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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSrory sabbatini (Continued)sent South africa in the omEga mission Hills World cupin late November. 2008: after two consecutive seasonsof making tHE tour championship, leveled off a bit byplacing 56th on the money list. recorded three top-10 finishes...Shot66 in first and third rounds of the Sony open inHawaii to finish runner-up to champion K.J. choi. Finishedt2 at the 2006 Sony open in Hawaii...a final-round 67, tiedfor low round of the day, pushed him to a t3 at the BuickInvitational two weeks later...Finished t8 at the Valerotexas open in the Fall Series. 2007: Earned his fourthcareer win and had his best showing in a major. one of twofirst-time participants on the International presidents cupteam. Solid play during the year pushed him comfortablyinside the top-15 on the FedExcup standings, where he finishedfourth and earned a $1.5 million bonus...posted oneof just three rounds in the 60s at the masters to finish t2,his first top-10 in a major championship...rolled in a 15-footbirdie putt on the first playoff hole at the crowne plazaInvitational at colonial to beat Jim Furyk and BernhardLanger for his fourth tour title and his first in a playoff.after beginning the final round tied at 11-under, Sabbatini,Furyk and Langer closed with 3-under 67s to finish at14-under. after Furyk missed a 34-foot birdie try on the 18thhole, the first playoff hole, Sabbatini sank his putt. Langerthen missed an 8-footer for birdie...Held a one-stroke leadover tiger Woods through 54 holes at the World golfchampionships-Bridgestone Invitational. Finished t4, eightstrokes back of Woods...only player to post top-10s in allfour pga tour playoffs for the FedExcup events. Held thefirst-round lead at the Barclays after an 8-under 63. Withthird-place finish, moved to third in the pga tour playoffsfor the FedExcup standings...In his first career start at theDeutsche Bank championship, finished t6...t10 finishat the BmW championship moved him to fourth in theFedExcup standings...closed the pga tour playoffs forthe FedExcup with a t9 at tHE tour championship, his10th top-10 of the season...In presidents cup debut, hadan 0-3-1 record. 2006: picked up his third career win at theNissan open. Held second- and third-round leads, includinga four-stroke advantage heading into Sunday’s final round.tied with three others at 12-under after bogeying the 15thhole, took the lead for good when he birdied the par-3 16thhole and Fred couples and craig Barlow bogeyed the hole.Finished one stroke ahead of adam Scott. moved to No. 1on the pga tour money list for the first time in his careerwith more than $2 million in earnings through six starts.2005: posted four rounds in the 60s to finish t6 at the Bankof america colonial, nine shots behind two-time championKenny perry. Finish was second top-10 in six starts atcolonial cc...past champion posted third career top-10 infour starts at Booz allen classic. Finished sixth, five shotsbehind Sergio garcia. 2004: Earned more $2 million for thefirst time in a season and ranked 16th on the final seasonmoney list. personal-best seven top-10s, including tworunner-up finishes...part of a three-man playoff with Sergiogarcia and padraig Harrington at the Buick classic. garciawon with a birdie on the third extra hole...In second careerWorld golf championship-NEc Invitational start, postedt2 finish, four strokes behind champion Stewart cink...Qualified for his first tour championship and finishedt10...once again teamed with trevor Immelman at theWorld golf championships-World cup in Seville, Spain,in defense of their 2003 title. they finished t4. 2003:recorded his second career win, at the FBr capital openin June. Held second- and third-round leads. only player infield to post four rounds in the 60s and second player in2003 to win a monday finish. Saturday’s third round waswashed out and players were forced to play 18 holes onSunday and monday to finish the tournament...teamedwith countryman trevor Immelman to win the World golfchampionships-World cup at Kiawah Island, Sc, by fourstrokes over England’s Justin rose and paul casey. 2002:more than half of season’s earnings and three of his fourtop-10s came during four-week stretch (phoenix open toNissan open), which included a t2 at the Nissan open,one stroke behind winner Len mattiace. 2001: Beganseason with 69-69-65 to take two-stroke lead at mercedeschampionships. closing 72 left him one stroke behind winnerJim Furyk. missed three-foot putt on 72nd hole deniedplayoff opportunity...Earned t2 finish, one stroke behindBob Estes in the Invensys classic at Las Vegas. 2000: Withwin at air canada championship, the 24-year old becamethe youngest player to win on the pga tour since 21-yearoldtiger Woods won the 1996 Las Vegas Invitational. thevictory made him the tournament’s fourth first-time winnerin its five-year history. trailed grant Waite by three strokesafter 54 holes. Holed a 25-foot birdie putt on No. 17 to go astroke ahead of playing partner mark calcavecchia. added30-foot birdie putt on final hole for victory...Had one-strokelead through 72 holes at Bob Hope chrysler classic. closedwith 68 to finish one stroke behind Jesper parnevik. 1999:Had a successful rookie campaign on pga tour...Held36-hole lead on his 23rd birthday at BellSouth classic, andfinished t3 worth $145,000...Earned second third-place finishof season at B.c. open. 1998: Earned his first pga tourmembership by finishing 41st at pga tour Qualifyingtournament...Won Southern arizona open. Amateur: Won1993 International Junior masters...three-time all-americaand 1996 individual runner-up in the Ncaa tournament atarizona...Inducted into university of arizona Sports Hall ofFame in 2004.PeRSonAL:raised in South africa, began playing at age 4…travelsthroughout the season in a tour bus with his family…Enjoys watching all sports and spends most off time at lakeboating and fishing…Donates money to many charitiesthat support injured soldiers and their families…recentlyset up the HartS HopE Foundation that allows his familyto give back to community.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.37 (141)Driving Distance ...........................................289.1 (82)Driving accuracy percentage .......................60.28% (143)greens in regulation percentage ................66.74% (101)putting average ...........................................1.768 (59)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 63–Hyundai tournament ofchampions/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–2 times, mostrecent 2007 crowne plaza Invitational at colonial/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,170,000–2009 Hp Byron Nelson championship/1career High official World Rank: after 2008 arnoldpalmer Invitational/8Section 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 1-1events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1999 27 13 2 2 5 $381,322/1082000 26 16 1 1 3 7 1,262,535/362001 23 13 2 3 3 1,038,590/522002 23 13 1 4 6 936,664/682003 27 20 1 5 6 1,604,701/412004 26 19 2 2 7 13 2,500,397/162005 26 15 3 6 920,988/892006 24 19 1 2 5 10 2,861,751/122007 23 18 1 2 3 10 13 105,193/4 4,550,040/62008 23 17 1 1 3 6 100,177/69 1,559,277/562009 25 17 1 1 4 9 1,426/34 2,752,291/182010 26 15 1 3 6 1,197/48 1,546,808/54total 299 195 5 13 8 52 90 21,915,363eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 6 3 1 1 $159,449* 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 cut cut cut t36 t2 cut t20 cutu.S. open cut cut cut t71 cut t51 t58 cut cutBritish open t54 t53 t66 cut t26 cut cut cutpga 77 cut cut 68 cut t74 cut cut t39 t67 cuttHE pLaYErS cut cut cut cut t42 cut cut t44 t27 cut t39tour championship t10 t22 t9accenture match play championship t33 t9 t33 t17 t33 t33 t33Bridgestone Invitational t51 t2 t28 t36 t2 t27 t45ca championship t21 t41 t35 t70 t53HSBc championst45the Barclays cut cut t43 t2 WD cut 3 t24 cut t5Deutsche Bank championshipt6 cut cut cutBmW championship cut t5 t27 cut t10 t44 t18 t50nAtionAL teAMS: the presidents cup (1), 2007; World cup (6), 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006,2008, 2009.pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-169