulation Driving Distance Driving Accuracy1995 68.25 (N/A) 1.691 (N/A) 76.4 (N/A) 260.6 (N/A) 77.7 (N/A)1996 70.36 (6) 1.768 (6) 70.8 (6) 258.6 (T53) 78.0 (5)1997 70.39 (5) 1.783 (T19) 72.0 (5) 255.5 (T66) 81.0 (1)1998 71.69 (40) 1.807 (T41) 69.8 (11) 256.0 (T65) 78.3 (4)1999 70.64 (16) 1.800 (T48) 72.0 (7) 261.6 (T60) 76.5 (11)2000 70.49 (17) 1.790 (T45) 72.3 (12) 263.4 (67) 78.3 (8)2001 71.17 (25) 1.789 (T27) 68.9 (22) 269.3 (55) 81.4 (1)2002 71.51 (37) 1.802 (T47) 70.1 (18) 262.1 (70) 81.0 (4)2003 71.32 (42) 1.812 (T58) 70.3 (19) 263.6 (71) 79.1 (3)2004 71.51 (37) 1.828 (T60) 69.7 (22) 261.5 (69) 83.0 (2)2005 71.17 (31) 1.768 (18) 68.7 (40) 259.4 (69) 84.2 (1)2006 71.96 (51) 1.815 (56) 66.8 (44) 255.3 (74) 81.6 (2)2007 71.41 (N/A) 1.776 (N/A) 71.6 (N/A) 252.7 (N/A) 79.0 (N/A)<strong>PGA</strong><strong>TOUR</strong>.COM<strong>Champions</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> <strong>2008</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>2-11

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