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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSChris rileySection Player BiograPhies2PGA toUR VictoRieS (1):2002 reno-tahoe open.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):2007 rochester area charities Showdown at Somerby.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:4—travelers championship; t7—Zurich classic of Neworleans; t8—Wyndham championship.2010 SeASon:Finished t7 at Zurich classic of New orleans…Finishedfourth at the travelers championship, thanks to fourrounds in the 60s, his best result since a t3 at the 2008u.S. Bank championship in milwaukee…Finished t8 atthe Wyndham championship. three top-10s are his mostsince 2003.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: regained fully exempt status via the pga tourQualifying tournament for a second consecutive season.Flew in on a redeye to South Florida from the West coastand drove straight to Bear Lakes cc to begin the 2009 pgatour Qualifying tournament. Went on to t19 to earn hiscard for 2010 despite a final-round 76. made the cut in 16of 22 starts on the tour in 2009. of those, seven weretop-25s. missed the cut in his only start on the Nationwidetour at the athens regional Foundation classic. tied forthe 54-hole lead at the Wyndham championship, but afinal-round 74 dropped him to t13. Lone pga tour top-10came in 14th start, a t7 at the u.S. Bank championship.Equaled tour record for low nine-hole score relative to parwith a 9-under 27 on the front nine in the second round ofthe Legends reno-tahoe open. posted five birdies and twoeagles before a pair of bogeys at 10 and 11 halted his run.“I thought I could shoot 55 today,” riley said. “I was feelingthat good. then it’s weird how your mind just turns on you.”eXeMPt StAtUS: 90th on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: chris J. rileyHeiGHt: 5-11WeiGHt: 160BiRtHDAte: December 8, 1973BiRtHPLAce: San Diego, caReSiDence: Las Vegas, NVcompleted the round in 8-under 64, eventually finishing t17.regained fully exempt status with a t18 at the 2008 pgatour Qualifying tournament. 2008: With four rounds in the60s, finished t3 at the u.S. Bank championship for his firsttop-10 since the 2006 Valero texas open. 2005: Finishedout of the top 125 on the tour money list and posted notop-10s for the first time in his seven years on tour...onlytop-25 was a t18 in January at the Bob Hope chryslerclassic. 2004: Fell out of the top 30 for the first time in threeyears, to No. 56...three top-10s and six top-25s were lowestsince his rookie season of 1999, when he posted the samefigures...Finished t2 at the Buick Invitational after beinginvolved in three-man playoff with John Daly and LukeDonald, his third runner-up finish in seven months (2001greater Hartford open, John Deere classic). He and Donaldwere eliminated on first extra hole after Daly made birdieand riley lipped out a putt from 5 feet. playoff record movedto 1-1...picked up second top-10 in 12 career major appearances,with a t4 at the pga championship; the other was athird at the 2002 pga. a three-putt bogey on the 72nd holeleft him one stroke out of the three-man playoff betweenwinner Vijay Singh, chris Dimarco and Justin Leonard.Finish enabled him to jump from 18th to 10th on the finalryder cup team points list and qualify for his first ryder cupsquad. 2003: collected a career-high six top-10s, includingthree top-3s—t3 at the mcI Heritage, solo second at thegreater Hartford open and t2 at the John Deere classic. Itwas his third top-five finish in moline, IL. 2002: Earned firstpga tour victory in his 109th career start at reno-tahoeopen after defeating Jonathan Kaye in a one-hole playoff.tied for the lead with Kaye and Steve Flesch a after 54holes, riley came from two strokes down on the back nineSunday to tie Kaye in regulation. used two-putt par to winon the first hole of the playoff...His t5 at the advil Westernopen earned a spot in the British open at muirfield wherehe finished t22 with a final-round 66...pga was his secondFAMiLY: Wife, michelle Louviere; taylor Lynn (9/2/04),rose rene (6/7/06)eDUcAtion: university of Nevada-Las Vegas (1996,communications)SPeciAL inteReStS: San Diego chargerstURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1996Q ScHooL: 1998, 2008, 2009nationwide tour Alumnusmajor championship start of the season. Entered the finalday t6. posted a final-round, 2-under-par 70 good for solothird and his first ticket to the masters for finishing in thetop four and ties...closed the year making 14 consecutivecuts. 2001: Had a slow start after breaking out early ineach of his first two seasons on the pga tour. Eclipsedthe $1-million mark in season earning for the first time inhis career thanks to four top-10s...Best effort of the yearrunner-up finish at the INtErNatIoNaL. accumulated 32points, under modified Stableford scoring system, to finishone point behind tom pernice, Jr. 2000: Four top-10sincluding two fourth-place finishes...Earned first top-10 ofthe season at John Deere classic, where four rounds inthe 60s gave him solo fourth-place finish worth, $124,800.1999: Earned top-10 in his first start as a member of thePLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.34 (29)Driving Distance ...........................................278.3 (169)Driving accuracy percentage .......................68.70% (27)greens in regulation percentage ................67.33% (92)putting average ...........................................1.775 (79)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–3 times, most recentWyndham championship/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–3 times, mostrecent 2009 Wyndham championship/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $540,000–2002 reno–tahoe open/1career High official World Rank: after 2004 World golfchampionships-accenture match play championship/22PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 1-1events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1995a 11996 11999 28 15 3 6 $367,805/1122000 28 20 4 7 660,707/712001 30 21 1 4 11 1,198,225/452002 28 23 1 1 5 14 2,032,979/232003 29 19 2 1 7 13 2,178,133/232004 23 17 1 3 6 1,292,732/562005 25 11 1 268,735/1842006 27 16 1 4 495,314/1502007 17 12 5 179/919 403,199/1612008 17 9 1 1 4 164/1,277 388,850/1662009 22 16 1 7 489/103 630,417/1292010 24 12 3 7 512/100 1,001,582/90total 300 191 1 4 3 32 85 10,918,678nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1998 24 11 2 1 4 5 $74,239/352007 4 2 1 1 1 93,000/652008 5 3 2 2 29,278/1302009 1total 34 16 1 2 1 7 8 196,517* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters t23 44 49u.S. open cut cut t48British opent22 cut cut t67pga t51 3 cut t4 t66 t41tHE pLaYErS t48 t58 t22 cut cut cuttour championship t26 4accenture match play championship t17 t33 t33Bridgestone Invitational t4 t43 t58ca championship t39 t28 t50the Barclays cut 71 t69 cut cut t46 cutDeutsche Bank championshipcutBmW championship t5 cut cut cutnAtionAL teAMS: Walker cup (1), 1995; ryder cup (1), 2004.2-164 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com