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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSryuji imada (Continued)of the carolina classic and fired final-round 69 to finishtwo strokes behind John maginnes...Held a three-strokelead heading into the final round of the greater clevelandopen but managed just an even-par 72 and wound upsecond, one stroke behind Heath Slocum. 2000: Enjoyedsolid rookie season on the Nationwide tour, making the cutin 12 of 25 events...Shared second-round lead with mikeHeinen and David Berganio, Jr. at the Virginia Beach openand trailed todd Demsey by one after 54 holes. DefeatedDemsey by five strokes to become first rookie winner ofseason...Final-round 76 at the 2000 pga tour Qualifyingtournament left him three strokes short of earning histour card. Amateur: Left university of georgia after hissophomore season...First-team all-SEc as a freshman in1998 and sophomore in 1999...Helped lead the Bulldogs totheir first national championship and finished runner-up toLuke Donald in the individual competition in 1999 when hewas a first-team all-american. Won first collegiate title atPGA toUR VictoRieS (2):2006 cialis Western open. 2008 masters tournament.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (6):2000 Vodacom players championship [Saf]. 2003 Southafrican airways open [Eur], Dimension Data pro-am [Saf].2004 South african airways open [Eur], Deutsche Bank-Sap open tpc of Europe [Eur]. 2007 Nedbank challenge[Saf].otHeR VictoRieS (1):2003 World golf championships-World cup [with rorySabbatini].Williams Intercollegiate in 1999. Had seven top-10 finishesduring the 1998-99 collegiate season...appeared as highas second in golfweek/titleist men’s amateur rankings...reached match-play stage of 1998 u.S. amateur but lostin first round...Won six tournaments on major amateurcircuit—1995 porter cup, 1996 azalea amateur, Dixieamateur and Lakewood Invitational, 1997 palatka azaleaamateur and Southeastern Invitational. Finalist at 1997u.S. public Links...Excelled on junior level by twice beingnamed to the aJga all-american first team. 1995 rolexJunior player of the Year.PeRSonAL:at age 7, tagged along with older brother takafumi to golfcourse. at age 14, moved from native Japan and family toa tampa, FL, golf academy to compete on junior golf circuit.Did not know any English at the time.Trevor immelmaneXeMPt StAtUS: Winner, 2008 masters tournament(through 2013)FULL nAMe: trevor J. ImmelmanHeiGHt: 5-9WeiGHt: 178BiRtHDAte: December 16, 1979BiRtHPLAce: cape town, South africaReSiDence: orlando, FLPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-2events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1999a 1 12001a 12002 2 2 $21,728/2003 12 7 1 2 126,150/2004 12 9 2 109,560/2005 14 10 2 5 614,867/2006 24 19 1 2 8 15 3,844,189/72007 21 15 2 4 6 93,346/40 1,801,647/462008 22 14 1 1 3 6 108,028/16 2,566,199/192009 13 9 3 248/158 395,244/1562010 19 9 4 156/266 422,171/163total 141 95 2 3 2 18 43 9,901,755nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1999a 1 1 1 1total 1 1 1 1eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 5 3 3 $279,692* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t13—rBc canadian open; t14—masters tournament;t22—Quail Hollow championship; t23—British open.2010 SeASon:Was unable to record a top-10 and missed 10 of 19 cuts ashe continued to work back from 2009 wrist surgery…Bestfinish was t13 at the rBc canadian open.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Was limited to 13 events on the pga tour becauseof a wrist injury, making the cut in nine starts. underwentsurgery on his left wrist in late october after suffering fromtendinitis for much of the season. Best finish was a t19at the transitions championship in march. returned toPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.75 (70)Driving Distance ...........................................278.7 (165)Driving accuracy percentage .......................63.11% (104)greens in regulation percentage ................64.51% (165)putting average ...........................................1.755 (31)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 62–Justin timberlake ShrinersHospitals for children open/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–2010 Justintimberlake Shriners Hospitals for children open/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $990,000–2008 at&t classic/1career High official World Rank: after 2008 at&tclassic/49FAMiLY: Wife, carminita; Jacob trevor, myaSPeciAL inteReStS: music, movies, autobiographiestURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1999PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYaugusta National to defend his 2008 masters tournamenttitle, finishing t20. 2008: Finished the season ranked No. 16in the FedExcup standings, with 14 made cuts in 22 starts...returned to the tour at the FBr open in early Februaryafter undergoing surgery on Dec. 18 to remove a benigntumor from behind his ribcage...In ninth start of the season,claimed first major championship title with a three-strokevictory over tiger Woods at the masters at age 28 years,3 months, 28 days. posted rounds of 68-68-69-75--280 andheld or shared the lead after each round. First internationalplayer to win the masters since canada’s mike Weir (2003)and the second South african, joining three-time championgary player. Sixth South africa native to win a major championship,joining gary player (nine), Bobby Locke (four),Year 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters 56 cut t5 cut t55 1 t20 t14u.S. open cut t55 t21 cut t65 cutBritish open t43 t53 t42 t15 t60 t19 t23pga t48 t37 t17 t34 t6 cut cuttHE pLaYErS cut WD cut cut cuttour championship t5 t10accenture match play championship t33 t17 t33 3 t17 t33Bridgestone Invitational t9 t32 t19 t13 t36 t36 t60ca championship t27 t44 t23 t9 t35 t40 t70the Barclays t13 cut 70Deutsche Bank championship t55 t52 t23 t50BmW championship 1 t38 t13nAtionAL teAMS: the presidents cup (2), 2005, 2007. World cup (4), 2003, 2004, 2005,20077.Section 2 Player BiograPhiespgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-91