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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2putt on the 13th hole to stretch his lead to three shots, thenholed a 60-foot birdie putt on the next hole and capped hisrun with a 35-foot birdie on the 17th hole. Beat third-roundleader mike Weir by five strokes in claiming his 34th careertour win in finishing at a tournament-record 22-under 262.It was his third victory in the past five weeks. also surpassedthe injured tiger Woods on the tour money listthanks to the $1.26 million first-place check...only needingto complete 72 holes, finished t22 at tHE tourchampionship presented by coca-cola to win the FedExcupand its $10-million bonus...Won the chevron Worldchallenge in mid-December. 2007: captured two pgatour events to move to t14 all-time in victories with 31,tied with Harry cooper and Jimmy Demaret. It was his sixthconsecutive season with a tour win, second behind tigerWoods’ 12. Entered the pga tour playoffs for theFedExcup No. 2 behind tiger Woods but slipped to 10th infinal FedExcup standings...Won the mercedes-Benzchampionship by two strokes and became the first playerto win an event in the inaugural FedExcup competition.Became the third player to win both Hawaii tournaments ina career, joining Jim Furyk and Ernie Els...Finished seventhat the FBr open, thanks to a closing 7-under 64. recordedhis fifth top-10 at tpc Scottsdale, including two victories(1995, 2003)...Earned his 31st career victory at the arnoldpalmer Invitational at age 44 years and 24 days. postedrounds of 67-67 on the weekend to edge rocco mediate bytwo strokes. Win came in 15th start at the arnold palmerInvitational, with 15 made cuts and three runner-up finishes.tied with England’s cooper for most tour wins amonginternational players. total of 19 wins since turning 40 isthe most by a player over age 40. collected 4,500 FedExcuppoints to jump to No. 1 in the FedExcup standings with11,289 points...maintained that No. 1 spot into may thanksto a t11 finish at the World golf championships-cachampionship, followed by t13 finishes at the masters andEDS Byron Nelson championship...Finished t7 at theWachovia championship after posting a final-round 74. Fellto No. 2, behind Wachovia winner tiger Woods, in theFedExcup standings after spending six weeks at numberone...posted rounds of 66-65 on the weekend to finishfourth at the travelers championship...Shared the firstroundlead at the at&t National after a 66 but finishedt12...past canadian open champion held the 54-hole leadby one stroke over Steve allan and John mallinger, but wasovercome by Jim Furyk’s 7-under-par 64 on Sunday. Withfour rounds in the 60s, finished second to Furyk, missing abirdie putt on the 72nd hole that would have forced aplayoff. runner-up finish strengthened No. 2 position inFedExcup standings, trailing No. 1 tiger Woods by 1,829points...Qualified No. 2 for the pga tour playoffs for theFedExcup, but first three starts included a missed cut (theBarclays), a t60 (Deutsche Bank championship) and a 64thplacefinish (BmW championship). Finished the pga tourplayoffs with a t7 at tHE tour championship for 12thtop-10 in 14 career tour championship starts...played inseventh consecutive presidents cup, joining phil mickelsonas the only players to start in all events since the debut in1994...Won the Kolon-Hana Bank Korea open in earlyoctober on the asian tour by birdieing the final hole to beatKim Kyung-tae and Yang Yong-eun by two strokes at theWoo Jeong cc in cheonan, Korea. 2006: Inducted into theWorld golf Hall of Fame on october 30. Finished among thetop five on the pga tour money list for the ninth consecutiveseason and also won for the fifth consecutive season...thirteen top-10s matched Jim Furyk for most on tour...Finished second to Stuart appleby at the season-openingmercedes championships, falling in a playoff...Won theBarclays classic, becoming the first three-time winner(1993, 1995 and 2006) in 40-year history of tournament.Has also won Shell Houston open and Buick open threetimes. Seventeenth win since turning 40 tied him with SamSnead for most wins by a player after turning 40. tied withDavid Howell at 8-under 134 through 36 holes, then trailedBilly andrade by a stroke at 7-under 206 through 54 holesprior to beating adam Scott by two strokes. Shot a finalround68, one of only seven rounds in the 60s in Sunday’sfinal round...Held a three-stroke lead over tiger WoodsVijay singh (Continued)through 54 holes at the Deutsche Bank championship,thanks to a career-low 10-under 61 in the third round.closed with 3-under 68 to finish second, two strokesbehind Woods, who shot a final-round 63. 2005: Enteredthe season No. 1 in the official World golf ranking andproduced four victories and 18 top-10 finishes. 18 top-10smatched career high, posted in 2003 and 2004…Earned25th career tour victory with one-stroke win over Ernie Elsat Sony open in Hawaii. Entered final round four back ofShigeki maruyama after opening 69-68-67. posted 5-underpar65 on Sunday that included a birdie-4 on the 72nd hole.Win was eighth consecutive top-10 finish dating back to2004 Deutsche Bank championship, second-longest streakof career...playoff record dropped to 5-2 after losing athree-man playoff at the Honda classic to padraigHarrington on the second extra hole. Began final round sixstrokes behind leaders Brett Wetterich and geoff ogilvy.Final-round 64 forced playoff with Harrington and Joeogilvie. missed 3-footer for par on second extra hole asHarrington gained his first tour victory...Week later at BayHill, tied with Kenny perry on 18th hole at 12-under parafter birdies on Nos. 15 and 16 and a bogey by perry on No.17. approach shot fell just short of green into water on 18and double bogeyed the 72nd hole to finish tied withgraeme mcDowell, two strokes behind perry. the runnerupfinish was enough to regain the title of World No. 1 twoweeks after he lost it to tiger Woods...In 12th mastersappearance, finished t5 for fourth consecutive top-10 forpast winner of the green jacket. Fell to No. 2 in officialWorld golf ranking...on april 20, was introduced as aninductee into the World golf Hall of Fame. that same week,joined curtis Strange as the only two three-time winners ofthe Shell Houston open with playoff victory over John Daly.grabbed the first-round lead after tying the course recordwith an 8-under-par 64, and followed with rounds of 71-70-70. tied with Daly at 13-under 275 after 72 holes, converteda two-putt par on the first extra hole to defeat Daly...Defeated Jim Furyk and Sergio garcia in four-hole playoffto earn his third victory of the season at the Wachoviachampionship. Fired a final-round 6-under 66 to come fromsix strokes back to tie third-round leader garcia...Successfully defended his Buick open crown and capturedhis third overall title at Warwick Hills g&cc…Finished t10as the defending champion at the pga championship.Finished inside the top-10 in all four majors. 2004: puttogether one of the finest seasons in golf history, postingnine wins and earning a tour-record $10,905,166 whilebecoming No. 1 in the official World golf ranking. Becamejust the sixth player in tour history to accumulate ninewins in a season and first since tiger Woods in 2000. theothers: paul runyan (9/1933), Byron Nelson (18/1945), BenHogan (13/1946, 10/1948) and Sam Snead (11/1950). Ledthe tour in top-10s for the second straight season with 18in 29 events. the 36 over a two-year period (2003-2004)were the most since tom Kite recorded 36 during the 1981(21) and 1982 (15) seasons…picked up a victory for thethird consecutive year and sixth out of the last seven withhis win at the at&t pebble Beach National pro-am. Sharedthird-round lead with arron oberholser before final-round69 (one of just five rounds in the 60s Sunday) gave him athree-stroke victory over Jeff maggert. Extended his consecutivetop-10 streak to 12 straight, two behind JackNicklaus for the modern-day record and longest on toursince Nicklaus had 12 straight in 1975. Win jumped him tothe top of the money list for the first time that season...top-10 streak of 12 straight ended the next week aftermissed cut at Buick Invitational…With rounds of 74-66-69-68-277, won the Shell Houston open for the second time inthree years. opening 74 was highest first-round score forwinner on tour since mark o’meara posted 74 in openinground en route to victory at the 1998 masters...First playersince Kenny perry (2003) to win tour events in back-tobackweeks, coming from four strokes back in the finalround to capture the Hp classic of New orleans for 18thcareer tour victory. Second time with back-to-back tourvictories (1998 pga and International) and fourth mondayfinish victory (1997 memorial tournament, 2003 JohnDeere classic, 2004 Shell Houston open)...Won fourthevent of season at Buick open, holding off John Daly by oneshot and tiger Woods by two. grabbed the lead after 18holes with a 9-under 63, using a traditional putter for thefirst time in several years. also held a share of the 36-holelead and entered final round with a two-stroke lead overDaly. on Sunday, Daly grabbed the early advantage byposting three birdies and an eagle in the first four holes.Singh responded with six birdies and a bogey en route tobecoming just the third multiple winner of the Buick open...picked up his third major victory by defeating chris Dimarcoand Justin Leonard in a three-hole playoff in the pgachampionship at Whistling Straits. Shared second-roundlead with Leonard and held one-stroke margin over Leonardthrough 54 holes. Final-round 76 earned a spot in a playoffafter Leonard bogeyed the 72nd hole. made the only birdieof the playoff on the first hole (par-4 10th) to secure hisfourth playoff win in five tries. Became 18th player in pgachampionship history to win multiple titles. Final-round4-over 76 was the highest 18-hole score by a pga championand the highest final-round score for a major winnersince reg Whitcombe shot a closing 78 at royal St.georges to win the 1938 British open…Jumped Ernie Elsfor No. 2 spot in the official World golf ranking, .10 pointsbehind No. 1 tiger Woods...moved to No. 1 with victory atthe Deutsche Bank championship, dueling Woods downthe stretch before topping Woods and adam Scott by threestrokes for sixth tour victory of the year…the followingweek, win at the Bell canadian open took three extra holesversus canadian mike Weir. trailed Weir by three strokesthrough 54 holes and posted final-round, 2-under 69 but didnot get into playoff until Weir bogeyed the 72nd hole…Earned wire-to-wire victory for the first time in his career atthe 84 LumBEr classic. Elevated his season earnings to$9,455,566, the most money earned in one season on tourat the time, surpassing Woods’ record of $9,188,321 in2000…Broke the $10-million mark with ninth victory ofseason at the chrysler championship, posting four roundsin the 60s en route to record-setting 18-under performance…Seasoncame to an end with a ninth-place finishat tHE tour championship. With his $180,000 paycheck,brought his tour-record, single-season earnings to$10,905,166. 2003: a four-time winner on tour, clinchedfirst career money title at the season-ending tourchampionship, where a t5 finish worth $228,000 broughttotal official money in 27 events to $7,573,907, toppingtiger Woods by $900,494. the season total was also secondall-time, at the time, to Woods’ $9,188,321 in 2000. atotal of 18 top-10s were the most on tour since tim Kiteposted 21 top-10s in 26 starts in 1981...picked up careervictory No. 12 at the phoenix open, a tournament he alsowon in 1995. Fired final-round, 8-under 63 to come fromtwo strokes back of Harrison Frazar after 54 holes to win bythree strokes over John Huston. Bested his tour careerlow for total score (261) and in relation to par (23-under)with the victory...Held one-stroke lead through 36 and 54holes at the EDS Byron Nelson championship. Went on towin by two over Nick price. Won for the first time in his 40sand recorded his fifth multiple-win season of his career.one of 11 players to win on the pga tour over the age of40...along with Jim Furyk, set the u.S. open record for bestfirst 36 holes with a 7-under 133. His 7-under 63 during thesecond round tied Johnny miller (1973), Jack Nicklaus andtom Weiskopf (1980) for best 18-hole score in u.S. openhistory. Finished event t20...third victory of the seasoncame at the John Deere classic. Did not lead until finalround but was within striking distance the entire tournament.Due to rainout of Saturday’s third round, Singhplayed 23 holes on Sunday and the remaining 13 onmonday. Finished the day Sunday at 12-under in a tie forlead with J.L. Lewis. pulled ahead on back nine mondaymorning to win by four strokes. Victory moved him to No. 1on the money list, a position he held for three weeks...Wonfourth tour event of season by posting four rounds in the60s at the FuNaI classic at the WaLt DISNEY WorLDresort. Held second-round lead and shared third-round leadwith Stewart cink, John rollins and Scott Verplank.paycheck moved him into the top spot on the money list forsecond time during season. Became third player (tiger2-178 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com