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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSNick o’hern (Continued)team captain gary player, went 1-4-0 in the competition atmontreal. 2006: made 10 cuts in 15 starts and had two top-10 finishes...Finished second to Kevin Stadler at the JohnnyWalker classic in perth, australia...made just his secondstart at the u.S. open, finished t6, his first top-10 in amajor championship (12 career starts in majors)...one weeklater, finished t2 at the Booz allen classic, five strokesbehind champion Ben curtis. posted consecutive 7-under64s (career best) at tpc avenel...chipped in from a greensidebunker on the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoffwith peter Lonard to win the australian pga championshipin mid-December. 2005: Left-hander played tour as aSpecial temporary member...member of the Europeantour since 1999, finished 21st in the order of merit withfour top-10s. Best finish on European tour was runner-upat the Heineken classic in homeland of australia...playingPGA toUR VictoRieS (6):1990 NEc World Series of golf. 1991 the International.1994 masters tournament, NEc World Series of golf. 1999masters tournament. 2002 Buick Invitational.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (23):1986 Ebel European masters, Swiss open, Sanyo open.1988 Volvo Belgian open, german masters. 1989 tenerifeopen, KLm Dutch open, Visa taiheiyo masters. 1990Benson & Hedges International open, carroll’s Irish open,Lancome trophy, Visa taiheiyo masters. 1991 opencatalonia, Epson grand prix of Europe. 1992 turespanain ninth career tour event, defeated two-time defendingchampion tiger Woods in second round en route tot5 finish at accenture match play championship. Beatcharles Howell III, Woods and Luke Donald before fallingto Ian poulter, 3 and 1, in the quarterfinals...made his firststart at the masters, finished t45…Next week, finishedt9 at the mcI Heritage, his first top-10 in a stroke-placeevent on tour...Finished t6 in his first appearance atthe memorial tournament for his third top-10 in six tourstarts during the season. During the week joined the touras a Special temporary member for the remainder ofseason...compiled a 2-3-0 record for International teamin first presidents cup appearance. 2004: Best season onEuropean tour, with two seconds (French open and Lindegerman masters) and a career-best 11 top-10s. Finished12th on the European tour order of merit. 2003: Finishedopen de tenerife, open mediterrania. 1994 turespanaopen mediterrania, Volvo pga championship. 1997turespana masters open de canarias. 1998 Dubai Desertclassic. 2000 Benson and Hedges International open. 2001French open. 2005 mallorca classic [Eur].2010 SeASon:Named captain of 2012 European ryder cup team inDecember. Did not compete as he continues to battle rheumatism…Willplay on a major medical Extension in 2011.coupled with 2008 and 2009 earnings of $299,829, has 20events to earn $552,923 to retain major medical Extensionfor remainder of 2011.37th in the European tour order of merit with t2 finishesat the aNZ championship and telefonica open de madrid.2002: 71st in the European tour order of merit with twotop-10s. 2001: Six top-10s led to 42nd finish on Europeantour order of merit. reached the quarterfinals of theWgc-accenture match play championship in australia.2000: three top-10s on European tour. 1999: came throughEuropean tour Qualifying School on first attempt in 1998.rookie posted two top-10s in 18 starts.PeRSonAL:Started golf at age 9, following his father, a 3-handicapper.Father played baseball for australia and Nick for Westernaustralia. It was a tossup between turning professional atbaseball, tennis or golf. Lists pitcher greg maddux as hisfavorite athlete.Jose Maria olazabal (oh-lah-thaw-bull)eXeMPt StAtUS: major medical ExtensionFULL nAMe: Jose maria olazabalHeiGHt: 5-10WeiGHt: 160BiRtHDAte: February 5, 1966BiRtHPLAce: Fuenterrabia, SpainReSiDence: Fuenterrabia, SpainFAMiLY: SinglePGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-2events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1985 11987 5 3 $7,470/2151989 4 3 2 2 56,039/1601990 8 7 1 4 7 337,837/381991 7 5 1 1 3 3 382,124/431992 8 5 1 1 63,429/1611993 6 3 1 1 60,160/1741994 8 6 2 1 4 6 969,900/71995 10 8 2 4 213,415/871997 6 5 1 4 173,589/1261998 7 6 6 208,486/1331999 13 8 1 3 4 865,167/462000 12 7 2 5 320,971/2001 15 10 5 458,678/1102002 20 16 1 1 7 7 1,987,027/242003 16 9 2 3 479,155/1322004 17 11 1 4 495,050/1422005 16 14 1 2 6 8 1,764,227/412006 18 14 2 1 4 10 2,120,422/312007 16 11 1 1 4 88,300/100 979,249/1012008 4 2 224/235 60,200/2302009 4 3 1 1 146/183 239,629/185total 221 156 6 5 5 45 85 12,242,223eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 3 1 1 1 $67,816* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*SPeciAL inteReStS: pop music, cinema,hunting, wildlife, ecologytURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1985JoineD toUR: 2000PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYcAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Still affected by rheumatism, made four tour startson the pga tour, making the cut in three with one top-10.making just his second start of the year, posted a t6 at theVerizon Heritage for his first top-10 finish since the 2007season...Was inducted to the World golf Hall of Fame inNovember. 2008: Limited to four events due to rheumatism,making two cuts with no top-25 finishes for the first timesince 1988. 2007: played in 16 events with a t3 at tHEpLaYErS. 2006: Surpassed $2 million for the first time in histour career but did not qualify for tHE tour championshipas he fell from No. 26 to No. 31 after the last full-field event,Year 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96masters cut cut t8 13 2 t42 t7 1 t14u.S. open t68 t9 t8 t8 cut cut cut t28British open cut t25 t16 t11 t36 t23 t16 t80 3 cut t38 t31pga cut cut t14 cut cut t56 t7 t31tHE pLaYErS cut t9 cut t14 t23Bridgestone Invitational 40 t10 t47 t9 t22 82 DNSYear 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09masters t12 t12 1 cut t15 4 t8 30 cut t3 t44 cut cutu.S. open t16 t18 WD t12 cut t50 cut t21 t45British open t20 t15 cut t31 t54 cut cut t3 t56pga cut cut cut t4 t37 69 t51 cut t47 t55 cuttHE pLaYErS t25 t52 cut t12 t36 cut cut 7 t3 t54tour championship 29accenture match play championship t5 t17 t5 t33 t17 t17ca championship t11 t17 t27 t51 t17 t35nAtionAL teAMS: ryder cup (7), 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2006.Section 2 Player BiograPhiespgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-141