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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSDavis love iii (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2twice. Set the 36-hole point record with 36 points (ErnieEls/34 points/2000). posted three eagles during the secondround...played in fifth presidents cup for the unitedStates...Won second target World challenge in Decemberand earned career-high paycheck (unofficial money) of $1.2million. 2002: Six top-10 finishes included posting runnerupfinishes in back-to-back starts for the third time in hiscareer with his t2 at the canon greater Hartford open andsecond at the advil Western open. Final-round 66 inchicago pulled him within two of winner Jerry Kelly.Second consecutive year he shot final-round 66 and placedsecond...member of his fifth ryder cup team. ryder cuprecord was 2-1-1 for a five-year total of 8-9-3...Ended seasonwith a t5 at tHE tour championship. 2001: returnedto the winner’s circle after a two-year drought. Earned firstwin since 1998 mcI classic at at&t pebble Beach Nationalpro-am. Entered final round seven strokes down and completedplay one stroke up on Vijay Singh after 63. Front ninefeatured pga tour record-tying birdie-eagle string: wentbirdie-eagle-five birdies on holes 1-7. Seven-stroke comebackmatched the best in tournament history (Bob rosburg,1961)...Decision to play in Buick Invitational was last minute,following his at&t pebble Beach National pro-amwin. Fell just short in attempt at back-to-back wins. Lost inthree-way playoff with winner phil mickelson and FrankLickliter II, eliminated with bogey on the second extrahole...captured West coast Swing presented by the St.paul title...Withdrew from three events in may due to neckpain and disk problem that causes numbness in left armand fingers. First experienced numbness at BellSouthclassic...after being off for two months, returned to t7 atu.S. open...Lost head-to-head battle with Scott Hoch foradvil Western open title. Held second- and third-roundleads. closing 66 left him one stroke shy of Hoch, who finishedwith 64. 2000: a season of second- and third-placefinishes. t18 at phoenix open, worth $41,728, moved himpast greg Norman and into first place on pga tour careermoney list...Hold on career money position was short-lived,taken away by tiger Woods, who finished t2 at BuickInvitational...En route to t3 finish at mcI classic, touredcourse in 95 putts, tying for third-lowest total since tourbegan keeping stats in 1980...Shared first- and third-roundlead and held second-round lead outright at gtE ByronNelson classic. closing 69 resulted in a berth in the threemanplayoff won by Jesper parnevik...member of his fourthpresidents cup team. 2000 president’s cup record 4-0-0 fora four-year total of 12-5-2...Won Williams World challenge,shooting a final-round 64...Father Davis Love, Jr. selectedposthumously as the recipient of Harvey penick teachingaward. 1999: though he went without a victory for the firsttime in four years, the season was still a success. Finishedthird on money list with career-high $2,475,328...13 top-10s included four runner-up finishes...Had to withdrawafter three rounds of mcI classic due to sore back. Wastold to take week off, but as defending champion, wantedto play...ailment diagnosed as recurring problem withlower back disk. advised by doctors to take at least twoweeks off between World golf championships-NEcInvitational and ryder cup to recover from pinched nerve inback. Injury first flared at Sprint International. Went 19days without touching a club. pinched nerve caused pain inshoulder and back and numbness in fingers. 1998: 13thcareer victory came at mcI classic, which he had won threetimes previously. posted a seven-stroke win over glen Day.1997: Earned first major championship at pga championshipat Winged Foot cc. rounds of 66-71-66-66 gave him fivestrokevictory over Justin Leonard...Earned second victoryof year at the Buick challenge where, after setting the54-hole record at 189, he was a four-stroke winner overStewart cink. 1996: In third start of season, trailed by fourafter 54 holes of Buick Invitational before posting finalround64 for three-stroke win over phil mickelson...threetimerunner-up that year, finishing one behind Steve Jonesat u.S. open and losing playoffs to michael Bradley atBuick challenge and tiger Woods at Las Vegas Invitational...Won World cup individual title at tpc mission Hills inShenzhen, china, defeating former pga tour playerHisayuki Sasaki of Japan in a playoff. 1995: after winless1994, won Freeport-mcmoran classic in playoff over mikeHeinen to earn place at the following week’s masterstournament...at augusta National, was t11, three strokesbehind leaders through 54 holes, before closing with 66 tofinish second, one behind Ben crenshaw. 1993: Won twice,at season-opening Infiniti tournament of champions and atyear’s final full-field event, Las Vegas Invitational. 1992:First $1-million season, when he won three times in a fiveweekstretch: tHE pLaYErS championship, where he camefrom three strokes off the pace with closing 67 for fourstrokevictory; third mcI classic (previous wins 1987 and1991); and Kmart greater greensboro open. Erased threestrokedeficit entering final round of Kmart ggo with closing62. Amateur: Winner of 1984 North & South amateurand acc championship.PeRSonAL:Father was highly regarded golf teacher who died in aplane crash in 1988. Davis III was born shortly after hisfather contended at 1964 masters. Wrote book Every ShotI Take to honor his dad’s lessons and teachings on golfand life. Book was recipient of 1997 uSga InternationalBook award…conducts charity event to benefit SafeHarbour…Brother, mark, has caddied for him and alsoinvolved in golf course design…Inducted into university ofNorth carolina order of merit in 1997…Named honorarychairman for pga of america’s National golf Day in June1998…Inducted into the georgia golf Hall of Fame inaugusta in January 2001…owns and raises horses, witha seven-stall barn at home. Daughter, Lexie, is a nationallyranked competitive rider in the adult division on pasoFino horses…Love Enterprises and associates redesignedForest oaks cc, former site of the Wyndham championshipin greensboro, Nc, in 2003…travels to many pga tourevents on Featherlite custom bus…Featured in episodeof “american chopper” on the Discovery channel in 2004.Love received a custom-built motorcycle from his wife forhis 40th birthday.Jamie lovemarkeXeMPt StAtUS: 1st on 2010 Nationwide tourmoney listFULL nAMe: Jamie LovemarkHeiGHt: 6-4WeiGHt: 180BiRtHDAte: January 23, 1988BiRtHPLAce: rancho Santa Fe, caReSiDence: Jupiter, FLFAMiLY: SingleeDUcAtion: university of Southern californiaSPeciAL inteReStS: Surfing, basketball, running,guitartURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2009JoineD toUR: 2009BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t2—2009 Frys.com open.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):2010 mexico open Bicentenary.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t30—Frys.com open.2010 SeASon:the Nationwide tour player of the Year made 22 startsin his rookie season, and at age 22 became the youngestplayer in tour history to win the money title. Won his firsttitle, finished runner-up three times and was third twiceen route to earning $452,951, the fourth-highest singleseasonmoney total in the tour’s 21 years. Won his firsttitle, finished runner-up three times and was third twice enroute to earning $452,951, the fourth-highest single-seasonmoney total in the tour’s 21 years. Led the money list fora total of 11 weeks, including the final seven…Earned hisfirst career title with a playoff victory over B.J. Staten atthe mexico open Bicentenary in June. Was one back andt3 when the last round started. Birdied No. 16 down thestretch to get to 12-under 276 and waited for the finalgroups to finish. on the first playoff hole, hit 6-iron from235 yards to within three feet on the 567-yard, par-5 andtapped in for eagle to win. Victory was worth $108,000and vaulted him from No. 10 to No. 2 on the money list…opened his year by finishing third at the michael Hill NewZealand open, two strokes back of winner robert gates.Flew overnight to New Zealand after a t47 showing at thepga tour’s Bob Hope classic, where he gained entry asa sponsor exemption…three weeks later, at the pacificrubiales Bogota open, he finished third. Entering the finalround, he was t22, eight strokes back of the leaders. afinal-round 65, the low round of the day, left him just twostrokes out of the Steve pate-aaron Watkins playoff thatpate won…continued his solid play in his next start at theFresh Express classic at tpc Stonebrae where he finishedPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................72.27Driving Distance ...........................................292.0Driving accuracy percentage .......................63.21%greens in regulation percentage ................63.49%putting average ...........................................1.750(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 66–Bob Hope classic/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 64–2 times, mostrecent 2009 Frys.com open/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $440,000–2009 Frys.com open/t2career High official World Rank: after 2010 World golfchampionships-HSBc champions/1202-112 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com