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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSJustin rose (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies22008: Surpassed $1 million in earnings for the fifth consecutiveseason after making the cut in 10 of 15 starts. FinishedNo. 99 in earnings for fifth consecutive season inside thetop 100...In fourth career masters start, shared first-roundlead with trevor Immelman after a 4-under-par 68. Leaderor co-leader after 18 holes at the masters for the third time(2004, 2007, 2008). Finished t36...First top-10 was a t2finish at the memorial tournament. In four career startsat muirfield Village gc he has two top-5s (2004, fourth)...Finished t9 at the pga championship, his first top-10 ina major since finishing t10 at the 2007 u.S. open...madefirst ryder cup appearance at Valhalla where he recordeda 3-1-0 record (one of only three winning records on theEuropean team), including a 3-and-2 Singles victory overphil mickelson. 2007: played in all four pga tour playoffsfor the FedExcup events en route to finishing 16th on thepoints list. Set personal bests in earnings ($2,705,875) andtop-10 finishes (seven) after making 15 of 16 cuts on theseason. Finished in the top 12 at all four major championships...Finishedfirst on the European tour’s order of merit.Won the Volvo masters in a playoff in early November tocapture the order of merit. moved to seventh in the Worldranking with the victory...Early in the pga tour season,had another near-miss at the Bob Hope chrysler classic,where he held or shared the lead after the second, thirdand fourth rounds. Entered the final round tied with Lucasglover at 20-under par. posted 76 in the wind-blown finalround to finish third, missing a birdie putt on the 90th holethat would have forced a three-way playoff...Finished t5 atthe masters tournament, tying his career-best finish in amajor championship. Shared the first-round lead of 69 withBrett Wetterich...missed the better part of two monthsafter the masters due to a back injury...one of five playersto record top-10s at first two majors of 2007, notching at10 at the u.S. open at oakmont cc...runner-up to tigerWoods at the World golf championships-BridgestoneInvitational, thanks to a final-round, 2-under 68, his secondcareer runner-up finish on tour...Four rounds in the 60sresulted in a t5 at the BmW championship. 2006: posteda t2 at the Valero texas open after sharing the first-roundlead with a 6-under 64...Set the palm course record witha 12-under-par 60 in the first round of the FuNaI classic,breaking the record of 61 held by mark Lye (1984) and carlpettersson (2005). missed a 14-foot birdie try on 18 toshoot 59...Won first European tour title in four years with atwo-stroke win in the australian masters in late November.2005: Season highlighted by a pair of third-place finishes...First was a solo third at the Buick championship, where heheld the 36- and 54-hole leads. opened with bogey-freerounds of 65-63 to take a four-shot lead over Ben curtisand Kevin Sutherland. Led curtis by one entering finalround after a third-round 70, but was overtaken by BradFaxon (61) and tjaart van der Walt (64) on Sunday, fallingone shot short of a playoff after posting a 1-under-par 69...Second was a t3 at the FuNaI classic at Walt DisneyWorld resort. recorded four rounds in the 60s, including an8-under 64 in the third round. 2004: Fared well in his firstseason as an official tour member, making 18 of 22 cuts,including four top-10s and earning more than $1 million...making second masters appearance, grabbed first- andsecond-round leads. Shot a 9-over-par 81 in the third roundand finished t22...Shot an 8-under 63 in the final round ofthe Bell canadian open, where he finished t4...recordedhole-in-one in first round of chrysler classic of greensboro,acing the par-3 17th hole with a 3-iron from 232 yards.2003: as a non-member, made more money than the125th spot on the tour money list to earn his initial tourcard...playing in his first u.S. open, finished t5 and sharedhonors with Fredrik Jacobson for best finish by a first-timeparticipant...Solo third in 16th professional tour start atthe inaugural Deutsche Bank championship. First-round8-under-par 63 set the tpc Boston course record that wasbroken one day later by adam Scott’s 62. 2002: Deliveredthe huge potential which first became apparent in the 1998British open by capturing the Dunhill championship on theEuropean tour at the start of the season...Went on to winthe Nashua masters title in South africa and the crownstournament in Japan, then claimed the Victor chandlerBritish masters after a battle with friend Ian poulter. 2001:Begun the season with successive second-place finishes inSouth africa, the country of his birth, to ensure his playingrights for this season. 2000: Finished ninth at Europeantour qualifying tournament to retain playing privileges fornext season after coming within five spots of retaining hiscard. 1999: Finished fourth at European tour qualifyingtournament to earn first card. Amateur: pitched in at thelast hole to tie for fourth in the 1998 British open at royalBirkdale. Won Silver medal as leading amateur. turnedprofessional the next day...at age 17, was the youngestWalker cup player ever at 1997 event.PeRSonAL:moved to England from South africa at age 5, when hestarted to play seriously at Hartley Wintney gc near hisHampshire home. First swung a club in back garden at 11months when dad, Ken, handed him a plastic club. Broke 70for the first time at age 11. Handicap of plus-1 at age 14…Father, Ken, passed away in September 2002, and he isremembered via the Ken rose Foundation (kenrosefoundation.com)…Website is justinrose.com.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................69.88 (8)Driving Distance ...........................................287.8 (97)Driving accuracy percentage .......................65.17% (72)greens in regulation percentage ................66.31% (119)putting average ...........................................1.760 (40)MISCELLANEOUS <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 62–travelers championship/2career <strong>PGA</strong> toUR Low Round/Round: 60–2006 FuNaIclassic at Walt Disney World resort/1Largest career <strong>PGA</strong> toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,116,000–2010 at&t National/1career High official World Rank: after 2008 Stanford St.Jude championship/6open with a t6 finish, just two years after winning the tournament...t8at the Verizon Heritage with a 5-under 66 in thefinal round...recorded a t2 finish a week later at the Zurichclassic of New orleans, the 12th runner-up finish of hiscareer. It was his first time playing the event since finishingt54 in 2000...Won the Hp Byron Nelson championshipby two strokes over Brian Davis with a tournament record19-under 261 for his first victory since the 2007 crowneplaza Invitational at colonial, a stretch of 44 starts. Becamethe 14th player to win both the Nelson and colonial duringa career. His 64 was the lowest final-round score by awinner at the Hp Byron Nelson since peter thomson’s 63in 1956. ranked No. 1 in putting for the week...First-roundco-leader with Steve marino after posting a 5-under-par 66at the BmW championship, the third event in the pga tourplayoffs. Finished t18 to end his playoff run at 34th in finalFedExcup standings...teamed with richard Sterne to reprerorysabbatini (saB-ih-Tee-knee)eXeMPt StAtUS: 2009 tournament winner(through 2011)FULL nAMe: rory mario trevor SabbatiniHeiGHt: 5-10WeiGHt: 165BiRtHDAte: april 2, 1976BiRtHPLAce: Durban, South africaReSiDence: Fort Worth, tXFAMiLY: Wife, amy; Harley aiden (8/28/03), tylie Jo(8/3/05)eDUcAtion: university of arizonaSPeciAL inteReStS: playing video games, spendingtime with familytURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1998Q ScHooL: 1998JoineD toUR: 1999<strong>PGA</strong> toUR VictoRieS (5):2000 air canada championship. 2003 FBr capital open.2006 Nissan open. 2007 crowne plaza Invitational atcolonial. 2009 Hp Byron Nelson championship.otHeR VictoRieS (1):2003 World golf championships-World cup [with trevorImmelman].BeSt 2010 <strong>PGA</strong> toUR FiniSHeS:2—SBS championship; t5—the Barclays; t8—turningStone resort championship.2010 SeASon:Finished inside the top 125 (54th) on the money list for the12th consecutive season, dating to his rookie year of 1999.claimed three top-10s to finish 48th in the final FedExcupstandings…Entered the final round six strokes behind SBSchampionship leader Lucas glover but proceeded to cardthe round of the week with a 10-under 63, falling just onestroke shy of champion geoff ogilvy. the runner-up finishwas his second at Kapalua (2001) and the 50th top-10 finishof his career…tied for the lead after posting a first-round65 at the turning Stone resort championship. Finished t8for second top-10 of the season…closed with a final-round,7-under-par 64 at the Barclays to finish t5, his lowest finalround since a 10-under-par 63 at the season-opening SBSchampionship.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Earned a victory near home at the Hp Byron Nelsonchampionship and a top-20 finish on the money list (No.18) for the fourth time in his career...posted t12 finishesin his first two starts of the season at the Sony open inHawaii and FBr open...recorded his third top-10 finish infour years, and the first of the season, at the Northern trust2-168 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> 2011 Guidepgatour.com