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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSDavid Toms (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2sixth consecutive top-10 in memphis...one week later,posted t5 at the u.S. open, four strokes behind championangel cabrera. Second career u.S. open top-10 in 11starts...Was ranked 24th at the start of the pga tourplayoffs for the FedExcup. Had to withdraw from theDeutsche Bank championship due to a bad back anddropped to 31st in the standings. Finished t18 at the BmWchampionship and dropped to 33rd in the standings,thereby missing tHE tour championship for the first timesince 1998...made his third consecutive presidents cupteam. Entered the 2007 presidents cup with a career recordof 2-7-1, but led the u.S. team as he went undefeated (4-0-1) and totaled 4.5 points. 2006: collected a first, secondand third for the second straight season. Finished in thetop-15 on the tour money list for the seventh time in thelast eight years…Earned 12th career tour victory by fivestrokes at the Sony open in Hawaii. tied with chadcampbell heading into the final round after shooting atour career-best 9-under-par 61 in the third round. the 61set the course record at Waialae cc. Birdied two of the firstthree holes on Sunday and won going away with a finalround65, topping campbell and rory Sabbatini by fivestrokes. one of four players with official tour victories ineach of the last four years...Finished t2 at the Fordchampionship at Doral, one stroke behind champion tigerWoods. three-putted 72nd hole with Woods in the fairwaybehind him, allowing Woods to win with a final bogey...Suffered a back injury during the first round of the u.S.open at Winged Foot in mid-June. Withdrew before thesecond round and returned to action at the Buick open inearly august...made his third consecutive u.S. ryder cupteam, earning one-half point (0-3-1). 2005: Went over the$3-million mark for the fourth time in his 13 years on tour.missed matching career-high in top-10s by one with 11(12/2002), including a win, a second and a third. recordedfour straight top-10s for the first time in his career from FBropen in February to the Honda classic in march...Earned11th career tour victory with a 6-and-5 win over chrisDimarco in the final of the World golf championshipsaccenturematch play championship. took a 6-up leadafter the 18-hole morning session. Was 9-up at one point.the 6-and-5 win marked the largest margin of victory intournament final history. the win marked the fourth top-10in six starts (2000-2005) at the accenture match playchampionship. With the victory, moved into the top 10 (No.9) in the official World golf ranking for the first time sinceafter the 2004 Nissan open. With the $1.3 million paycheck,surpassed Nick price for sixth all-time on the pgatour in earnings with more than $20 million...Forced towithdraw from the 84 Lumber classic during the first roundon Sept. 15. rushed off the course and stayed in pittsburgh’supmc-presbyterian Hospital for overnight observation.Doctors diagnosed a heart condition called Supraventriculartachycardia, a general term for a rapid heart rate originatingabove the ventricles. Non-life threatening ailment thatwas cured through surgery in mid-November. tour membersSteve Jones and phil tataurangi underwent similarprocedures in previous years...one week later, posted a1-3-0 record at the presidents cup, including a 2-and-1Sunday singles victory over trevor Immelman. 2004:Finished outside the top 10 (No. 22) on the tour money listfor the first time since 2000...missed the mercedeschampionships due to December 9, 2003 surgery on leftwrist (bone spurs)...Defending champion became the thirdplayer to win back-to-back titles at the FedEx St. Judeclassic, joining Dave Hill (1969-70) and Lee trevino (1971-72). opened a seven-stroke lead entering the final roundafter opening 67-63-65. posted final-round, 2-over 73 toend streak of 11 consecutive rounds in the 60s at the FedExSt. Jude classic, but still captured event by six over runnerupBob Estes...Finished sixth on the ryder cup team pointslist to make his second u.S. ryder cup squad. 2003: Wontwice, at the Wachovia championship and FedEx St. Judeclassic, and had a third straight season inside the moneylist top 10...Despite severe food poisoning during the week,finished runner-up to tiger Woods in the World golfchampionships-accenture match play championship. Wasfour down after 18 holes in the 36-hole final at La costaresort and Spa, and lost 2 and 1...Earned first victory in 42starts at the inaugural Wachovia championship. Despite aquadruple-bogey eight on the 72nd hole, held off VijaySingh, robert gamez and Brent geiberger by two shots foreighth career tour title...carded four rounds in the 60s tocapture the FedEx St. Jude classic. used final-round7-under 64 to overcome 54-hole leader richard S. Johnson.Has reached multiple tour victories in three seasons(1999, 2001, 2003)...underwent surgery on his left wrist onDec. 9 to remove bone spurs. 2002: Despite not winning forthe first time on tour since 1998, finished fourth on tourmoney list with $3,461,794...Earned a career-best 12 top-10 finishes, tied for second on tour, including three runner-upfinishes (lost in playoff to Sergio garcia at mercedeschampionships, t2 at colonial and solo second at Buickchallenge)...In first ryder cup appearance, led u.S. squadwith a 3-1-1 record, including a singles victory over Sergiogarcia. 2001: Best season on tour, with three victories(second only to tiger Woods’ five), nine top 10s and thirdplace on money list ($3,791,595)...captured first major, thepga championship, in dramatic fashion. Shot 66-65-65 tohold the 54-hole lead, which included an ace on the par-315th in Saturday’s third round. Battled playing competitorphil mickelson in the final round. Holding a one-stroke leadover mickelson on the par-4 18th hole, he chose to lay upshort of a water hazard in front of the green after studyinga poor lie from 213 yards. He hit a wedge to 12 feet andsank the par putt for the win after mickelson’s long birdieputt rolled just short...First victory of the season came onhome soil at the compaq classic of New orleans...Wonthird title of the season at the michelob championship atKingsmill, shooting 67-68 on the weekend to win for thesecond consecutive year in Williamsburg, Va...made fourmanplayoff at tHE tour championship, losing to mikeWeir’s birdie on the first playoff hole. 2000: Earned fourthpga tour title and for the first time in career won in consecutiveseasons with playoff victory at michelobchampionship at Kingsmill. made five-foot par putt on firstplayoff hole to beat mike Weir. Victory marked first time hewon by coming from behind (trailed by two entering finalround). 1999: Breakthrough season where he was one ofseven multiple winners on way to 10th-place finish ontour money list...picked up second career tour title atSprint International. Victory was second wire-to-wire win(1997 Quad city classic). Birdied last two holes at castlepines gc to defeat David Duval by three points. came closeto wins in back-to-back weeks, finishing t2 at reno-tahoeopen...played through back pain to earn third tour title atBuick challenge. Shared second-round lead and held54-hole lead prior to defeating Stuart appleby by threestrokes. Had to quit Wednesday pro-am after one hole dueto severe back pain. 1998: made an impression in firstmasters tournament appearance in 1998. Shot final-round64, one off augusta National course record and one shy ofrecord for any major championship. Hot finish helpedmasters rookie to t6 finish. Back-nine 29 tied tournamentrecord, as did his six consecutive birdies on holes 12-17.1997: captured first tour title at Quad city classic bythree strokes after sharing 54-hole lead. 1995: Wongreenville classic in playoff over tom Scherrer...Wonanother playoff over E.J. pfister at Wichita open. 1992:opened Kemper open with course-record-tying 63, firsttime he set foot on tpc at avenel. 1991: First qualified for<strong>PGA</strong> toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 1-2events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1989 5 1 $1,463/2781990 31992 30 14 1 1 4 148,712/1011993 32 12 3 5 120,952/1231994 32 16 4 87,607/1641996 29 16 2 8 205,188/1051997 27 17 1 2 7 460,355/491998 26 18 1 3 11 635,073/441999 32 21 2 1 1 7 17 1,959,672/102000 31 26 1 1 6 19 2,002,068/152001 28 23 3 1 9 16 3,791,595/32002 27 25 3 1 12 20 3,459,739/42003 26 19 2 1 7 11 3,710,905/82004 24 17 1 7 13 2,357,531/222005 25 19 1 1 1 11 14 3,962,013/52006 22 17 1 1 1 6 13 2,911,187/112007 22 19 1 7 11 94,609/33 2,095,837/322008 20 16 1 6 92,990/136 799,114/1312009 27 21 3 7 13 608/19 3,047,198/142010 25 19 1 1 2 7 1,118/55 1,590,998/49total 493 336 12 13 8 93 199 33,347,206nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings1990 26 12 1 1 5 $20,943/491991 6 4 3 3,372/1491993 11995 27 18 2 1 2 10 15 174,892/3total 60 34 2 2 2 11 23 199,206* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*<strong>PGA</strong> toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04masters t6 cut t49 t31 t36 t8 cutu.S. open cut WD cut t16 t66 t45 t5 t20British open t4 cut 83 cut t30pga cut cut cut t41 1 cut t29 t17tHE pLaYErS cut cut cut cut cut cut t20 t38 t12 t19 cut cuttour championship t12 t11 t2 3 t21 t10accenture match play championship t17 t17 t5 2 t9Bridgestone Invitational t13 t15 t33 t6ca championship t11 t25 cNL t4 5 t13the Barclays cut cut cut t12 t18 cutDeutsche Bank championshipt13BmW championship 72 cut cut cut t17 t48 t20 t9 t42 t15 t13Year 05 06 07 08 09 10masters cut cut 9 t42 t14u.S. open t15 WD t5 t60 cut t33British open DQ cut cutpga t10 t16 t42 t15 t36 t33tHE pLaYErS t68 cut t64 t32 t9 cuttour championship t22 t14 t13accenture match play championship 1 t9 t9 t17 t33Bridgestone Invitational t9 t8 t61 t48 t22ca championship t6 53 t45 t50the Barclayst15 cut cut t31 cutDeutsche Bank championship WD t36 t45BmW championship t18 t23 t15nAtionAL teAMS: ryder cup (3), 2002, 2004, 2006; the presidents cup (3), 2003, 2005,2007; World cup (1), 2002.2-194 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> 2011 Guidepgatour.com

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