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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSJose Maria olazabal (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2the chrysler championship. concentrated on European tourafter the World golf championships-american Expresschampionship…the 2002 Buick Invitational championmissed out on a chance to become the eighth multiple winnerof the tournament when he lost in a three-way playoffthat included winner tiger Woods and Nathan green.green was eliminated after the first hole and olazaballost on the second after missing a 3-foot par putt to tie thehole. playoff record dropped to 0-2 and it was the secondstraight season that he has lost in a playoff (2005 BellSouthclassic)...Second top-10 of the season was a seventh-placefinish at tHE pLaYErS championship. It marked his besteffort at the tpc Sawgrass in 13 starts...two-time pastmasters champion posted low final round, a 6-under-par66, to finish t3…In seventh ryder cup appearance forthe victorious European squad, compiled a 3-0-0 record toextend career record to 18-8-5. 2005: Finished in the top-10six times in 16 starts, including losing in a five-way playoffat the BellSouth classic...recorded third consecutive top-10 with a t2 at the weather-shortened, 54-hole BellSouthclassic. missed 5-foot birdie putt on the 54th hole, whichwould have given him the win. Instead headed into a fivewayplayoff at 8-under 208 with winner phil mickelson,arjun atwal, rich Beem and Brandt Jobe. missed anotherputt inside 5 feet on the first extra hole that would haveproduced the win and was eventually eliminated on thethird extra hole...Just the second time in his tour careerhe has posted three consecutive top-10s. He ran off five ina row in the early part of the 2002 season...Finished t3 atthe British open at St. andrews. It was his second top-10in 15 British open appearances (3rd, 1992). He was a lateaddition to the field in St. andrews after Seve Ballesteroswithdrew. It was his best finish in a major since he finishedfourth at the 2002 masters...Won on European tour for thefirst time in four years with victory at mallorca classic inSpain. 2004: Lone top-10 of the season was a t9 at the84 LumBEr classic, first top-10 since he finished 10th atthe 2003 memorial tournament. 2003: Finished t8 at themasters, his second consecutive top-10 in augusta andhis seventh overall there. also recorded 13th top-15 finishin 16 career masters...Finished solo 10th at the memorialtournament, aided by a bogey-free 6-under-par 66 in thethird round, played in cold and wet conditions with windsup to 35 mph. only round in the 60s on the day. 2002: Hada career year with seven top-10s and a victory...capturedsixth career tour victory at the Buick Invitational, becomingthe first player to win a tour event after being “on thecutline” (1-under-par 143) since mike Sullivan at the 1989Independent Insurance agent open. Erased a four-shotdeficit with a final-round 65 to top J.L. Lewis and marko’meara by one stroke, and joined gary player (1963) asonly foreign-born champion in tournament’s 50-year history...Finishedsecond in the West coast Swing presented bythe St. paul. 2001: First year as full-time tour member...In36-hole finish, earned 19th career European tour victory atFrench open. 2000: Split time between European tour andpga tour...on European tour, won the Benson & HedgesInternational open...on pga tour, missed the cut at thetHE pLaYErS championship and masters, but reboundedlater with t12 at the u.S. open and t4 at the pga. 1999:completed a great triumph over adversity when he added asecond green jacket to the masters title he won five yearsearlier. Finished two shots ahead of Davis Love III for anemotional victory, four years after watching the mastersfrom his bed due to a back problem. 1998: captured theDubai Desert classic. 1997: after 18-month absence, duringwhich he could not get out of bed, returned to Europeantour at the Dubai classic. He then won the turespanamasters-open de canarias in his third tournament back.1996: Did not play on the pga tour, rehabbing foot/back.1995: Withdrew from the ryder cup suffering froma foot/back problem later diagnosed as rheumatoid polyarthritisin three joints of right foot and two in left. 1994:Won masters by three strokes over third-round leader tomLehman, shooting final-round 69 to Lehman’s 72. movedinto contention with third-round 69, to pull within onestroke of Lehman, who also shot 69 on Saturday...Laterthat season, won second NEc World Series of golf by oneover Scott Hoch—giving him his only multiple win seasonon pga tour. 1991: Second pga tour victory came at theINtErNatIoNaL. 1990: First victory on pga tour came inrecord fashion at the NEc World Series of golf. openedwith course-record 61, then added three consecutive 67sfor tournament records following each round. Led HaleIrwin by eight strokes heading into final round and wonby 12. 1987: made debut in ryder cup at age 21. Duringstoried ryder cup career, teamed with countryman SeveBallesteros for pairing with most ryder cup victories (11-2-2 record). 1986: Won European tour Qualifying Schooland claimed first European tour title. Amateur: Won theBritish Boys, Youths and amateur titles—the latter beatingcolin montgomerie in the final.PeRSonAL:Born the day after a golf course opened next door (real gcde San Sebastian) where grandfather was greenskeeper.mother and father also worked there. When grandfatherdied, Jose’s father, gaspar, took his place as greenskeeper.Father received a club to cut down and Jose, at age 2, usedit to hit balls. mother would take him out on golf courselate in the afternoon starting at age 6…Sometimes called“chemma,” a short way to say Jose maria in Spanish.PLAYeR StAtiSticSMISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICScareer Low Round/Round: 61–1990 NEc World Seriesof golf/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $720,000–1999 masters tournament/1career High official World Rank: after 1995 Nissanopen/4louis oosthuizen (loUie WisT-haze-un)eXeMPt StAtUS: Winner, 2010 British open(through 2015)FULL nAMe: Lodewicus theodorus oosthuizenHeiGHt: 5-10WeiGHt: 170BiRtHDAte: october 19, 1982BiRtHPLAce: mossel Bay, South africaReSiDence: pinnacle point, South africaFAMiLY: Wife, Nel-mare; Jana (12/22/09)SPeciAL inteReStS: Hunting, moviestURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2003PGA toUR VictoRieS (1):2010 British open.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (6):2004 Vodacom origins of golf at arabella [Saf]. 2007platinum classic [Saf], Dimension Data pro-am [Saf],telekom pga championship [Saf], 2008 telkom pgachampionship [Saf]. 2010 open de golf de andalucia [Eur].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:1—British open; t9—World golf championships-Bridgestone Invitational.2010 SeASon:Won first career major championship at the British open,lapping the field by seven strokes in the process. Finished10th in the final race to Dubai on the European tour…Won the open de golf de andalucia on the European tourin late march, earning a spot in the masters two weekslater…Led over the final 48 holes and blew away the fieldat the British open by seven strokes. the win occurredone week after his native South africa concluded a wildlypopular World cup and the day Nelson mandela celebratedhis 92nd birthday. opened with a 7-under 65—the lowestscore by an eventual British open winner—and closedwith a 1-under 71 for a seven-stroke victory over LeeWestwood. the only challenge came from paul casey, whogot within three shots after the eighth hole but then made atriple bogey on the 12th hole. Finished at 16-under 272 andbecame the first player since tony Lema in 1964 to win hisfirst major at St. andrews. With the seventh career worldwidevictory, he moved to No. 15 in the official World golfranking at the time. made only two bogeys over the final35 holes in a strong wind that swept across the old courseat St. andrews. Had made only one of eight cuts in majorscoming into the British open…In his first appearance in theu.S. following his British open victory, shot weekend scoresof 68-65 at the World golf championships-BridgestoneInvitational to finish t9 in his first start at Firestone cc.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: made six starts on the pga tour, with a best finish ofPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................69.73Driving Distance ...........................................308.4Driving accuracy percentage .......................70.59%greens in regulation percentage ................69.44%putting average ...........................................1.783(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 65–2 times, most recent Worldgolf championships-Bridgestone Invitational/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 65–2 times,most recent 2010 World golf championships-BridgestoneInvitational/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,305,593–2010 British open/1career High official World Rank: after 2010 rBccanadian open/152-142 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com