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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSshaun Micheel (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2within inches of the hole for a memorable birdie and atwo-stroke victory over campbell. Finished week 4-underpar with rounds of 69-68-69-70—276 and a $1,080,000payday. In 2002, two top-10s nearly matched the three hehad in his first 111 events on tour and one of those, a t3at the B.c. open, was the best finish of his career to date.2001: Was t13 at Qualifying School to retain tour card forfollowing season. Enjoyed his best season on tour to datein 2000, thanks to a then-career-high three top-10s.PeRSonAL:Friends with the rock band Kiss and was a backstageguest of the band in columbus, oH, the week followingthe 2003 pga championship victory. Was honored withthe 1994 Sons of confederate Veterans award for Braveryafter saving two people from a sinking car while at a golftournament in New Bern, Nc. Wife, Stephanie, graduatedfrom LSu and is an attorney. Father was one of the originalpilots for FedEx in 1973.Phil MickelsoneXeMPt StAtUS: Winner, 2011 masters; multipletournament winner (through at least 2015)FULL nAMe: philip alfred mickelsonHeiGHt: 6-3WeiGHt: 200BiRtHDAte: June 16, 1970BiRtHPLAce: San Diego, caReSiDence: rancho Santa Fe, ca; plays out of grayhawkgcPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.50 (47)Driving Distance ...........................................283.2 (128)Driving accuracy percentage .......................62.67% (114)greens in regulation percentage ................64.61% (163)putting average ...........................................1.761 (42)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 63–John Deere classic/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–3 times, mostrecent 2010 John Deere classic/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,080,000–2003 pga championship/1career High official World Rank: after 2004 at&tpebble Beach National pro-am/34FAMiLY: Wife, amy; amanda Brynn (6/21/99), SophiaIsabel (10/23/01), Evan Samuel (3/23/03)eDUcAtion: arizona State university (psychology, 1992)SPeciAL inteReStS: all sports, especially football;flyingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1992JoineD toUR: June 1992PGA toUR VictoRieS (38):1991 Northern telecom open. 1993 Buick Invitationalof california, the International. 1994 mercedeschampionships. 1995 Northern telecom open. 1996 Nortelopen, phoenix open, gtE Byron Nelson golf classic, NEcWorld Series of golf. 1997 Bay Hill Invitational, SprintInternational. 1998 mercedes championships, at&t pebbleBeach National pro-am. 2000 Buick Invitational, BellSouthclassic, mastercard colonial, tHE tour championship.2001 Buick Invitational, canon greater Hartford open. 2002Bob Hope chrysler classic, canon greater Hartford open.2004 Bob Hope chrysler classic, masters tournament.2005 FBr open, at&t pebble Beach National pro-am,BellSouth classic, pga championship. 2006 BellSouthclassic, masters tournament. 2007 at&t pebble BeachNational pro-am, tHE pLaYErS championship, DeutscheBank championship. 2008 Northern trust open, crowneplaza Invitational at colonial. 2009 Northern trust open,World golf championships-ca championship, tHE tourchampionship presented by coca-cola. 2010 masterstournament.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (3):1993 perrier open [Eur]. 2007 HSBc champions [Eur]. 2009World golf championships-HSBc champions [Eur].otHeR VictoRieS (3):2001 tylenol par-3 Shootout at treetops resort. 2004 telusSkins game, pga grand Slam of golf.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:1—masters tournament; 2—Quail Hollow championship;t4—u.S. open; t5—the memorial tournament; t8—at&t pebble Beach National pro-am, BmW championship.2010 SeASon:Won his third masters title and 38th career pga tourtitle at augusta National gc in april. the 38th win tied himwith gene Sarazen for 11th on the all-time pga tour winslist…In third start of the season, finished t5 at the at&tpebble Beach National pro-am for his first top-10 finish ofthe season. a three-time winner of the event, it was hissixth top-10 finish at pebble in 15 starts…on march 22, ina practice round at the plantation gc in Indio, ca, shot a14-under 58. made 12 birdies and an eagle in the mondayround before playing in the arnold palmer Invitationallater in the week. It marked his second sub-60 round (bothunofficial), the first a 59 in the final round of the 2004 pgagrand Slam of golf at poipu Bay in Hawaii. at the arnoldpalmer Invitational, was one stroke out of the lead through36 holes but shot 75-77 on the weekend to finish t30…Finished t35 at the Shell Houston open. Final-round 71included three double bogeys in the first 10 holes, followedby six consecutive birdies to match the best streak on tourto date. During his birdie streak on the back nine, pulleda new caddie out of the gallery for three holes, Dr. tomBuchholz, a radiation oncologist at the mD anderson cancercenter in Houston, where wife and mother are being treatedfor breast cancer…at the masters tournament, posteda final-round, 5-under 67 to pull away for a three-strokewin over England’s Lee Westwood. Was joined behind the18th green Sunday by his wife, amy, who had not been ata tournament since being diagnosed with breast cancer 11months earlier. In Saturday’s third round, made consecutiveeagles on the par-5 13th and par-4 14th holes. the last timehe recorded two eagles in a round was the final round ofthe 2006 BellSouth classic, which he also won. It was hisfirst career eagle at No. 14 at augusta National. trailedWestwood by one through 54 holes, but seized control onSunday with a 15-foot birdie putt on the par-3 12th hole andthen hit a historic 6-iron from 209 yards from the right treeson the par-5 13th hole to set up an easy birdie. He finishedwith rounds of 67-71-67-67—272, the lowest total by amasters champion since tiger Woods in 2001. Became theeighth player with at least three masters titles, and it wasthe fourth major of his career, breaking out of a pack thathad included South africa’s Ernie Els, padraig Harrington ofIreland and Fiji’s Vijay Singh from his generation…Finishedsecond at the Quail Hollow championship for his 23rdcareer runner-up finish, four behind rory mcIlroy. Stomachvirus forced him to pull out of the pro-am Wednesday butcame back to contend, finishing with a 68 but couldn’tkeep pace with mcIlroy’s final-round 62…made a lateroundpush Sunday at the memorial tournament but sawhis chances end when he double-bogeyed the par-5 15th.Settled for a t5…Finished t4 at the u.S. open for his 31sttop-10 finish in a major championship (13 at the masters,nine at the u.S. open, one at the British open and eightat the pga championship). It was his seventh top-four finishat the u.S. open in 18 professional starts (20 total)…Did not crack the top 10 again until six starts later whena final-round, 4-under 67 led to a t8 finish at the BmWchampionship. It marked the 25th time he and tiger Woods(70) played together in an official pga tour event…Finished t22 in his title defense at tHE tour championshippresented by coca-cola, his first finish outside the top 20 inatlanta since 1998…Finished with a 1-3 record in his eighthryder cup appearance. Scored a 4-and-2 victory over peterHanson in his singles match as the u.S. nearly completedan improbable final-day comeback.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................69.97 (10)Driving Distance ...........................................299.1 (13)Driving accuracy percentage .......................52.66% (188)greens in regulation percentage ................65.13% (155)putting average ...........................................1.762 (45)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 65–Deutsche Bankchampionship/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 60–2005 FBropen/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,620,000–2007 tHE pLaYErS championship/1career High official World Rank: after 2010 tHE tourchampionship presented by coca-cola/22-124 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com