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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSandres romero (Continued)previous best finish at the British open, a t8 in his debut in2006...Won his first European tour title the following weekwith a three-stroke victory at the Deutsche Bank players’championship of Europe. the victory earned a spot in hisfirst World golf championships event, the BridgestoneInvitational, and the pga championship. moved from 114thin the official World golf ranking to 29th over those twoweeks...Finished t6 in the Bridgestone Invitational andmissed the cut in the pga...also finished t5 in the HSBcWorld match play championship in the European tour inoctober...teamed with ricardo gonzalez at the omEgamission Hills World cup in china. 2006: recorded four top-10s, including a share of second place behind Johan Edforsat the Barclays Scottish open, on the European tour...Finished t8 in the British open in his first major championshipstart...Finished in 35th position on the order ofmerit before capping the year with victory at the mastersPGA toUR VictoRieS (2):2010 the memorial tournament, at&t National.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (6):2002 Dunhill championship [Eur], chunichi crowns [Jpn],Nashau masters [Saf], Victor chandler British masters[Eur]. 2006 australian masters [aus]. 2007 Volvo masters.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:1—the memorial tournament, at&t National; 3—theHonda classic; t9—travelers championship.2010 SeASon:turned in his best season on tour, claiming first twopga tour wins at the memorial tournament and at&tNational. returned to tHE tour championship and finished15th in the final FedExcup standings…Birdied thefirst four holes on the way to a course record-tying6-under 64 to finish third at the Honda classic. Was sixtournament personal cup in his homeland...teamed withangel cabrera to finish t5 in the Barbados World cup.2005: Qualified for the European tour by finishing 14th onthe European tour’s challenge tour rankings. 2004: playedthe golden Bear tour in Florida.PeRSonAL:No relation to his famous countryman, champions tourplayer Eduardo…took up golf at age 8 after being bedriddenand on a strict diet with a kidney disease. Started caddyingat the Jockey club outside Buenos aires, argentinabefore playing. turned pro at age 16…coached by hisuncle, miguel romero…Nickname is pigu…Was forcedto give up his favorite hobby, monocycling, when he turnedprofessional because it was deemed too dangerous.Justin roseeXeMPt StAtUS: 2010 multiple tournament winner(through 2013)FULL nAMe: Justin roseHeiGHt: 6-3WeiGHt: 195BiRtHDAte: July 30, 1980BiRtHPLAce: Johannesburg, South africaReSiDence: London, Englandstrokes behind champion camilo Villegas…overcame afour-stroke deficit with a final-round 66 to win the memorialtournament for his first pga tour title. ran off three consecutivebirdies before the turn, made a 20-foot par putt tokeep his momentum, then seized control when third-roundleader rickie Fowler took a double bogey with a tee shotinto the water on the 12th hole. Fowler shot 73 to finishthree shots behind. Finished at 18-under 270 with threerounds in the 60s at muirfield Village gc…In his next start,was atop the leaderboard through the first three roundsof the travelers championship. Set a career low with an8-under 62 in the second round and began the final roundwith a three-stroke lead. Struggled on Sunday with a 5-over75 to finish t9…Held on for a victory at the at&t National,his second victory of the season and of his career. Held afive-stroke lead entering the final nine, hit every green inregulation and made seven consecutive pars to finish thetournament and beat ryan moore by one stroke. moorePLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.99 (107)Driving Distance ...........................................296.0 (24)Driving accuracy percentage .......................55.05% (178)greens in regulation percentage ................65.07% (157)putting average ...........................................1.781 (96)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 65–3 times, most recentWyndham championship/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–2009 Frys.com open/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,116,000–2008 Zurich classic of New orleans/1career High official World Rank: after 2008 ShellHouston open/21FAMiLY: Wife, Kate; Leo Kenny (2/21/09)SPeciAL inteReStS: tennis, football, cars,architecture, moviestURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1998JoineD toUR: 2004one-putted his last eight greens, including a 12-foot par putton the 18th hole, for a Sunday-best 65 to make it a battle.rose two-putted up a dangerous ridge on the tough 17th forpar. and with the Fourth of July fireworks booming in thedistance, he hit the fairway and green for one last par onthe final hole. rose finished the at&t National at 10-under270…Finished t15 in his second career start at tHE tourchampionship presented by coca-cola.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Surpassed $1 milion in earnings for the sixth consecutiveseason. posted two top-10s in 22 starts on theseason....Finished t5 at the Wyndham championship for hisseventh top 25 of the season. prior to first-round and thirdround65s, the last time he shot a 65 was the first round ofthe 2008 travelers championship...closed out the seasonwith a t4 finish at the children’s miracle Network classic toremain as that tournament’s career scoring average leader.Section 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 Rank1998a 1 1 1 11999 12001 1 1 $30,756/2002 4 4 1 3 94,816/2003 11 9 1 2 3 599,874/2004 22 18 4 10 1,236,764/622005 28 22 2 3 11 1,365,191/552006 28 21 1 5 11 1,629,288/472007 16 15 1 1 7 11 98,434/16 2,705,875/192008 15 10 1 2 6 94,710/114 1,047,854/992009 22 15 2 8 704/85 1,125,518/832010 22 16 2 1 4 12 718/15 3,603,331/9total 171 132 2 3 5 31 76 13,439,267eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 5 3 1 2 $211,963* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters t39 t22 t5 t36 t20u.S. open t5 cut t10 cut cutBritish open t4 cut t30 t22 cut t12 t70 t13 cutpga t23 cut cut t41 t12 t9 cut cuttHE pLaYErS t39 t58 cut cut cut t22 cuttour championship t11 t15accenture match play championship t17 t33 t5 t33 t33Bridgestone Invitational 5 t33 t2 t27 t29 t19ca championship t46 t28 t15 t20the Barclays t61 cut t14 t41 t15Deutsche Bank championship 3 t29 t27 t4 cut t54 cutBmW championship cut t19 t5 t21nAtionAL teAMS: ryder cup (1), 2008; World cup (2), 2002, 2003; Seve trophy (2), 2003,2007; Walker cup (1), 1997.pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-167