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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSPadraig harrington (PaW-drig)eXeMPt StAtUS: Winner, 2008 pga championship(through 2013)FULL nAMe: padraig peter HarringtonHeiGHt: 6-1WeiGHt: 170BiRtHDAte: august 31, 1971BiRtHPLAce: Dublin, IrelandReSiDence: Dublin, IrelandFAMiLY: Wife, caroline; patrick (2003), ciaran (2007)SPeciAL inteReStS: Family, movies, all sportstURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1995JoineD toUR: 2003PGA toUR VictoRieS (5):2005 the Honda classic, Barclays classic. 2007 Britishopen. 2008 British open, pga championship.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (16):1996 peugeot Spanish open [Eur]. 1998 Irish pga. 2000Brazil Sao paulo 500 Years open [Eur], BBVa openturespana masters comunidad de madrid [Eur]. 2001 Volvomasters [Eur]. 2002 dunhill links championship [Eur], BmWasian open [asia]. 2003 Deutsche Bank-Sap open tpc ofEurope [Eur], omega Hong Kong open [Eur]. 2004 Lindegerman masters [Eur], Irish pga. 2005 Irish pga. 2006alfred Dunhill Links championship [Eur], Dunlop phoenix[Jpn]. 2007 Irish open [Eur]. 2008 Irish pga. 2009 Irish pga.2010 Iskandar Johor open [asia].otHeR VictoRieS (2):1997 World cup of golf [with paul mcginley]. 2002 targetWorld challenge.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t3—World golf championships-ca championship; t5—travelers championship; t7—Wells Fargo championship;t8—transitions championship; t9—World golfchampionships-Bridgestone Invitational.2010 SeASon:Finished the season with five top-10s, but no wins ontour for the second consecutive year…posted first top-10 of season with a t3 at World golf championships-cachampionship despite final-round 72…Held a one-stroke,36-hole lead at the transitions championship after a 69-65start. a pair of weekend 72s dropped him to t8. Earlier inPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 2-1events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1996 1 1 1 $24,025/2321997 3 1 1 1 104,719/1661998 3 2 23,352/2381999 4 4 2 51,491/2242000 8 7 2 4 265,313/2001 9 8 1 2 240,426/2002 9 9 4 7 806,797/2003 11 9 1 3 7 961,235/2004 12 11 2 5 7 1,882,276/2005 15 11 2 4 6 2,615,731/142006 15 12 1 3 6 1,339,675/682007 18 15 1 3 9 96,025/29 2,658,283/212008 15 12 2 1 6 9 101,113/50 4,313,551/82009 20 14 2 6 9 2,050/7 2,628,377/202010 18 12 1 5 7 772/73 1,381,453/64total 161 128 5 6 2 43 77 19,296,702eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 11 8 1 1 5 7 $1,400,885* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*the week, made an appearance for tournament sponsortransitions and then attended a St. patrick’s Day event atthe White House in Washington, D.c. on Wednesday…Finished t7 at the Quail Hollow championship on thestrength of a final-round 68…opened and closed with6-under 64s at the travelers championship in June to finisht5. It marked just his second time playing in Hartford (t4 in2007)…Final-round 66 at the World golf championships-Bridgestone Invitational moved him to t9. Harrington is oneof four players to tee it up in every Bridgestone Invitationalsince it began in 1999 (phil mickelson, Lee Westwood andStuart appleby)…competed in his sixth ryder cup as acaptain’s pick by colin montgomerie. Dropped his firstmatch with partner Luke Donald in four-balls but bouncedback with wins in the foursome and the four-ball matcheswith partner ross Fisher. overall, went 2-2 in the rydercup, helping the European team to a one-point victory overthe u.S…Snapped a two-year winless streak when he tooka five-stroke lead into the final round of the asian tour’sIskandar Johor open in malaysia and rolled to victory. Itwas his third asian tour win, to go with previous titles inHong Kong and taiwan.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Failed to win on tour for the first time since 2006,but finished No. 7 in the FedExcup standings...recorded thefirst top-10 finish of the season at the BridgestoneInvitational, his best finish in 30 World golf championshipsstarts. that began a streak of six straight top-10 finishes tofinish the year. Held the lead the first three rounds, includinga three-stroke advantage over tiger Woods heading intothe final round. Led by one through 15 holes on Sundaybefore a triple-bogey 8 on the par-5 16th, after Woods madePGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYa birdie, dropped him to a t2 finish...t10 as the defendingchampion at the pga championship. Was in contentionearly in the final round, one shot out of the lead, when hehit two balls in the water and made an 8 on the par-3 eighthhole...Finished t2 at the Barclays, one stroke back of winnerHeath Slocum, at 8-under, playing the back nine in 10-underfor the week while ranking t1 in putts per round (26).Jumped from 66th to 14th in FedExcup standings after thefirst pga tour playoffs event...t4 at Deutsche Bankchampionship marked his fourth consecutive top-10 andmoved from 14th to seventh in FedExcup standings. one ofthree players (also Jason Dufner and Scott Verplank) toshoot four rounds in the 60s...continued upward climb witha t6 at the BmW championship. Jumped from 142nd inFedExcup standings (prior to Bridgestone Invitational) tosixth entering tHE tour championship presented by cocacola...Solidperformance at East Lake gc, posting rounds of67-69-71-69 to finish t4, capping off six straight top-10 finishesto finish the year. Entering tHE tour championship,had made a double bogey or worse in 13 consecutive starts,dating back to the arnold palmer Invitational in late march.Didn’t make a double bogey at East Lake. 2008: Voted pgatour player of the Year, the first European player to receivethe Jack Nicklaus trophy. recorded his second career twowinseason on tour (2005), highlighted by a pair of majorchampionship wins at the British open and pgachampionship. Surpassed his career best in tour earningswith more than $4.3 million; previous best was $2.6 millionin 2007...In ninth masters start, posted third career top-10,a t5 on the strength of 69-72 over the weekend...posted a1-under 69 in the final round to become the first Europeanplayer to repeat at the British open since James Braid in1905-1906. Became the 16th player to win in consecutiveYear 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08masters t19 t27 t5 cut t13 cut t27 t7 t5u.S. open cut t32 t5 t30 t8 t10 t31 cut 5 cut t36British open t18 t5 cut 29 t20 t37 t5 t22 cut cut 1 1pga cut t58 cut t17 t29 t45 cut cut t42 1tHE pLaYErS t33 t22 t2 2 t63 cut t52 cuttour championship 14 t7 t11accenture match play championship t33 t33 t33 t17 t5 t17 t5 t17 t17Bridgestone Invitational t12 t27 t17 t47 t39 74 t24 t27 t14 t20ca championship t30 t5 cNL 21 t6 t6 67 t17 t19the Barclayst35 cutDeutsche Bank championshipcut cutBmW championshipt55Year 09 10masterst35 cutu.S. opencut t22British opent65 cutpgat10 cuttHE pLaYErSt49 cuttour championshipt4accenture match play championship t33 t33Bridgestone Invitational t2 t9ca championship t20 t3HSBc champions t25 t16the Barclays t2 t47Deutsche Bank championship t4 cutBmW championshipt6Section 2 Player BiograPhiesnAtionAL teAMS: ryder cup (6), 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010; World cup (11),1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006; Dunhill cup (5), 1996, 1997,1998, 1999, 2000.pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-79