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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSadam scott (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2behind Vijay Singh at the Barclays classic. opened with a6-under 65 to hold a one-stroke lead through 18 holes.trailed Billy andrade by one heading into final round. Washis fourth consecutive top-four finish on tour...posted hisfirst top-10, a t8, in his seventh British open start. Hasmade the cut four times and his previous best finish was at34 in 2005...posted back-to-back top-10s in majors for thefirst time in his career with his t3 at the pga championship.It was his best finish at the pga, topping a t9 in 2000, andit was his fourth career top-10 in a major...Following week,finished t10 at the World golf championships-BridgestoneInvitational. Held first-round lead after a 63, matchingStewart cink’s record for low first round at the tournamentin 2004...posted four rounds in the 60s at the World golfchampionships-american Express championship, finishingt2, his best finish in a World golf championships event...Finished the season with a victory at tHE tourchampionship. posted rounds of 69-67-67-66—269 todefeat runner-up Jim Furyk by three strokes. First aussieand youngest player to win tHE tour championship sincetiger Woods in 1999 (champions gc) at age 23 years, 10months, 1 day. third-youngest winner of tHE tourchampionship, behind Woods and David Duval (1997, 25years, 11 months and 24 days)...on the asian tour, successfullydefended Singapore open over rain-shortened 54holes, defeating Ernie Els in a playoff. 2005: Earned unofficialvictory at the Nissan open, captured fourth careerEuropean tour victory and was one of the Internationalteam stars at the presidents cup…captured unofficialvictory at rain-shortened Nissan open, where he postedrounds of 67-66 to tie chad campbell for the 36-hole leadat 9-under-par. unable to complete the third and finalrounds, Scott and campbell played off on monday morningwith Scott prevailing on the first playoff hole. Victory wasworth $864,000 in official money...In defense of tHEpLaYErS championship, finished t8, four shots behindwinner Fred Funk, the sixth player to finish in the top-10 theyear after winning tHE pLaYErS...In title defense of Boozallen classic at congressional, finished t2, two shotsbehind Sergio garcia, after posting four rounds in the 60s.Within two shots of leader garcia at the 71st hole, flewsand wedge from 133 yards over green into water hazardand made bogey...captured the Singapore open on theasian tour by seven strokes over Lee Westwood inSeptember...posted a 3-1-1 record in second presidentscup. undefeated (3-0-1) when paired with retief goosen infirst four matches. 2004: totaled two tour wins, includinga victory at tHE pLaYErS championship...totaled seventop-10s in only 16 starts…at age 23 years, 8 months and12 days, became the youngest winner of tHE pLaYErS,with rounds of 65-72-69-72—276, one shot ahead of runner-uppadraig Harrington. Held the 18- and 54-hole leadsand led by as many as five strokes in the final round. at the72nd hole with a two-stroke lead over Harrington, pullhooked6-iron approach shot from 213 yards into waterhazard, forcing up-and-down recovery from 39 yards.clinched title with 10-foot bogey putt to earn $1.44 million...Wonthe Booz allen classic in his first appearance attpc avenel. Equaled the tournament record of 21-under263 held by Billy andrade and Jeff Sluman in 1991. Firstthree official tour victories came on tpc courses—Deutsche Bank championship (tpc Boston), tHE pLaYErS(tpc Sawgrass) and avenel…Earned second career top-10in a major with his t9 at the pga championship, matchingthe t9 at the 2002 masters. 2003: Earned first tour title in34th career tour start at age 23 years, 1 month, 16 days(youngest since Sergio garcia won the 2002 mercedeschampionships at 21 years, 11 months, 27 days) at theinaugural Deutsche Bank championship. Led Vijay Singh bytwo strokes after 36 holes, thanks to a course record9-under-par 62. maintained three-stroke lead overJonathan Kaye through 54 holes, and brought home a fourstrokevictory over runner-up rocco mediate...Lost toeventual champion tiger Woods in 20 holes in the semifinalsof the World golf championships-accenture matchplay championship. Finished third after defeating fellowaustralian peter Lonard 1-up in the consolation match...Joined the tour as a Special temporary member in lateapril...claimed his fourth European tour victory with afinal-round 3-under-par 69 to win the Scandic carlsbergScandinavian masters by two shots over Nick Dougherty...representing the International team, was the youngestplayer on either presidents cup squad. 2002: Earned secondEuropean tour victory at the Qatar maters, with a 19-underpar269...Earned masters invitation based on being rankedin the top 50 in the official World golf ranking at end of2001. Finished t9 at augusta National. Earnings of$151,200 put season pga tour winnings at $288,642,earning an invitation to join the pga tour as a Specialtemporary member for the remainder of the 2002 season...also captured the Qatar masters on the European tour forsecond victory of the season. 2001: Finished 13th in theVolvo order of merit in first full season on European tour...In 16 European tour events, compiled five top-10s, includingthree third-place finishes...captured the alfred Dunhillpga championship on the Southern africa tour...alsoplayed in united States, Japan and australia. 2000:Secured European tour card for 2001 in just eight starts asa professional, clinching his place with a t6 at the Lindegerman masters in october. Amateur: as a junior, capturedboth australian and New Zealand Junior titles, andfired a course-record 62 at Los coyotes cc at the u.S.Junior amateur...Spent one year playing collegiately atuNLV.PeRSonAL:golf hero is countryman greg Norman, who along withcoach Butch Harmon, urged him to play several seasons onthe European tour.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.47 (44)Driving Distance ...........................................294.4 (33)Driving accuracy percentage .......................62.93% (110)greens in regulation percentage ................69.61% (31)putting average ...........................................1.799 (136)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–at&t pebble Beach Nationalpro-am/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–4 times, mostrecent 2007 the memorial tournament presented by morganStanley/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,440,000–2004 tHE pLaYErS championship/1career High official World Rank: after 2008 at&tNational/3John sendeneXeMPt StAtUS: 69th on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: John gerard SendenHeiGHt: 6-3WeiGHt: 193BiRtHDAte: april 1971BiRtHPLAce: Brisbane, Queensland, australiaReSiDence: Brisbane, Queensland, australiaFAMiLY: Wife, Jackie; JacobSPeciAL inteReStS: Spending time with family, bikeriding, fishingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1992Q ScHooL: 2001JoineD toUR: 2002PGA toUR VictoRieS (1):2006 John Deere classic.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (4):1996 Indonesian pga championship. 1998 Interlaken open[Eurchall], alliance open [Eurchall]. 2006 australian open[aus].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:8—Deutsche Bank championship; t9—the mcgladreyclassic.2010 SeASon:after a marginal regular season, made substantial jumps inthe FedExcup standings at the first two pga tour playoffevents, finishing t15 at the Barclays to move from No. 99to No. 64…came back one week later with four rounds inthe 60s to finish eighth at the Deutsche Bank championship,jumping to No. 38 in the standings. the top-10 showing attpc Boston was his first top-10 finish in 25 starts during theseason…one week later, his FedExcup season ended at theBmW championship, with a t63, leaving him 50th overall…continued solid play through the Fall Series, finishing t11 atthe Viking classic and t9 at the inaugural mcgladrey classic,posting four rounds in the 60s in the latter event for his twotop-10 finish of the season. completed the season with t15or better in six of final seven events.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: a 24th place finish in the FedExcup highlighted hisbest season on tour...Set career highs in top-10s (7) andmoney (more than $2 million)...Bolstered by rounds of 65-64in the third and fourth rounds, notched his first top-10 of theseason at the 50th Bob Hope classic (t9)...turned in oneof the few under-par final rounds (3-under) to finish t4 atthe arnold palmer Invitational...Entered Shell Houston openwith 223 consecutive holes without a three-putt (dating to11th hole, final round, 2009 Buick Invitational). Streak endedwhen he four-putted the par-3 16th hole in the final round(292 holes). Finished t31 after holding 36-hole co-lead...Finished seventh on the strength of 65-64 on the weekendat Hp Byron Nelson championship...Final-round 64 at the St.Jude classic vaulted him into a t4, his fourth top-10 of theseason...Led the Buick open after 36 holes at 14-under before71-70 on the weekend earned a t2, his best result since a2-172 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com