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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRStabbed as a captain’s Selection by Jack Nicklaus.responded with a 3-1-1 record, including a Sunday singlesvictory over tim clark. 2004: Near-miss at pgachampionship. Shared second-round lead with Vijay Singhat 9-under 135 and was one back of Singh through 54holes. Held one-stroke lead over chris Dimarco and Singhthrough 71 holes but missed a 12-footer for par on the 72ndhole to force a three-man, three-hole playoff. Finished t2after Singh was only one of the three to record a birdieduring the playoff. 2003: Earned eighth career victory at theHonda classic and had the birth of first daughter…camefrom behind to win the Honda classic with rounds of63-70-64-67--264. co-leader through 18 holes with NotahBegay III and Jeff Brehaut. Entered final round one strokebehind Davis Love III, and carded 5-under 67 to earn onestrokewin over Love and chad campbell. Winning 72-holetotal of 264 broke previous Honda classic record of 266 setby Blaine mccallister in 1989...at the Bank of americacolonial, was 10-under-par through 17 holes in final roundwith a chance to post a 59 with a birdie. Bogeyed the 18thhole to finish with a 9-under 61, tying the course record,and finished t2. also holds a share of the course record (61)at the tpc Las colinas, the host course of the EDS ByronNelson championship...teamed with american Jim Furykat World cup and played on his third presidents cup squad.2002: Finished in the top 10 in earnings for the first timesince 1999 and captured tour event for third consecutiveseason...picked up seventh career victory at theWorLDcom cLaSSIc. closed with a 73 to edge HeathSlocum by one stroke. Became first player to shoot over-parin the final round and win since Scott mccarron at the 2001BellSouth classic. also the first without a birdie in the finalround and win since Vijay Singh at the 1995 Buick classic.Singh won with a playoff birdie...opened with rounds of72-66 to shared the 36-hole lead at the pga. Had a threeshotlead over eventual champion rich Beem after postingthe only round in the 60s, shooting a third-round 69 amidwinds gusting to 40 mph. closing 77 dropped him to t4.2001: after struggling early in the season with a swingchange, rallied to once again qualify for tHE tourchampionship for the seventh consecutive time by earning$1,783,842...Had a very successful year playing in texas bywinning once and added three other top-10s in as manystarts. Was able to defend his title in the texas open at Lacantera. Became the first player to win in consecutiveJustin leonard (Continued)years at the texas open since arnold palmer won three ina row (1960-62). Led by three strokes after 36 holes andheld that lead to capture sixth victory by two strokes overJ.J. Henry and matt Kuchar. Earlier in the year, posted a t4at Shell Houston open, a t6 at the Verizon Byron Nelsonclassic and a t5 in the mastercard colonial. 2000: alongwith a victory, also finished second three times...Earned afive-stroke victory at Westin texas open. Shot 66-67 andstood one back through 36 holes. third-round 71 producedshare of the lead. His 66 on Sunday ended 21⁄2-year victorydrought and earned fifth tour career title. First victorysince 1998 pLaYErS championship and first title in homestate. 1999: Didn’t record a victory for first time in threeyears, but was still among the top 10 on money list for thirdconsecutive year...posted seven top-10s, including his firstthree starts...Nearly won his second British open in July,losing to paul Lawrie in three-way playoff with Jean Van deVelde...His 45-foot putt on 17th hole at the country clubduring Sunday singles match with Jose maria olazabalearned decisive half-point that regained ryder cup for u.S.Won four consecutive holes (12-15) to square match andset up his 17th-hole heroics. 1998: Won a tournament forthird year in a row and earned $1,671,823 to finish eighthon money list...Nabbed one of the year’s biggest prizes inmarch, when he came from five strokes back to overtakeLee Janzen on the final day at tHE pLaYErS championship.opened with a 72 and followed with rounds of 69-70 beforefiring a 5-under-par 67 Sunday for a two-stroke victory overtom Lehman and glen Day. Five-stroke comeback was largestever on pLaYErS Stadium course at tpc Sawgrass andwas one shy of raymond Floyd’s tournament record establishedin 1981 at Sawgrass cc. 1997: Won first majorchampionship at British open. after opening with 67 inblustery conditions at royal troon, trailed Jim Furyk andDarren clarke by two strokes. remained two back aftersecond-round 66, but fell five behind Jesper parnevik afterthree rounds. closing 65 was only round in 60s by a playerwho began round under par. Won by three strokes overparnevik and clarke. at age 25, was youngest British openchampion since Seve Ballesteros won in 1979 at 22...Nearly earned second major title at pga championship.Shared third-round lead with Davis Love III after courserecord65 and stood seven strokes in front of next-closestrival. closing 71 left him alone in second, five strokesbehind Love...member of u.S. ryder cup team. 1996: Firsttour victory came at Buick open. Shot 65-64-69 to lead byone after 54 holes. closed with 68 to win by five strokesover chip Beck. Became first player since mark calcavecchiaat 1992 phoenix open to win tournament in which he hadhole-in-one...First victory nearly came earlier that year atphoenix open where he lost in playoff to phil mickelson...played on presidents cup team. 1995: runner-up twice.Was one stroke shy of Billy mayfair at motorola Westernopen and finished second to Duffy Waldorf at Lacanteratexas open. Finish vaulted him to first tour championshipappearance. 1994: Earned tour privileges without makingtrip to Qualifying tournament by playing in 13 events at theend of the season. Best finish was a third at the anheuser-Busch golf classic, his third professional start. Amateur:played in eight tour events as an amateur, making fivecuts...member of winning 1993 u.S. Walker cup team...only golfer in Southwest conference history to win fourconsecutive conference championships...all-american atuniversity of texas in 1993-94...Winner of 1994 DaveWilliams award...1992 u.S. amateur champion.PeRSonAL:In late 2001, completed the White rock marathon in Dallasin 3 hours, 55 minutes. Wife, amanda, has run severalmarathons, including New York city marathon…grew upplaying at royal oaks cc in Dallas with Harrison Frazar, hisroommate at the university of texas.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.42 (39)Driving Distance ...........................................277.8 (172)Driving accuracy percentage .......................69.46% (22)greens in regulation percentage ................65.09% (156)putting average ...........................................1.755 (31)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 63–Wyndham championship/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 61–2 times, mostrecent 2003 Bank of america colonial/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,080,000–2008 Stanford St. Jude championship/1career High official World Rank: after 1998 masterstournament/5Section 2 Player BiograPhiesspencer levin (luh-VeeN)eXeMPt StAtUS: 74th on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: Spencer Joseph LevinHeiGHt: 5-10WeiGHt: 155BiRtHDAte: June 15, 1984BiRtHPLAce: Sacramento, caReSiDence: Elk grove, ca; plays out of Lake mercedgcFAMiLY: SingleeDUcAtion: university of New mexicoSPeciAL inteReStS: Watching television, sleepingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2005Q ScHooL: 2009nationwide tour Graduate (2008)BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t3—2010 children’s miracle Network classic.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t3—children’s miracle Network classic; t4—Justintimberlake Shriners Hospitals for children open; t9—Valero texas open.2010 SeASon:closed the season with top-10 finishes in his final twoevents, giving him a career-best three top-10s on theseason…Finished t9 at the Valero texas open. Was twostrokes behind the leader after 54 holes, but bid for firsttour win was derailed by a final-round 73…posted a t4at the Justin timberlake Shriners Hospitals for childrenopen. carded a bogey-free, 5-under 66 in the final-round tofinish one stroke out of a playoff…Finished a career-bestt3 at the children’s miracle Network classic, with roundsof 68-68-67-68. posted back-to-back top-10 finishes for thefirst time in his career. Bogeyed the final hole at the Disneyevent, dropping him out of a tie for second with rolandthatcher. thatcher needed a solo second-place finish toearn his tour card for 2011.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Finished 141st on the 2009 pga tour money list inhis rookie season with 13 of 25 cuts made and four top-25finishes. Ended the season by successfully navigating thesix-round 2009 pga tour card to garner status for the2010 season. First career top-10 on tour came in 17thstart of rookie campaign. posted a t7 at the 2009 u.S. Bankchampionship, thanks to a final-round 63 that included birdieson four of his final five holes. made the cut in three offour starts on the Nationwide tour, with t31 finishes at theNortheast pennsylvania classic and Fort Smith classic hisbest efforts. 2008: turned in a solid rookie season on theNationwide tour in 2008, finishing 22nd on the money listto earn his tour card for 2009. Earned career-best t2 finishat preferred Health Systems Wichita open. added a solopgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-109