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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSalex Prugh (Proo)Section Player BiograPhies2BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t2—2010 Frys.com open.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):2009 michael Hill New Zealand open.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t2—Frys.com open; 5—Bob Hope classic, FarmersInsurance open; t10—Northern trust open.2010 SeASon:Nominated for pga tour rookie of the Year after stellarrookie campaign. Held the third-round lead and a share ofthe fourth-round lead before finishing fifth, with a finalround67 at the Bob Hope classic. Shot a 31 on the finalnine that included an eagle and birdies on 16, 17 and 18to finish two strokes behind winner Bill Haas…Jumped20 spots to finish t5 with a final-round 66 at the FarmersInsurance open, earning his second consecutive top-fivefinish and third consecutive made cut. Was one of fourrookies (rickie Fowler, matt Every and troy merritt) to finishin the top 15…Was top rookie finisher at the Northerntrust open, with a t10 showing. Became the only playerto post top-10 finishes in the first three california pgatour events…In contention in the final round of the at&tpebble Beach National pro-am, derailed by a quadruplebogey-9on the par-5 14th hole at pebble Beach duringa final-round 74. Finished t27…at the Frys.com open inoctober, posted four rounds in the 60s to finish a careerbestt2 with Bo Van pelt, one stroke behind rocco mediate.eXeMPt StAtUS: 70th on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: alexander William prughHeiGHt: 5-10WeiGHt: 175BiRtHDAte: September 1, 1984BiRtHPLAce: Spokane, WaReSiDence: Las Vegas, NVFAMiLY: SinglecAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:capped his second season on the Nationwide tour by earninghis pga tour card for 2010 after finishing No. 16 onthe 2009 Nationwide tour money list. Earned his first careerwin with a three-stroke victory at the inaugural michaelHill New Zealand open. posted a final-round, 8-under 64.after missing the cut in his next three starts, collected a t9finish at the BmW charity pro-am. rallied with a 7-under65 in the final round of the Knoxville open to finish t8.Followed that with another t8 the next week at the FortSmith classic. Fifth top-10 of the season came with a t9 atthe preferred Health Systems Wichita open. made 14 cutsin 20 starts with seven top-25s in his rookie season on theNationwide tour in 2008. Finished t6 at the Nationwidechildren’s Hospital Invitational and then t3 the followingweek at the cox classic. added his third top-10 of the yearwith a solo sixth at the oregon classic. only previous starton tour led to a t65 finish at the 2007 oregon classic.missed the cut in his only start on the pga tour whenhe competed as an amateur at the 2007 u.S. open. playedon the pepsi tour in 2007, posting his first victory at itsLas Vegas event. Had a 72.62 career stroke average at theuniversity of Washington, which ranks fourth in Husky history.Was a two-time all-american, four-time all-region andthree-time all-pac-10 selection. claimed his only collegiatetitle, at the 2007 oregon Duck Invitational.eDUcAtion: university of Washington (2007,Economics)SPeciAL inteReStS: Water sports, snow skiingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2007nationwide tour Graduate (2009)PeRSonAL:Lists playing in the u.S. open as his biggest thrill in golf.Says golfer andres gonzales, a former Nationwide tourplayer who was a high school rival in Washington, is hishero. got his start in golf from his dad. With the exceptionof his mom, all family members play golf. His brother, corey,played at the university of Washington; sister, Hillary,played at montana State university; and dad, Steve, playedat the university of oregon. an avid skier. His family ownsa ski cabin at Schweitzer in northern Idaho.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.88 (88)Driving Distance ...........................................295.7 (27)Driving accuracy percentage .......................58.40% (158)greens in regulation percentage ................68.60% (53)putting average ...........................................1.768 (59)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–3 times, most recent Justintimberlake Shriners Hospitals for children open/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 64–3 times,most recent 2010 Justin timberlake Shriners Hospitals forchildren open/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $440,000–2010 Frys.com open/t2career High official World Rank: after 2010 the Hondaclassic/172PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2007a 12010 28 16 1 4 5 526/97 $1,272,606/70total 29 16 1 4 5 1,272,606nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2007 1 1 $1,294/3392008 20 14 1 3 7 144,790/462009 24 16 1 5 9 233,325/16total 45 31 1 1 8 16 379,409* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 07 08 09 10u.S. opencuttHE pLaYErSt47Deutsche Bank championshipcutthe Barclayscut2-162 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com