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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSwhere only eight players broke par, managed to shooteven par to move from t9 to t4 and claim his second consecutivetop-10 finish at the Sony open in Hawaii...Fired afinal-round, 8-under-par 64 at the Shell Houston open onhis way to a t8 finish. the 64 was his best round since anopening-round 60 at the 2006 Bob Hope chrysler classic...Fired a final-round, 5-under-par 65 to finish solo sixth at thecrowne plaza Invitational at colonial for back-to-back top-10 finishes at colonial cc (finished fourth in 2007)...rightat home in phoenix, claimed his sixth top-10 finish of theyear at the Fys.com open following a final-round, 7-underpar63. the t7 finish helped make for a new single-seasonearnings record. 2007: place on the money list was highestsince rookie year in 2002...after injury-plagued 2006 season,got off to a strong start in the new year with a t10 infirst start at the Sony open in Hawaii...Best finish was a t3at the inaugural at&t National, thanks to a closing 3-under67. Earned a spot in the British open as the leading player,not otherwise exempt, at the at&t National among thetop-10 finishers and ties...Finished t20 at the British open,recovering from a 2-over-par 73 in the first round. 2006:Finished in the top 125 on the money list for the fifth time inhis five-year career...Hampered by tendinitis in both elbowsthat lasted from tHE pLaYErS championship through theend of the season, making only 19 starts on the year...Heldthe first-round lead at the Bob Hope chrysler classic witha career-low 12-under-par 60 at the palmer course at pgaWest. tied Justin rose and arron oberholser for low roundof the season. credited his score to an improved physiqueand psyche. Finished 73rd after slumping with 75-78 on theweekend...collected his first top-10 at tHE pLaYErS withhis t3 finish. It was his first top-10 since a t6 at the 2005pga championship...Withdrew during the first round of theVerizon Heritage in april due to the tendonitis...played ineight more events the remainder of the year, withdrawingfrom two and making the cut in two. 2005: moved into thetop 75 on the money list after finishing just outside thetop 100 over the last two seasons...the San Diego countyPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2002 30 14 2 6 10 $1,451,726/402003 33 16 2 5 578,141/1172004 32 18 1 1 7 723,724/1112005 28 18 4 9 1,258,087/622006 19 9 1 1 4 719,507/1172007 27 16 1 6 11 93,184/44 1,678,295/522008 27 21 6 12 97,850/71 1,756,038/432009 22 16 1 2 6 1,233/46 1,720,360/492010 27 18 3 7 581/90 947,588/101total 245 146 1 2 3 31 71 10,833,468nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2000 19 11 1 1 4 5 $148,094/262001 26 16 1 5 10 124,818/32total 45 27 1 2 9 15 272,912* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*Pat Perez (Continued)product posted his first career top-10 in four starts at theBuick Invitational, a t6. His dad has been the starter for thetour event at torrey pines for a number of years...clinchedhis first top-10 in a major championship with his t6 finish atthe pga championship at Baltusrol gc. 2004: Started theseason slow making only three cuts in his first 12 starts.Ended the year with a bang, making 50 percent of hisseason earnings in his last five starts, including a t3 at 84LumBEr classic to secure his card for 2005. His $201,600payday in pennsylvania lifted him over the mark to securehis card for the 2005 season. 2003: made the cut in justunder half of his 33 starts during his sophomore campaign.First of two top-10s was t6 at Bob Hope chrysler classic.Set course record with 11-under-par 61, a tour careerbest, at Bermuda Dunes cc in second round...Second, at10, came at the Bay Hill Invitational presented by coopertires. 2002: only thing missing from his stellar rookie seasonwas a victory but did qualify for his first masters thanksto finishing 40th on the money list...Began season 507th onofficial World golf ranking list and had moved up to 84ththrough tHE tour championship...Became eighth rookie intour history to surpass $1 million...Finished second at theat&t pebble Beach National pro-am after holding a fourstrokeadvantage after 36 and 54 holes. Had the lead withone hole to play but triple-bogeyed the 18th hole at pebbleBeach to lose by three strokes to matt gogel...Secondrunner-up finish came at the Buick classic, tied with Davidgossett and Loren roberts two strokes behind championchris Smith. paycheck of $261,333 pushed season earningsover $1 million at $1,006,341...recorded hole-in-one in thesecond round of the reno-tahoe open, acing No. 7 with a6-iron from 210 yards...turned in the round of the tournamentduring the final round of the Bell canadian open withan angus glen gc record 9-under-par 63. 2001: Earnedfirst pga tour card by finishing as medalist at pga tourQualifying tournament...t3 finish at the Samsung canadianpga championship on the Nationwide tour. 2000: pickedup his first victory at the ozarks open on the NationwidePGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYtour where he defeated pat Bates and mike Heinen ina playoff with a birdie on the first extra hole. Amateur:member of arizona State university’s 1996 Ncaa championshipteam...Won the 1993 Junior World title at torreypines, where tiger Woods finished fourth, eight strokesback. Won the 1993 maxfli pga Junior two weeks laterat pinehurst, Nc.PeRSonAL:Brother mike played on the Nationwide tour in 2002 and2006 and was a participant on golf channel’s “Big BreakDisney golf” in 2009. they were the only brothers to playin the 2001 Qualifying tournament finals at Bear Lakes ccin West palm Beach, FL…Web site is patperezgolf.com…took part in a charity fundraising event in 2009 for the tenrainbows Foundation to help raise for funds for underprivilegedchildren and families.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.59 (52)Driving Distance ...........................................287.1 (102)Driving accuracy percentage .......................65.23% (70)greens in regulation percentage ................68.95% (42)putting average ...........................................1.761 (42)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 63–crowne plaza Invitational atcolonial/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 60–2006 BobHope chrysler classic/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $918,000–2009 the 50th Bob Hope classic hosted by arnold palmer/1career High official World Rank: after 2009 arnoldpalmer Invitational presented by mastercard/48Year 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters t45 cutu.S. open cut t40 cut t36British open t67 t20 cutpga 70 t6 cut t18 t58 cuttHE pLaYErS cut cut t32 t3 cut t42 t68 cutaccenture match play championship t33 t17Bridgestone Invitationalt22ca championshipt35HSBc championst10the Barclays t2 cut t42 t22 WD cut cut cut t60Deutsche Bank championship cut cut WD t21 t27 cutBmW championship cut 69 t11 t5 t65 t18 t49Section 2 Player BiograPhiespgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-151