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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSJ.B. holmes (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2title as a rookie in 2006, lost a four-stroke lead and was oneshot behind going to the 18th. Smashed a 350-yard drive inthe left rough on the finishing hole on the way to a tyingbirdie and then a 359-yarder on the first playoff hole...Keptmomentum going two weeks later when a second-round66 and a third-round 69 landed a t7 finish at the Northerntrust open...recorded his third top-10 of the season with at10 finish at tHE pLaYErS. Finished second in the field inbirdies (19) and had three of the four longest drives of theweek (352, 362 and 372 yards, all on No. 1)...Earned 2.5points to help lead the united States team to a victory atthe 37th ryder cup, including a Singles victory over SorenHansen. one of six rookies on the 2008 ryder cup team.2007: recorded three top-10s to finish 118th on the moneylist...Finished t4 in first appearance in the mercedes-Benzchampionship. one of four first-time participants to finishamong the top-10...His next top-10 finish was a t8 atthe poDS championship...Ended the year on a high notewith a t9 finish at the children’s miracle Network classicpresented by Walmart...Was third in Driving Distance ontour, averaging 312.6 yards. 2006: rookie won early inthe season at the FBr open and collected more than $1.4million...opened the year with a t10 finish at the Sony openPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 1-1events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2003a 12005 12006 26 16 1 2 4 $1,487,604/592007 24 12 3 5 87,275/113 874,216/1182008 26 19 1 3 9 101,891/38 2,166,131/322009 25 13 1 2 3 843/69 1,219,534/722010 26 24 1 1 3 12 1,501/34 2,386,248/31total 129 84 2 2 1 13 33 8,133,732* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*in Hawaii, his first start as a tour member. Was only twoback of the leaders through 36 holes, but could not catch ahot David toms (61-65) on the weekend...In fourth start ofthe season, fifth as a professional, earned his first tourvictory at the FBr open. Led J.J. Henry and ryan palmerby one stroke through 54 holes prior to winning by sevenstrokes, the largest victory margin in a player’s first tourwin since Jose maria olazabal won the 1990 NEc WorldSeries of golf by 12 strokes. tied with ryan palmer through10 holes, took one-stroke lead after palmer’s bogey on thepar-4 11th hole. Increased lead to six with eagle on par-515th hole, while palmer posted triple bogey. posted allfour rounds in the 60s. recorded a career-best 64 in thesecond round. Became first rookie to win on tour in 2006and topped retief goosen’s record of becoming the fastestplayer to win $1 million in tour history as a member—fourevents. Went from not being ranked in official World golfranking at beginning of season to World No. 77 after thewin...also finished t13 at the INtErNatIoNaL and t21 atthe FuNaI classic at Walt Disney World resort...placedsecond behind Bubba Watson in Driving Distance on tour,averaging 318.8 yards per drive to Watson’s 319.6. 2005:medalist at the Qualifying tournament. made it throughPGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYall three stages in his first trip to Q-School. Finished at24-under 408 at the finals to defeat alex cejka by threestrokes...made only two career tour starts, at the 2003u.S. open (as an amateur) and 2005 Southern Farm Bureauclassic (professional) before going to Q-school. Amateur:turned professional in summer of 2005 after helpingthe united States win the Walker cup in august...Leduniversity of Kentucky to its first SEc golf championship...Earned first team (2004), second team (2005), third team(2002) and honorable mention (2003) all-america honors...Was 2005 SEc player of the Year and first-team all-SEcin 2002 and 2004-05...academic all-america in 2004-05...member of the winning 2005 Walker cup team and 2005palmer cup team.PeRSonAL:grew up playing baseball until he played his first junior golftournament and won his first four tournaments…Was ontaylor county (KY) High School golf team as a third-grader,was No. 1 or No. 2 man by fifth grade and won Kentuckyhigh school title as a sophomore. Known for his compactswing and long drives.Year 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masterst25u.S. open cut t48 cut t27British open cut cut 69 t14pga t37 t29 WD t24tHE pLaYErS t38 t16 t10 cut t13accenture match play championshipt33Bridgestone Invitational t50 t36 t36 t44ca championship t40 t18the Barclays cut t41 t24 t31 cutDeutsche Bank championship cut cut 68 t11BmW championship t33 68 t60nAtionAL teAMS: ryder cup (1), 2008; Walker cup (1), 2005.Charles howell iiieXeMPt StAtUS: 60th on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: charles gordon Howell IIIHeiGHt: 5-11WeiGHt: 155BiRtHDAte: June 20, 1979BiRtHPLAce: augusta, gaReSiDence: orlando, FLFAMiLY: Wife, Heather; ansley grace (5/26/10)eDUcAtion: oklahoma State universitySPeciAL inteReStS: Fitness, nutrition, fishingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2000JoineD toUR: 2001PGA toUR VictoRieS (2):2002 michelob championship at Kingsmill. 2007 Nissanopen.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t4—Waste management phoenix open; t5—Sony openin Hawaii; t6—the mcgladrey classic; t9—FarmersInsurance open, the greenbrier classic, children’s miracleNetwork classic.2010 SeASon:recorded six top-10 finishes, while making 23 of 28 cuts.Finished the season with a tour best 13 bogey-freerounds…a first-round 73 left him tied for 102nd at theSony open in Hawaii, but closing rounds of 66-66-64 led toa t5 finish. In nine career starts at the event, has top-fivefinishes—in 2010 (t5), 2009 (fourth), 2007 (t2), 2005 (t3)and 2002 (t4)…Second top-10 in three starts came witha t9 at Farmers Insurance open, where he made just onebogey on the weekend (No. 14, third round) and was oneof seven players to shoot under-par in all four rounds…recorded a hole-in-one with a lob wedge on the 116-yardseventh hole during the first round of the mayakoba golfclassic. It was the first ace in the four-year history of themexican tournament and led to a t20 finish…third top-10of the year came at the Waste management phoenix openin his sixth start of the season. one of only six players topost all four rounds in the 60s in the t4 finish…Failed tocrack the top 20 in his next 13 starts before a t9 finish atthe greenbrier classic. First player since Bubba Watson in2006 to not record a bogey over 72 holes and not win thatweek…turned in the round of the week at the mcgladreyclassic with a final-round, 8-under 62 to finish t6 in hishome state of georgia. represented his low round of theseason and it fell just one shy of his career-low (2004Booz allen classic)…Finished t9 at the children’s miracleNetwork classic on the strength of two bogey-free roundsto open the tournament.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: made the cut in 21 of 29 starts, finishing No. 49in the FedExcup standings...posted all four rounds in the60s on his way to a fourth-place finish at the Sony openin Hawaii...posted four rounds of par or better for t2 attransitions championship, his best finish on tour sincea victory at the 2007 Nissan open, moving into top-15on FedExcup points...Improved on that position in aprilthanks to a t2 at the Zurich classic of New orleans. Heldthe outright lead at 15-under through 14 holes Sunday, buttwo late bogeys dropped him from the top spot. recorded22 birdies, the most of any player for the week. 2008:Surpassed $1 million in earnings for the eighth consecu-2-88 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com