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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSfirst top-10 in a major championship. It was his 14th careertop-10...Finished t4 at the pga championship, thanks toweekend rounds of 67-68...t3 finish at the Deutsche Bankchampionship included a third-round 63 that moved himfrom t22 to second. matched his career low round, shot inthe first round of the 2007 Deutsche Bank championshipat tpc Boston...Became the first colombian to win on thepga tour with a two-stroke win over Dudley Hart at theBmW championship. Jumped to the first-round lead witha 5-under 65 and led after every round, adding rounds of66-66-68 to become just the second wire-to-wire winner ofthe season and only the third at the BmW championshipsince 1934. In the middle of the back nine, made a 12-footpar putt on the 12th hole, sank a 10-foot birdie on the 13thhole and a 35-foot birdie on the 14th to increase his lead tofour strokes during a week when he led the field in putting.collected 11,000 FedExcup points, as well as a career-best$1,260,000, to move from No. 25 to No. 2 on the points listbehind Vijay Singh...two-putted for par on the first playoffhole to beat Sergio garcia at tHE tour championship presentedby coca-cola. overcame a five-shot deficit with sixbirdies on his final 11 holes of regulation and captured hissecond straight victory. He shot a final-round 66. In a fourmanrace coming to the final holes, caught garcia with a7-iron from 184 yards to 12 feet on the 17th, then twice hitlag putts from 45 feet for par on the 233-yard 18th—oncein regulation to finish at 7-under 273, then in the playoffto win. With second-place FedExcup finish, was awardeda $3-million bonus. 2007: Earned more than $1.8 millionand ended the year with three top-10 finishes during thepga tour playoffs for the FedExcup...after a slow start,finished t2 after a four-man playoff at the Honda classic.posted a final-round 66 to tie mark Wilson, Jose coceresand Boo Weekley at 5-under-par 275. Eliminated fromplayoff on second extra hole on monday morning after heand Weekley made bogeys on the par-4 10th hole. Earned acareer-best $410,666...Second top-10 was a t3 at the at&tclassic, three shots out of the Zach Johnson and ryujiImada playoff...Held the first-round lead at the DeutscheBank championship after a career-best 8-under 63, butfinished t9...Finished t7 at the BmW championship, movingfrom 34th to 28th in the FedExcup standings, therebyCamilo Villegas (Continued)qualifying for tHE tour championship...Finished t9 in firstcareer start at tHE tour championship to finish 24th inthe final FedExcup standings. It was his third consecutivetop-10 finish during the playoffs...collected his first title onthe Japan golf tour in late September. rolled in a 20-footerfor birdie on the second playoff hole to beat toyokazuFujishima at the coca-cola tokai classic in miyoshi, Japan.2006: rookie on the pga tour after finishing 13th on the2005 Nationwide tour money list...In first start fired a 64during second round of the Sony open in Hawaii. Was twoback through 36 holes, but finished t42...First top-10 of theseason came at the FBr open. Finished in five-way tie forsecond, seven strokes behind winning rookie J.B. Holmes...added a second runner-up at the Ford championship atDoral, finishing tied for second with David toms, onestroke behind tiger Woods. Shared second-round leadwith Woods, phil mickelson and Scott Verplank...Earned aspot into the pLaYErS championship when chris Dimarcowithdrew with an injury. He closed with a 71 and finishedin a four-way tie for third to earn a season-best $384,000.moved to 11th on the money list, one spot away froma top-10 qualification for the masters ($94,971 short)...represented colombia with manuel merizalde in theWorld golf championships-Barbados World cup. 2005:Finished 13th on the Nationwide tour money list...Startedthe year with no status on the Nationwide tour, gainedSpecial temporary membership with five top-10s in hisfirst 10 starts of the season...tied for second on tour withnine top-10s, but could not crack the winner’s circle. 2004:turned professional in early June and played on SponsorExemptions for the rest of the season...made five of 10cuts on the pga tour, finishing t7 at the B.c. open and12th at the Deutsche Bank championship...Winner by10 strokes at the 2004 Forest oaks championship on theHooters Winter tour...Qualified for his first tour eventat the u.S. open, missed the cut. Amateur: Four-timeall-american at the university of Florida, including earningfirst-team honors in 2001, 2002 and 2004...Ncaaacademic all-american in 2002 and 2003...SEc playerof the Year in 2002 and 2004...Earned first-team all-SEchonors in 2001, 2002 and 2004...2001 SEc Freshman ofthe Year...posted eight collegiate victories...2003 playersamateur champion...co-medalist with Kevin Stadler atthe 2002 Western amateur (stroke-play portion)...Was the2001 colombian open champion and also won the 1999orange Bowl Junior.PeRSonAL:popularity in native colombia caused colombian tV to pickup 30 pga tour golf broadcasts beginning in 2006…Featured in the July 2006 issue of gQ. Says the articlein gQ, “He’s got a closet full of tight trousers, a set ofboxer’s biceps and more screaming female fans thanJustin timberlake.”…Was selected as one of peoplemagazine’s “Hottest Bachelors” in 2006. Was the onlyprofessional athlete chosen for people’s feature…In 2005,started using a low-to-the-ground crouching method tobetter read putts…His brother manny previously was amember of the university of Florida golf team…amonghis charitable efforts was taking part in “caddy for a cure”at the 2009 Deutsche Bank championship and the 2010Verizon Heritage.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.42 (39)Driving Distance ...........................................289.6 (77)Driving accuracy percentage .......................61.66% (126)greens in regulation percentage ................66.05% (127)putting average ...........................................1.797 (132)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 62–Waste management phoenixopen/1career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–2010 Wastemanagement phoenix open/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,260,000–2 times, most recent 2008 tHE tourchampionship presented by coca–cola/1career High official World Rank: after 2009 transitionschampionship/7Section 2 Player BiograPhiesJimmy WalkereXeMPt StAtUS: 103rd on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: Jimmy m. WalkerHeiGHt: 6-2WeiGHt: 180BiRtHDAte: January 16, 1979BiRtHPLAce: oklahoma city, oKReSiDence: San antonio, tX; plays out of oak Hills ccFAMiLY: Wife, Erin; mclain James Walker (6/16/10)eDUcAtion: Baylor universitySPeciAL inteReStS: Fishing, car racingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2001Q ScHooL: 2008JoineD toUR: 2005nationwide tour Graduate (2004, 2007)BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t3—2010 Valero texas open.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (3):2004 BellSouth panama championship, chitimachaLouisiana open. 2007 National mining association peteDye classic.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t3—Valero texas open; t4—the greenbrier classic.2010 SeASon:Just two weeks before his wife was scheduled to deliverthe couple’s first child, the San antonio resident and formerBaylor university player reeled off four sub-70 rounds atthe Valero texas open to finish t3 with aaron Baddeleyand Ernie Els. the performance was his best on tourand the third top-10 of his career…a second-round 64,equaling his career-best round, and three rounds of 67 ledto a t4 finish at the greenbrier classic. Not the first timehe has enjoyed success in West Virginia, having won the2007 National mining association pete Dye classic on theNationwide tour.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: recovered from a 2005 neck injury, made 15 of 24cuts on the pga tour, highlighted by a pair of top-10finishes, as he was the last player to earn his fully exempttour card...posted first top-10 of season with a t8 at theBuick open, including a second-round 64 which equaled hisseason low (64, second round, John Deere classic)...Earneda career-best finish at turning Stone resort championshipwith a t5 which moved him inside the top 125 on the moneylist to No. 123...Fell to No. 126 after missing the cut at theJustin timberlake Shriners Hospitals for children openwhen he had the flu...after withdrawing from the Frys.comopen because of an injured left shoulder, fell to 130th on themoney list...Finished t15 at the season-ending children’smiracle Network classic, shooting 68-69 on the weekend,to jump to 125th, the final spot to retain a full exemptionfor 2010. after a double bogey on the next-to-last hole, gotup and down on the 72nd hole for par to take the final spot.Finished $2,997 ahead of No. 126 Will macKenzie. 2008:regained exempt status for 2009 with a t11 finish at theQualifying tournament. made 13 cuts in 24 starts, withthree top-25 finishes...posted one top-25 finish in five startson the Nationwide tour, a t19 at the utah championship.2007: made the cut in 21 of 29 starts on the Nationwidetour. Finished the season as the final tour graduate inpgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-201