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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2tour winner’s circle with victory at memorial tournament...Finished 25th on the money list, highest ranking since 1987,and made first trip to tHE tour championship since winningthat event in 1987. 1993: captain of victorious rydercup team. 1987: Won season-ending Nabisco championship(now tHE tour championship) and finished in top five onmoney list (No. 5) for last time in his career. 1984: Finishedin top-3 six times including three victories...First on finalmoney list for fifth time in career...Won pga of americaplayer of the Year award for sixth time in career (1977-80,1982 and 1984). 1983: Won the last of his eight majorchampionship crowns at the British open. also capturedBritish open titles in 1975, 1977, 1980 and 1982, masterstitles in 1977 and 1981 and the 1982 u.S. open. 1982: Wononly u.S. open title, chipping in on the 17th hole at pebbleTom Watson (Continued)Beach to nip Jack Nicklaus...For sixth consecutive year,captured at least three victories in a season. During thattime (1977-82) posted 26 wins, 13 runners-up finishes and10 thirds along with being the pga tours leading moneywinnerfour years in a row (1977-80)...Became one of sixplayers to win u.S. and British opens in same year (BobbyJones, gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Lee trevino and tigerWoods). 1980: Became first player to earn $500,000 in aseason when he captured six tour events to go along withthird British open...Was last player to win same eventthree consecutive years (1978-79-80 gtE Byron Nelsonclassics) before tiger Woods accomplished the feat twicein 2001. 1979: Earned third consecutive Vardon trophy(1977-79). 1974: First victory came at Western open, wherehe defeated tom Weiskopf and J.c. Snead by two strokes.Boo WeekleyeXeMPt StAtUS: 111th on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: thomas Brent WeekleyHeiGHt: 6-0WeiGHt: 210BiRtHDAte: July 23, 1973BiRtHPLAce: milton, FLReSiDence: Jay, FL; plays out of cc of Brewton (aL)PeRSonAL:active in Kansas city-area charitable endeavors, includingchildren’s mercy Hospital and development of golf coursesfor junior players. Won the 2003 card Walker award as theresult of his interest in junior golf…In 1999, named honorarymember of the royal & ancient gc of St. andrews,joining fellow americans arnold palmer, Jack Nicklaus,former president george Bush and gene Sarazen…Led theeffort to raise awareness of aLS, the disease that took thelives of longtime caddie Bruce Edwards and former tourplayer Jeff Julian. Web site is bruceedwardsfoundation.org…Visited u.S. troops in Iraq in late 2007 and 2009 alongwith corey pavin and tim Simpson.FAMiLY: Wife, Karyn; thomas parker (8/14/01), aideno’Neal (6/23/08)eDUcAtion: abraham Baldwin agricultural collegeSPeciAL inteReStS: Hunting, fishingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1997Q ScHooL: 2001JoineD toUR: 2002nationwide tour Graduate (2006)PGA toUR VictoRieS (2):2007 Verizon Heritage. 2008 Verizon Heritage.otHeR VictoRieS (1):2009 aDt Skills challenge [with Brandt Snedeker].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:9—crowne plaza Invitational at colonial, the greenbrierclassic; t10—Zurich classic of New orleans.2010 SeASon:His t10 finish at Zurich classic of New orleans was his firsttop-10 of season and fourth top-25 in five starts. posted9-under 279 total but was 10-under, and bogey-free, on thefront nine for the week…Next top-10 came with a ninthat the crowne plaza Invitational, spurred on by a secondround,7-under 63, just one shy of his career-best round.Friday’s round was aided by a 6-under 30 on the back nineat colonial cc…a second-round 7-under 63 paved the wayto a t9 finish at the inaugural greenbrier classic, his thirdtop-10 finish of the year.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: made the cut 19 times in 22 starts, while postingeight top-25 finishes, including a top-10 in just his secondstart of the year...opened the season with a t15 finish atthe mercedes-Benz championship, followed by a t9 atthe Sony open in Hawaii...Forced to withdraw in the thirdround of tHE pLaYErS championship in may because ofa shoulder injury. Sat out for a month, then missed cuts atthe St. Jude championship and u.S. open before finishingt14 at the travelers championship. Did not miss a cut forthe remainder of the season (eight starts)...teamed withBrandt Snedeker in october to win the aDt Skills challengein palm Beach, FL. 2008: Won for the second consecutiveseason at the Verizon Heritage. made the cut in 19 of 24starts, including a career-best 11 top-25 finishes. Finishedsophomore campaign No. 33 in FedExcup standings andNo. 25 in earnings, surpassing $2 million in earnings for thesecond straight year...recorded his first top-10 finish of theyear with a t8 showing at the Bob Hope chrysler classic.Highlight of the week came on Saturday when birdies onthe final four holes at the palmer private course at pgaWest equaled the round of the week with a career-best10-under 62, topping the 63 he posted during the final roundof the 2002 FedEx St. Jude classic...after playing withhis mom in the pro-am, successfully defended his VerizonHeritage title at Harbour town. after chipping in for par onthe last two holes in 2007, holed a 78-yard chip for birdie atthe par-4 10th hole and went on to a three-stroke win overaaron Baddeley and anthony Kim. Became the first backto-backwinner at this event since Davis Love III in 1991-92.also the eighth player since 1960 to win his first two tourtitles in the same event...recorded his fifth top-10 finishwith a t4 at the Stanford St. Jude championship. He wasthe first-round leader with a 5-under 65 and recorded threerounds in the 60s...one of six rookies and an emotionalleader on the winning u.S. ryder cup team. Earned 2.5points in three matches for the team, including a 4-and-2win over oliver Wilson in Sunday Singles. garnered worldwideattention for riding his driver “cowboy horse” styledown the first fairway, leading eventually to an appearanceon “the tonight Show with Jay Leno.” also, dropped thegreen flag at the fall NaScar race in talladega, aL. 2007:the 2006 Nationwide tour graduate earned his first pgatour victory at the Verizon Heritage and collected morethan $2.5 million for the season...after returning to thepga tour for the second time, posted first career top-10in 30th career start at the mayakoba golf classic. Finishedsixth, three shots behind champion Fred Funk...one weeklater, finished t2 at the Honda classic after losing in afour-man playoff. three-putted the 72nd hole while holdinga one-stroke lead, missing a 3-foot par putt to fall into aPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-1events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2002 24 5 2 $95,206/2002007 29 20 1 1 1 5 9 96,399/25 2,613,211/232008 24 19 1 5 11 102,513/33 2,398,751/252009 22 19 1 8 802/73 1,107,448/852010 27 16 3 7 526/98 872,729/111total 126 79 2 1 1 14 37 7,087,345nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2002 2 1 1 $6,750/1952003 23 14 2 6 74,149/672004 20 13 1 4 49,690/912005 22 13 1 5 50,846/912006 24 19 2 2 9 14 312,843/7total 91 60 2 2 13 30 494,278* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 07 08 09 10masterst20 cutu.S. open t26 t26 cutBritish opent35 cut t13pga t9 t20 t36 cuttHE pLaYErS t44 t21 WD t56tour championshipt21accenture match play championship t9 t17Bridgestone Invitational t30 t66 t58 t46ca championship t30 t61the Barclayst35 cut t41 cutDeutsche Bank championship t41 t27 t54 cutBmW championship t57 t28nAtionAL teAMS: ryder cup (1), 2008; World cup (1), 2007.2-208 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com