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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2list, placed t5 at the Qualifying tournament in Decemberto gain a higher status for 2006...rookie on tour postedtwo top-10s, including a t6 at the michelin championshipat Las Vegas thanks to a final-round 66. With a paycheckof $139,000, climbed from 143rd to 118th on the moneylist. 2004: made the cut in 19 of 25 tournaments on theNationwide tour, including 12 top-25 finishes. Enteredthe final event No. 19 on the official money list but postedhis first career win at the Nationwide tour championship,jumping all the way to No. 5 with $301,988. Finished theevent at 15-under-par 273 after rounds of 69-64-71-69,good for a three-stroke win...after missing five cuts in hisfirst seven starts, stormed back by making the cut in 15 ofhis last 16 events of the season. 2003: turned professionalin the summer following outstanding collegiate career atFresno State university...made pro debut at the FBr capitalopen in Washington, D.c. in June, missed the cut...Firstprofessional win came at the Lewis chitengwa memorialNick Watney (Continued)championship on the canadian tour in august. Amateur:Was the No. 1-ranked college player during his senior yearat Fresno State following four consecutive tournamentwins in the fall season. Helped Fresno State to the Westernathletic conference team title in the spring...Five winsduring his senior year were more than any other player inthe nation. Became the Wac’s first three-time player ofthe Year. Freshman of the Year in the Wac. three-timeall-american...Ben Hogan award finalist in 2002...palmercup team member in 2002...Set Fresno State single-seasonscoring record with a 70.53 average during junior year...coached by his uncle, mike, at Fresno State.PeRSonAL:Is an avid fan of the San Francisco giants, San Francisco49ers and Sacramento Kings…cousin, Heidi Watney, isthe Boston red Sox on-field reporter for NESN.Bubba WatsoneXeMPt StAtUS: 2010 tournament winner(through 2012)FULL nAMe: Bubba WatsonHeiGHt: 6-3WeiGHt: 180BiRtHDAte: November 5, 1978BiRtHPLAce: Bagdad, FLReSiDence: Bagdad, FLPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.29 (24)Driving Distance ...........................................296.5 (20)Driving accuracy percentage .......................62.63% (116)greens in regulation percentage ................69.63% (30)putting average ...........................................1.764 (49)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 63–2 times, most recent tHEtour championship presented by coca-cola/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–5 times, mostrecent 2010 tHE tour championship presented by cocacola/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,098,000–2007 Zurich classic of New orleans/1career High official World Rank: after 2010 cImB asiapacific classic malaysia/26FAMiLY: Wife, angieeDUcAtion: Faulkner State community college,university of georgia (2008, consumer Economics)SPeciAL inteReStS: Video games, collecting NikeshoesJoineD toUR: 2006nationwide tour Graduate (2005)PGA toUR VictoRieS (1):2010 travelers championship.otHeR VictoRieS (1):2008 cVS/caremark charity classic [with camilo Villegas]BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:1—travelers championship; 2—pga championship, t2—Bob Hope classic; 3—transitions championship.2010 SeASon:claimed his first pga tour win in 122nd start, at thetravelers championship in June. collected three additionaltop-10s, including a playoff loss to martin Kaymer at thepga championship. Earned first berth on the united Statesryder cup team…after holding the second-and fourthroundleads, shot a final-round 66 to finish t2 at the BobHope classic. trailing by one on the final hole, nearlychipped in for eagle on the par-5 hole to finish one behindwinner Bill Haas. It was the fourth runner-up finish of hiscareer. Set the Silverrock course record with a secondround62, which began with a front-nine 29. Wife, angie,played in the pro-am portion of the event after he purchaseda spot for her as a fifth-anniversary present…recorded bestresult by a left-hander in tournament history at transitionschampionship, finishing third. also ranked third in DrivingDistance (294 yards) for the week…overcame a six-strokedeficit in the final round and then beat Scott Verplank andcorey pavin with a par on the second playoff hole to win thetravelers championship for his first pga tour title. closedwith a 4-under 66 to match Verplank and pavin at 14-under.Finished birdie-birdie-double bogey-birdie to end regulation,including a 396-yard tee shot and 5-foot birdie putt on thefinal hole to make the playoff. pavin dropped out on the firstextra hole when Watson nearly holed his second shot andVerplank made a birdie putt to force a second extra hole.Watson made a 3-footer on the par-3 16th after Verplankmissed the green and made bogey. the win was the largestcomeback on the pga tour since padraig Harrington alsocame from six back to win the 2007 British open. Emotionalwin was dedicated to his father, gerry, who was diagnosedwith lung cancer in october 2009, and wife angie, whowas diagnosed with a brain tumor in December 2009 butwas later determined to be an enlarged pituitary gland.Father passed away in october 2010…posted four subparrounds, including a final-round, 4-under 68 in the pgachampionship to force an aggregate, three-hole playoffwith martin Kaymer at the pga championship in august.Lost to Kaymer after hitting his approach shot into the waterat the third playoff hole, but the runner-up finish was hisbest in 11 major championship starts. With the runner-upfinish, played his way onto the 2010 ryder cup team undercaptain corey pavin. While disapointed with the loss, hesaid “I came to win the tournament. I almost did. But I didn’talmost play my way onto the ryder cup team. I did play myPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 1-1events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2002 12004 12006 27 15 1 3 6 $1,019,264/902007 26 14 1 5 9 93,634/37 1,654,807/552008 29 19 1 3 7 105,003/30 1,533,523/582009 24 13 1 2 9 1,140/53 1,430,244/602010 22 16 1 2 1 4 8 600/22 3,198,998/15total 130 77 1 5 2 17 39 8,836,835nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2001 1 1 $1,513/2692003 21 13 2 7 79,854/632004 17 14 2 3 8 142,904/372005 24 19 1 1 5 9 202,437/21total 63 47 3 1 10 24 426,708* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters t20 42u.S. open cut t5 cut t18British opencut cutpga cut 70 cut 2tHE pLaYErScut cut t37 cuttour championship 30 t17Bridgestone Invitationalt22ca championship 72the Barclayscut cut t12 cut t31Deutsche Bank championship t12 cut t44 t32 t37BmW championship cut t18 t28 t15 t50nAtionAL teAMS: ryder cup (1), 2010.2-204 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com