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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSJustin leonardSection Player BiograPhies2<strong>PGA</strong> toUR VictoRieS (12):1996 Buick open. 1997 Kemper open, British open.1998 tHE pLaYErS championship. 2000 Westin texasopen at Lacantera. 2001 texas open at Lacantera. 2002WorLDcom cLaSSIc - the Heritage of golf. 2003 theHonda classic. 2005 Bob Hope chrysler classic, FedEx St.Jude classic. 2007 Valero texas open. 2008 Stanford St.Jude championship.otHeR VictoRieS (1):2000 cVS charity classic [with Davis Love III].BeSt 2010 <strong>PGA</strong> toUR FiniSH:t3—Wyndham championship.2010 SeASon:recorded one top-10, fewest since he joined the tour in1994. Finished outside of the top 45 on the money list forjust the third time in his career…aced the 13th hole of thecopperhead course at Innisbrook in the second round of thetransitions championship on the way to a t20. It was hisfifth hole-in-one on tour…Finished t3 at the Wyndhamchampionship for his first top-10 of the season. Went to the72nd hole with an opportunity to tie the leader and eventualchampion, arjun atwal, at 20-under par with a birdie, but anerrant drive set up a closing bogey.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: made the cut in 21 of 26 starts, finishing No. 39 in theFedExcup point standings and inside the top 30 (No. 30) onthe money list for the 12th time in his career...Despite anopening-round, 1-over 74, battled back to finish fifth at theseason-opening mercedes-Benz championship...Lost 2 and1 to ross Fisher in the quarterfinals of the World golfchampionships-accenture match play championship, finishingt5...Next top-10 finish also came in a World golfchampionships event, finishing t9 at the ca championship...Four rounds in the 60s led to a t5 effort at the Valero texaseXeMPt StAtUS: 87th on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: Justin charles garrett LeonardHeiGHt: 5-9WeiGHt: 170BiRtHDAte: June 15, 1972BiRtHPLAce: Dallas, tXReSiDence: Dallas, tXopen...Final-round 68 earned a t8 at the British open aftermissing cuts at the masters and u.S. open...Finished 2-1-2in helping lead the united States to a five-point victory overthe International team at the presidents cup...closed theseason with a runner-up finish, the 17th of his career, at thechildren’s miracle Network classic. Held a two-shot lead atthe midway point and then was in a four-way tie for the leadafter 54 holes. Barely missed a 16-foot birdie putt on thefinal hole to win in regulation, shot 67, and was then eliminatedon the first playoff hole after a bogey, as Stephenames beat george mcNeill on the next playoff hole. 2008:recorded his 12th career victory (Stanford St. Judechampionship) and played an integral part on the winningu.S. ryder cup team. made the cut in 24 of 25 starts, witheight top-10 finishes and an eighth-place finish in theFedExcup standings. Surpassed $3 million in earnings forthe first time in his career...posted the 16th runner-up finishof his career at the Bob Hope chrysler classic. carried afour-stroke lead into the final round, but an even-par 72 lefthim three strokes behind tournament winner D.J. trahan(final-round 65). Finished fourth at the World golfchampionships-accenture match play championship, losingto Henrik Stenson in the consolation final, 3 and 2. Lost toStewart cink in the semifinals...Won for the second time inmemphis at the Stanford St. Jude championship after makinga 19-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole, thepar-3 11th, to defeat trevor Immelman and robert allenby.Was three strokes back through 54 holes, but surged up theleaderboard with a final-round 68 and captured his 12thcareer tour win. Finished at 4-under 276, the highest72-hole total since this event moved to the tpc Southwindcourse in 1989...In third ryder cup appearance, had a 2-1-1record for winning american team. It was his first ryder cupstart since the u.S. won in 1999. 2007: rallied late in theyear to win for the 11th time in his career and totaled morethan $2 million in earnings...Began the year with eight consecutivemissed cuts and finished with three top-10s in lastFAMiLY: Wife, amanda; reese Ella (9/14/03), averyKate (3/29/05), Luke garrett (7/22/06), Skylar (4/15/10)eDUcAtion: university of texas (1994, Business)SPeciAL inteReStS: Fishing, hiking, skiingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1994JoineD toUR: 1994four starts, including a win at the Valero texas open...re-united early in the season with instructor randy Smith,who taught Leonard the game from an early age at royaloaks gc in Dallas...Finished t2 with Jason gore and Woodyaustin at the Buick open after Brian Bateman birdied thefinal hole to win...Jumped from No. 161 to No. 33 during thepga tour Fall Series, with 16 of 20 rounds under-par duringthat stretch...carded rounds of 65-67-64-65—261 toclaim his 11th tour title at the Valero texas open. Wonwith a birdie on the third playoff hole, the par-3 17th, todefeat Jesper parnevik. posted three birdies and four parsover the final seven holes to force the sudden-death playoff.Victory was first since the 2005 Stanford St. Judechampionship, a span of 63 tournaments. Joined arnoldpalmer as the only three-time winners of the event. 2006:Had the lowest finish on money list in career (109th), withtwo top-10s in 26 starts. Failed to qualify for tHE tourchampionship for just the second time since joining thetour full-time in 1995...Best finish was a t7 at the FBropen in phoenix. 2005: recorded two victories and earneda berth on u.S. presidents cup squad...Earned his ninthcareer win by firing a final-round 67 and coming from threestrokes behind 72-hole leader Joe ogilvie to win by threestrokes at the Bob Hope chrysler classic. Five rounds in the60s led to his first win in almost two years (Honda classic,march 16, 2003) and the fifth come-from-behind win of hiscareer….collected multiple wins in a season for just thesecond time in his career after winning the FedEx St. Judeclassic by a stroke over two-time defending championDavid toms. Went wire-to-wire for the first time in hiscareer on tour. Held tour season-high, eight-stroke leadthrough 54 holes but posted a final round 2-over 73 to holdon by one over toms, who posted a final-round 7-under 63.Second time in his career he has won after posting an overparscore without a single birdie in the final round. He wonthe mcI Heritage in 2002 with a 2-over 73 final-round scorewithout a birdie...No. 11 in u.S. presidents cup standings,<strong>PGA</strong> toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 2-5events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1993a 7 5 11994 13 5 1 2 4 $140,413/1261995 31 25 2 7 13 748,793/221996 29 23 1 1 8 13 943,140/111997 29 25 2 1 1 8 13 1,587,531/51998 28 22 1 2 8 13 1,671,823/81999 28 26 2 2 7 25 2,020,991/82000 28 22 1 3 4 14 2,023,465/142001 30 22 1 9 12 1,783,842/252002 26 23 1 1 7 17 2,738,235/82003 23 19 1 1 4 13 2,450,525/172004 25 21 1 3 9 1,531,023/422005 24 17 2 4 8 2,665,131/122006 26 17 2 5 781,756/1092007 29 17 1 1 5 9 89,238/86 2,079,248/332008 25 24 1 1 8 15 111,638/8 3,943,542/102009 26 21 1 6 12 1,371/39 2,232,378/302010 27 19 1 1 8 1,096/59 1,026,445/87total 454 353 12 17 5 93 204 30,368,282* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*<strong>PGA</strong> toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05masters cut t27 t7 t8 t18 t28 t27 t20 cut t35 t13u.S. open t68 t50 t36 t40 t15 t16 cut t12 t20 cut t23British open t58 cut 1 t57 t2 t41 cut t14 cut t16 t52pga t8 t5 2 cut cut t41 t10 t4 cut t2 cuttHE pLaYErS t34 t65 t37 1 t23 t22 cut t44 t21 t42 cuttour championship t7 t6 t8 t5 t12 t16 t22 t18 t21 28accenture match play championship t17 t17 t9 t33 t17 t33 t33Bridgestone Invitational 20 t2 t28 t23 t50 t19ca championship t11 t25 cNL t11 t28 t46Year 06 07 08 09 10=masters t39 t20 cut cutu.S. opencut cut t36 cut t14British open cut t16 t8 cutpgacut cut t58 t67 t39tHE pLaYErScut cut cut t32 t52tour championshipt10accenture match play championship t33 4 t5 t33Bridgestone Invitational t31 t9 t20 44 t22ca championship t34 t9the Barclays t29 cut t7 t31 t36Deutsche Bank championship cut t55 t7 t19 t30BmW championshipt17 t49 t30nAtionAL teAMS: the presidents cup (5), 1996, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2009; ryder cup (3),1997, 1999, 2008; World amateur team championship (1), 1992; Walker cup (1), 1993; Dunhillcup (1), 1997; World cup (2), 1997, 2003.2-108 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> 2011 Guidepgatour.com

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