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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSD.a. PointsSection Player BiograPhies2BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:3—2009 Hp Byron Nelson championship.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (4):2001 Inland Empire open. 2004 Northeast pennsylvaniaclassic, pete Dye West Virginia classic. 2008 miccosukeechampionship.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t4—the greenbrier classic; t7—Hp Byron Nelsonchampionship; t9—Farmers Insurance open.2010 SeASon:collected three top-10 finishes in 2010 and retainedtour card for second consecutive season…after missingthe cut in his first two starts of the season, posted at9 at Farmers Insurance open where he was co-leaderthrough 36 holes…Finished t7 at the Hp Byron Nelsonchampionship with four rounds of par or better…posted acareer-best, 9-under 61 in the third round of the greenbrierclassic en route to a t4 finish. Flirted with a 59, standingat 10-under through 16 holes, but a three-putt bogey on thepar-5 17th hole ended historic opportunity.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Finished a career-best No. 66 on the pga tourmoney list and earned more than $1 million in a seasonfor the first time in his career...Final-round 65 earned firsttop-10 of season, a t9, at the Honda classic. Final-round65 tied the low round of the day with Scott piercy...Earnedanother t9 the following week at the puerto rico open presentedby Banco popular...posted a career-best third-placefinish at the Hp Byron Nelson championship with four sub-70 rounds, including 65-65 on the weekend...ranked 72ndin the final FedExcup standings...Shot 65 in the final roundto finish the season with a t7 at the children’s miracleNetwork classic. It marked the third time in 2009 that heposted a final-round 65 to earn a top-10 finish. Leaped11 spots on the final money list to No. 66. 2008: madeeXeMPt StAtUS: 93rd on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: Darren andrew pointsHeiGHt: 6-1WeiGHt: 195BiRtHDAte: December 1, 1976BiRtHPLAce: pekin, ILReSiDence: ocoee, FLFAMiLY: Wife, Lori; Laila Jane (2/10/10)the cut in 16 of 25 starts on the Nationwide tour, with10 top-25 finishes. Finished No. 16 on the official moneylist and became one of five players in tour history with$1 million in career earnings. collected the first top-10 ofthe year with a t5 at the 36-hole HSBc New Zealand pgachampionship, finishing four shots behind tournament winnerDarron Stiles. Became the only player to notch top-10sin both events Down under after a t7 effort at the moonahclassic...Was 36-hole co-leader with Kyle mccarthy at theFord Wayne gretzky classic after opening rounds of 69-62.Finished t10...Led by two shots going into the final round ofthe Northeast pennsylvania classic where a final-round 73dropped him into a t9...Won the miccosukee championshipin spectacular fashion when he holed a 125-yard shotfrom the fairway at the 72nd hole. He then defeated mattBettencourt with birdie on the first playoff hole. Win washis fourth career Nationwide tour title. Was t43 and sevenstrokes back after 36 holes. third-round 62 was his second62 this season. Win vaulted him from 40th to 15th on themoney list and secured a spot on the 2009 pga tour. 2007:made the cut in 16 of 29 starts on the Nationwide tour,with five top-25 finishes. concluded the year No. 39 on themoney list, with $156,799. posted a season-best runner-upfinish at the albertsons Boise open. posted back-to-backeagles during a third-round 63. 2006: Finished No. 162 onthe pga tour money list, with $405,984. posted threetop-25 finishes, including his first career top-10—at theHonda classic (t10). 2005: after finishing 161st on the pgatour money list in his rookie season, earned his way backon tour by finishing t3 at the year-end National Qualifyingtournament. posted four top-25s including t13s at theunofficial Nissan open and the B.c. open. 2004: Finishedsecond on the Nationwide tour money list with $332,815 toearn his initial tour card. posted his second tour victory atthe 2004 Northeast pennsylvania classic in a playoff overJames Driscoll. came back a few weeks later and won theinaugural pete Dye West Virginia classic. Led tour in Birdieaverage. 2003: Finished No. 50 on the Nationwide toureDUcAtion: university of Illinois (1999, Speechcommunications)SPeciAL inteReStS: FishingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1999Q ScHooL: 2005JoineD toUR: 2005nationwide tour Graduate (2004, 2008)money list. 2002: Finished 66th on Nationwide tour moneylist mainly due to a season-best t4 at the gila river golfclassic (set up when he matched the Whirlwind gc recordwith a 10-under 61 in the third round). 2001: In rookie seasonon Nationwide tour, won the Inland Empire open andranked No. 30 on the final money list. amateur: third-teamall-america at Illinois. three-time Illinois amateur champion.reached the quarterfinals of the 1996 u.S. amateurat pumpkin ridge gc, where he lost to eventual championtiger Woods, 3 and 2, in the quarterfinals.PeRSonAL:Lists his parents and his nephew (carson chorney) as hisheroes. Nine-year-old carson has neuroblastoma, a rare,curable form of cancer. Following a successful surgery,which revealed no signs of cancer, carson was nominatedto be Florida’s representative for the children’s miracleNetwork. as such, he was afforded the opportunity tomeet president obama in 2010 and “hang with uncle D.a.at Disney” during the children’s miracle Network classic.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.96 (103)Driving Distance ...........................................283.0 (133)Driving accuracy percentage .......................64.52% (81)greens in regulation percentage ................67.90% (74)putting average ...........................................1.808 (158)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 61–the greenbrier classic/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 61–2010 thegreenbrier classic/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $442,000–2009 Hp Byron Nelson championship/3career High official World Rank: after 2010 pgachampionship/156PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2004 22005 33 15 4 $400,540/1612006 28 12 1 3 405,984/1622008 3 3 1 126,918/2009 29 19 1 4 8 808/72 1,320,021/662010 29 15 3 7 654/82 975,433/93total 124 64 1 8 23 3,228,896nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2001 20 14 1 2 4 $126,366/302002 23 15 1 7 68,341/662003 24 18 1 2 7 95,613/502004 24 16 2 1 4 9 332,815/22007 29 16 1 4 5 156,799/392008 25 16 1 5 10 266,696/16total 145 95 4 2 1 18 42 1,046,630* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 05 06 07 08 09 10u.S. opent69British opencutpgat16tHE pLaYErScutthe Barclays cut cut t31 t47Deutsche Bank championship cut t66 t49 cutBmW championshipt28 cut2-158 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com