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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSTroy Matteson (Continued)ended with five consecutive top-10s, including a victory atthe Frys.com open. one of four rookies to win in 2006 (J.B.Holmes, trevor Immelman, Eric axley). Nominated for pgatour rookie of the Year. recorded his first tour victoryin his 33rd professional tour start at the Frys.com open.Became the sixth player and third consecutive to capturehis first tour victory in Las Vegas. Four rounds in the60s, including middle rounds of 65-64, left him one strokeahead of Daniel chopra and Ben crane. the 64 matched hiscareer-low round on tour, which came during the secondround of the 2006 Ford championship at Doral. Held a onestrokelead entering the final round...one week later, heldthe 54-hole lead at the FuNaI classic at Walt Disney Worldresort. overcome by Joe Durant in the final round, finishingt2, four strokes behind Durant after a final-round 70...Finished in the top 40 on money list to gain a masters invitefor 2007. 2005: two-time winner on the Nationwide tour,breaking the season earnings record with $495,009, $127PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 1-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2003 3 2 $18,135/2006 32 18 1 1 5 7 1,778,597/362007 26 17 2 3 7 92,817/48 1,282,421/732008 30 16 1 5 7 93,950/124 1,212,018/892009 30 19 1 1 6 754/78 1,466,070/562010 28 14 2 5 575/91 736,060/128total 149 86 2 2 2 16 32 6,493,302nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2003 4 3 1 $7,628/2112004 28 18 1 1 6 114,451/522005 27 24 2 3 1 12 17 495,009/1total 59 45 2 4 1 13 24 617,087eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 3 3 $111,10* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*more than the record Zach Johnson established in 2003...made the cut in 24 of 27 starts, including a tour-leading12 top-10s...claimed his first tour victory in april at theVirginia Beach open with a final-round, 4-under 68...twoweeks later, took over the top spot on the money list, withback-to-back runner-up finishes at the rex Hospital openand the rheem classic...In September, recorded his secondwin with a 13-under-par 271 at the mark christophercharity classic. 2004: made the cut in 18 of 28 starts duringhis rookie campaign on the Nationwide tour...ranked No.52 on the final money list, with $114,451...only top-10 wasa solo second at the gila river golf classic. 2003: turnedpro at the FBr capital open in June, where he tied for 59thin his initial event on tour...made the cut in three of fourstarts on the Nationwide tour...co-medalist at Jenningsmill cc, site for the second stage Qualifying tournamentevent. Amateur: three-time all-american and all-atlanticcoast conference selection...Byron Nelson award winnerPGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 06 07 08 09 10masterscutpga t66 t28tHE pLaYErScut t73 cut t17Bridgestone Invitational t51 t44the Barclayscut t48 cut t20 t36Deutsche Bank championship t61 t9 t36 cutBmW championshipcut t47in 2003...Became the first georgia tech player to win theNcaa individual championship (2002). Won six times in hiscareer at georgia tech. Won the 2003 Ncaa East regionalby seven shots. Had 15 top-10 finishes in 43 career starts.ranks fourth all-time at tech, with a 71.91 scoring average,behind Bryce molder, David Duval and matt Kuchar.carried a 3.28 grade-point average and was a two-timeacademic all-american...Led his anderson High (austin,tX) team to two 4a state titles while also a two-time statemedalist.PeRSonAL:Started playing golf when he was 7…got married shortlyafter graduating from college…Lists Superman as his hero.Says his real-life heroes are his parents, Steve mattesonand Lucy and John Steele, for introducing him to golf, huntingand fishing at an early age.Section 2 Player BiograPhiesgraeme McDowell (grey-am)eXeMPt StAtUS: Winner, 2010 u.S. open(through 2015)FULL nAMe: graeme mcDowellHeiGHt: 5-11WeiGHt: 168BiRtHDAte: July 30, 1979BiRtHPLAce: portrush, Northern IrelandReSiDence: portrush, Northern IrelandFAMiLY: SingleeDUcAtion: university of alabama-Birmingham (2002,Economics, Engineering)SPeciAL inteReStS: cars, snooker, manchesterunited soccertURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2002JoineD toUR: 2006PGA toUR VictoRieS (1):2010 u.S. open.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (6):2002 Volvo Scandinavian masters [Eur]. 2004 telecom Italiaopen [Eur]. 2008 Ballantine’s championship [Eur], BarclaysScottish open [Eur]. 2010 celtic manor Wales open [Eur],andalucia Valderrama masters [Eur].otHeR VictoRieS (1):2010 chevron World challenge.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:1—u.S. open; t6—World golf championships-cachampionship.2010 SeASon:made 10 starts during the season, with first career pgatour victory coming at the u.S. open at pebble BeachgL…Final-round 66 aided t6 finish at the World golfchampionships-ca championship…Shot a final-round 63in early June to win the celtic manor Wales open onthe European tour. It was his first victory since the 2008Barclays Scottish open…Fresh off of that victory in Wales,posted rounds of 71-68-71-74—284 to win the u.S. openby one stroke over gregory Havret and two shots overErnie Els. trailed Dustin Johnson by three entering thefinal round. Became the first European to win the u.S.open since tony Jacklin in 1970. Following his u.S. openvictory, joined the pga tour in mid-July…picked up hissecond European tour title of the campaign with a twostrokewin at the andalucia Valderrama masters despiteshooting a final-round 74 in heavy winds in Spain…makinghis second ryder cup appearance, earned 2.5 points with a2-1-1 record, capped by a 3-up victory over Hunter mahanto help lead the Europeans to a slim one-point win over theu.S…Late in the season, he enjoyed a t3 at the BarclaysSingapore open at Sentosa gc. a week later, was incontention at the uBS Hong Kong open after a third-round63 at the par-70 Hong Kong gc. Shot a Sunday 68 to finishPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.07Driving Distance ...........................................291.7Driving accuracy percentage .......................67.06%greens in regulation percentage ................66.85%putting average ...........................................1.781(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 65–tHE pLaYErSchampionship/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–2009 St. Judeclassic/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,350,000–2010 u.S. open/1career High official World Rank: after 2010 children’smiracle Network classic/9pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-119