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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRShunter Mahan (May-han)Section Player BiograPhies2PGA toUR VictoRieS (3):2007 travelers championship. 2010 Waste managementphoenix open, World golf championships-BridgestoneInvitational.otHeR VictoRieS (1):2008 Kiwi challenge.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:1—Waste management phoenix open, World golfchampionships-Bridgestone Invitational; t8—masterstournament.2010 SeASon:turned in his best season after picking up his second andthird wins on tour, becoming the fifth player in his 20swith three or more victories. Finished 18th in the pga tourplayoffs for the FedExcup, beoming one of five players(Steve Stricker, phil mickelson, Jim Furyk and Ernie Els) toqualify for tHE tour championship in the first four seasonsof the playoffs…came from four strokes back of 54-holeleader Brandt Snedeker in the final round to win the Wastemanagement phoenix open by one stroke over rickieFowler. replaced a cracked driver early in the final roundand then had an eagle on the par-5 13th hole and a pairof birdies on the 14th and 16th holes to finish at 16-under268 after rounds of 68-70-65-65. closed with consecutive,bogey-free, 6-under 65 for his second pga tour victory.Fowler had a final-round 68 but missed birdie chances onthe last three holes, while third-round leader Snedekerstruggled home with a 78…Finished t8 at the masterson the strength of a third-round 68. one of five players toshoot under-par all four rounds at augusta National gc…carded a 6-under-par 64 to come from three shots backto earn his second victory of the year at the World golfchampionships-Bridgestone Invitational. Final-round 64was the lowest finish by a winner in the 12-year history ofthe Bridgestone Invitational, and his three-shot comebackvictory equaled the largest come-from-behind victory intournament history. coupled with his victory at the Wastemanagement phoenix open, joined Els, Furyk, Stricker,Bill Haas and Justin rose as multiple winners on tourin 2010. at the age of 28, joined Dustin Johnson, anthonyKim, Sean o’Hair and camilo Villegas as the only players intheir 20s with three or more pga tour victories. Becamejust the third player to win a World golf championshipsevent in his 20s, joining geoff ogilvy and tiger Woods.He became just the third american to win the BridgestoneeXeMPt StAtUS: 2010 multiple tournament winner(through 2013)FULL nAMe: Hunter myles mahanHeiGHt: 5-11WeiGHt: 175BiRtHDAte: may 17, 1982BiRtHPLAce: orange, caReSiDence: colleyville, tXPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 1-1events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2000a 12002a 12003a 2 12003 7 4 2 $106,300/2004 30 16 1 3 6 813,089/1002005 34 18 2 5 589,567/1312006 29 21 1 2 6 1,107,457/832007 27 18 1 6 12 98,696/15 2,858,995/162008 27 18 1 5 13 107,999/18 2,208,855/302009 25 24 1 6 16 515/27 2,941,349/162010 25 19 2 3 8 678/18 3,574,550/10total 208 139 3 4 27 68 14,200,160* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*Invitational (Woods and Stewart cink). moved into the top10 in the FedExcup points standings at No. 7 with the victoryand improved to No. 2 in the u.S. ryder cup standingsto clinch one of the eight automatic positions…Was t15at tHE tour championship presented by coca-cola…Finished with a 1-2 record in his second career ryder cup.Lost to graeme mcDowell, 3 and 1, in the deciding matchat celtic manor.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Following six top-10 finishes, including a runner-upfinish at the at&t National, played his way into all four pgatour playoffs for the FedExcup events before finishing 27thin the FedExcup. also was a captain’s pick for thepresidents cup and recorded a career high in earnings...Shot68, including two bogeys in the last three holes, to recordthe final-round low score at the Shell Houston open on aday when the scoring average was 74.795. Jumped fromt44 to a t6 finish...Finished t10 at the masters tournament,his first top-10 in the season’s first major championship...Equaled his best finish in a major (2007 British open) with at6 finish at the u.S. open, thanks to second- and third-round2-under 68s. It was his sixth top-20 finish in his last ninemajor championship appearances...Shot 63-64 on the weekendto finish t4 at the travelers championship, five behindwinner Kenny perry...Shot a course record-tying, final-round62 at the at&t National to finish one stroke behind tigerWoods. posted his round, which tied anthony Kim’scongressional cc record set in the first round, nearly twohours before the final group finished. Was tied for the leadat 12-under until Woods birdied the par-5 16th to take thelead. the finish was his third consecutive top-six finish. the62 was the sixth of his career, including five within theprevious 23 months. Shot 62-63-64 in three of his last sixrounds...Finished t4 (five behind tiger Woods) at the Worldgolf championships-Bridgestone Invitational for his sixthtop-10 finish of the season, including four out of his last fivestarts. Led the field in greens in regulation, hitting 53 of 72.It was his second top-10 finish in seven World golfchampionships starts (t10 at the 2008 BridgestoneInvitational)...Finished 24th at tHE tour championship inhis third appearance at the event. 2008: Finished the season,which included being selected to his first ryder cupteam, ranked 18th in the FedExcup. Surpassed $2 million inearnings for the second consecutive season, finishing No.30 on the money list...Finished t2 in defense of his travelerschampionship title in June. Stewart cink made par on theFAMiLY: Wife, KandieDUcAtion: oklahoma State universitySPeciAL inteReStS: Fishing, basketballtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2003Q ScHooL: 2003, 2005PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYfinal hole to win, giving mahan his second runner-up finishsince 2006. the fifth consecutive made cut in Hartford, ctkept him as the leading money-winner in the event’s historywith $2,046,918...Eagled the par-4 first hole en route to afirst-round, 9-under 62 and a four-stroke lead at theBarclays in the first event of the pga tour playoffs for theFedExcup. Finished t31. the 62 was mahan’s 12th round of64 or lower in his pga tour career and the fifth time he hadrecorded 62, including a third-round 62 at the 2007 Barclaysat Westchester cc...the same week he was named as oneof paul azinger’s captain’s picks to the u.S. ryder cup team,finished t8 at the BmW championship for his fifth top-10finish of the season...compiled a record of 2-0-3 in his firststart at the ryder cup at Valhalla...Won the inaugural Kiwichallenge, a pga tour challenge Event, in New Zealand,beating anthony Kim in a playoff. 2007: Won for the firsttime on tour at the travelers championship, became acaptain’s Selection for the presidents cup and recordedthree 62s, all within a three-month span during the summer...madethe first double eagle in pLaYErS championshiphistory, holing a 5-iron on the par-5 11th hole at tpcSawgrass in the second round...Earned first pga tour victoryin 118th career professional start at the travelerschampionship, defeating Jay Williamson in a sudden-deathplayoff. at age 25 years, 1 month, 7 days, became theyoungest winner through 26 tour events in 2007. openedwith an 8-under-par 62 to lead chris Dimarco by twostrokes. posted Friday-Saturday rounds of 71-67 and wasone behind 54-hole leader Williamson. overcame bogeys onNos. 16 and 17 with a birdie-3 on the 72nd hole to post a 65and force a playoff with Williamson. Knocked his 134-yardapproach on first playoff hole to 2 feet and converted birdiewhile Williamson failed to convert a 7-foot birdie putt. Firstvictory at the travelers championship came in his sixthappearance at this tournament. Finished t2 in 2006. madehis first career start on the tour in Hartford, playing in the2002 event as an amateur...at the British open, finished t6.made the cut on the number and then was low for the fieldon the weekend with rounds of 69-65...one week later, heldthe 18-hole lead at the canadian open after opening withangus glen North course record 9-under-par 62...chosen byu.S. captain Jack Nicklaus as a captain’s Selection for the2007 presidents cup after finishing t18 at the pgachampionship...Was three strokes back after 54 holes atthe Barclays after tying the Westchester cc (par 71) courserecord with a 9-under 62 in the third round, finished t17. Itmarked the second time in the season that mahan equaledYear 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters t28 cut t10 t8u.S. open cut t13 t18 t6 cutBritish open t36 t26 t6 cut cut t37pga cut t18 cut t16 t39tHE pLaYErS t40 cut WD t71 t17tour championship t5 t17 24 t15accenture match play championship t17 t17 t33Bridgestone Invitational t22 t10 t4 1ca championship t44 t53 t30HSBc championst21the Barclays t46 t42 t17 t31 t20 t31Deutsche Bank championship cut t25 cut t22 cut t15 t36 t33BmW championship t60 cut t21 cut t30 t8 t38 t37nAtionAL teAMS: the presidents cup (2), 2007, 2009; ryder cup (2), 2008, 2010; Worldamateur team championship (1), 2002.2-116 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com