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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2the stretch at tpc Boston on Labor Day monday with a5-under 66 to win by two strokes over Woods, arronoberholser and Brett Wetterich. Finished at 16-under 268,moving atop the standings in the pga tour playoffs for theFedExcup and to second in the official World golf ranking.It was his 17th different tournament win on tour and the32nd of the his career. Witnessed a no-hitter by Boston redSox rookie clay Buchholz at Fenway park after Saturday’ssecond round...Needing a victory at tHE tourchampionship to have an opportunity to capture theFedExcup and finished 20th. closed the pga tour playoffsfor the FedExcup third behind tiger Woods and SteveStricker, earning a $2-million bonus...Earned a spot on hisseventh consecutive presidents cup and compiled a recordof 2-1-2, bringing his career record to 11-13-9. He and VijaySingh are the only players who have played in everypresidents cup since the event’s inception in 1994...Birdiedthe second playoff hole to beat Englishmen ross Fisher andLee Westwood in the European tour’s HSBc champions inShanghai, china. 2006: captured second masters andrecorded a 13-shot blowout of the field one week prior atthe BellSouth classic. recorded multiple wins in a seasonfor the 10th time in 14 seasons on tour...Broke virtuallyevery tournament record en route to wire-to-wire repeatvictory at the BellSouth classic. posted a 260 total (63-65-67-65) to defeat runners-up Zach Johnson and Jose mariaolazabal by 13 strokes, the largest margin of victory sincetiger Woods won the 2000 u.S. open by 15. 28-under totalmatched John Huston (1998 united airlines Hawaiianopen) for 72-hole pga tour event held on a par-72 course.total of 31 birdies was one short of the tour record for a72-hole event by mark calcavecchia (2001 phoenix) andpaul gow (2001 B.c. open)...captured third career majorchampionship at the masters with rounds of 70-72-70-69—281. coupled with his win at the final major of 2005,the pga championship, became the first player since tigerWoods (2002) to win back-to-back majors. Held the 54-holelead by one stroke over Fred couples, and posted just onebogey in the final round en route to a two-stroke win overtim clark...playing in his 14th u.S. open as a professional,was looking to join tiger Woods (2000-01) and Ben Hogan(1953) as the only players in modern era (since inception ofthe masters in 1934) to win three consecutive majors. Helda share of the 54-hole lead with England’s Kenneth Ferrieat 2-over. In final round, held a two-stroke lead after No.15, but fell into a three-way tie for second, behind winnergeoff ogilvy, with Jim Furyk and colin montgomerie, aftera bogey on No. 16 and a double bogey on the 18th. 2005:captured four tour events, including second major championship...the13th player in tournament history to win theFBr open in phoenix twice, and in doing so, won for thefirst time in almost a year (2004 masters). after openingwith a 2-over 73, bounced back with a career-low 11-under60 to tie the course record set by grant Waite in 1996 andmatched by mark calcavecchia in 2001. Finished fivestrokes ahead of Scott mccarron and Kevin Na...Won inback-to-back weeks for the first time in his career with hisfirst wire-to-wire victory at the at&t pebble BeachNational pro-am. Held a seven-stroke lead over greg owenthrough 54 holes prior to defeating mike Weir by fourstrokes. Was the first wire-to-wire winner in the 68-yearhistory of the tournament. opened the event with aPhil Mickelson (Continued)10-under 62 at Spyglass Hill gc, breaking the old courserecord by two strokes. a final-round 1-over 73 left him at19-under 269, one shy of tying mark o’meara’s tournamentrecord set in 1997...the week prior to masters defense,won the 54-hole, weather-shortened BellSouth classic in aplayoff for the second time in his career. Won the 54-hole2000 tournament in a one-hole playoff over gary Nicklaus.this time, combined a birdie putt on the 54th hole with amissed 5-foot birdie putt by Jose maria olazabal to get intoa five-way playoff with olazabal, arjun atwal, rich Beemand Brandt Jobe. atwal and Jobe were eliminated on thefirst hole while olazabal left after three. mickelson wonwith a birdie on the fourth extra hole to Beem’s par. playoffrecord improved to 7-1...Edged thomas Bjorn and SteveElkington by a stroke to win the pga championship onmonday morning and clinch his second major championshiptitle. Became the first left-hander to win the pga andthe first lefty to win two majors. moved past Ernie Els toNo. 3 in the world with the victory...recorded a hole-in-oneon No. 7 during Saturday’s third round of the 84 Lumberclassic with a 7-iron from 200 yards. It was his fifth careerace on the pga tour...paired with chris Dimarco at thepresidents cup for four of five matches, posted a 3-0-2record to aid u.S. effort. Halved Sunday Singles match withangel cabrera. 2004: Won in his first tour appearance ofthe season for the fifth time in career, capturing the BobHope chrysler classic. posted a birdie on first playoff holeto defeat Skip Kendall...at age 33 years, 9 months, 26 days,captured first major championship in 47th attempt (43rd asa professional), winning the masters. Held a share of the54-hole lead with chris Dimarco. posted a back-nine,5-under-par 31, punctuated by an 18-foot birdie putt on the72nd hole, to clinch the one-stroke win over Ernie Els. onlythe fourth player in masters history to win the event on thefinal putt of the tournament, joining arnold palmer (1960),Sandy Lyle (1988) and mark o’meara (1998)...Finishedsecond for the third time in last six years at the u.S. open.Led retief goosen by one stroke with two holes to play.Lost lead when he three-putted the par-3 17th hole fordouble bogey and goosen birdied the par-5 16th hole.Finished two strokes behind goosen...Won two ESpYawards, for Best championship performance and Bestmale golfer...Finished top-10 in all four majors for the firsttime in career. only he and Ernie Els accomplished the featduring season. 2003: Finished outside the top 30 for firsttime in 11-year career. Still managed seven top-10s in 23starts...For the third consecutive year finished third at themasters (also finished third there in 1996). 2002: Wonmultiple tour events for seventh time in 10 years...Became second player to top $20-million mark for career...captured Bob Hope chrysler classic in first appearance ofseason and first tour start since august 2001. overcamefour-shot deficit with a 64 on the final day, including a finalbirdie, to finish tied with David Berganio, Jr., at 30-underpar330. Defeated Berganio with a birdie on the first playoffhole...Shot a final-round 64 at the canon greater Hartfordopen, including a birdie on the final hole, to beat DavisLove III and Jonathan Kaye by one stroke. Became firstplayer in 51 Hartford tournaments to win in consecutiveyears. 2001: posted two victories and finished second onthe money list...Won the Buick Invitational in hometown ofSan Diego in playoff with Frank Lickliter II and Davis LoveIII. Beat Lickliter with a double bogey on the third extrahole...Won for the second time on the season at canongreater Hartford open, keyed by a third-round 61...Shotthree straight 66s to start the pga at atlanta athletic club.came down to 18th hole one behind David toms. toms laidup short of the hazard in front of the green. mickelson’slong birdie putt from the back of the green was just shortand toms got up and down for par and the victory. 2000:Enjoyed fifth multiple-win season and second four-winseason, including ending tiger Woods’ consecutive victorystring at six with four-stroke win at Buick Invitational andcapturing tHE tour championship at atlanta’s East Lakegc with a final-round 66. 1999: Despite failing to win,posted another strong season and had memorable performancein the u.S. open at pinehurst. With wife amy’sdelivery of their first child imminent, lost by one stroke topayne Stewart. couple’s first child, amanda, was born dayafter tournament finished. 1998: Was able to hold off marko’meara and tiger Woods on Sunday with a final-round 68to win mercedes championships...also won the weatherpostponedat&t pebble Beach National pro-am. 1997:two-time winner, with victories at Bay Hill Invitational andSprint International. 1996: Won four times, including two ofhis first three starts, successfully defending Nortel opentitle and defeating Justin Leonard in playoff to win phoenixopen. Became first player since Johnny miller in 1975 towin in phoenix and tucson in the same year...Won gtEByron Nelson classic and NEc World Series of golf, takingthe lead at both events after 36 holes. 1995: Won Northerntelecom open for the second time, following his 1991 victoryas an amateur. 1994: Won mercedes championshipsat La costa, defeating Fred couples in a playoff...made firstpresidents cup team, finishing with 2-1-2 record. 1993:Won first two titles as a professional, the Buick Invitationaland the INtErNatIoNaL. Amateur: Last amateur to wina tour event with victory at 1991 Northern telecom open,by one stroke over tom purtzer. Was the first amateur sinceScott Verplank in 1985 at the Western open to win pgatour event...In 1990, became only left-handed player towin u.S. amateur...one of only four golfers to win Ncaachampionship and u.S. amateur in same year. the othersare Jack Nicklaus, tiger Woods and ryan moore...alongwith gary Hallberg, David Duval and Bryce molder, onlyfour-time first-team golf all-americans.PeRSonAL:after masters victory in april 2004, did media tour of NewYork and Los angeles that included appearances on “LateNight with David Letterman” and “the tonight Show withJay Leno.”…Started hitting golf balls at 18 months…Isright-handed in everything except golf. as his father demonstratedright-handed, he followed along left-handed…an avid pilot, following in the footsteps of his father, philSr., who was a Navy pilot…With wife amy, has beeninvolved with the Special operations Warrior Foundation,Homes for our troops and Birdies for the Brave the lastthree seasons, helping to raise money for these threeorganizations…mother, mary, was honored as march ofDimes mother of the Year in November 1998…First golfcoursedesign project, Whisper rock, near Scottsdale, aZ,opened in 2001…Web site is philmickelson.com…Formerco-chairman of the american Junior golf association.2-126 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com