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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSZach JohnsoneXeMPt StAtUS: Winner, 2007 masters tournament;multiple tournament winner (through 2014)FULL nAMe: Zachary Harris JohnsonHeiGHt: 5-11WeiGHt: 160BiRtHDAte: February 24, 1976BiRtHPLAce: cedar rapids, IaReSiDence: St. Simons Island, gaFAMiLY: Wife, Kim; Will (1/4/07), Wyatt (7/23/10)eDUcAtion: Drake university (1998, Businessmanagement/marketing)SPeciAL inteReStS: movies, all sports, downhillskiing, spending time with wife and son, Drake universityand university of Iowa athleticstURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1998nationwide tour Graduate (2003)<strong>PGA</strong> toUR VictoRieS (7):2004 BellSouth classic. 2007 masters tournament, at&tclassic. 2008 Valero texas open. 2009 Sony open inHawaii, Valero texas open. 2010 crowne plaza Invitationalat colonial.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (2):2003 rheem classic, Envirocare utah classic.otHeR VictoRieS (1):2006 Wendy’s 3-tour challenge [with Stewart cink andScott Verplank].BeSt 2010 <strong>PGA</strong> toUR FiniSHeS:1—crowne plaza Invitational at colonial; t3—pgachampionship; t9—tHE tour championship.2010 SeASon:picked up his seventh career win at the crowne plazaInvitational at colonial and earned fifth trip to tHE tourchampionship, ultimately finishing 17th in the finalFedExcup standings…Shot a tournament record, 21-under259 at the crowne plaza Invitational at colonial, sealinghis victory with a pair of birdies in the short span of playin between two late, final-round weather delays. postedrounds of 64-64 on the weekend to beat Brian Davis bythree strokes for seventh pga tour victory of his careerand the third in texas (2008 and 2009 Valero texas opens).His first three tour wins came in georgia. His 21-undertotal broke the 19-under record established by Kenny perryin 2003 and 2005…posted four sub-par rounds at WhistlingStraits at the pga championship in august to finish t3with rory mcIlroy, best major championship performancesince winning the 2007 masters. With pga championshipfinish, jumped from 21st to 11th in final week of automaticryder cup selections for united States squad, and waslater selected as a captain’s pick for his second rydercup squad…Finished t9 at tHE tour championshippresented by coca-cola, second top-10 finish in five startsin atlanta…Finished with a 2-1 record in his second careerryder cup. a 3 and 2 win over padraig Harrington in hissingles match nearly capped an improbable u.S. comebackon the final day.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: posted a career-best nine top-10 finishes, includingrecording multiple victories for the second time in threeyears. Surpassed $4 million in earnings for the first time inhis career...opened the season with a t6 finish at themercedes-Benz championship...closed with a 5-under 65 atthe Sony open in Hawaii to outlast David toms, finishingwith a two-putt birdie for a two-shot victory over toms andadam Scott. His fifth career victory—and second in his lastsix starts—was traced to the previous week. He shot 64-67on the weekend in the mercedes-Benz championship atKapalua, and made it to 30-under par for his last six roundswith his victory at Waialae. Began the final round with aone-shot lead and never lost it...Finished third at the arnoldpalmer Invitational at 2-under 278...Held a two-stroke,54-hole lead at the Quail Hollow championship, but a finalround76 dropped him to t11...Sank a 10-foot birdie putt onthe first playoff hole to beat James Driscoll and successfullydefend his Valero texas open title at La cantera gc.the win capped a wild shootout in which seven playersstood within a stroke with four holes left. Followed his thirdround60 with a 70 to match Driscoll at 15-under 265, thenhit the 6-iron approach in the playoff to set up his sixthcareer pga tour victory. Vaulted to the top of theFedExcup standings, passing geoff ogilvy and philmickelson. the third-round 60 was the second of his career(third round, 2007 tour championship), making him theonly player in tour history to record multiple rounds of 60in his career...Jumped into the No. 1 position on the moneylist with a t9 at crowne plaza Invitational, passing philmickelson, to match his No. 1 spot on the FedExcup standings...Brokehis string of mediocre John Deere classic finishes,despite having to play third and final rounds onSunday. the cedar rapids, Ia, native shot a third-round,6-under 64 en route to a t2 with Brandt Snedeker and BrettQuigley. previous best finish in moline, IL, was a t20. afterfirst round, hopped on a chartered jet with other tour playersto attend a service for the father of close friend andfellow competitor Jonathan Byrd in South carolina.returned to moline later that night...Finished t10 at thepga championship after shooting 3-under (70-71) on theweekend. It was his second career top-10 in a major (wonthe 2007 masters)...aided by a second-round 65, finishedfifth at the BmW championship to secure fourth place in theFedExcup standings entering the pga tour playoff finale,tHE tour championship presented by coca-cola...carded a3-under 67 on the final day at East Lake to finish t16 at tHEtour championship, leading to a No. 6 finish in theFedExcup standings. Finished t9 at the children’s miracleNetwork classic to finish off the season. 2008: Won for thefourth time in his career. at No. 53, finished outside the top40 on the money list for the first time in his career. madethe cut in 19 of 25 starts, with seven top-25 finishes...Shot62-64 on the weekend to capture the Valero texas open bytwo strokes over charlie Wi, mark Wilson and timWilkinson. Finished at 19-under-par 261 with four rounds inthe 60s. the 2007 masters champion entered the week withonly one top-10 finish during the year, a t9 at the World golfchampionships-accenture match play championship, andhadn’t won on the pga tour outside georgia. In addition tothe masters, he won the 2004 BellSouth classic and 2007at&t classic, both in suburban atlanta...came back thefollowing week with his third top-10 effort of the year, a t10at the Justin timberlake Shriners Hospitals for childrenopen. 2007: recorded two victories, both in the state ofgeorgia, including his first major title at the masterstournament. Earned a berth on the presidents cup teamand finished with a 2-2-0 record. Finished in the top 40 infirst four seasons on tour, including three visits to tHEtour championship. Earned a career-best $3,922,338thanks in part to two wins and a runner-up finish...madethree birdies in a four-hole stretch on the back nine to winhis first major title at the 71st masters in cold, windy conditions.closed with a 3-under 69 for a two-shot victory overtiger Woods, retief goosen and rory Sabbatini after trailing54-hole leader Stuart appleby by two strokes. Johnsonfinished at 1-over 289, matching a masters record establishedin 1956 for highest winning score. Even though hedidn’t go for a par 5 in two all week, finished 11-under onthose holes at augusta National...posted rounds of 69-67 onthe weekend to finish at 15-under-par with ryuji Imada atthe at&t classic. clinched third career win as he recordeda birdie-4 on the first extra hole as eagle putt nestled insideone foot. Imada’s second shot found the water hazard frontingthe 18th hole and was left with a par putt. Ninth multiplewinner of the at&t classic. First three tour victories cameSection 2 Player BiograPhies<strong>PGA</strong> toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 2-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2001 12002 2 1 1 $57,000/2003 12004 30 24 1 2 5 15 2,417,685/192005 30 21 1 1 5 11 1,796,441/392006 27 21 2 1 4 9 2,452,250/242007 23 18 2 1 5 10 102,873/7 3,922,338/82008 25 19 1 3 7 93,350/131 1,615,123/532009 26 22 2 1 1 9 16 2,073/6 4,714,813/42010 25 23 1 1 3 13 683/17 2,916,993/19total 190 149 7 5 6 34 82 19,892,643nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1999 2 1 $945/2272000 11 4 1 10,280/1742003 20 19 2 4 3 11 16 494,882/1total 33 24 2 4 3 11 17 506,107* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*<strong>PGA</strong> toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters cut t32 1 t20 cut 42u.S. opent48 cut cut t45 cut cut t77British open cut cut cut t20 t51 t47 t76pga t37 t17 cut cut cut t10 t3tHE pLaYErS t8 t58 t16 cut t32 t22tour championship 13 16 t2 t16 t9accenture match play championship t33 3 t33 t33 t17 t17Bridgestone Invitational t22 t9 t36 t11 t16 t15 t33ca championship 10 t43 t45 t9 t9 t53 t37the Barclays t23 t25 cut t28 t21Deutsche Bank championship t13 cut t30 t19 t30BmW championship cut cut t21 t38 5 t15nAtionAL teAMS: the presidents cup (2), 2007; 2009. ryder cup (2), 2006, 2010; Worldcup (1), 2005.pgatour.com <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> 2011 Guide2-95