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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSway onto the team.”…played in all four playoffs events,culminating with a t17 at tHE tour championship, to finish22nd in the FedExcup standings…Earned berth onto hisfirst ryder cup team, where he won session one’s fourballsmatch with Jeff overton, 3 and 2, over Luke Donald andpadraig Harrington.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Had a runner-up finish for a third consecutive yearand placed 60th on the pga tour money list...posted10-under 62 in first round of Bob Hope classic, for careerlowround on tour to fall one stroke back of leader andeventual winner pat perez. Finished t25 after final-round75...Earned first top-10 of the season in his fourth start witha t7 at the Buick Invitational, ranking third in putting (111putts) and fourth in Driving Distance (297.5 yards)...Earnedseason-best finish, and largest check of his career at thatpoint($572,000), with a t2 at Quail Hollow championship.Finished tied with Lucas glover, one behind winner Seano’Hair...Finished second in Driving Distance with a 311.4-yard average (robert garrigus, 312-yard average), breakinga streak of three consecutive years leading that statisticalcategory. 2008: Had his most consistent season as aprofessional to date, making tHE tour championshipfor the first time and placing 30th in the FedExcup...First top-10 of the season was a t8 at the arnold palmerInvitational. It was his first top-10 since finishing t5 atthe 2007 u.S. open...Finished t2 at the Buick open aftermissing a 15-foot birdie try at the 72nd hole that wouldhave forced a playoff with Kenny perry. runner-up finishmarked the best of his pga tour career, bettering a t3at the 2006 chrysler classic of tucson...competed in allfour pga tour playoffs for the FedExcup events, with hisbest finish being a t12 at the Barclays. 2007: In just hissecond year on tour, collected five top-10s, including arunner-up finish at the Shell Houston open. Shared the36-hole lead after opening 69-71 and held the 54-hole leadby three strokes after a redstone gc tournament courserecord-tying 8-under-par 64. Finished three strokes behindchampion adam Scott after posting a final-round 72...Injust his second career major championship start, finishedt5 at the u.S. open at oakmont. trailed the leader, angelcabrera, by one stroke through 36 holes, and finished fourstrokes behind the eventual champion...For the secondstraight season, led the tour in Driving Distance withan average of 315.2 yards. 2006: rookie on tour afterfinishing 21st on the 2005 Nationwide tour money list...opened the year with a fourth-place finish at the Sonyopen in Hawaii. collected his first paycheck on tour, aBubba Watson (Continued)season-best $244,800, more than he earned on the 2005Nationwide tour money list ($202,437)...Best effort ofthe season was a t3 at the chrysler classic of tucson,three strokes behind winner Kirk triplett. played 72 holeswithout a bogey...Bogey-free streak came to an end at 100holes after he bogeyed the par-4 seventh hole on Doral’sBlue monster (at&t pebble Beach National pro-am-4holes, chrysler classic of tucson-72, Ford championshipat Doral-24)...Next top-10 came in august, a t6 at theINtErNatIoNaL. Led the field in putting average (1.457)despite entering the week ranked 173rd on tour...Ledtour in Driving Distance with an average of 319.6 yards.2005: Finished 21st on the Nationwide tour money list.one of three left-handers to graduate to the pga tourfrom Nationwide tour, joined by Eric axley and gregchalmers. Fell from 18th to 21st on money list after theNationwide tour championship and grabbed the last availablespot after graduating class was expanded to top 21thanks to a change in the eligibility following Jason gore’svictory on the pga tour...Season highlighted by a t2 atthe BmW charity pro-am at the cliffs...Led Nationwidetour in Driving Distance with an average of 334.0 yards(second-longest average in tour history). 2004: Finishedsecond twice on the Nationwide tour, losing in a three-wayplayoff at the Lake Erie charity classic and finishing t2 atthe mark christopher charity classic...Blasted a 422-yardtee shot, the longest recorded drive in Nationwide tourhistory, at the gila river golf classic...Finished 37th on thefinal Nationwide tour money list. 2003: Finished 63rd onthe Nationwide tour money list. 2002: First career start onthe pga tour was at the compaq classic of New orleansafter monday qualifying. missed the cut. Amateur: threetimeaJga all-america selection...First-team junior collegeall-american at Faulkner State in alabama...attended theuniversity of georgia where he helped the Bulldogs to the2000 SEc title. Second-team all-Southeastern conferencepick. Honorable mention all-american.PeRSonAL:Following his win at the travelers championship, dedicatedthe win to his wife, angie, and father, gerry, who wasbattling lung cancer and later passed away in october of2010…In august of 2010, provided a clinic in partnershipwith the pga tour’s “Birdies for the Brave” program withthe u.S. armed Forces. Father gerry, who was a lieutenantin the green Berets’ Special Forces during the VietnamWar, was honored prior to the clinic for his military servicewith a plaque presented to him by gen. Steven Duff, commanderof u.S. army Special Forces command (airborne) atFort Bragg, N.c. “It’s special. With my dad’s situation, it’sbrought to my heart that the military is much more importantthan what we do for a living. So I needed to do somethingfor the green Berets and bring light to the pensacolaarea.”…uses a pink shaft in his driver…attended thesame high school—milton (FL) High School a few yearsafter current pga tour players Heath Slocum and BooWeekley…Self-taught player who learned the game byhitting wiffle balls around his house. “the house wasprobably an acre and a half yard with big trees, downtownBagdad (FL). the house is sitting here, and I drew in thedirt driveway. I’d draw a big circle, and that would be myhole, a 5-foot circle. I’d go around it to the left and then I’dgo around it to the right. So I learned to cut it. If you knowabout wiffle balls or plastic balls, it’s hard to cut. then Ilearned to hook it the other way, hit it high over limbs, hitit low under limbs. I’d say non-stop every day from 6 to 12years old. Instead of playing with trucks out in the yard, I’dplay with a ball and a club.”…Wife angie is 6-foot-4 anda former university of georgia, WNBa and European professionalbasketball player…Sponsors the Bubba WatsonInvitational at the university of West Florida, a women’sNcaa Division II golf tournament at Stonebrook Village gc,Watson’s home course in pace, FL…affiliated with theFirst tee of Northwest Florida and the ronald mcDonaldHouse of pensacola, FL…Without letting family and friendsknow, completed requirements toward a degree at theuniversity of georgia in the summer of 2008, thereby validatinghis push for kids to stay in school.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.23 (17)Driving Distance ...........................................309.8 (2)Driving accuracy percentage .......................55.67% (176)greens in regulation percentage ................68.54% (55)putting average ...........................................1.763 (46)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 62–Bob Hope classic/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–2 times, mostrecent 2010 Bob Hope classic/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,080,000–2010 travelers championship/1career High official World Rank: after 2010 Justintimberlake Shriners Hospitals for children open/23Section 2 Player BiograPhiespgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-205