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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSian PoultereXeMPt StAtUS: 2010 World golf championshipstournament winner (through 2013)FULL nAMe: Ian James poulterHeiGHt: 6-1WeiGHt: 189BiRtHDAte: January 10, 1976BiRtHPLAce: Stevenage, EnglandReSiDence: Buckinghamshire, England; orlando, FLFAMiLY: Wife, Katie; aimee-Leigh (2/1/02), Luke James(5/22/04)eDUcAtion: Barclay SchoolSPeciAL inteReStS: cars, all ball sportstURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1995JoineD toUR: 2004PGA toUR VictoRieS (1):2010 World golf championships-accenture match playchampionship.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (11):1999 open de cote d’Ivoire [Eurchal]. 2000 Italian open[Eur]. 2001 moroccan open [Eur]. 2002 Italian open [Eur].2003 celtic manor resort Wales open [Eur], Nordic open[Eur]. 2004 Volvo masters andalucia [Eur]. 2006 open demadrid masters [Eur]. 2007 Dunlop phoenix [Jpn]. 2009Barclays Singapore open [Eur]. 2010 uBS Hong Kong open.otHeR VictoRieS (1):2010 Shark Shootout [with Dustin Johnson]BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:1—World golf championships-accenture match playchampionship; t10—masters tournament.2010 SeASon:made 15 starts on the pga tour in 2010, highlighted bya win at the World golf championships-accenture matchplay championship. member of victorious European rydercup squad…In first start of the season, posted a 4-and-2victory over fellow Englishman paul casey to win theaccenture match play championship, becoming the firstplayer from England to win a World golf championshipsevent. It was his first pga tour victory in his 103rd start.He was 2-up after the morning 18 holes and moved to 4-upafter two holes in the afternoon. Jumped from No. 11 toNo. 5 on the official World golf ranking, his highest careerranking. In his six individual matches, defeated playersfrom six countries (united States, australia, India, thailand,Spain and England). played only 114 holes all week—only tiger Woods with 112 holes in 2003 played fewer.Improved his accenture match play record to 18-7. Wasso dominant on the weekend that he trailed for only onehole over the final 50 holes of the tournament…Held thesecond-round co-lead with Lee Westwood before finishingt10 at the masters. In six trips to the masters, poulter hasnever finished worse than t33. His first- and second-round68s matched his best round at augusta National (thirdround, 2009)…Withdrew from the pga championship after54 holes due to a back injury…tallied 3-1-0 record for winningEuropean ryder cup team, with a 8-3-0 career recordin the biennial event…In mid-November, in defense of hisBarclays Singapore open, he stumbled to a final-round 73 tot6. posted a second-round 63 to climb into contention…thefollowing week, at the uBS Hong Kong open, he flirted witha 59 in the second round at the par-70 Hong Kong gc beforesettling for a 10-under 60. Had to hole out from the fairwayon No. 18 for the 59 but landed his approach shot pin high, 6feet to the right. Looked like he would make it two Europeantour wins in a row when he had a birdie putt to win on the72nd hole at the Dubai World championship. Just missedthat bid to fall into a playoff with robert Karlsson. He parredthe second playoff hole to Karlsson’s birdie. Finished fourthin the race to Dubai, that tour’s season-long points competition...returnedto the u.S. in mid-December and teamedwith Dustin Johnson to win the Shark Shootout in Naples,FL. the duo shot a final-round 59 in the scramble formatto defeat the team of Darren clarke-graeme mcDowell bytwo strokes.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: recorded 12 top-25 finishes in 17 starts, including aseason-best runner-up finish at tHE pLaYErS...Finished t9after a third-round, 2-and-1 loss to Sean o’Hair at the Worldgolf championships-accenture match play championship...Finished t5 at the Quail Hollow championship, threestrokes behind champion Sean o’Hair...recorded the thirdrunner-up finish of his pga tour career at tHE pLaYErSchampionship, finishing four strokes behind championHenrik Stenson...Shot 12-under 268 for an eighth-placefinish at the crowne plaza Invitational where he played theback nine bogey-free and 11-under for the week...Finishedt9 at the Barclays, joining tiger Woods, Steve Stricker androbert allenby as the only players finishing in the top-20to avoid a double bogey all week...Edged china’s LiangWen-chong by one shot to complete a wire-to-wire victoryin the Barclays Singapore open in early November. parredthe 18th hole to secure his first win since the 2007 Dunlopphoenix in Japan and first on the European tour since the2006 madrid masters...Just missed out on advancing totHE tour championship presented by coca-cola, finishing31st on the FedExcup points list. 2008: recorded seventop-25 finishes and made 12 of 15 cuts...only top-10 finishof the season came in his 11th start, where a 1-under69 on the final day propelled him to a runner-up effort atthe British open, four strokes behind champion padraigHarrington. It represented his best effort in 23 majorchampionship appearances...Had the best individual rydercup record in Europe’s loss at Valhalla, finishing 4-1-0.only loss came in Friday Foursomes. 2007: Had career-bestnumber of top-10s (5) and top-25s (8) as he earned morethan $1 million for a second consecutive season...Bestfinish of the year came in april at the EDS Byron Nelsonchampionship, finishing t3...Fourth top-10 came in augustat the Barclays, a t9, his second top-10 finish in two startsat Westchester cc. moved up 14 spots in the pga tourplayoffs for the FedExcup standings from 73rd to 59th...Ended season with a t10 at the BmW championship, hisfifth top-10 of the season. 2006: recorded four top-10s in15 starts, made 13 cuts and earned more than $1.5 million...Finished t7 at the Zurich classic of New orleans for firsttop-10 in eighth start...In June, added a t9 at the Barclaysclassic...the next week finished t12 at the u.S. open...recorded his first top-10 in a major championship with at9 at the pga championship...Won the Banco madrid Valleromano open de madrid golf masters on the Europeantour by five strokes in September...Finished t2 at the Worldgolf championships-american Express championship inLondon, his first top-10 at the event...Finished t9 at theVolvo masters the last European tour event of the season.Finished ninth on the European tour order of merit. 2005:Did not win on European tour for the first season sincejoining the tour in 2000...played in a career-high 20 tourevents with two top-10s...playing in his third event of theseason, posted a t8 at the Bob Hope chrysler classic...Semifinalist at the World golf championships-accenturematch play championship where he fell to eventual championDavid toms, 3 and 2. Defeated Jim Furyk, Stuartappleby, rory Sabbatini and Nick o’Hern before losingto toms. Lost in 20 holes to retief goosen in consolationSection 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2000 1 1 $10,970/2001 2 1 12002 1 1 16,223/2003 4 4 30,859/2004 9 6 1 2 176,318/2005 20 10 2 4 946,890/862006 15 13 1 4 7 1,553,906/512007 18 14 1 5 8 92,275/57 1,431,390/642008 15 12 1 1 7 95,310/112 1,488,214/652009 17 13 1 5 12 1,532/31 2,431,001/252010 15 12 1 2 5 1,396/39 2,079,664/36total 117 87 1 3 1 20 46 10,165,436eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 11 9 1 1 3 4 $2,018,6899* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters t31 t33 t13 t25 t20 t10u.S. open cut t57 t12 t36 WD t18 t47British open t64 t50 t46 t25 t11 cut t27 2 cut t60pga cut t61 t37 t47 t9 t23 t31 t19 WDtHE pLaYErS t33 cut t27 t28 t21 2 cutaccenture match play championship t5 4 t33 t9 t17 t9 1Bridgestone Invitational t13 t33 t33 t13 t30 t16 t15 t65ca championship cNL t44 t18 t2 t16 t57 t13 t37HSBc championst45 t13the Barclays t9 t9 cut t9 t15Deutsche Bank championshipcut cut cut t45BmW championship t10 t20 t13nAtionAL teAMS: ryder cup (3), 2004, 2008, 2010; World cup (4), 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009.pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-159