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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSroland Thatcher (Continued)at mayakoba course record with a 9-under-par 61 in thethird round of the mayakoba golf classic en route to a t9finish. the previous course record was 62 set by Fred Funk(first round, 2007) and later matched by Brent geiberger(second round, 2007). made the cut on the number andjumped from t64 to the top-10 with rounds of 61-68 onthe weekend. missed the cut in four of his next six startsbefore finishing t7 at the Hp Byron Nelson championshipto round out his top-10 finishes for the year. regained histour card for 2008 by virtue of his second-place finish onthe 2007 Nationwide tour money list. 2007: Led the moneylist until the final event of the year, the Nationwide tourchampionship, as richard Johnson passed him. made thecut in 16 of 28 starts, with a career-high 15 top-25 finishes.His $415,124 doubled his career money in three previousseasons on tour. one of the most consistent performerson the Nationwide tour with six top-10 finishes. Earnedhis second career Nationwide tour win at the peek’npeak classic with a tournament-record, 15-under 273 finalscore and a three-stroke victory over paul claxton. tookover the top spot on the money list with second victoryof 2007 at the cox classic, collecting $117,000. Finisheda tour-best 24-under 260 in omaha, clipping Jason Dayby one stroke. Set up his victory with a 64-63 start, thelowest first-36 hole score in 2007 and added a 68 in thethird round to equal the low 54-hole total for the year.2006: member of the Nationwide tour and made the cut in17 of 29 starts. Needed a late surge at the palmettoprideclassic (t4) to lock up his playing status for 2007. 2005:made the cut in 12 of 26 starts on the pga tour withhis only top-10 finish a t8 at the FedEx St. Jude classic.Earned 2005 card via t9 finish at pga tour QualifyingSchool. 2004: Finished 177th on pga tour money list inrookie season. recorded his first top-10 in his 17th careerstart, a t5 at the 2004 reno-tahoe open and collected acareer-best payday of $109,500. missed a 7-foot birdie tryon the last hole of regulation that would have put him ina playoff. 2003: Earned first pga tour card by finishingt28 at the Qualifying tournament. Finished in the top 30on the Nationwide tour in 2002-03, including 29th in 2003.Established a Kooyonga gc course record with a 6-underpar65 in the opening round of the Jacob’s creek open inaustralia. Season’s top finish was a t2 at the price cuttercharity championship. 2002: Enjoyed standout rookie seasonon the Nationwide tour, including his first victory atthe Bank of america monterey peninsula classic. missedsix straight cuts before a course-record 6-under 66 in theopening round of that tournament gave him a one-shotlead. Led by one after 36 holes and by five after 54 holes.Final-round 74 good enough to hold off aaron Baddeley bytwo shots. 2001: Finished t47 at the pga tour Qualifyingtournament at Bear Lakes cc. Entered the final hole ofQ-School needing a par to earn his tour card, but hisapproach hit a cart path and bounced on the top of theBear Lakes clubhouse. He dropped into an unplayable lieand finished with a triple-bogey 7, missing his tour cardDavid TomseXeMPt StAtUS: multiple tournament winner(through 2011)FULL nAMe: David Wayne tomsHeiGHt: 5-10WeiGHt: 160BiRtHDAte: January 4, 1967BiRtHPLAce: monroe, LaReSiDence: Shreveport, Laby three strokes. Still shot final-round 69. 2000: played thegolden Bear tour in 2000-01. Amateur: 2000 Southeasternconference champion. Earned first-team all-SEc honorsand second-team all-american honors. 1998 and 2000Scholastic all-american. Named four consecutive years(1997-2000) to the Scholastic all-SEc team.PeRSonAL:Lived off the fifth hole at tpc the Woodlands since age 2.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.82 (170)Driving Distance ...........................................288.0 (95)Driving accuracy percentage .......................60.04% (148)greens in regulation percentage ................65.90% (136)putting average ...........................................1.829 (182)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 63–children’s miracle Networkclassic/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 61–2008mayakoba golf classic at riviera maya-cancun/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $507,600–2010 children’s miracle Network classic/2career High official World Rank: after 2007 thepresidents cup/181FAMiLY: Wife, Sonya; carter phillip, annaeDUcAtion: Louisiana State universitySPeciAL inteReStS: Duck hunting, fishing, snowskiing, water skiing, LSu sportstURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1989Q ScHooL: 1991nationwide tour Graduate (1995)Section 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR VictoRieS (12):1997 Quad city classic. 1999 Sprint International, Buickchallenge. 2000 michelob championship at Kingsmill.2001 compaq classic of New orleans, pga championship,michelob championship at Kingsmill. 2003 Wachoviachampionship, FedEx St. Jude classic. 2004 FedEx St. Judeclassic. 2005 World golf championships-accenture matchplay championship. 2006 Sony open in Hawaii.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (2):1995 greater greenville classic, Wichita open.otHeR VictoRieS (1):2009 cVS/caremark charity classic [with Nick price]BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:2—Wyndham championship; t3—the mcgladrey classic.2010 SeASon:claimed a pair of top-five-finishes, both in final six startsof the campaign...In 20th start, finished second at theWyndham championship, posting rounds of 65-64 on theweekend. Birdied the 72nd hole, rolling in a putt from 27feet, to finish one stroke behind arjun atwal for first top-10finish of the season, Jumped from 98th to 44th in the finalregular Season FedExcup standings...Finished t15 at theBmW championship and was eliminated from the playoffsbut carried momentum to a strong start to the Fall Series,with a t11 at the Viking classic and t3 at the mcgladreyclassic. opened in Sea Island with rounds of 64-66 to takethe 36-hole lead, with rounds of 70-68 leading to his secondtop-10 finish of the season.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Enjoyed another solid year with seven top-10 finishes,equaling the most since posting 11 in 2005. of 2009’s top-10 finishes, three were runner-ups. played in all four pgatour playoffs for the FedExcup events en route to 19thplacefinish in the FedExcup...Battled winner Zach Johnsonin the final round before finishing two strokes back as therunner-up at the Sony open in Hawaii. Was one stroke backentering the final hole, but drove into a fairway bunker anddidn’t have the opportunity to go for the par-5 green in two.Finished tied with adam Scott...tied his best finish at theFBr open with a t4 (2005). Four rounds in the 60s led to thetop-five finish...the Louisiana native fired three rounds of4-under 68 at the Zurich classic of New orleans to finish t5.By virtue of his t5 finish, the 2001 New orleans championearned a spot in tHE pLaYErS championship field forbecoming the highest-ranked player in the FedExcup standingsoutside of the top-10 who was otherwise not exempt...opened with a 5-under 67 at tHE pLaYErS on his way to at9 finish despite a 5-over 77 in the third round...also t2along with Bryce molder at the St. Jude classic inmemphis, his seventh career top-10 finish in this event.Finished five strokes back of Brian gay but final-round 65included an eagle at the par-5 16th hole that jumped himinto second for good...Kept the momentum going just twoweeks later by matching that t2 finish at the travelerschampionship, where he posted three rounds of 5-under 65.2008: claimed six top-25 finishes, including a season-bestt8 at the Viking classic in September...making his first startat the Viking classic since 1998, posted a 6-under 66 onSunday to finish t8. It was his first top-10 finish of theseason. the last time he failed to crack the top-10 in aseason was in 1994...Exempt through 2011 based uponmultiple pga tour victories in multiple years, beginningwith a five-year exemption for winning the 2001 pgachampionship. Subsequent victories added years to theexempt status. 2007: Led the u.S. team with a 4-0-1 recordat the presidents cup...Best finish was a t3 for the twotimechampion at the Stanford St. Jude championship, hisPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.34 (29)Driving Distance ...........................................281.3 (144)Driving accuracy percentage .......................71.88% (7)greens in regulation percentage ................67.58% (87)putting average ...........................................1.753 (26)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 63–transitions championship/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 61–2006 Sonyopen in Hawaii/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,300,000–2005 World golf championships–accenture match play championship/1career High official World Rank: after 2003 tHEpLaYErS championship/5pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-193