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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSPhil Mickelson (Continued)cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Won four times, including a comeback win at tHEtour championship presented by coca-cola, and increasedofficial career win total to 37 (12th on the pga tour careerwins list). took time off during the season after breastcancer diagnosis for his wife and mother...Defending his2008 victory at the Northern trust open, posted an 8-under63 to take a one-stroke lead after the first round. toppedthat with a 9-under 62 on Saturday on his way to a fourstrokecushion entering the final 18 holes. after openingwith an eagle on the first hole on Sunday, reeled off fivebogeys in his next 15 holes to lose the lead. Birdies on the16th and 17th holes regained the lead and he two-puttedfrom the fringe on the finishing hole to beat Steve Strickerby one. the win was the 35th of his career. Became thefirst player since Ben Hogan (1946-48) to follow up a runner-upfinish (2007) with consecutive victories at theNorthern trust open (2008-09). He became the seventhplayer to win in back-to-back seasons at the event, and inthe process successfully defended a title for the fifth timein his career...Finished t9 when he lost, 1-down, to Stewartcink in the third round of the accenture match playchampionship...Weakened and dehydrated by a stomachvirus that sent him to the hospital on the eve of the finalround, closed with seven straight pars for a 3-under 69 towin the World golf championships-ca championship byone stroke over Nick Watney, whose 30-foot birdie try onthe final green barely missed. His second victory in his lastthree starts moved him to No. 2 in the FedExcup standingsand to No. 2 in the world. the victory was also the 36th ofhis career, tied with Lloyd mangrum for 12th all time...tiedthe tournament record with a 30 on the front nine in thefinal round to jump into contention at the masterstournament. However, was derailed by a double bogey onthe par-3 12th and a bogey on the 18th to finish fifth aftera final-round 67...Wife amy was diagnosed with breastcancer on may 20 and he put his schedule on hold...returned to action at the St. Jude classic presented byFedEx in early June, where he finished t59. also played inthe following week’s u.S. open at Bethpage Black, wherehe t2, two strokes behind Lucas glover. Was tied for thelead at 4-under par after an eagle on No. 13 in the finalround, but bogeys on 15 and 17 pushed him back to second.Fifth runner-up finish at the u.S. open was a record...missed next six weeks to be with wife and mother, whoalso had breast cancer surgery. missed the British open,the first time he didn’t play in a major championship since1994. returned to action in early august at the World golfchampionships-Bridgestone Invitational where he t58, thefirst of a five-tournament stretch where he failed to recorda top-25 finish...capped a tumultuous summer at homewith a spectacular rally at East Lake, closing with 66-65.the 5-under 65 moved him from four strokes behind to athree-shot victory at tHE tour championship presented bycoca-cola, his first since his wife and mother were diagnosedwith breast cancer in the spring. Beat tiger Woods,the FedExcup champion, who finished second alone.Finished at 9-under 271 and placed second in the FedExcup.It was his third victory of the year, the 37th of his career,and it pushed him back to No. 2 in the official World golfranking. credited much of his success putting to two daysof instruction with Dave Stockton in San Diego the weekbefore tHE tour championship. Led the field in puttingand made nine putts of 15 feet or more. Won despite makinga quadruple-bogey 8 on the 13th hole in the first round...only american player to participate in every presidents cup(8 events)...Won the World golf championships-HSBcchampions in china in early November. made an 18-footerto save par on the 16th after whiffing on a flop shot, thenholed a 10-foot birdie putt on the 17th to close with a3-under 69 and overcome a late charge by Ernie Els, whowas in the lead until hitting into the water and makingbogey on the final hole. Finished at 17-under 271 andearned $1.2 million in winning his second World golfchampionship of the year. the win was his fourth of theyear, tying a career best, even though the HSBc was anunofficial pga tour victory. Els was 10-under for his roundand had a one-shot lead playing the 538-yard 18th. Fromthe middle of the fairway, he went at the green with afairway metal and landed in the middle of the lake to givemickelson an opening. 2008: moved his career-win total to34 with victories at the Northern trust open and thecrowne plaza Invitational at colonial, helping him finishseventh in the FedExcup standings. Ended the season witheight top-10 finishes...rallied from four strokes behind J.B.Holmes entering the final round of the FBr open to force aplayoff with Holmes. Lost on first extra hole to a Holmesbirdie. the runner-up finish was the 21st of his career.Earlier in the final round, gave two tickets to the SuperBowl, which was being played that night in the phoenixarea, to a father and his young son in the gallery...made upfor a 2007 playoff loss at riviera cc by defeating JeffQuinney by two strokes at the Northern trust open. tooklead for good on the short par-4 10th when, trailing by one,he drove over the green and got up and down for birdiewhile Quinney made bogey. First played the event as anamateur 20 years earlier, missing the cut...Hit a wedgefrom the left trees to within 9 feet and sank the birdie putton the final hole to win the crowne plaza Invitational atcolonial. tied with rod pampling and tim clark at 13-underpar, mickelson drove left into the trees on the 433-yard,par-4 finishing hole and faced a difficult second shot from140 yards with one tree to navigate under and a second togo over. His approach cleared the left-front bunker andsettled just right of the hole where he sealed his secondvictory of the season and the 34th of his pga tour career,13th on the all-time winners list. mickelson birdied thefinishing hole in every round...capped off the year as amember of the victorious u.S. ryder cup team, followed bya t3 finish at tHE tour championship presented by cocacola.2007: competed in three of the four pga tourplayoffs for the FedExcup events and finished third in season-longpoints. Won three times and earned a career-high$5,819,988, which pushed his career earnings past the$45-million mark. Finished in the top-10 in money-winners(second) for the seventh time in the last eight seasons.Earned a spot on the victorious united States presidentscup team...Earned 30th career tour victory at the at&tpebble Beach National pro-am. Shared the lead after eachof the first three rounds after opening 65-67-70, and closedwith a 6-under 66 at pebble Beach to win by five over KevinSutherland. total of 20-under-par 268 tied mark o’meara(1997) for 72-hole low. third career at&t pebble BeachNational pro-am victory was the 10th tour win in hishome state of california...Lost on the third of a suddendeathplayoff (bogey on the par-3 14th) at the Nissan opento charles Howell III. Birdied the 71st hole to take a onestrokelead, but bogeyed the 72nd hole to fall into a playoffwith Howell...overcame one-stroke deficit to 54-hole leaderSean o’Hair to win tHE pLaYErS championship in 14thcareer start at tpc Sawgrass. posted rounds of 67-72-69-69—277 to finish two strokes ahead of Sergio garcia.Victory was 31st of career. Earned a career-best$1,620,000...Forced to withdraw after 11 holes of his firstround at the memorial tournament due to a left wristinjury sustained while practicing out of rough at oakmontcc, site of the u.S. open. Second career withdrawal, thefirst coming at the 2004 Las Vegas Invitational where hewithdrew prior to the third round due to food poisoning.also forced to withdraw the following week before playingin the Stanford St. Jude championship...Earned his thirdvictory of the season at the Deutsche Bank championshipin a showdown with tiger Woods. Held off Woods downSection 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 7-3events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1988a 21989a 11990a 2 2 11991a 7 6 1 1 11992a 6 11992 11 7 1 2 4 $171,714/901993 24 14 2 4 7 628,735/221994 18 17 1 3 10 11 748,316/151995 24 15 1 4 9 655,777/281996 21 19 4 1 1 8 10 1,697,799/21997 21 19 2 1 5 15 1,225,390/111998 24 19 2 2 1 9 11 1,837,246/61999 23 20 2 6 14 1,722,681/142000 23 21 4 3 12 18 4,746,457/22001 23 20 2 4 4 13 13 4,403,883/22002 26 23 2 1 5 12 18 4,311,971/22003 23 20 1 7 10 1,623,137/382004 22 19 2 2 3 13 16 5,784,823/32005 21 20 4 1 9 11 5,699,605/32006 19 18 2 1 8 14 4,256,505/62007 22 16 3 1 2 7 11 109,358/3 5,819,988/22008 21 20 2 1 1 8 19 112,201/7 5,188,875/32009 18 16 3 1 7 7 2,920/2 5,332,755/32010 20 18 1 1 6 13 843/13 3,821,733/6total 422 350 38 23 21 151 233 59,677,389eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 7 6 1 2 4 $1,970,014* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02masters t46 t34 t7 3 cut t12 t6 t7 3 3u.S. open t29 t55 cut t47 t4 t94 t43 t10 2 t16 t7 2British open t73 cut t40 t40 t24 79 cut t11 t30 t66pga t6 3 cut t8 t29 t34 t57 t9 2 t34tHE pLaYErS cut cut t14 t33 cut t8 t32 cut t33 t28tour championship 28 t17 24 12 t22 17 t21 1 t5accenture match play championship t9 t33 t33Bridgestone Invitational 2 t4 t8 t9ca championship t40 cNL t23Year 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters 3 1 10 1 t24 t5 5 1u.S. open t55 2 t33 t2 cut t18 t2 t4British open t59 3 t60 t22 cut t19 t48pga t23 t6 1 t16 t32 t7 73 t12tHE pLaYErS t3 t40 t14 1 t21 t55 t17tour championship t19 20 t3 1 t22accenture match play championship t9 t5 t9 t9 t17 t17 t9Bridgestone Invitational t23 t43 t51 t54 t46 t4 t58 t46ca championship t38 t29 t23 t20 1 t14HSBc champions 1 t41the Barclays t16 t18 t7 t19 t52 cutDeutsche Bank championship 1 t73 t27 t25BmW championship t30 t65 t17 t30 t8nAtionAL teAMS: the presidents cup (8), 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009;ryder cup (8), 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010; Walker cup (2), 1989, 1991;World amateur team championship (1), 1990; Dunhill cup (1), 1996.pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-125