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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSDustin Johnson (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2go straight from college and win in each of his first threeyears on the pga tour. Hit a 3-iron second shot into thefront-right bunker on No. 18 and blasted out to 3 feet forthe winning putt. In earlier groups, Duval and Holmes failedto birdie the finishing hole. Finished at 16-under-par 270 ona day in which four players had a share of the lead at somepoint…Finished t7 at the Hp Byron Nelson championshipfor his first top 10 since winning at pebble Beach…returned to pebble Beach in June for the u.S. open.carded a 5-under 66 in the third round to enter the finalround with a three-stroke lead. after a par on the first hole,posted a triple bogey, double bogey and bogey on Nos. 2-4to see his championship hopes derailed. Finished with an11-over 82 to t8, the highest score by a 54-hole leader inthe tournament since Fred mcLeod’s 83 in 1911…Secondnear-miss in a major came at the pga championship inWisconsin, posting rounds of 69-70-69-70—278. playingaround the lead all day Sunday, posted a birdie on thepar-5 16th and another birdie on the par-3 17th to take thelead at 12-under-par, one better than martin Kaymer andBubba Watson. on the 72nd hole, inadvertently groundedhis club in a bunker prior to his approach shot. afterconverting an up-and-down bogey to apparently join theKaymer-Watson playoff, was informed of rules infraction,assessed a two-stroke penalty and was forced to settle fora share of fifth place…In the first event of the pga tourplayoffs for the FedExcup, finished t9 at the Barclays onthe strength of a 7-under-par 64 in the third round in firststart since pga championship disappointment. played inthe last group during the final round alongside martin Lairdbut struggled to a closing 72. collected his seventh top 10of the season and first in a pga tour playoffs event (fivecareer starts)…a steady, 2-under 69 in the final round wasall he needed for the one-stroke win over paul casey atthe BmW championship, helping him jump to No. 2 in theFedExcup standings entering tHE tour championship…Entered the week as one of five players who could win theFedExcup with a victory at tHE tour championship, butwas t22 to place No. 5 in the final FedExcup standings…Finished with a 1-3 record in his first ryder cup. Droppedhis first three matches, before defeating martin Kaymer, 6and 4, in singles matches as the u.S. nearly came back towin from a three-point deficit on the final day...Late in theyear, teamed with Ian poulter to win the Shark Shootoutin Naples, FL. the duo shot a final-round 59 in the scrambleformat to defeat the team of Darren clarke-graememcDowell by two strokes.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Won for the second time in his career and finished14th in the FedExcup standings a year after placing 134th...picked up his second career victory at the at&t pebbleBeach National pro-am. Joined six other americans underage 30 at the time with multiple pga tour victories (J.B.Holmes, D.J. trahan, Sean o’Hair, anthony Kim, NickWatney, charles Howell III). Some 40 hours after hittinghis last shot, won at pebble Beach on monday when raincreated a small river through one fairway and floodedgreens, forcing officials to cancel the final round. Built afour-shot lead Saturday with a 67 at poppy Hills, holinga 7-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole that figured to givehim a cushion going into the final round. But the finalround was never played. rain and wind strong enough totopple a 40-foot tree suspended the final round Sunday,and nearly 1.4 inches of rain and a forecast for moregloom along the monterey peninsula left the pga tourno choice but to declare Johnson the winner after 54holes. at age 24 years, 7 months, the youngest playerto win the at&t pebble Beach National pro-am sincetiger Woods (24 years, 1 month) in 2000...the next week,opened with a 5-under 66 at the Northern trust open andwent on to finish t10...Four rounds in the 60s earned a t4at Hp Byron Nelson championship. also secured a spot inthe British open, moving from 48rd to 43rd on the officialWorld golf ranking that week...Shot a final-round 70 atthe pga championship to finish t10, his first career top-10in a major...Shot a final-round, course-record 7-under 64 atLiberty National to improve from t51 after 54 holes to t15at the Barclays. much of Johnson’s score was attributedto the two birdies and an eagle he made on the shortpar-4 16th hole. on thursday, he made birdie, on Fridayhe chipped in for eagle and on Sunday he chipped in againfor eagle from off the back of the green...Finished t4, twoshots behind winner Steve Stricker, the following weekat Deutsche Bank championship, jumping to No. 10 onthe FedExcup standings. ranked No. 1 in both putts perround (25.2) and Driving Distance (317-yard average) forthe week...ranked No. 11 in the FedExcup standings afterthe BmW championship to earn his first trip to tHE tourchampionship presented by coca-cola...Finished 27th inhis first appearance at tHE tour championship, afteropening with a first-round 69. 2008: rookie made the cut in17 of 30 starts, finishing No. 42 on the money list, and wonfor the first time...posted two of his three top-10 finishesin his first four starts of the season. In just his second starton the pga tour, fired three rounds in the 60s to claima t10 at the Sony open in Hawaii, the best finish amongthe 11 rookies in the field that week...Fired a career-low63 in the fourth round of the Bob Hope chrysler classic onthe way to a t12 finish. Six of first eight rounds on tourwere in the 60s...made his fourth cut in four starts with athen career-best t7 at the at&t pebble Beach Nationalpro-am...Birdied the last two holes to capture his first pgatour victory at the turning Stone resort championship.made an 8-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th hole to beataustralian robert allenby by one stroke. His second shot onthe hole cleared the green but he got up and down for thewin. allenby, seeking his fifth victory and first since 2001,had a chance to tie at 18, but his 12-foot putt for birdiestopped inches short of the hole. Second-youngest winneron tour in 2008, at age 24, behind anthony Kim. 2007:Finished t14 at the pga tour Qualifying tournament.Went through all three stages of Q-School, winning thefirst stage by eight strokes at auburn university club...afterplaying in his first Walker cup in September, turned professionalon September 28 and made his pga tour debutat the 2007 Valero texas open. missed the cut in Sanantonio. Amateur: made the cut at the Nationwide tour’sNationwide children’s Hospital Invitational, finishing t50as an amateur...Was a member of the winning 2007 u.SWalker cup and the u.S. palmer cup teams...a first-teamall-american at coastal carolina university (conway, Sc)for two season (2006 and 2007) where he won seven timesduring his career...three-time Big South conference playerof the Year...all-time scoring leader at coastal carolina(72.26) and holds the lowest season scoring average inschool history (70.40)...Won the 2007 Northeast amateurand the 2007 monroe Invitational.PeRSonAL:grandfather art Whisnant played basketball at Southcarolina and was a three-time all-atlantic coast conferenceselection in the early 1960s…Younger brother austin is aguard on the charleston Southern university basketballteam…can dunk a basketball and could palm a basketballas a seventh grader.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.13 (13)Driving Distance ...........................................308.5 (3)Driving accuracy percentage .......................56.35% (172)greens in regulation percentage ................67.95% (70)putting average ...........................................1.767 (56)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–4 times, most recent theBarclays/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–2009 Valerotexas open/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,350,000–2010 BmW championship/1career High official World Rank: after 2010 Justintimberlake Shriners Hospitals for children open/12PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2007 12008 30 17 1 3 6 93,150/134 $1,789,895/422009 25 20 1 5 11 700/14 2,977,901/152010 23 20 2 1 7 12 2,493/5 4,473,122/4total 79 57 4 1 15 29 9,240,917nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2007a 1 1total 1 1eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 8 8 2 5 $781,268* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 08 09 10masters t30 t38u.S. open t48 t40 t8British opencut t14pga t10 t5tHE pLaYErS cut t79 t34tour championship 27 t22accenture match play championship t33 t33Bridgestone Invitational t22 15ca championship t35 t56the Barclays cut t15 t9Deutsche Bank championship t4 t57BmW championship t30 1nAtionAL teAMS: ryder cup (1), 2010; Walker cup (1), 2009.2-94 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com