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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSJeff Klauk (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2check of $117,000 pushed him over the $200,000 mark andinto the No. 2 spot on the money list, virtually assuring theseven-year Nationwide tour member of his first trip to thepga tour in 2009...also had a second at the Nationwidetour championship at tpc craig ranch, t2s at the panamamovistar championship and utah championship, a t4at the Henrico county open and a t6 at the cox classic.Shot a 6-under 65 in the final round of the season tofinish second at the Nationwide tour championship andclaim the No. 3 position on the money list with $407,418.2007: posted four top-10 finishes on Nationwide tour.2006: Season-best third place finish came at cox classicon Nationwide tour. 2005: recorded a pair of top-10results on Nationwide tour. 2004: Earned four top-10s onNationwide tour. 2003: First career victory came at thepreferred Health Systems Wichita open. Fired rounds of66-69-64-66 to finish 19-under-par, one shot in front ofmark Hensby and mike Brisky. only previous pga tourstart before earning membership for 2009 was a missedcut at the 2003 at&t pebble Beach National pro-am. 2002:accumulated $146,316 in earnings on the Nationwidetour, good enough for No. 22 on the final money list.Amateur: member of three-time Ncaa Division II nationalchampionship team at Florida Southern. Won the 2000Ncaa Division II individual title by seven strokes, earningthe arnold palmer award for medalist honors. Named theNcaa Division II National player of the Year. member ofthe 2000 u.S. palmer cup team that competed in England.PeRSonAL:credits his father for giving him his start in golf. Father,Fred, served as the superintendent at tpc Sawgrass inponte Vedra Beach, FL, before retiring in 2008. Fatherwas chosen as Golfweek golf Father of the Year in 2000.Wife, Shanna (Nagy), won nine collegiate titles and wasNcaa Division II championship winner in 1996 and 1998at Florida Southern. Was a 2006 inductee into the FloridaSouthern college and the Sunshine State conference Hallof Fame. Brother John joined the 2004 Nationwide tourafter a successful college career at the university of texas.Younger brother, Jason, was a distance runner for theuniversity of Florida track team.Matt KucharPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................72.23Driving Distance ...........................................266.4Driving accuracy percentage .......................62.58%greens in regulation percentage ................60.96%putting average ...........................................1.787(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 65–Bob Hope classic/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 64–2009 u.S.Bank championship in milwaukee/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $268,800–2009 the Honda classic/4career High official World Rank: after 2009 Valerotexas open/138eXeMPt StAtUS: 2010 leader in official earnings(through 2015)FULL nAMe: matthew gregory KucharHeiGHt: 6-4WeiGHt: 195BiRtHDAte: June 21, 1978BiRtHPLAce: Winter park, FLReSiDence: St. Simons Island, gaFAMiLY: Wife, Sybi; cameron cole (10/11/07), carsonWright (7/2/09)eDUcAtion: georgia tech (2000, management)SPeciAL inteReStS: Sports, boats, planes, hiking,skiingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2000JoineD toUR: 2001nationwide tour Graduate (2006)PGA toUR VictoRieS (3):2002 the Honda classic. 2009 turning Stone resortchampionship. 2010 the Barclays.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):2006 Henrico county open.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:1—the Barclays; t2—Bob Hope classic; 3—SBS championship, World golf championships-cachampionship, BmW championship; t4—rBc canadianopen; t6—u.S. open; t8—Shell Houston open, thememorial tournament; t9—World golf championships-Bridgestone Invitational; t10—pga championship.2010 SeASon:turned in the best season of his career, finishing second inthe FedExcup standings with a victory (the Barclays) and atour-leading 11 top-10 finishes. also captured the arnoldpalmer award for leading the tour in official earnings($4,910,477), as well as Vardon trophy and Byron Nelsonaward for lowest adjusted scoring average (69.61)…making his first trip back to Kapalua in seven years, cardedbookend 67s at the season-opening SBS championship tofinish third, three strokes behind champion geoff ogilvy…Final-round 63 helped him finish t2 at the Bob Hope classic.tied for the lead with tim clark and Bill Haas entering thefinal hole, but second shot with a hybrid went to the backfringe of the green, where he three-putted for par from91 feet, missing a 10-footer for birdie. Haas birdied thefinal hole two groups later to win… third top-10 was at3 at World golf championships-ca championship, hiscareer-best finish in a World golf championships event…Next start was the Shell Houston open, where he posted at8 for fourth top 10 of the season…Fifth top 10 was a t8at the memorial tournament…playing in his 19th majorchampionship, at the u.S. open, equaled the best finalround of the day with a 3-under 68 to finish t6, a careerbestmajor performance. previous-best finishes came inhis first two starts (both as an amateur), t21 at the 1998masters and t14 at the 1998 u.S. open. Sixth top-10 of theseason surpassed a previous best of five in 2009…In July,finished in a nine-way tie for fourth at the rBc canadianPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 2-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1998a 6 5 21999a 4 22000a 12001 11 6 1 1 2 4 $572,669/2002 27 14 1 4 6 1,237,725/492003 23 8 2 176,047/1822004 28 13 1 4 509,257/1392005 21 9 1 3 402,786/1592006 8 2 30,297/2412007 26 16 1 2 4 89,021/92 886,146/1152008 27 16 1 1 5 8 94,590/115 1,447,638/702009 24 18 1 5 10 1,364/40 2,489,193/242010 26 23 1 1 3 11 20 2,728/2 4,910,477/1total 232 132 3 3 6 31 63 12,662,234nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2001 3 2 1 1 1 $38,739/952006 21 16 1 2 5 11 300,867/10total 24 18 1 3 6 12 339,606* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters t21 t50 cut t24u.S. open t14 cut cut cut cut t48 cut t6British open cut cut cut cut cut t27pga cut cut t10tHE pLaYErS WD cut t16 cut t14 t13tour championshipt25accenture match play championshipt17Bridgestone Invitational t38 t9ca championshipt3HSBc championst19the Barclays cut t43 cut t35 cut t28 1Deutsche Bank championship cut t17 t27 t41 cut t15 t11BmW championship t60 t10 t3nAtionAL teAMS: ryder cup (1), 2010; World amateur team championship (1), 1998;Walker cup (1), 1999.2-102 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com