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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSWebb simpsonSection Player BiograPhies2BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t4—2010 Justin timberlake Shriners Hospitals for childrenopen.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t4—Justin timberlake Shriners Hospitals for childrenopen; t8—Wyndham championship.2010 SeASon:Finished inside the top 100 on the money list in sophomoreyear on tour, recording two top-10s. played in the firsttwo playoff events…Just down the road from alma materWake Forest, his first top-10 finish came in the form of at8 at the Wyndham championship on the strength of afinal-round, career-low 63…recorded his second top-10of the season with a t4 at the Justin timberlake ShrinersHospitals for children open, aided by a third-round 64. tookthe lead on back nine Sunday after back-to-back birdies onNo. 15 and No. 16 to get to 22-under, before hitting tee shotinto water hazard and recording a double-bogey at the par-317th hole to finish one stroke out of a playoff.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: recorded four top-10s in his rookie season on thepga tour and placed 70th on the money list...Began hisseason with a 4-under 66, just one off the first-round leadat the Sony open in Hawaii, on his way to a t9 finish...came back the following week with five rounds in the60s, including a career-low 64 in the third round, to finisha career-best t5 at the 50th Bob Hope classic hosted byeXeMPt StAtUS: 94th on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: James Frederick Webb SimpsonHeiGHt: 6-2WeiGHt: 175BiRtHDAte: august 8, 1985BiRtHPLAce: raleigh, NcReSiDence: raleigh, NcFAMiLY: Wife, Dowd Keitharnold palmer...Next top-10 finish came at the Barclayswhere he finished eighth after holding the 36-hole lead (bytwo strokes) for the first time in his tour career. Jumpedfrom No. 85 to No. 41 in the FedExcup standings after theBarclays to be the leading rookie in the pga tour playoffs,eventually finishing 62nd in the standings...Final-round 65earned him his fourth top-10 of the year, a t7 at the turningStone resort championship. 2008: turned pro after completinga stellar amateur career at Wake Forest. Finished t7at the pga tour Qualifying tournament to earn rookie cardfor 2009...made three of six cuts on the pga tour, with abest finish of t31 as an amateur in his pga tour debut atthe arnold palmer Invitational. received Sponsor Exemptionfor his amateur record...turned pro in June and t64 in hisprofessional debut at the Stanford St. Jude championship...also t37 at the travelers championship the followingweek...played eight events on the Nationwide tour, withtwo runner-up finishes, four behind colt Knost at the pricecutter charity championship in late July and losing a playoffto arjun atwal at the chattanooga classic in mid-october.Finished t11 at the Nationwide tour championship at tpccraig ranch to finish 45th on the money list with $148,991.Amateur: three-time all-american for Wake Forest andfour-time all-acc. acc player of the Year as a senior in2008. Set a new acc tournament record of 14-under 202 in2008, bettering the mark of 204 set by former Wake Foreststar and pga tour veteran gary Hallberg in 1980...memberof the victorious Walker cup team in 2007 that defeatedgreat Britain and Ireland at royal county Down gc ineDUcAtion: Wake Forest (2008, religion)tURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2008Q ScHooL: 2008nationwide tour AlumnusNewcastle, Northern Ireland. also a member of the palmercup team...Won the 2007 Southern amateur at pinehurstand the Dogwood amateur in atlanta.PeRSonAL:attended the same high school (raleigh Broughton) and college(Wake Forest) as current champions tour player ScottHoch…grew up playing against Brendon todd, anotherpga tour rookie in 2009, during their youth in the raleigh,Nc, area…one of six children.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.88 (105)Driving Distance ...........................................286.2 (102)Driving accuracy percentage .......................59.57% (140)greens in regulation percentage ................62.59% (166)putting average ...........................................1.744 (25)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–2 times, most recent Frys.com open/3career Low Round/Round: 64–2 times, most recent 2009Frys.com open/3Largest career Paycheck/Finish: $232,500–2009 theBarclays/8career High official World Rank: after 2009 theBarclays/120PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2006a 12008a 1 12008 5 2 $38,460/2009 30 17 4 8 986/62 1,249,674/702010 31 18 2 7 628/85 972,962/94total 68 38 6 15 2,261,096nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2008 8 5 2 2 4 $148,991/45total 8 5 2 2 4 148,991* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 09 10tHE pLaYErScut cutthe Barclays 8 t36Deutsche Bank championship cut cutBmW championshipt61nAtionAL teAMS: Walker cup (1), 2007; palmer cup (1), 2007.2-176 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com