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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSDavid Toms (Continued)tour by finishing 24th in Qualifying tournament. Amateur:First-team all-american at LSu in 1988-89, when he wasnamed Southeastern conference player of the Year...Wonthe Junior World championship and the pga Juniorchampionship as a junior golfer in 1984.PeRSonAL:In 2003, created the David toms Foundation. the foundationhelps underprivileged, abused and abandoned childrenthrough funding programs that are designed to enhancea child’s character, self-esteem and career possibilities.Foundation assisted those displaced by Hurricane Katrina,raising more $1.5 million. Since its inception, the tomsFoundation has made more than $3 million in grants. theWall Street Journal in 2006 cited the toms Foundation ashaving the lowest percentage of expenses of any athleticfoundation that gave a minimum of $600,000 to charity.Shared the golf Writers association of america’s 2006charlie Bartlett award with Louisianans Kelly gibson andHal Sutton for their combined $2-million plus in aid toHurricane Katrina and Hurricane rita victims…grew upplaying baseball with future major leaguers Ben mcDonaldand albert Belle…Helped in re-design of palmetto Dunesclub (Louisiana) in 1999. First David toms signature course,carter plantation in Springfield, La, opened to the publicin october 2003. Worked with rees Jones on the 18-holecourse at redstone that is the site of the Shell Houstonopen. also worked with Jones on the redesign of Batonrouge cc and has a new signature course, Latour golfclub, that opened in 2009 in mathews, La…a passionateLSu fan who spends a lot of his free time following tigersathletics. teammates at Louisiana State included BobFriend, Emlyn aubrey, perry moss and greg Lesher, formerpga tour members.PGA toUR VictoRieS (2):2006 Southern Farm Bureau classic. 2008 Bob Hopechrysler classic.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):2004 miccosukee championship.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t3—Viking classic; 7—Bob Hope classic, arnold palmerInvitational; t8—St. Jude classic; 10—Deutsche Bankchampionship, at&t pebble Beach National pro-am,turning Stone resort championship.2010 SeASon:Finished with a career-best seven top-10s...past champion(2008) finished seventh at the Bob Hope classic. placedin the top 15 the last three years in palm Springs aftermissing the cut in his first two appearances...three weekslater, claimed a second top-10 finish (t10) on the year atthe at&t pebble Beach National pro-am...Finished t7 atthe arnold palmer Invitational after holding a share of thesecond-round lead....placed t8 at the St. Jude classic presentedby Smith & Nephew for his fourth top-10 of the season,tying a career high (2008)...Finished t10 at the turningStone resort championship...carded a season-best 64 inthe opening round of the Deutsche Bank championshipD.J. Trahan (Tray-han)eXeMPt StAtUS: 47th on 2010 money listeDUcAtion: clemson university (2003, SportsFULL nAMe: Donald roland trahan, Jr.management)HeiGHt: 6-3SPeciAL inteReStS: FishingWeiGHt: 185tURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2003BiRtHDAte: December 18, 1980Q ScHooL: 2004BiRtHPLAce: atlanta, ganationwide tour AlumnusReSiDence: mt. pleasant, Sc; plays out of Bulls Bay gcFAMiLY: Singleen route to a 10th-place finish...one week later, finished70th at the BmW championship to place 49th in the finalFedExcup standings...With rounds of 67-69 on the weekend,finished t3 at the Viking classic, his first top-five performancesince the 2008 BmW championship (t5). Finishedt5 at the cImB asia pacific classic malaysia in october, anunofficial money event sanctioned by the pga tour.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: posted seven top-25 finishes in 30 starts, includingthree top-10s, one of which came in his first start ofthe season...a 7-under 66 in the second round propelledhim to a t6 finish at the season-opening mercedes-Benzchampionship...turned in his second t6 finish of the seasona month later at the at&t pebble Beach National pro-am...third top-10 of the season came in the Fall Series at Justintimberlake Shriners Hospitals for children open where hefinished t7 after an opening-round 71 left him t84. 2008:Won for the second time in his career and qualified for hisfirst tour championship presented by coca-cola...at age27, stormed back from a four-stroke deficit entering the finalround to cruise to a three-stroke win over Justin Leonard atthe Bob Hope chrysler classic, marking his second careervictory on tour. Final-round, 7-under 65 moved him to26-under 334 for a career-best $918,000 payday. Becamejust the second player in his 20s to win the BHcc since1988 (David Duval, 1999)...Finished t4 at the u.S. open attorrey pines. Was one stroke back after 36 holes. It washis first made cut in a major championship in five professionalstarts...making just his second start in a World golfchampionships event, posted his third and final top-10 finishof the FedExcup regular Season with a t8 at the Worldgolf championships-Bridgestone Invitational...a 7-under 63(the second-best round of the week) in the second round ofthe BmW championship propelled him to a t5 finish, hisfourth top-10 showing of the season...played in his firsttour championship presented by coca-cola in atlanta,where he was born, and finished t17. Finished 24th in theFedExcup standings. 2007: In just his third season on tour,collected three top-10 finishes, including a runner-up effortat the Frys.com open benefiting the Shriners Hospitals forchildren. Held a share of the 36-hole lead with georgemcNeill and garrett Willis. Finished four behind mcNeillafter weekend rounds of 72-66. 2006: Had a successfulsophomore season with his first victory and more than$1 million in earnings…collected his first pga tour titlewhen he defeated Joe Durant on the third playoff hole atthe Southern Farm Bureau classic. Was the outright leaderafter each of the first three rounds (by two strokes). madea par 5 on the 72nd hole to force a playoff with Durant.Section 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 1-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2001a 12003 6 1 $7,880/2004 12005 28 14 3 7 806,304/1032006 33 13 1 2 4 1,035,242/892007 30 18 1 3 3 86,983/117 1,106,374/872008 27 21 1 4 10 106,303/24 2,304,368/262009 30 18 3 7 549/96 1,078,256/872010 27 19 1 7 11 1,195/49 1,619,693/47total 183 104 2 1 1 22 42 7,958,118nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1999a 12002a 1 12003a 12004 27 16 1 5 7 $183,030/26total 30 17 1 5 7 183,030* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters cut cut t44u.S. open cut t4 cutBritish opencutpga cut t31 cut 67tHE pLaYErScut cut t51 cut cuttour championshipt17Bridgestone Invitationalt8ca championshipt57 t46the Barclays cut cut cut t60 cut cut t21Deutsche Bank championship cut cut cut cut t67 t69 10BmW championship t16 cut t5 70nAtionAL teAMS: Walker cup (1), 2001; World amateur team championship (1), 2002.pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-195