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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSsean o’hair (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2on the tour money list. moved to World No. 53 from No.93 and from No. 1,155 at the end of 2004. the Wednesdayevening prior to the first round after struggling with hisswing. “I was so desperate, I went to a Borders (bookstore)down the road from my hotel to get a couple Jack Nicklausbooks. thursday morning I woke up and was trying it in thehotel room. I tried it on the range before I went and playedon thursday and just hit the ball probably the best I’ve everhit it.”...obtained a last-minute passport for British opentrip to St. andrews. after arriving on Wednesday, finishedt15, his first career start in a major championship...In justhis 12th start of his rookie campaign finished solo secondat the EDS Byron Nelson championship. Held the lead after36 and 54 holes, but could not catch ted purdy who closedwith a 5-under 65...He added a t8 finish at the Buick openand a t10 at the chrysler championship to qualify for hisfirst tour championship presented by coca-cola. Wenton to a t12 at East Lake gc in atlanta to finish 18th onthe money list, with $2,461,482. 2004: turned in then-bestfinish in 18 career starts on the Nationwide tour, a t28at the First tee arkansas classic. 2001: made just onecut in seven starts in his only season as a member of theNick o’herneXeMPt StAtUS: major medical ExtensionFULL nAMe: Nicholas Simon o’HernHeiGHt: 6-0WeiGHt: 165BiRtHDAte: october 18, 1971BiRtHPLAce: perth, australiaReSiDence: perth, australia; orlando, FLNationwide tour...Spent time on the cleveland pro tourand the gateway tour.PeRSonAL:turned pro during his senior year of high school when hewas 17. He and his wife, Jaclyn, were married at the ageof 20, and they have three kids. Jaclyn caddied for him onthe mini-tours for two years. He became a member of thepga tour at the age of 22. His father-in-law caddied forhim his first three years on the tour. He was rookie ofthe Year in 2005.FAMiLY: Wife, alana; riley (8/9/03), Halle (4/22/06)SPeciAL inteReStS: collecting wine, playing guitartURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1994JoineD toUR: 2005BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t2—2006 Booz allen classic.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (2):1999 Schweppes coolum classic [aus]. 2006 australianpga [aus].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t8—transitions championship, Verizon Heritage.2010 SeASon:Will play out of the major medical Extension categoryin 2011, coupled with earnings of $398,633 in 2010, hewill have 16 events to equal No. 125 on the 2010 moneylist (troy merritt, $786,977)...made six of 11 cuts andrecorded two top-10 finishes before having knee surgeryand missing the rest of the season...one of two left-handers(Bubba Watson) to finish in the top 10 at thetransitionschampionship, posting t8 for first top-10 of season...came back two starts later with another t8 at the VerizonHeritage, thanks, in large part, to a 7-under 64 Saturday.Led the 132-player field in Driving accuracy, hitting 51 of56 fairways (91.7 percent).cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: made 18 of 27 cuts, highlighted by top-five finishesearly and late in the season...after thumb surgery late in2008, recorded his first top-10 of the season with a t3 atShell Houston open, playing the front nine 9-under par andthe back nine even par for the week...closed the seasonwith a t4 at the children’s miracle Network classic, missingthe playoff by one stroke. 2008: Had most successfulyear on the pga tour, with several career-best numbers,including earnings ($1,370,771), cuts made (18), top-10finishes (four) and top-25 finishes (nine)...Best finish wasa t3 at the at&t National, falling just shy of career-bestfinish on tour (a t2 at the 2006 Booz allen classic whichwas played just down the street from congressional cc attpc avenel). 2007: Season included more than $1.3 millionin earnings, a defeat of tiger Woods and a spot on theInternational team for the presidents cup...Finished t5at the World golf championships-accenture match playchampionship. Defeated Lucas glover, rory Sabbatini andtiger Woods (20 holes) before falling to Henrik Stenson,1-up. It marked the second time in the event that he hadknocked out Woods (2005, second round), the only playerto accomplish that feat...closed with rounds of 66-66 tofinish third at the travelers championship, second-best finishof pga tour career. It was o’Hern’s best finish of theyear and his third top-10...a captain’s pick by InternationalPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.09Driving Distance ...........................................266.2Driving accuracy percentage .......................71.55%greens in regulation percentage ................63.13%putting average ...........................................1.797(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–2 times, most recent VerizonHeritage/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–2009 Frys.com open/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $408,000–2007 travelers championship/3career High official World Rank: after 2007 ShellHouston open/16PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2000 1 1 $15,707/2001 4 1 1 12003 12004 2 2 34,250/2005 13 10 3 5 550,502/2006 15 10 1 2 6 995,235/942007 22 14 1 3 7 91,575/62 1,342,391/682008 26 18 1 4 9 97,021/86 1,370,771/752009 27 18 1 2 7 512/99 1,074,215/882010 11 6 2 3 159/247 398,633/168total 122 80 1 3 17 38 5,781,705nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1998 6 3 2 $6,862/1432002 2 2 1 1 20,540/1372003 2 2 1 2 31,063/1162004 2 2 1 1 33,894/114total 12 9 3 6 92,360* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masterst45 t19 cut cutu.S. open t49 t6 t23British open t41 cut t15 cut cut t32pga cut t31 cut cut t50 cuttHE pLaYErS t24 cut cut t32 t49 cutaccenture match play championship t5 t5 t17 t5 t17Bridgestone Invitational t28 t31 t56 t27 t45ca championship t28 t56 t26 t6 t6the Barclays cut t35 cut cutDeutsche Bank championship cut t44 cutBmW championshipt61nAtionAL teAMS: the presidents cup (2), 2005, 2007; World cup (3), 2003, 2004, 2007.2-140 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com