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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSKevin Na (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2classic...Ended the year on a high note with a t13 finish atthe chrysler championship. His $93,750 payday in tampasecured him a spot inside the top 100 on the final seasonmoney list. 2003: Earned first pga tour card at age 20 byfinishing t21 at the 2003 Qualifying tournament. medalistby eight strokes at La purisima cc in Lompoc, ca duringfirst stage of tournament. Finished t3 in second stage atoak Valley gc in Beaumont, ca. played his second seasonon the asian tour and finished 46th on the order of merit.His win on the asian tour in 2002 qualified him for the2003 World golf championships-NEc Invitational, wherehe finished t71, his only event in the money on the pgatour in three career starts. also played in 11 events on theEuropean tour with one top-10, a t6 at the Dubai Desertclassic. 2002: played professionally on the asian tour,where he finished fourth on the order of merit. Becamethe third-youngest winner in asian tour history at 19 yearsand three months when he won the 2002 Volvo masters ofasia by two strokes. added five other top-10s that season.PeRSonAL:at age 8, Na’s family moved from South Korea to theunited States. took up the game a year later and by thetime he left the junior golf program had become the topjunior player in the u.S. Bypassed senior year of high schooland college to turn professional at age 17…appeared in aJanuary 2010 episode of “cSI: Las Vegas” on cBS alongwith rocco mediate, Duffy Waldorf, gary mccord andDavid Feherty.Jack NicklausWoRLD GoLF HALL oF FAMe MeMBeR (inducted 1974)eXeMPt StAtUS: Winner, 1962 u.S. open (Lifetime)FULL nAMe: Jack William NicklausHeiGHt: 5-10WeiGHt: 185BiRtHDAte: January 21, 1940BiRtHPLAce: columbus, oHReSiDence: North palm Beach, FLPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.31 (26)Driving Distance ...........................................278.6 (167)Driving accuracy percentage .......................66.46% (56)greens in regulation percentage ................65.89% (137)putting average ...........................................1.752 (21)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 61–Wyndham championship/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 61–2010Wyndham championship/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $551,000–2009 tHE pLaYErS championship/t3career High official World Rank: after 2010 tHEpLaYErS championship/45FAMiLY: Wife, Barbara Bash; Jack II (9/23/61),Steven (4/11/63), Nancy Jean (5/5/65),gary(1/15/69), michael (7/24/73); 19 grandchildreneDUcAtion: ohio State universitySPeciAL inteReStS: Fishing, hunting, tennistURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1961JoineD toUR: 1962PGA toUR VictoRieS (73):1962 u.S. open, Seattle World’s Fair open Invitational,portland open Invitational. 1963 palm Springs golf classic,masters tournament, tournament of champions, pgachampionship, Sahara Invitational. 1964 phoenix openInvitational, tournament of champions, Whitemarsh openInvitational, portland open Invitational. 1965 masterstournament, memphis open Invitational, thunderbirdclassic, philadelphia golf classic, portland openInvitational. 1966 masters tournament, British open,Sahara Invitational. 1967 Bing crosby National pro-am,u.S. open, Western open, Westchester classic, SaharaInvitational. 1968 Western open, american golf classic.1969 andy Williams-San Diego open Invitational, SaharaInvitational, Kaiser International open Invitational. 1970Byron Nelson golf classic, British open, National Four-Ballchampionship. 1971 pga championship, tournament ofchampions, Byron Nelson golf classic, National teamchampionship, Walt Disney World open Invitational.1972 Bing crosby National pro-am, Doral-Eastern open,masters tournament, u.S. open, Westchester classic, u.S.professional match play championship, Walt Disney Worldopen Invitational. 1973 Bing crosby National pro-am,greater New orleans open, tournament of champions,atlanta classic, pga championship, ohio Kings Island open,Walt Disney World golf classic. 1974 Hawaiian open,tournament players championship. 1975 Doral-Easternopen, Sea pines Heritage classic, masters tournament,pga championship, World open golf championship.1976 tournament players championship, World Seriesof golf. 1977 Jackie gleason-Inverrary classic, moNYtournament of champions, memorial tournament. 1978Jackie gleason-Inverrary classic, tournament playerschampionship, British open, IVB-philadelphia golf classic.1980 u.S. open, pga championship. 1982 colonialNational Invitation. 1984 memorial tournament. 1986masters tournament.cHAMPionS toUR VictoRieS (10):1990 the tradition at Desert mountain, mazda SENIortourNamENt pLaYErS championship. 1991 thetradition at Desert mountain, pga Seniors’ championship,u.S. Senior open. 1993 u.S. Senior open. 1994 mercedeschampionships. 1995 the tradition. 1996 gtE Suncoastclassic, the tradition.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (11):1963 canada cup [indiv]. 1964 australian open [aus],canada cup [indiv]. 1968 australian open [aus.]. 1970piccadily World match play championship [Eur]. 1971australian open [aus], Dunlop International [aus], Worldcup [indiv]. 1975 australian open [aus]. 1976 australianopen [aus]. 1978 australian open [aus].otHeR VictoRieS (14):1963 canada cup [with arnold palmer], 1963 canada cup[indiv]. 1964 canada cup [with arnold palmer], canadacup [indiv]. 1966 pga National team championship [witharnold palmer], canada cup [with arnold palmer]. 1967World cup [with arnold palmer]. 1971 World cup [with Leetrevino], World cup [indiv]. 1973 World cup [with Johnnymiller]. 1999 champions tour-Hyundai team matches[with tom Watson]. 2000 champions tour-Hyundai teammatches [with tom Watson]. 2005 Wendy’s championsSkins game. 2007 Wendy’s champions Skins game [withtom Watson]. 2010 Wendy’s champions Skins game [withtom Watson].2010 SeASon:announced that his course, muirfield Village gc, will hostthe presidents cup in 2013, when the biennial competitionreturns to the united States…teamed with arnold palmerand gary player at the olde Farm gc in Virginia in theBig 3 for mountain mission Kids sponsored by Johnson& Johnson. the 19-hole scramble event, benefiting themountain mission School, raised more than $15.1 million,the most-ever by a golf tournament in a single day…combined with tom Watson to win the 2010 Wendy’schampions Skins game as the team held off defendingchampions Fuzzy Zoeller and Ben crenshaw. the win camefour days before his 70th birthday.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:“golden Bear” considered by many the greatest player inthe history of the sport...along with gene Sarazen, BenHogan, gary player and tiger Woods, owns a career grandSlam...Winner of 18 professional major championships: sixmasters (1963, 1965-66, 1972, 1975 and 1986), five pgachampionships (1963, 1971, 1973, 1975 and 1980), fouru.S. opens (1962, 1967, 1972 and 1980) and three Britishopens (1966, 1970 and 1978)...Shares with arnold palmerthe record for most consecutive years with at least onetour victory: 17 (1962-78)...105 consecutive cuts made(November 1970-September 1976) is third only to tigerWoods and Byron Nelson...Finished in top 10 in 243 of357 tour events from 1962 to 1979 (68.1 percent)...From1971-73, had 41 top-10s in 55 events (88.8 percent), including19 victories and seven seconds...also has 19 runner-upfinishes in majors...Led tour in earnings eight times (1964-65, 1967, 1971-73, 1975 and 1976). 2009: participatedin the Wendy’s champions Skins game, partnering withtom Watson...played in the nine-hole memorial Skinsgame prior to his tournament in Dublin, oH...Will teamwith arnold palmer as the Honorary Starters at the 2010masters tournament. 2007: teamed with tom Watsonto win the Wendy’s champions Skins game in February...as captain, led the united States team to a victory in thepresidents cup in montreal in 2007. It was his fourth timeas u.S. captain, with a 2-1-1 record. 2006: Did not play anofficial event on the pga tour or champions tour for thefirst time since 1957. teamed with tom Watson for t2in the Wendy’s champions Skins game. 2005: Was thepresidents cup captain for a third time, leading the u.S.2-132 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com