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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSKevin sutherland (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2used claw putting grip to win just one week after experimentingwith it at Nissan open. 2001: Shattered previousmark for top-25s with 13 (previous best was 12 in 2000)...opening 67 gave him six-way share of the first-round leadat touchstone Energy tucson open. closing 68 left himone shy of winner garrett Willis...managed to eclipse the$1-million mark in a single season for the first time in hiscareer with t7 at the advil Western open...participated inthe British open for the first time and finished t9, his firsttop-10 in a major championship. 2000: Best showing cameat the Buick Invitational, a t5...at canon greater Hartfordopen, shot a final-round 65, his lowest final-round score ofthe year, to place t9...Held first-round lead at Bell canadianopen after opening 65. Entered the event as a last-minutecommitment due to fact his wife, mary, gave birth to theirfirst child just 10 days prior to tournament. Finished t10.1999: Finished with four top-10s and eight top-25s. top-10scame in Bob Hope chrysler classic (t8), Buick Invitational(t4), FedEx St. Jude classic (t6) and Las Vegas Invitational(t6). 1998: at Buick Invitational, rounds of 68-67-70 left himone stroke shy of second career playoff. 1997: Shared the54-hole lead with phil Blackmar at the Shell Houston open.Vaughn TayloreXeMPt StAtUS: 42nd on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: Vaughn Joseph taylorHeiGHt: 6-0WeiGHt: 150BiRtHDAte: march 9, 1976BiRtHPLAce: roanoke, VaReSiDence: augusta, gaFAMiLY: SingleHe and Blackmar shot final-round 70s before Blackmarwon with a birdie on first playoff hole. 1991-92: memberof Nationwide tour. Amateur: Second-team all-americanat Fresno State.PeRSonAL:Brother David was a member of pga tour from 1997-2004.the two were paired together for the first time on tourduring first two rounds of 1999 compaq classic of Neworleans…Won 1997 Ea Sports challenge championship,defeating defending champion paul goydos.eDUcAtion: augusta State university (1999, Businessadministration)SPeciAL inteReStS: FishingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1999JoineD toUR: 2004nationwide tour Graduate (2003)PGA toUR VictoRieS (2):2004 reno-tahoe open. 2005 reno-tahoe open.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):2003 Knoxville open.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:2—Shell Houston open; t5—the Barclays; 6—JohnDeere classic; 7—Waste management phoenix open;t9—travelers championship; t10—Bob Hope classic.2010 SeASon:tied a career best with top-10 finishes (2006) in 2010 enroute to a 35th-place position in the final FedExcup standings.turned in a t10 finish in his first start of the season atthe Bob Hope classic…Four consecutive rounds of 3-under68 resulted in a seventh-place showing at the Wastemanagement phoenix open. Was just one of six players topost all four rounds below 70…Holed 18-foot putt for birdieon final hole of regulation at Shell Houston open to post12-under 276 before watching anthony Kim miss 6-foot parputt to force a playoff. In extra session, his 20-footer for parat first playoff hole came up short giving Kim the victory andcosting augusta, ga, resident and former augusta Stateuniversity standout a chance to earn a spot in the follow-PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 1-2events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1998a 12000a 12004 27 16 1 4 8 $1,176,434/672005 32 19 1 1 4 8 1,827,574/362006 26 18 1 6 9 1,783,945/352007 28 18 1 3 5 91,504/63 1,313,353/702008 32 21 1 2 7 93,310/132 1,053,423/982009 28 16 1 2 4 416/115 1,178,282/792010 26 17 1 6 7 1,495/35 1,838,861/42total 201 125 2 3 3 27 48 10,171,871nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2000 12 7 2 4 $50,986/852001 12002 10 5 1 2 24,798/1272003 17 10 1 2 5 6 223,988/112004 1 1 1 7,250/214total 41 23 1 2 8 13 307,023* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*ing week’s masters tournament. tied for first (61 of 72) ingreens In regulation for the week…Next top-10 came witha t9 at the travelers championship in June…two weekslater, finished sixth at the John Deere classic followinga third-round, 7-under 64, a season-best…Shared theopening-round lead with tiger Woods at the Barclays aftercarding a 6-under-par 65, his lowest opening-round score in2010. Eventually inished t5. posted first top-10 result in apga tour playoffs event ( in six career starts).cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Earned more than $1 million for the sixth consecutiveseason and equaled his career-low round with an openinground63 at the Bob Hope classic, eventually finishingt34 after a final-round 76...Final-round 72 dropped himfrom t4 to t8 at Buick open to post his first top-10 of theseason...Was second-round leader at turning Stone resortchampionship before being defeated by matt Kuchar in asix-hole playoff which finished on monday. Darkness onSunday night suspended play after two playoff holes. Hasthree consecutive top-20 finishes at atunyote gc (t18,2007, t15, 2008, lost in playoff, 2009). Benefited from focuson his short game during practice sessions at home course,goshen plantation, in augusta, ga. Finished the event inthe top 10 in Scrambling and putting average. 2008: EarnedPGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYmore than $1 million for the fifth consecutive season andhad career highs in cuts made (21) and starts (32)...Yearwas highlighted by a pair of top-10 finishes, book-ending hisseason...First finished t8 at the Bob Hope chrysler classicin January...ranked 129th on the money list entering theevent, finished t2 in November at the ginn sur mer classicin the pga tour Fall Series. moved to 100th with thefinish...racked up an additional five top-25 finishes for theseason. 2007: Fourth consecutive season with more than $1million in earnings and multiple top-10 finishes...part of thethree-way 18-hole lead with paul casey and tiger Woodsat the arnold palmer Invitational after a 6-under-par 64. LedBen curtis by two strokes through 54 holes, but finishedsolo third, three strokes behind champion Vijay Singhafter a closing 73...t10 finish at the masters tournamentmarked his best career finish in a major championship. Wasin third at 143 after two rounds in his attempt to becomethe first augustan to win the masters since Larry mize in1987...put his season earnings over the $1-million markfor the fourth straight year with a t4 finish at the VerizonHeritage...Struggled during the middle of the year butclosed by making the cut in six of his last eight starts towind up No. 70 on the money list. 2006: posted a careerhighsix top-10s and made his first u.S. ryder cup team...Year 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters cut t10 cutu.S. open cut cutBritish open t66 cutpga t28 cut cut cut cuttHE pLaYErS t32 t8 cut cut cut cutBridgestone Invitational t18 t61 t27ca championshipt32the Barclays cut cut t60 cut t64 t5Deutsche Bank championship 3 t41 cutBmW championship t63 t42 t30 t30nAtionAL teAMS: ryder cup (1), 2006.2-190 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com