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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSheath slocum (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2the low round of the event...one week after barely makingthe pga playoffs for the FedExcup (No. 124 out of 125and two points ahead of matt Jones at 126), he sank a20-foot par putt on the 18th green at Liberty National for aone-stroke victory at the Barclays, his third career victory.Finished at 9-under par, one stroke ahead of tiger Woods,Steve Stricker, Ernie Els and padraig Harrington. Stricker, inthe same pairing with Slocum and tied for the lead, misseda 10-foot par putt on the 18th hole. Woods, playing in thegroup ahead, missed a 7-foot birdie try on the final green.Victory moved him to No. 3 in the standings and assured aspot in tHE tour championship presented by coca-colaand a shot at the $10-million first prize...Finished t19 atEast Lake gc to secure a top-10 finish in the FedExcupstandings (No. 8)...Solid play continued in the Fall Seriesas four straight rounds in the 60s resulted in a t8 at theFrys.com open. 2008: Fifth consecutive season breaking$1 million in earnings...recorded five top-10 finishes andplayed in all four majors for the first time in his career...Finished t5 at the Wachovia championship after earninga spot in Sunday’s final pairing with eventual championanthony Kim. recorded one birdie during a final-round 73that left him eight shots behind Kim...Finished t9 at theu.S. open at torrey pines, thanks to a closing 6-under 65.His bogey-free 65 was the lowest round in a u.S. opensince Vijay Singh posted a 63 in the second round of the2003 u.S. open at olympia Fields. His finish was his firsttop-10 in a major championship (8 starts)...Best finishof the season came with a solo fourth at the travelerschampionship in June, thanks in part to a third-round,6-under-par 64. the finish was his best since the 2007poDS championship, where he finished t2. 2007: Hadhis best year up to that point in earnings and position onthe FedExcup points and money lists...played in all fourpga tour playoffs for the FedExcup events and finished30th, earning a $175,000 bonus...Shared the 54-hole leadat the poDS championship with eventual champion markcalcavecchia before a final-round 71 dropped him to t2.overcame an early double bogey in the final round withbirdies on holes 10-12, but a bogey at the last hole lefthim one shot short...made first career tour championshipstart, finishing t17...carded a final-round 62 at the Valerotexas open to finish fifth, his third top-five finish of theseason. Has recorded a 61 (2003, first round) and a 62 atLacantera gc in his Valero texas open history...teamedwith hometown friend Boo Weekley to finish second atthe omEga mission Hills World cup in china. Lost in aplayoff to the Scottish team of colin montgomerie andmarc Warren. 2006: collected $1,180,681 in earnings onthe strength of three top-10s, including two third-placefinishes...the 2004 champion of the chrysler classic oftucson posted his third top-10 in five starts at tucsonNational with a t3 (also a t6 in 2002) thanks to four roundsin the 60s...Finished t3 at the John Deere classic, aided byrounds of 66-68 on the weekend, three behind championJohn Senden. 2005: after a slow start to the season, endedwith a bang. collected a career-best four top-10s, includingwinning the final full-field event of the season...Notchedhis second tour title at the Southern Farm Bureau classic.closed with 64-66 on the weekend. Won with his father,Jack, as his caddie. Jack, a former mississippi club pro,played in the event nine times when it was an unofficialevent at Hattiesburg cc. 2004: the first of 10 first-timewinners on tour, capturing the chrysler classic of tucson.In 78th career start he carried his 54-hole lead to a victorywith a final-round 65. 2003: got off to a slow start makingthe cut in just five of first 16 starts, but changed that in thesecond half of his season, making 13 of 16...Second careerrunner-up finish was a t2 at the greater milwaukee open,thanks to a final-round 66...Shared the first-round lead atthe Valero texas open after posting a course record-tying,career-best 61. 2002: Sixth-ranked player of the 11 rookieswho ended the season in the top 125...Had one-stroke leadwith three holes to play at the WorLDcom cLaSSIc-theHeritage of golf but a double bogey on the 16th hole lefthim in second place, one stroke behind winner JustinLeonard. 2001: Became second person to earn promotionto pga tour by winning three Nationwide tour eventsin same season - greater cleveland open, Knoxville openand omaha classic...Became second player in Nationwidetour history to complete 72 holes without a bogey atDayton open, joining clark Dennis, who accomplished thefeat at the 1997 upstate classic...Nationwide tour recordof 106 consecutive holes without a bogey came to an endduring the second round...completed the trifecta with avictory at the omaha classic, where Smith also earnedhis promotion. Held on to his 54-hole, one-stroke lead todefeat rod pampling by a stroke. With $337,090, becamethe first player in Nationwide tour history to surpass the$300,000 mark in a season. 2000: regained Nationwidetour membership at tour Qualifying School. Amateur:three-time all-america for South alabama...captured theSun Belt conference individual title to help the Jaguarscapture the team championship.PeRSonAL:contracted ulcerative colitis in November 1997 anddropped from 150 to 122 pounds. missed the next yearand one-half of golf…In late September 2009, the atlantaresident donated $40,000 to three charities associatedwith tHE tour championship: the East Lake Foundation($20,000), children’s Healthcare of atlanta and the crohn’sDisease and colitis Foundation ($10,000 each)…played onthe same high school golf team at milton (FL) HS as tourplayer Boo Weekley. Bubba Watson attended the sameschool a couple years later.PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2001 8 6 $45,670/2002 32 15 1 2 6 864,615/762003 32 18 1 2 5 815,812/802004 31 14 1 3 6 1,066,837/722005 29 22 1 4 9 1,606,185/502006 30 18 2 3 8 1,180,681/772007 28 22 1 6 16 95,731/30 2,184,379/302008 29 23 5 7 100,636/61 1,491,916/632009 30 17 1 1 4 5 1,855/8 2,195,565/322010 25 23 1 5 9 1,222/46 2,387,687/30total 274 178 4 3 3 34 71 13,839,346nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1997 19 5 2 $6,567/1422000 12001 18 11 3 2 6 8 339,670/3total 38 16 3 2 6 10 346,237eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 8 6 2 $329,962* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters t33 t18u.S. open cut t9 cut cutBritish open t32 t60pga 22 cut t47 t29 t23 cut t33tHE pLaYErS cut t58 t53 cut t44 t69 t55 t4tour championship t17 t19Bridgestone Invitationalt39ca championship 77 t22HSBc championst48the Barclays cut t58 t51 t14 cut 1 t9Deutsche Bank championship t60 cut cut t44 t23 t15 cut t65BmW championship t73 t27 77 t7 t12 46 t44 t38 t50nAtionAL teAMS: World cup (1), 2007.2-180 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com