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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSCharley hoffman (Continued)by Waste management and typically clad in green glovesand shoes—in support of “Keep america Beautiful”—wonhis second tour event at the only carbon neutral eventon tour…In his first start at tHE tour championship,finished sixth to finish the regular Season fourth in theFedExcup points standings.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: posted four top-10 finishes, the second-most in hiscareer, in 27 starts to finish No. 37 in the FedExcup standings...Finishedsecond to Kenny perry after three playoffholes at the FBr open. perry made a 22-foot birdie putt onthe third playoff hole to win. after perry bogeyed the finalhole of regulation to set up the playoff, the two bogeyedand parred the first two extra holes. perry then rolled inthe long putt on the 332-yard, par-4 17th to end the secondstraight playoff in the event...In his hometown of San Diegoa week after the FBr open, finished t7 to Nick Watneyat the Buick Invitational, where he was second in DrivingDistance for the week (302.1 yards)...closing rounds of63-66 led to a t9 finish at the Valero texas open...posteda sixth-place finish at Justin timberlake Shriners Hospitalsfor children open. Was one of five uNLV rebels in the LasVegas field and one of three (ryan moore, chad campbell)to finish in the top-10. 2008: made the cut in 19 of 29starts, but finished outside the top 100 (No. 110) on themoney list for the first time in his career...First of three top-10 finishes was set up by the round of the week at the BobHope chrysler classic, a 9-under 63 in Saturday’s fourthround at the classic club. Finished t8 in his attempt tobecome just the second player in Bob Hope chrysler classichistory to defend...capped off his top-10 finishes in backto-backstarts with a t6 at the Shell Houston open, finishingfour strokes behind Johnson Wagner, and a t7 at theEDS Byron Nelson championship. 2007: In second seasonon the pga tour and his first start of the season, earnedfirst victory in 41st career start (36th as a professional)at the Bob Hope chrysler classic at age 30 years and 25days. posted rounds of 66-70-68-66-71—343 and defeatedJohn rollins with a birdie-4 on the first playoff hole toearn a career-best $900,000. Fourth player to earn firsttour win at the Bob Hope chrysler classic, and the firstsince Donnie Hammond (1986). the win came in his firstappearance at the Bob Hope chrysler classic. He joinedarnold palmer (1960) as the only player to win the event inhis first try...Qualified for the British open for the first timein his career, finished t35…made 18 cuts in 30 starts, buthis next top-10 did not come until he finished t5 at theturning Stone resort championship in late September...three weeks later, recorded four rounds in the 60s at theValero texas open to finish t11. 2006: rookie posted fivetop-10s en route to top-100 finish on money list, one of 11Nationwide tour 2005 graduates to retain a tour card for2007...Finished 10th in Driving Distance (304.4 yards)...paidhis dues, having played on the Nationwide tour in 2000-01and 2004-05...Earned first top-10 of his tour career in hisfourth start of the season, a t9 at the chrysler classic oftucson...the former uNLV player finished t5 at the Frys.com open in Las Vegas, his best finish in two careerstarts at the tournament. trailed third-round leader troymatteson by one prior to finishing three back of matteson.2005: Finished 19th on the Nationwide tour money list onthe strength of eight top-10s, including a t2 at the BmWcharity pro-am at the cliffs. 2004: made the cut in 13 of 15tournaments on the Nationwide tour and finished No. 30on the final money list. Earned first career Nationwide tourvictory at permian Basin charity golf classic. Defeated Jeffgove and craig Lile with a birdie on the third extra hole.2001: Best Nationwide tour performance of the seasonwas a t3 at the monterey peninsula classic. 2000: missedthe first 15 Nationwide tour cuts before making his lastfour of the season. Amateur: member of uNLV’s 1998J.B. holmesNcaa championship team. tied for ninth at the 1999 Wacchampionship. Honorable mention all-american in 1998...Became the first two-time california high school champion...Namedsecond-team rolex all-american in 1994.PeRSonAL:after win at the 2007 Bob Hope chrysler classic, madea radio appearance on “the Jim rome Show.”…on hislong hair: “I guess I do it just to sort of be different thaneverybody else out here…I don’t like being the same aseverybody else. and I’m just sort of a free spirit, playingsome golf. and I guess it’s just me, the way I am.”…Donned green golf glove at the 2007 Shell Houston openin association with Waste management, to draw attentionand raise funds for “Keep Houston Beautiful” and “Keepamerica Beautiful” projects locally and nationally.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.25 (19)Driving Distance ...........................................298.2 (15)Driving accuracy percentage .......................61.59% (128)greens in regulation percentage ................66.53% (112)putting average ...........................................1.752 (21)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 62–Deutsche Bankchampionship/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–2010 DeutscheBank championship/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,350,000–2010 Deutsche Bank championship/1career High official World Rank: after 2010 Justintimberlake Shriners Hospitals for children open/46Section 2 Player BiograPhieseXeMPt StAtUS: 31st on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: J.B. HolmesHeiGHt: 5-11WeiGHt: 190BiRtHDAte: april 26, 1982BiRtHPLAce: campbellsville, KYReSiDence: campbellsville, KY; plays out ofcampbellsville ccFAMiLY: Wife, SaraeDUcAtion: university of KentuckySPeciAL inteReStS: FishingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2005Q ScHooL: 2005PGA toUR VictoRieS (2):2006 FBr open. 2008 FBr open.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t2—at&t pebble Beach National pro-am; t3—Northerntrust open; 5—at&t National.2010 SeASon:missed only two cuts out of 26 starts and posted three top-10 finishes. Had first season with multiple top-three finishesand recorded his best showing on the money list…postedhis third consecutive top-10 performance at the Northerntrust open, with a t3 (t6 in 2009 and t7 in 2008), threestrokes behind winner Steve Stricker. Was the only playerin the field to post four rounds in the 60s…came backthe following week with a t2 at the at&t pebble BeachNational pro-am, one stroke behind winner Dustin Johnson.tied for the lead at 15-under with Johnson and David Duvalbut failed to birdie the par-5 18th hole after driving in theright rough. In the next and final group, Johnson birdied theclosing hole to win…attributed much of his success to anew-found confidence in putting after getting instructionfrom Dave Stockton in late January. returned to using astandard-length putter at that time…Next top-10 finishcame 13 starts later, where a final-round 66 led to a fifthplacefinish at the at&t National. at 6-under, finished fourstrokes behind champion Justin rose.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Bounced back from a 2-over 73 in the first round ofthe Northern trust open with rounds of 67-64-68 to finisht6, his first top-10 of the season (six starts). third-round64 matched his career-low round...Earned season-bestfinish after shooting 11-under 277 at Shell Houston open.Waited 2 hours, 40 minutes after posting his score to joinpaul casey in a playoff. Hit tee shot at first extra hole intowater hazard to lose title to casey’s bogey. Was the onlyplayer in the field to shoot four rounds below par. 2008:recorded 19 made cuts in 26 events, including his secondcareer win and a career-best nine top-25 finishes. Finisheda career-best 32nd on the money list to break the $2-millionbarrier for the first time...Sank a 13-foot birdie putt on the18th hole to force a playoff and then birdied it again from 8feet on the first playoff hole to beat phil mickelson and winthe FBr open. at the site where he won his first pga tourPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.09 (11)Driving Distance ...........................................307.2 (5)Driving accuracy percentage .......................54.45% (183)greens in regulation percentage ................65.50% (144)putting average ...........................................1.770 (67)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 60–the greenbrier classic/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 60–2010 thegreenbrier classic/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,080,000–2008 FBr open/1career High official World Rank: after 2008 tHEpLaYErS championship/42pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-87