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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2the day at transitions championship, where he finishedt8...third top-10 came at travelers championship, wherehe posted rounds of 64-67 on the weekend to finish t9...captured first career pga tour title in 229th start in aplayoff over John mallinger at the u.S. Bank championshipin milwaukee. Entered the final round four strokes back ofFrank Lickliter II, and carded rounds of 67-68-68-64—267to force a playoff. converted a two-putt birdie on thesecond extra hole, the par-5 18th, to become the 11thfirst-time winner in milwaukee, and the fourth first-timewinner in 2009. Jumped from No. 75 to No. 40 in theFedExcup standings. Four strokes made up on the finalday was largest come-from-behind win at the u.S. Bankchampionship since Jim gallagher, Jr. rallied from fivestrokes down on Sunday in 1990...Final-round 65 at turningStone resort championship earned a t7, his fifth top-10of the year. 2008: got off to a quick start and used seventop-25 finishes to place in the top 125 on the money listfor the fifth consecutive season...Year started strong witha t2 showing at the puerto rico open presented by Bancopopular in march. Held the 18-, 36 and 54-hole leads atthe inaugural event before finishing t2 behind greg Kraft.Narrowly missed a 20-foot eagle putt at the 72nd holethat would have tied him with Kraft. 2007: posted doublefigures in top-25 finishes (13) for a fourth consecutive yearand earned more than $1.5 million...posted a final-round70 in windy conditions at the Verizon Heritage, one of onlyseven players to break par in the final round, jumping fromt25 to t10...carded rounds of 67-64 on the weekend tofinish t6 at the travelers championship. Had a hole-in-oneon No. 16 in the final round at tpc river Highlands...thirdtop-10 was a t8 at the Viking classic, part of the pga tourFall Series...two weeks later, opened with rounds of 66-69en route to a t5 finish at the Frys.com open benefitingShriners Hospitals for children. closed his season with sixconsecutive cuts made, placing him at 55th on the moneylist. During his final run he posted par-or-better scores in 22of his 24 rounds, including a tour-best 19 in a row startingwith the opening round of the BmW championship.Bo Van Pelt (Continued)His scoring average over his final six starts was 69.04.2006: Finished in the top 75 on the money list for the thirdstraight season. Earned more than $1 million, thanks tofour top-10s. made 23 cuts in 28 events entered...In justhis second career start at the tpc Sawgrass, recorded hisfirst top-10 at tHE pLaYErS championship with his t8finish…Finished t5 at the Southern Farm Bureau classic,his 15th career top-10 on tour. 2005: First top-10 was t7in 13th start at the Shell Houston open...the next week,posted second consecutive top-10 with a t5 finish at theZurich classic of New orleans...closed with a 4-under68 at muirfield Village golf club for a career-best effortof t3 at the memorial tournament...matched his thencareer-best finish with a t3 at the chrysler championship.2004: returned to pga tour for a third time, the secondvia the Nationwide tour money list...Finished 39th on themoney list and qualified for his first trip to the masters in2005...posted his first career top-10 on tour with a t4at the Buick Invitational...a final-round, 5-under 65 gavehim a t5 finish at the Bank of america colonial, his eighthtop-25 finish of the season...two starts later finished t9 atthe Buick classic...Finished t4 at the Booz allen classic,thanks to being one of only four players with four rounds inthe 60s. His $198,400 payday lifted him over the $1-millionmark in season earnings for the first time in his career...claimed fifth top-10 (t7) at the u.S. Bank championshipin milwaukee. 2003: recorded his first Nationwide tourvictory at the omaha classic thanks to his 26-under 262total...posted 16 top-25s in 24 events on the Nationwidetour on way to fifth-place finish on money list. Finishallowed him to earn his pga tour card for the third timein his career and second time via the Nationwide tour.2002: made the cut in 10 of 28 events on the pga tourwith his only top-25 a t25 at the BellSouth classic. Firedcareer-low, final-round 63 at the greater milwaukee open.2001: Finished 11th on Nationwide tour money list to earnsecond tour card. Finished in top 25 in 10 of his 17 cutsmade, including two runner-up finishes at the Dayton openand gila river classic. Lost three-man playoff with Jasoncaron and winner Ben crane at gila river. 2000: made 27starts on the Nationwide tour, making 16 cuts. collected$86,064 and finished 62nd on the final money list. 1999:made only seven cuts in rookie season on the pga tour,including a season-best t20 finish at the Bell canadianopen. 1998: Earned his first tour card with t17 finish atthe 1998 pga tour Qualifying tournament. amateur: Firstteam all-american at oklahoma State in 1997...memberof the 1997 palmer cup team...1998 all-Big 12 first-team...Won three collegiate tournaments, including the 1997Ncaa central regional.PeRSonAL:Father, Bob, was fifth-round draft pick by the NFL’sphiladelphia Eagles in 1967 after collegiate career atIndiana…Bo and wife carrie are involved in the Habitatfor Humanity. they have donated two houses and werethe hosts for tulsa’s 2007 and 2008 Habitat for Humanitygolf tournament.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................69.96 (9)Driving Distance ...........................................292.0 (53)Driving accuracy percentage .......................65.23% (70)greens in regulation percentage ................69.23% (37)putting average ...........................................1.776 (81)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 65–6 times, most recent Frys.com open/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–2 times,most recent 2009 mayakoba golf classic at riviera mayacancun/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $720,000–2009 u.S. Bank championship in milwaukee/1career High official World Rank: after 2010 Justintimberlake Shriners Hospitals for children open/38scott VerplankeXeMPt StAtUS: 45th on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: Scott rachal VerplankHeiGHt: 5-9WeiGHt: 165BiRtHDAte: July 9, 1964BiRtHPLAce: Dallas, tXReSiDence: Edmond, oKFAMiLY: Wife, Kim; Scottie (7/14/92), Hannah (1/26/95),Emma (8/15/97), Heidi ann (2/12/04)eDUcAtion: oklahoma State university (1986, Business)SPeciAL inteReStS: playing with his kids, quail hunting,oklahoma State footballtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1986Q ScHooL: 1987JoineD toUR: 1986PGA toUR VictoRieS (5):1985 Western open. 1988 Buick open. 2000 reno-tahoeopen. 2001 Bell canadian open. 2007 EDS Byron Nelsonchampionship.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (1):1998 World cup [indiv].otHeR VictoRieS (1):2006 Wendy’s 3-tour challenge [with Stewart cink, ZachJohnson].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t2—travelers championship; t5—Hp Byron Nelsonchampionship, crowne plaza Invitational at colonial.2010 SeASon:claimed three top-10 finishes in 2010, including a playoffloss to Bubba Watson at the travelers championship...First top-10 finish was a t5 at the Hp Byron Nelsonchampionship on the strength of a final-round 67. madehis 24th start at the Dallas tournament where just threeplayers have made more starts (28 by Lanny Wadkins andtom Watson; 27 by Ben crenshaw)...t5 at the crowneplaza Invitational at colonial, best finish in 21 starts inthe event and just his second top-10 finish (t7 in 2007)...Bettered his finish in Fort Worth with a t2 at the travelerschampionship in June. Shot a final-round 6-under 64 towork his way into the playoff before losing on the secondextra hole to Bubba Watson. tied Watson with a birdie onthe first extra hole, the par-4 18th, as corey pavin madepar and was eliminated. missed the green on the par-316th and made bogey as Watson two-putted for par andthe win.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: recorded six top-10 finishes on his way to his bestresult in the FedExcup (10th)...Earned more than $2 millionfor the sixth time in his 23-year pga tour career...FinishedPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.84 (79)Driving Distance ...........................................278.6 (167)Driving accuracy percentage .......................68.16% (34)greens in regulation percentage ................63.85% (168)putting average ...........................................1.759 (37)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–travelers championship/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 61–2001 canongreater Hartford open/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,134,000–2007 EDS Byron Nelson championship/1career High official World Rank: after 2001 Nationalcar rental golf classic Disney/112-198 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com