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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSopen for seventh top-10. Ended four strokes behind winnercarl pettersson…Entered the third round of the World golfchampionships-Bridgestone Invitational one stroke behindco-leaders ryan palmer and Sean o’Hair, but a final-round73 resulted in a t9…claimed second career top-10 majorfinish with a t8 at the pga championship at WhistlingStraits. Held the 18-hole lead after opening with a 5-underpar67. clinched eighth and final ryder cup berth. Ninthtop-10 of the season led tour heading into the playoffs…at the Barclays, overcame a five-stroke deficit in the finalround with a 5-under 66 to force sudden-death with martinLaird. on the first playoff hole, he hit a 7-iron from therough 190 yards away that curled to 2 1/2 feet. convertedthe birdie putt for his third pga tour victory. Victory movedhim to No. 1 in the FedExcup standings and guaranteed thegeorgia tech graduate a spot in the season-ending tourchampionship presented by coca-cola in atlanta…twoweeks later, despite feeling ill, carded a 7-under 64 to grabthe first-round lead at the BmW championship. Hung nearthe top of the leaderboard the rest of the way, holding ashare of the second-round lead. Entering the final roundhe was just one stroke behind ryan moore. a final-round,1-over 72 left him t3, still good enough to maintain thetop spot in the FedExcup standings and record his tourleading11th top-10 finish of the season…Finished t25 attHE tour championship but fell just one spot to finish No.2 in the final FedExcup standings…Finished 2-1-1 in hisfirst ryder cup appearance. teamed with Stewart cink towin first two matches before halving their four-ball matchagainst Edoardo and Francesco molinari.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Won his second career pga tour title at the turningStone resort championship during a season where heposted career-best numbers (10), top-10 finishes (five), cutsmade (18), FedExcup finish (No. 40) and earnings (No. 24)...Finished t6 at the FBr open on the strength of 5-under 67sin the first two rounds...t5 at the memorial tournament,finishing at 6-under for the tournament...Was t4 through54 holes of BmW championship before final-round 75dropped him to a t10 finish...parred the sixth playoff holeto beat Vaughn taylor and win the turning Stone resortchampionship on monday morning. the duo played twoplayoff holes on Sunday night before darkness forcedthe postponement of the pga tour Fall Series eventuntil monday morning. they went bogey-birdie-birdie onmonday morning before the final hole, the 439-yard, par-413th. taylor drove first into a water hazard on the right andKuchar drove into the fairway. Kuchar got up and down forpar and the win as taylor made double bogey. It was hissecond career pga tour win. He won the 2002 Hondaclassic...Earned third straight top-10 finish, and fifth of theseason, with t7 at Justin timberlake Shriners Hospitals forchildren open. 2008: Had a career-best five (later equaledin 2009) top-10 finishes on the way to a then-career best inearnings ($1,447,638). In his sixth start of the season, finishedt3 at the mayakoba golf classic, posting four roundsin the 60s. Finished four behind champion Brian gay...theMatt Kuchar (Continued)following month at the Verizon Heritage, played his weekend36 holes 7-under-par to finish t7 with michael Letzig,camilo Villegas, Stewart cink and Lucas glover...Workwith swing coach, chris o’connell, out of Dallas paid offin Ft. Worth. a second-round, 6-under-par 64 earned ninthplace...posted back-to-back top-10s with his t10 finish atthe memorial tournament. First time he posted consecutivetop-10s since joining the tour in 2001...Second-placefinish at the Justin timberlake Shriners Hospitals forchildren open was his best on tour since he won the 2002Honda classic. His only other second-place finish came in2001. 2007: In first season back on the pga tour, had bestperformance since winning in 2002, with two top-10s...recorded a final-round 6-under-par 66 at the at&t pebbleBeach National pro-am to finish t6...Former georgia techall-america posted t3 at the at&t classic in Duluth, ga,aided by a third-round 8-under-par 64...Had a hole-in-oneduring the final round of the Zurich classic of New orleans.2006: Spent most of his season on the Nationwide tour,where he earned his first career win at the Henrico countyopen by beating paul claxton in a playoff. Finished No. 10on the final money list to earn his 2007 pga tour card...missed the cut in six of his eight tour starts. 2005: onlytop-10 finish came at the mcI Heritage...Had a hole-in-oneduring the final round of the John Deere classic. 2004: at10 at the Hp classic of New orleans was his only top-10finish in 28 starts. 2003: after winning for the first time,struggled through a difficult season which saw him fall outof the top 125 on the money list...Best result came at theFedEx St. Jude classic, a 20th-place finish thanks to a pairof 67s on the weekend. 2002: opened the season with abang with a t4 at the Sony open in Hawaii...two monthslater earned his first victory at the Honda classic. closedwith a pair of 66s to defeat Brad Faxon and Joey Sindelarby two strokes. made four consecutive birdies on the backnine to help him rally from a four-shot deficit to Sindelar atthe turn. Victory jumped him from No. 149 in official Worldgolf ranking to No. 50 and qualified him for the masters onthe last day to qualify...Finished t5 at the Fed Ex St. Judeclassic, worth $133,475 to push him over the $1-millionmark for the first time in a single season...Finished t9 attampa Bay classic presented by Buick, posting four subparrounds. 2001: Earned pga tour card through sponsorexemptions...ranked second behind charles Howell III inpga tour non-member earnings with $572,669 in only11 starts. Earnings would have ranked him 91st on tourofficial money list...after missing the cut in his first threetour starts, playing on a sponsor exemption, secured hiscard for 2002 with two big finishes...Earned first top-10 in atour event in sixth start as professional. rounds of 68-66-72-67 at air canada championship produced t3 worth$197,200. Season earnings total at that point of $269,253earned him Special temporary membership...Best effort ofseason came in San antonio, where he was two strokesbehind Justin Leonard after 54 holes of texas open.playing in the final group on Sunday, closed with 69, asdid Leonard, for t2 with rookie J.J. Henry. the texas openpaycheck of $264,000, clinched 2002 tour card in onlyeighth start of season...made three starts in Nationwidetour events, including a t2 at the Siouxland open in July...played from australia to mexico, played on the Nationwidetour, canadian tour and the golden Bear tour. 2000: afterfinishing his collegiate career at georgia tech in may,decided to stay amateur and briefly took a job in finance...played in the Westin texas open at Lacantera in octoberas an amateur and missed the cut. It was in texas wherehe started to think about turning pro and giving the pgatour a try...one month later, made his professional debutat the 2000 australian open (won by aaron Baddeley).Amateur: 1997 u.S. amateur champion following threeconsecutive wins by tiger Woods...Lost in the quarterfinalsin 1998 when defending the u.S. amateur crown at oakHill...as a sophomore in 1998 at georgia tech, finished21st at masters and 14th at u.S. open. Finish at masterswas best 72-hole finish by an amateur in 20 years. therewas talk of his turning pro, but Kuchar instead finishedout his collegiate career at georgia tech, where he was atwo-time first-team all-america selection and the YellowJackets’ second player to be a four-time all-acc selection(along with David Duval). awarded Fred Haskins award in1998 as the nation’s top collegiate golfer...Was 1998 accplayer of the Year...Six career collegiate victories for techwas bested only by Duval’s eight.PeRSonAL:got started in golf when his mother, meg, upgraded thecountry club membership to include golf when he was 12years old. He and his dad tried golf and were hooked…Father, peter Kuchar, is an excellent tennis player who wasranked No. 1 in doubles at one time in the state of Florida…Wife, Sybi, was a standout tennis player at georgia tech,where they met. they teamed in october 2009 to winthe consolation title in the uSta National Husband/WifeDoubles championship at the atp Headquarters in ponteVedra Beach, FL.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................69.61 (1)Driving Distance ...........................................286.9 (105)Driving accuracy percentage .......................67.89% (39)greens in regulation percentage ................69.36% (34)putting average ...........................................1.739 (6)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 63–2 times, most recent thegreenbrier classic/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–6 times, mostrecent 2010 the greenbrier classic/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,350,000–2010 the Barclays/1career High official World Rank: after 2010 Justintimberlake Shriners Hospitals for children open/10Section 2 Player BiograPhiespgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-103