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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSCorey Pavin (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2Final-round, bogey-free 66 vaulted him from t26 to t3...recorded his second and final top-10 of the year with at10 at the travelers championship, thanks in part to afinal-round 64, which tied the low round of the day...Held ashare of the 18-hole lead after an 8-under 64 at the Buickopen. Finished t12. 2007: made 15 cuts in 25 starts andcompeted in one event in the pga tour’s playoffs for theFedExcup...In fifth start of the season, finished t6 at theat&t pebble Beach National pro-am, aided by rounds of67-70 on the weekend. Fifth career top-10 at the tour’smonterey peninsula event. 2006: Lone top-10 of the seasonwas his first victory in over 10 years...Win and six other top-25s helped him surpass the $1-million mark ($1,308,084)in earnings for just the second time (1995-$1,340,079) inhis 24-year tour career...Earned 15th tour victory withwire-to-wire win at the u.S. Bank championship, 10 years,two months and 11 days since last win at the 1996 colonialNational Invitational. Set or tied several tour records enroute to victory. Birdied first six holes (Nos. 1-6) in the firstround en route to a tour nine-hole record 26 (8-under par).Finished first round with a career-low 61, tying Brown Deerpark golf club course record. matched lowest first 36-holetotal (61-64—125) in tour history. Eighth multiple winnerof u.S Bank championship, and third wire-to-wire winner inmilwaukee. matched the u.S. Bank championship 72-holescoring record of 260 (61-64-68-67) of 2005 champion Bencrane and 2000 champion Loren roberts. Led the tournamentin putting and was tied for first in scrambling. His36-, 54- and 72-hole totals were all tour lows in 2006. the72-hole was matched by phil mickelson at the BellSouthclassic. His opening 61 was the low start by a winner in2006...Served as assistant u.S. ryder cup captain. 2005:Finished in the top 125 for second straight season and for17th time in first 22 years on tour...Best finish was a t5 atthe Bay Hill Invitational. 2004: two top-10s were the mostsince he posted three in 1998. Finished in the top 100 (89th)on the money list for the first time since 1998, when he wasNo. 70...tied career low with a first-round 8-under 62 atthe Buick championship. 2003: made 18 cuts in 26 starts...His best effort came in the first start of the year, a t15 atthe Sony open in Hawaii. 2002: only top-10 of the seasoncame at the michelob championship at Kingsmill, a t6, hisbest finish since a t5 at the 1999 mcI classic. 2001: Lonetop-10 a t8 at the mastercard colonial. Finish producedlargest payday, $116,000, since earning $270,000 for winning1996 mastercard colonial. 2000: Lone top-10 was at9 at the Westin texas open...tied tour record with 18putts in second round of Bell canadian open en route to65. 1999: after finishing out of the top 150 on the moneylist in 1997-98, rebounded to finish 70th. Had as many top-10s (3) as he did in the two previous years combined. 1998:posted top-10s in two late-season events, Westin texasopen and the michelob championship at Kingsmill...Lostplayoff to Stephen Leaney at aNZ players championshipin australia, where he shot course-record 66 in secondround. 1996: made 21 of 22 cuts and won the mastercardcolonial...Finished in the top-10 nine times and ranked18th on the money list...Earned berth on second straightpresidents cup squad. 1995: after shooting 72-69-71,entered final round of u.S. open at Shinnecock Hills threestrokes behind greg Norman. closing 68 was highlightedby 228-yard 4-wood shot to 18th green, where ball cameto rest 5 feet from hole. two-putt par gave him his firstmajor championship title...Became only the second playerto win back-to-back at riviera (Ben Hogan the other) whenhe successfully defended his Nissan open title...played onhis third ryder cup team, compiling an career 8-5-0 record.1991: Won arnold palmer award, the last player to wintour money title with less than $1 million. 1988: capturedthe texas open, shooting 21-under-par 259 to become fifthplayer in tour history to break 260. 1984: Scored victoriesin each of his first five full years on tour, starting withhis first win at the coca-cola Houston open. Amateur:at ucLa, was a two-time first-team all-american (1979,1982), won 11 collegiate tournaments, including the 1982pac-10 title, and was named 1982 college player of theyear. Bruin teammates included former or current pgatour members Steve pate, Jay Delsing, tom pernice Jr.and Duffy Waldorf...at age 17, won the Junior World andLos angeles city amateur titles.PeRSonAL:corey and son ryan won Disney’s father-child event forryan’s age group (1996)…Serves as host for corey pavingolf classic benefiting Big Brothers and Big Sisters inVentura county, ca…Had LaSIK surgery in November1998…caddied for former ucLa teammate Jay Delsingat 2003 pga tour Qualifying tournament, where Delsingearned his card for the 2004 tour season…Joined tourmembers Frank Lickliter II, Jerry Kelly, Donnie Hammondand Howard twitty on a uSa/armed Forces Entertainmenttour of the persian gulf for thanksgiving 2006. returned inlate 2009 with tom Watson and tim Simpson.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.01Driving Distance ...........................................256.7Driving accuracy percentage .......................76.14%greens in regulation percentage ................57.82%putting average ...........................................1.726(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–crowne plaza Invitational atcolonial/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 61–2006 u.S.Bank championship in milwaukee/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $720,000–2006 u.S. Bank championship in milwaukee/1career High official World Rank: after 1996 memorialtournament/22010 ChAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICSScoring average (actual) .............................69.53 (5)Driving Distance ...........................................259.1 (75)Driving accuracy percentage .......................77.14% (13)greens in regulation percentage ................67.78% (44)putting average ...........................................1.748 (14)MISCELLANEOUS ChAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 63–2010 the cap canachampionship/2.career champions tour Low Round: 63–2010 the capcana championship/2Largest career champions tour Paycheck/Finish: $210,500–2010 Senior British open/2Pat PerezeXeMPt StAtUS: 2009 tournament winner(through 2011)FULL nAMe: patrick perezHeiGHt: 6-0WeiGHt: 190BiRtHDAte: march 1, 1976BiRtHPLAce: phoenix, aZReSiDence: Scottsdale, aZFAMiLY: Wife, athenaeDUcAtion: arizona State universitySPeciAL inteReStS: atV, motorcycles, baseball,football (San Diego chargers), winetURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1997Q ScHooL: 2001JoineD toUR: 2002nationwide tour AlumnusPGA toUR VictoRieS (1):2009 the 50th Bob Hope classic.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):2000 ozarks open.otHeR VictoRieS (1):2002 champions challenge [with John Daly].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t9—the greenbrier classic; t10—SBS championship,crowne plaza Invitational at colonial.2010 SeASon:claimed three top-10 finishes, starting with a t10 at theSBS championship, his first career start in the season-opening event…Did not crack the top 10 again until 15starts later, finishing t10 at the crowne plaza Invitational atcolonial. carded a 7-under 63 in the third round at colonial,his best round since opening the 2009 Bob Hope classic61-63 en route to victory…third top-10 of the seasoncame at the greenbrier classic, where bookend 64s ledto a season-best t9 performance…played with youngerbrother mike at the children’s miracle Network classic.mike was awarded a sponsor exemption for winning thegolf channel’s “Big Break.”cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Won for the first time and finished the season rankedNo. 46 in the FedExcup standings...Won the 50th Bob Hopeclassic hosted by arnold palmer for his first pga tour title,beating John merrick by three strokes in the wind-sweptfinal round. Finished at 33-under 327, including a 61-63 startthat set a new tour record for opening 36 holes and moststrokes under par for first 36 holes. Locked up the victoryby knocking his approach shot from 200 yards on No. 18 to3 feet to set up an eagle. merrick already had finished hisround with a par on 18...Finished t4 at the arnold palmerInvitational after a final-round, 1-under 69...Suffered twotorn ligaments in his right ankle on may 15 while runningwith his dog at home in Scottsdale, aZ. returned for thetravelers in late June, where he missed the cut...Finishedthe season strong with a t13 finish at the Frys.com open anda t10 at the World golf championships-HSBc champions.2008: recorded career highs in money ($1.7 million), cutsmade (21) and top 25 finishes (12)...on a blustery Sunday2-150 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com