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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSryuji imada (ree-yoU-jee ee-Ma-duh)Section Player BiograPhies2PGA toUR VictoRieS (1):2008 at&t classic.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (2):2000 Virginia Beach open. 2004 BmW charity pro-am atthe cliffs.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t6—Frys.com open; t7—arnold palmer Invitational; t8—Justin timberlake Shriners Hospitals for children open;t9—Farmers Insurance open.2010 SeASon:after failing to record a top 10 in 2009, bounced back withfour top 10s a year later. at the Farmers Insurance open,shared the second-round lead and held the outright thirdroundlead by two strokes after opening 65-68-70. Finalround75 dropped him to a t9 finish…Finished t7 at thearnold palmer Invitational. opened with a 73, but battledback on the weekend with rounds of 69-70 for second top-10 of the season…opened with a 6-under 65 at the Frys.com open en route to t6…one week later, used a secondround,9-under 62 to jump into contention at the Justintimberlake Shriners Hospitals for children open. Finishedt8, three strokes out of a three-way playoff. recordedback-to-back, top-10 finishes for the first time since 2008(Northern trust open and poDS championship). His 36-holetotal of 130 at the Justin timberlake Shriners Hospitals forchildren open is two shots better than his previous best ontour…came up short in his attempt to win his first Japangolf tour title, settling for a t3 at the mitsui SumitomoVisa taiheiyo masters in mid-November. He finished fourstrokes behind winner ryo Ishikawa.eXeMPt StAtUS: 86th on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: ryuji ImadaHeiGHt: 5-8WeiGHt: 150BiRtHDAte: october 19, 1976BiRtHPLAce: Hiroshima, JapanReSiDence: tampa, FLPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 1-1events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1996a 11999 32000 12001 12003 1 1 $7,600/2005 25 14 1 4 650,221/1212006 31 23 1 10 1,018,140/922007 32 20 1 2 8 92,442/54 1,414,864/652008 25 16 1 2 1 5 11 106,203/25 3,029,363/132009 25 17 7 504/100 706,394/1182010 28 16 4 6 720/78 1,028,869/86total 173 107 1 3 1 13 46 7,855,452nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1999 22000 25 12 1 3 7 $140,392/322001 25 14 2 3 8 151,711/202002 20 8 1 4 33,613/1052003 24 16 1 5 8 127,861/372004 24 18 1 1 2 7 12 313,185/3total 120 68 2 3 3 19 39 766,761JAPAn GoLF toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 1 1 1 1 1 $91,822* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Finished 118th on the money list, but failed torecord a top-10 finish for the first time in his pga tourcareer...recorded seven top-25 finishes including a t20in his first start at the masters tournament...Best finishof the season was t14 at the memorial tournament...represented Japan in the omEga mission Hills World cupin November, teaming with Hiroyuki Fujita. 2008: Had thebest year of his career, with his first victory at the at&tclassic, two runner-up finishes and approximately $3 millionin earnings. Finished 25th in the FedExcup standings...recorded second runner-up finish of his career, placingeight strokes behind tiger Woods at the Buick Invitationalin January. Final-round 67 tied for low round of the day...three weeks later, recorded his next top-five finish with at5 at the Northern trust open, closing with a 68. top-fivefinish came after two previous missed cuts and a t65 in2007 at riviera cc...also closed with a 68 at the poDSchampionship to finish runner-up by two strokes to Seano’Hair...Beat Kenny perry in a playoff at the at&t classicafter losing the same atlanta tournament to Zach Johnsona year prior on the first playoff hole. Finished regulation at15-under 273 to force a playoff. on the first playoff hole,the par-5 18th, perry’s second shot bounced off a treebehind the green and into a pond guarding the front of thegreen. Imada, who had driven into the rough, played it safeby laying up with an iron and wound up two-putting for thewinning par as perry made bogey...competed in all fourpga tour playoffs for the FedExcup events with his bestfinish a t13 at the Deutsche Bank championship. 2007: Hada runner-up finish and more than $1.4 million in earnings tofinish 65th on the money list...Former university of georgiaFAMiLY: Wife, KanaeeDUcAtion: university of georgiatURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1999JoineD toUR: 2005nationwide tour Graduate (2004)PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYstar finished second to Zach Johnson at the at&t classic.converted up-and-down birdie from behind the 72nd greento force a playoff, finishing at 15-under par. Shared the36- and 54-hole leads with troy matteson. tee shot on firstextra hole went into first cut of rough, and 225-yard secondshot to par-5 18th hole found the water hazard fronting thegreen. Johnson converted a two-putt birdie to clinch thevictory. Earned $583,000 in second consecutive top-10 attpc Sugarloaf. 2006: In second season on tour, posted10 top-25s, including one top-10, and finished in the top100 for the first time...Finished t10 at the BellSouth classicwith four rounds at par or better for only top-10 of season...matched career-low round with a 64 during the secondround of the Booz allen classic. 2005: Finished 121st ontour money list in his rookie season...With rounds of 66-67on the weekend, finished fifth at Booz allen classic for firstcareer top-10. 2004: Earned initial tour card for 2005 byfinishing third on Nationwide tour money list. member ofthat circuit for past five years and finished in the top 40 onmoney list four times. Had his best season and was one offive players on tour to surpass the $300,000 plateau with$313,185. career-high seven top-10s, included his secondcareer victory at the BmW charity pro-am at the cliffs.Birdied the fifth playoff hole to defeat paul gow. Finishedinside top-5 four other times...Led the tour in Scramblingand finished fourth in Scoring average. 2003: Finishedthe Nationwide tour season No. 37 on the money list,with $127,861 and a season-best third at the Northeastpennsylvania classic. 2002: Had a down season, finishing105th on the Nationwide tour money list after making thecut in eight of 20 tournaments. 2001: Had two runner-upfinishes. posted a tournament-record 64 in the second roundYear 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masterst20u.S. open cut t15 t12 cut t18 cutBritish open cut 64pgacut cut cuttHE pLaYErS cut t68 cut t45 t39tour championshipt17ca championship t34 t40the Barclayst15 cut cut cut t27Deutsche Bank championship cut t18 t17 t13 73 t57BmW championshipt25 t67nAtionAL teAMS: World cup (2), 2008, 2009.2-90 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com