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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSNick WatneyeXeMPt StAtUS: 2009 tournament winner(through 2011)FULL nAMe: Nicholas alan WatneyHeiGHt: 6-2WeiGHt: 180BiRtHDAte: april 25, 1981BiRtHPLAce: Sacramento, caReSiDence: Las Vegas, NVFAMiLY: Wife, ambereDUcAtion: Fresno State university (2003)SPeciAL inteReStS: all sports, music, video gamestURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2003Q ScHooL: 2005JoineD toUR: 2005nationwide tour Graduate (2004)PGA toUR VictoRieS (2):2007 Zurich classic of New orleans. 2009 Buick Invitational.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):2004 Nationwide tour championship.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (1):2003 Lewis chitengwa memorial championship [can].otHeR VictoRieS (1):2005 callaway golf pebble Beach Invitational.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:4—transitions championship, tHE tour championshippresented by coca-cola; t6—Justin timberlake ShrinersHospitals for children open; 7—masters tournament,at&t National, British open; t9—Farmers Insuranceopen, World golf championships-accenture match playchampionship.2010 SeASon:Finished 12th in the pga tour playoffs for the FedExcup,matching his career-best finish in the playoffs (2009).recorded a career-best seven top-10 finishes, includingfirst two career top 10s at major chamionships (seventhat masters and t7 at British open)…In defense of title,shot two rounds in the 60s on the weekend to finish t9at the Farmers Insurance open…making first appearanceat the World golf championships-accenture match playchampionship, finished t9 after losing, 1-up, to retiefgoosen in the third round…Despite a first-round 73,finished fourth at transitions championship. posted 65-67on weekend to match lowest final 36 holes in tournamenthistory. ranked t2 in putts per round (26.8) for the week…Shot a 7-under 65 in the final round to finish seventh at themasters. It was his first round in the 60s in 10 starts in amajor. His previous best finish in a major was t11 at the2008 masters…Next top-10s came in back-to-back starts,finishing t7 at the at&t National and the British open…Held the third-round lead at the pga championship beforea final round 81 dropped him to t18…Finished t4 at tHEtour championship presented by coca-cola after recordingrounds of 63-67 on the weekend. the 63 included an EastLake gc back-nine record with a 7-under 28…Finished t6 atthe Justin timberlake Shriners Hospitals for children openwith rounds of 66-66-67-66. Eighth top-10 finish matchedBo Van pelt for fourth on tour in 2010.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Won for the second time in his career and finished12th in the FedExcup standings. Earned more than $3 million,almost twice as much as his previous career best...took the lead for the first time on the final shot of the BuickInvitational, a 2-foot birdie putt, to complete a five-shotcomeback for his second career victory. Birdied two of hislast three holes and didn’t drop a shot over the final 11 holesin closing with a 4-under 68 for a one-shot victory over thirdroundleader John rollins. Sank a 40-foot birdie putt on thepar-4 16th to tie rollins and then two-putted the par-5 18thhole for birdie to claim the win. Went the week without athree-putt and was the only player to shoot all four roundsbelow par...Finished second to phil mickelson at the Worldgolf championships-ca championship by one stroke aftersharing the third-round lead. Nearly forced a playoff, but hisputt from the fringe ended one rotation from going in thehole...Finished t4 at the arnold palmer Invitational after afinal-round, 2-under 68...Went 12 starts before posting hisnext top-10 of the season, a t6 at the Barclays...ranked No.12 in the FedExcup standings after the BmW championshipto earn his first trip to tHE tour championship presentedby coca-cola...Finished t13 at tHE tour championship inhis first appearance at the event...also made first appearanceat the omEga mission Hills World cup, with Johnmerrick. 2008: Finished No. 121 on the money list. made thecut in 21 of 27 starts, but managed just one top-10 finish...Held the 18-hole lead at the mercedes-Benz championshipin his first trip to the event. t5 finish marked the 13th top-10 in his pga tour career. 2007: In third full season on thepga tour, earned first victory at the Zurich classic of Neworleans in his 75th career start at age 25 years, 11 months,28 days. Held a two-stroke lead over Ken Duke through 54holes after opening 69-67-68. a final-round 70 was goodfor a three-stroke victory over Duke. Earned a career-high$1,098,000 paycheck and 4,500 FedExcup points, jumpingfrom No. 72 to No. 12 in the standings…Qualified for theu.S. open, British open and the pga championship for thefirst time in his career. made the cut in the British openand finished t35. 2006: In second season on tour, postedcareer-high six top-10s and 11 top-25s to finish 75th on themoney list...posted his first top-10 of the season (t7) at theat&t pebble Beach National pro-am...Five months later,added a t9 at the Buick championship in July...recorded athird top-10 (t5) at the reno-tahoe open in late august...posted back-to-back top-10s on tour for the first time witha t8 at the Southern Farm Bureau classic and a t6 at thechrysler classic of greensboro. Shared the first-round leadwith Brent geiberger and John rollins after an 8-under 64 ingreensboro, and then held the second-round lead at 9-under135. the second-round lead was his first on tour. the 64matched his career-best on tour, which he shot threetimes previously...Finished t5 at the FuNaI classic, aidedby a third-round 64 on the magnolia course. 2005: afterfinishing just out of the top 125 (No. 127) on the moneySection 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2003 8 2 1 1 $73,255/2004 12005 31 15 2 4 605,369/1272006 29 19 6 11 1,243,816/752007 26 17 1 3 7 93,336/41 1,838,629/432008 27 21 1 5 95,498/109 878,173/1212009 24 19 1 1 4 12 748/12 3,221,421/122010 24 22 8 15 880/12 2,536,714/27total 170 115 2 1 25 55 10,397,377nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2004 25 19 1 1 8 12 $301,988/5total 25 19 1 1 8 12 301,988* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters t11 19 7u.S. open cut t60 cut 76British open t35 t27 t7pga cut cut t18tHE pLaYErScut t63 cut t17tour championship t13 t4accenture match play championshipt9Bridgestone Invitational t61 t36 t16ca championship 2 t26HSBc champions 5 t21the Barclays cut t25 t25 t62 t6 t36Deutsche Bank championship cut cut cut cut cut t46 t33BmW championship cut t82 t59 t30 t15nAtionAL teAMS: palmer cup (1), 2002; World cup (1), 2009.pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-203