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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSZach Johnson (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2in georgia (two in suburban atlanta, one in augusta)...Looking to capture his third tour event in georgia duringthe year, posted an East Lake gc course-record 10-underpar60 in the third round of tHE tour championship enroute to a t2 finish, eight behind winner tiger Woods.opportunity for a 59 passed with a missed bunker shot forbirdie on the par-3 18th hole. Bunker shot was measured at50 feet, 9 inches. Finished seventh in the FedExcup standingsto earn a $700,000 bonus along with $619,500 for t2finish at East Lake. 2006: First top-10 was solo third insecond appearance at World golf championshipsaccenturematch play championship, defeating tomLehman in the consolation final, 3 and 2...past championtied for second at BellSouth classic, 13 shots behind philmickelson. closed with four consecutive birdies on Sunday(Nos. 15-18) to tie Jose maria olazabal for runner-up honors...runner-upat the memorial tournament, his third runner-upfinish since he first won on tour in 2004...Finishedninth on the u.S. ryder cup team list to make his first rydercup team (1-2-1 record in Ireland). 2005: posted five top-10s for second straight season, including two top-3s...Finished t3 at the Ford championship, thanks in part to athen-career-low 8-under 64 on Saturday, which helped himjump 25 spots from t28 to t3 heading into the final round...With four rounds in the 60s, finished t2 at the Buick open,four strokes behind Vijay Singh. played with Singh onSunday and posted a 3-under-par 69...teamed with Stewartcink in the algarve World cup in portugal in November,finishing t17. 2004: Became just the second player in tourhistory to surpass $2 million in earnings in his rookie season.made 24 of 30 cuts and picked up his first tour winin just his 13th career tournament. along with toddHamilton, became the first pair of rookies to make tHEtour championship since 1999, when Notah Begay III andcarlos Franco finished in the top 30. Began season outsidethe top 200 on the official World golf ranking (207th) andended the season at No. 41...captured BellSouth classic inapril at age 28 years, 1 month,10 days. Held the 36- and54-hole leads after opening 69-66-68. rollercoaster roundon Sunday, with birdies on five of first 10 holes, followedby four bogeys in five holes. converted pars on final threeholes to edge mark Hensby by one stroke. Became thefourth player to win BellSouth classic for first tour victory,joining tommy aaron (1970), paul Stankowski (1996) andBen crane (2003). 2003: Earned Nationwide tour player ofthe Year honors after making the cut in 19 of 20 events,including the last 17 and finishing first on the final moneylist with a then-record $494,882. produced two wins and atour-leading 11 top-10s, including nine top-threes...Victories came at the rheem classic and the Envirocareutah classic...tied a Nationwide tour record with threeconsecutive runner-up performances, at the reese’s cupclassic, the Henrico county open and the Dayton open...Set the tour’s all-time, single-season money record (surpassedby troy matteson in 2005) and became the firstplayer in tour history to top the $400,000 mark in earnings...posted68 of 78 rounds during the season at par orbetter...Led tour with a record scoring average of 68.97 andfinished first in putting average and all-around ranking.2002: Won once (tulsa, oK) on the Hooters tour. recordedfive top-five finishes, nine top-10s and finished second onthe money list. 2001: Won final three regular-seasonevents on Hooters tour, earning the nickname “Back-to-Back-to-Back-Zach.” Finished the season as the tour’sleading money winner and player of the Year. 2000: rookieon the Nationwide tour...missed the first six cuts of theyear but rebounded by making four of the final five cutswith t25 at the tri-cities open his best showing. 1999:Finished third on prairie golf tour after winning twice.1998: Won once on the prairie golf tour and finished sixthon the money list.PeRSonAL:Began playing golf at age 10…Lists his father and motheramong his heroes. Father is a chiropractor…Huge Drakeuniversity and university of Iowa sports fan…the galleryat BellSouth classic at first tour victory included a groupof about 10 men from Iowa who gave him financial supportearly in his career, buying a stake in Zach for $500a share. Some were seeing him play as a pro for the firsttime. “It started out as a business, but it ended up as abusiness family,” Johnson said of his relationship withthem. “It’s unbelievable having them here. they would buya couple stock shares in me and just allow me to go outand not have to worry about the necessities of travelingweek to week.”…When heavy rains caused flooding inthe midwest in the summer of 2008, stepped up to help.Served as the spokesman on a public service announcementand held a one-day golf event in cedar rapids,Ia, that raised $350,000. Was instrumental, along withJerry Kelly, in starting the pga tour Flood relief effort,which donated approximately $125,000 to the cause…InJuly of 2010, announced formation of the Zach JohnsonFoundation that will benefit children in need in the greatercedar rapids area. the Foundation’s premier event will bethe Zach Johnson Foundation classic, a tournament thatwill feature at least four pga tour players as well assome of the game’s future superstars. Inaugural event willtake place at Elmcrest cc in cedar rapids on aug. 1, 2011.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.53 (50)Driving Distance ...........................................279.7 (156)Driving accuracy percentage .......................71.24% (8)greens in regulation percentage ................66.54% (111)putting average ...........................................1.739 (6)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 63–Deutsche Bankchampionship/1career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 60–2 times, mostrecent 2009 Valero texas open/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,305,000–2007 masters tournament/1career High official World Rank: after 2007 u.S.open/13Matt JoneseXeMPt StAtUS: 72nd on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: matthew paul JonesHeiGHt: 6-0WeiGHt: 170BiRtHDAte: april 19, 1980BiRtHPLAce: Sydney, New South Wales, australiaReSiDence: Scottsdale, aZFAMiLY: Wife, melissaeDUcAtion: arizona State university (2001)SPeciAL inteReStS: Fantasy football, watching tV,relaxingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2001JoineD toUR: 2008nationwide tour Graduate (2007)BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSHeS:t4—2008 the Honda classic, Buick open.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:5—John Deere classic; t7—Quail Hollow championship;t8—Bob Hope classic; t10—at&t pebble BeachNational pro-am, Zurich classic of New orleans.2010 SeASon:In third season, enjoyed his finest year on tour, withfive top-10s and a finish inside the top 125 on the moneylist for the first time in his career…Finished t8 at theBob Hope classic, his first top-10 since a t5 at the 2009John Deere classic…Kept the momentum going threeweeks later at the at&t pebble Beach National pro-am,where he finished t10 with five others…Was t10 at theZurich classic of New orleans, his third top-10 of theseason. one of five australians to post a top-10 finish attpc Louisiana on anzac Day (april 25), a national day ofremembrance in australia and New Zealand…Finished t7at the Quail Hollow championship on the strength of 69-68on the weekend…Fifth top-10 finish of the season cameat the John Deere classic, thanks largely to an openinground,7-under 64 for his best finish of the season...Hada strong performance late in the year, at the australianopen. Shot a final-round 68 to move up the leaderboard tot2 behind geoff ogilvy.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: a year of near misses for the aussie who enteredthe final event of the pga tour regular season, theWyndham championship, at No. 117 in the FedExcupstandings. a 70-74 over the weekend included a missed8-foot putt at the 72nd hole and contributed to missing theFedExcup playoffs by less than a point...Entered the FallSeries at No. 119 on the money list and despite makingPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.60 (53)Driving Distance ...........................................293.3 (42)Driving accuracy percentage .......................57.07% (167)greens in regulation percentage ................65.29% (151)putting average ...........................................1.753 (26)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–2 times, most recent JohnDeere classic/1career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–2 times, mostrecent 2009 John Deere classic/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $227,333–2008 the Honda classic/t4career High official World Rank: after 2010 rydercup/1542-96 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com