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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSMarc leishman (leesh-mun)eXeMPt StAtUS: 59th on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: marc LeishmanHeiGHt: 6-2WeiGHt: 200BiRtHDAte: october 24, 1983BiRtHPLAce: Warrnambool, Victoria, australiaReSiDence: Warrnambool, Victoria, australiaFAMiLY: Wife, audreySPeciAL inteReStS: Surfing, crickettURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2005nationwide tour Graduate (2008)BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t2—2009 BmW championship, 2010 Farmers Insuranceopen.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):2008 WNB golf classic.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (1):2006 Jisan resort open [Kor], Queensland cairns classic[aus], toyota Southern classic [aus]. 2007 toyota Southernclassic [aus].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t2—Farmers Insurance open; t7—at&t National.2010 SeASon:made 17 of 26 cuts to go with two top-10s, including arunner up for the second consecutive season…Equaledcareer-best finish (2009 BmW championship) in his 30thcareer start with a t2 at the Farmers Insurance open. oneof seven players to shoot under par for all four rounds attorrey pines…garnered his second top-10 of the season14 starts later, where weekend rounds of 67-68 led to a t7finish at at&t National.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Voted rookie of the Year, with three top-10s, includinga runner-up finish to tiger Woods at theposted fourrounds in the 60s at the Valero texas open for a careerbestt5 finish...Followed with an 11-under 269 effort atHp Byron Nelson championship, where he played the frontnine without a bogey for the week (10-under) and finishedt8...Shot a career-low, 9-under 62, one off the tpc Bostoncourse record, in the second round of the Deutsche Bankchampionship. round included a birdie-eagle streak of6-under (B-B-E-B-B) on Nos. 16-2 that equaled the beststreak of the season to date. Eagled the 72nd hole tofinish t15 and advance from 93rd to 67th in the FedExcupstandings and earn a start at the following week’s BmWchampionship...posted four rounds in the 60s to finish acareer-best t2 at the BmW championship. moved fromNo. 67 to No. 16 in the FedExcup standings to earn a tripto tHE tour championship presented by coca-cola, thelone rookie to play in the pga tour playoff finale in 2009.Leishman and Luke Donald were the only players to moveinto the top 30 following the BmW championship. 2008:placed 19th on the Nationwide tour money list, just 56cents ahead of the 20th position...Earned his first careerNationwide tour win with an 11-stroke victory at the WNBgolf classic, tying the Nationwide tour largest-winningmarginrecord (chris Smith, 1997 omaha classic). Was21-under par in becoming the sixth australian to win in2008. advanced from 56th to 19th on the money list...t9 atthe Livermore Valley Wine country championship...Secondtop-10 of the year came at the BmW charity pro-am,where he t6...Led after 36 holes of the utah championship,shooting a record-equaling, 8-under 63 in the second round.playing in the last group in the final round, he hit his teeshot at hole No. 12 out of bounds, shot 72 and finished ina six-way t2, six strokes back of winner Brendon todd...Nationwide tour championship at tpc craig ranch finish oft7 advanced him four spots on the final money list to 19thto secure his 2009 pga tour card. 2007: played his rookieseason on the Nationwide tour, making the cut in five ofeight starts and posting four top-25 finishes. concluded theseason No. 92 on the money list, with $63,643...openedthe year with two top-10 finishes, including a career-bestt3 at the Jacob’s creek open championship and a t10 atthe HSBc New Zealand pga championship...Highly successfulcareer in australia, including third win on the VonNida tour at the toyota Southern classic. 2006: made firsttwo Nationwide tour starts, with only made cut—a t43 atthe Jacob’s creek open championship...Won twice on theVon Nida tour at the 2006 Queensland cairns classic andthe 2006 toyota Southern classic...Led that tour’s orderof merit. Amateur: Victories posted at the 2001 VictorianJunior masters, 2001 South australian Junior masters andthe 2001 Victorian Boys champion...Won the Warrnamboolclub championship as a 13-year old while playing in thesame group as his father.PeRSonAL:Likes to surf and watch australian rules Football but sayshis favorite sport is cricket. Says it’s tough to explain cricketto americans but its a lot like golf because it lasts a longtime, you have to pace yourself, requires strategic decisionmaking and you must take chances at the right time…Listsgreg Norman as one of his heroes as a youngster but modeledhis game after Ernie Els.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.77 (74)Driving Distance ...........................................295.0 (31)Driving accuracy percentage .......................58.37% (159)greens in regulation percentage ................66.67% (104)putting average ...........................................1.792 (119)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–Wyndham championship/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–2009 DeutscheBank championship/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $660,000–2009 BmW championship/t2career High official World Rank: after 2010 Northerntrust open/75Section 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2009 28 18 1 3 8 593/20 $1,742,243/472010 26 17 1 2 9 1,268/44 1,488,837/59total 54 35 2 5 17 3,231,080nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2006 2 1 $2,535/2542007 8 5 1 2 4 63,643/922008 25 16 1 1 5 8 244,224/19total 35 22 1 1 1 7 12 310,402* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 09 10masterscutu.S. opencutBritish opent60pgat48tHE pLaYErScuttour championshipt28ca championshipt63the Barclayscut t36Deutsche Bank championship t15 t61BmW championship t2 t11pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-107