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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSsteve Marino (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2posted four rounds in the 60s to finish solo eighth...Secondtop-10 finish of the year came at the EDS Byron Nelsonchampionship, earning an exemption into the followingweek’s Wachovia championship with a t10...then-bestcareer finish came at the at&t classic, where four sub-parrounds earned a t6. Finished four shots out of the ZachJohnson-ryuji Imada playoff. 2006: made the cut in 16 of20 starts during his rookie season on the Nationwide tour,with 10 top-25 finishes. Finished 42nd on the money list,with $134,038. Began the year with no status but playedhis way on the tour through monday qualifiers and top-25PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-1events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2003 12005 1 1 $14,542/2007 31 21 4 10 91,002/70 1,179,165/802008 32 27 1 2 6 13 102,024/36 2,094,267/342009 29 22 1 5 13 698/15 2,161,539/352010 25 17 3 10 778/72 1,479,239/61total 119 88 2 2 18 46 6,928,752nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2003 12005 3 1 $1,613/3172006 20 16 5 10 134,038/42total 24 17 5 10 135,650eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 6 4 1 $207,593* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*finishes...His first start came at the Henrico county open,gaining entrance by making a birdie on the final hole of themonday qualifier to join a 12-man playoff for three spots.Went on to finish t10 that week, one of his five top-10finishes on the year...Finished the campaign with a t6 finishat the season-ending Nationwide tour championship atthe Houstonian...two-time winner on the gateway tour,highlighted by his victory at the Sidney Frank memorialtour championship. the win, worth $60,000, was set upby a 13-under 59 in the third round. 2005: three startson the Nationwide tour with one made cut, a t54 at thePGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 05 06 07 08 09 10masterst14u.S. open cut cut t63British open t38 t55pgat60 cut cuttHE pLaYErS cut cut t79 t32tour championshipt7ca championshipt65HSBc championst57the Barclayst69 cut t15 cutDeutsche Bank championship t47 cut t10 t27 t41BmW championshipt49 t22 t18chitimacha Louisiana open. Amateur: Winner of the 1999Virginia amateur...Former standout at the university ofVirginia, where he played in every tournament during hiscareer from 1999 to 2002. all-atlantic coast conferenceas a senior. Helped lead his team to the 2001 SeminoleIntercollegiate championship, when he captured medalisthonors. teammates at uVa with pga tour memberJames Driscoll.PeRSonAL:Started golf at age 3 by swinging a cut-down 3-iron in hisback yard.Troy MattesoneXeMPt StAtUS: 2009 tournament winner(through 2011)FULL nAMe: troy Jason mattesonHeiGHt: 6-0WeiGHt: 185BiRtHDAte: November 8, 1979BiRtHPLAce: rockledge, FLReSiDence: alpharetta, ga; plays out of gc of georgiaFAMiLY: Wife, Shauna; tori murphy (11/12/09)eDUcAtion: georgia tech (2003, civil Engineering)SPeciAL inteReStS: FishingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2003JoineD toUR: 2006nationwide tour Graduate (2005)PGA toUR VictoRieS (2):2006 Frys.com open. 2009 Frys.com open.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (2):2005 Virginia Beach open, mark christopher charityclassic.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t9—the greenbrier classic; t10—John Deere classic.2010 SeASon:Finished outside of the 125 on the money list for thefirst time in his five-year tour career. remains exemptfor 2011 from his victory at the 2009 Frys.com open…played his first 16 events of the season without a top-10finish before doing so in back-to back starts…carded threeeagles over the course of the first three rounds of the JohnDeere classic, highlighted by an ace at the 226-yard, par-3seventh hole in the second round en route to t10 honors.posted all four rounds in the 60s for the first time since the2007 John Deere classic, when he finished t3…In his nextstart, also posted all four rounds in the 60s en route to a t9finish at the greenbrier classic.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Won for the second time in his career and finished56th on the pga tour money list...Was last player into theFedExcup playoffs at No. 125 and played first two eventsbefore finishing No. 78...rallied to win the Frys.com openin a playoff during the Fall Series in october for his secondcareer victory. Had a chance to win the tournament in regulationbut bogeyed the 17th and 18th holes. recovered ina three-way playoff to birdie the second extra hole to beatJamie Lovemark and rickie Fowler at grayhawk gc. afterall three players parred the first playoff hole, matteson hithis approach close on the 464-yard, par-4 17th hole andsank the putt for the win. that capped an incredible threedaystretch after he opened with a 2-over 72. came backwith consecutive 61s on Friday and Saturday—a pga tourrecord for lowest score in consecutive rounds—and he tooka three-stroke lead into the final round. the 122 total brokeSteve Stricker’s 123 from rounds three and four earlierin 2009 at the 50th Bob Hope classic. It was the secondtime he has won the Frys.com open. However, the firstwin in 2006 came in Las Vegas and is now titled the Justintimberlake Shriners Hospitals for children open. 2008:turned in seven top-10 finishes for the third straight seasonon tour. 2007: the former georgia tech all-america t3at the at&t classic at tpc Sugarloaf in Duluth, ga. onthe strength of a second-round 8-under 64. Held a share ofthe 36- and 54-hole leads with ryuji Imada, but fell fromcontention with a final-round 73...Birdied the final two holeson Sunday to finish t3 at the John Deere classic...playedin three of the four pga tour playoffs for the FedExcupevents and finished in the top-10 at the Deutsche Bankchampionship. closed with a 1-under 70 at tpc Bostonto finish t9. placed 48th place in the FedExcup standings.2006: after an unremarkable start to rookie campaign,PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.31 (139)Driving Distance ...........................................296.3 (22)Driving accuracy percentage .......................60.36% (142)greens in regulation percentage ................71.43% (5)putting average ...........................................1.828 (181)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 65–2 times, most recent thegreenbrier classic/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 61–2 times, mostrecent 2009 Frys.com open/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $900,000–2009 Frys.com open/1career High official World Rank: after 2007 FBropen/732-118 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com