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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSshaun Micheel (MiCK-heel)eXeMPt StAtUS: 88th on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: Shaun micheelHeiGHt: 6-0WeiGHt: 185BiRtHDAte: January 5, 1969BiRtHPLAce: orlando, FLReSiDence: memphis, tN, plays out of ridgeway cc,tpc Southwind, colonial ccFAMiLY: Wife, Stephanie; Dade palmer (11/20/03),marin Belle (2/9/07)eDUcAtion: Indiana university (1991)SPeciAL inteReStS: Flying, hunting, skiingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1992Q ScHooL: 1993, 1996, 2001JoineD toUR: 1994nationwide tour Graduate (1999)PGA toUR VictoRieS (1):2003 pga championship.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):1999 greensboro open.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (1):1998 Singapore open [asia].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:4—John Deere classic, St. Jude classic presented bySmith & Nephew; 5—Shell Houston open.2010 SeASon:claimed three top-10 finishes to finish inside the top 125for the first time since 2007... playing on a sponsor exemption,jumped from t26 to finish fifth at the Shell Houstonopen after shooting final-round, 7-under 65. It was his firsttop-10 on tour since a t5 at the 2007 Viking classic...Shotthree rounds in the 60s to finish t4 at the St Jude classicin his hometown of memphis. It was his best finish since asecond at the 2006 pga championship...recorded a doubleeagle on the sixth hole in the fourth round of the 2010 u.S.open, holing a 3-iron from 239 yards for his second shot onPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1989 11990a 11991a 11994 19 4 $12,252/2471997 21 5 14,519/2501998 2 2 8,918/2861999 12000 31 15 3 4 467,431/1042001 34 18 3 351,095/1362002 30 21 1 2 8 641,450/1052003 28 21 1 4 7 1,827,000/322004 27 20 1 8 949,919/822005 29 12 2 3 487,402/1462006 29 19 1 2 8 1,632,842/462007 29 17 3 7 88,450/99 948,195/1082008 16 6 1 196/641 157,828/2092009 16 9 2 169/201 257,590/1802010 21 14 3 5 600/88 1,025,500/88total 336 183 1 1 1 20 56 8,781,940nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1994 31996 27 15 1 5 $22,007/821997 5 3 1 2 18,140/921999 25 19 1 1 2 6 13 173,411/92010 2 1 1 7,223/194total 62 38 1 1 2 8 21 220,781eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 4 3 1 $106,777* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*the 523-yard hole. It was just the second double eagle inu.S. open history (t.c. chen, second round, oakland Hills,1985). Finished the tournament t22...posted four rounds inthe 60s, highlighted by a third-round, 8-under 63 at the JohnDeere classic en route to solo fourth-place honors...mother,Donna, passed away in october after battling lung cancerfor more than a year. Said frequently that he was playingfor his mother, who wanted him to continue to pursue hiscareer on the pga tour despite her illness. He called thetwo of them “two peas in a pod” and said he spoke to her atleast once every day when he was on the road.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: played on a major medical Extension. made nine of16 cuts on the pga tour with two top-25 finishes. Lonetop-25 finish of the 2008 pga tour season came with at21 at the puerto rico open presented by Banco popular.Didn’t play again after hometown event, the Stanford St.Jude championship, in early June. underwent surgeryon his left shoulder on June 10 to repair a torn labrum.2007: made nearly $1 million and recorded three top-10finishes, his most since 2003. Finished t5 at the Vikingclassic, t6 at the reno-tahoe open and t9 at the Worldgolf championships-accenture match play championship.PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARY2006: played well down the stretch, with two top-10s infinal seven starts to finish in the top 50 on the money list.Finished second at the pga at medinah, his highest finishon tour since the 2003 pga victory. Finished five strokesbehind winner tiger Woods. runner-up to paul casey in theHSBc World match play championship at the Wentworthclub. Beat tiger Woods (4 and 3), Luke Donald (4 and 2)and robert Karlsson (2-up) to reach the final. Victory overWoods ended Woods’ five-tournament win streak. 2005:made 12 cuts in 29 starts, with one top-10, a t7 at the cialisWestern open. 2004: cracked the top 100 on the moneylist for just the second time in eight seasons on tour,with 20 made cuts in 27 events. 2003: Became the fifthconsecutive first-time major winner with his victory at thepga championship and finished 32nd on the money list, thehighest in his six years on tour. Earned first career tourvictory in 164th start (third career major start) at the pga atoak Hill cc in rochester, NY. First player since John Daly(1991) to capture first tour event at pga. Jumped from169th to 46th in the official World golf ranking with thewin. Held the lead outright after 36 holes and shared thelead with chad campbell through 54 holes. playing 72ndhole with a one-shot lead, rifled 7-iron from 175 yards toYear 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06masterst22 cut cutu.S. open cut t40 t28 cut cutBritish opent47 cut cutpga 1 t24 cut 2tHE pLaYErS cut t54 9 t71 cutaccenture match play championshipt17Bridgestone Invitationalt23 t50ca championshipt44the Barclays cut t51 cut t39 t13Deutsche Bank championshipcut cut t7BmW championship cut cut t42 t43 cut cut t7 t30Year 07 08 09 10masterscut cutu.S. open cut t22British opent35pga t32 cut t48tHE pLaYErScut cutaccenture match play championship t9the Barclays cut cutDeutsche Bank championship cut 71Section 2 Player BiograPhiespgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-123