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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSMike Weir (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2fourth, 2003, third)...In July at the rBc canadian open,shared the first-round lead at 5-under 65, before finishingt5 with Nicholas thompson and Scott mccarron. His finishwas the best by a canadian in that event since he finishedsecond at glen abbey in 2004. called the task of carryingthe weight of his country on his shoulders “incredibly specialand lucky.”...Sporting a beard reminiscent of his commercialwith hockey great Wayne gretzky, finished t7 atthe Barclays. Shot 67-67 in the middle rounds at ridgewoodcc in paramus, NJ, in the first event of the pga tourplayoffs for the FedExcup. Was one stroke back through 54holes...Led after 54 holes at the Deutsche Bankchampionship the following week, but finished second, fivebehind Vijay Singh, who shot a final-round 63. It was hiseighth career runner-up finish and the ninth time in 10career attempts that he held a 54-hole lead and didn’t win.Shot a career-low and course record-tying 10-under 61 intaking the first-round lead at tpc Boston...posted his finaltop-10 finish of the season with a t6 effort at tHE tourchampionship presented by coca-cola...returned tograyhawk gc in September for the Frys.com open, site ofhis 2007 Fry’s Electronics open win. Fired four rounds in the60s, capped of by a final-round seven-under-par 63 to finisht4, his seventh top-10 of the season. 2007: returned towinner’s circle at the Fry’s Electronics open and defeatedWorld No. 1 tiger Woods in canadian homeland at thepresidents cup…recorded his first top-10 of the seasonwith a t8 at the at&t National. It was his first top-10 sincea solo sixth at the 2006 pga championship...representingthe International team in home country of canada as acaptain’s pick for captain gary player, posted a 3-1-1record including a 1-up victory over World No. 1 tigerWoods in the Singles matches...captured eighth careertour title at the inaugural Fry’s Electronics open, his firstwin since 2004. carded rounds of 69-64-65-68—266 toedge runner-up mark Hensby by one stroke, thanks in partto a 2-under-par effort over the last five holes. Victory tiedhim with george Knudson (8 wins, 1961-72) as the winningestcanadian in tour history. 2006: Finished in the top40 (No. 33) on the money list for the sixth time in the lasteight seasons. twelve top-25s were the most since he had16 in ‘03...Best finish was a t3 at the at&t pebble BeachNational pro-am...Finished t6 at the u.S. open at WingedFoot and sixth at the pga championship. posted at leasttwo top-10s in the majors for the third time in his nine-yeartour career (2003: won masters, t3 u.S. open, t7 pgachampionship; 2004: t4, u.S. open, t9, British open). 2005:Fell to No. 56 on the money list with only two top-10s in 23starts. Lingering neck injury suffered at 2004 Bell canadianopen affected play...2003 masters champion reboundedfrom missed cut in 2004 with t5 finish in augusta...compiled a 2-2-0 record at the presidents cup, including a3-and-2 Singles victory over Scott Verplank. 2004:maintained top-10 official World golf ranking status onthe strength of a victory at Nissan open and top-10s in twomajors...Started the final round with a five-stroke lead andsurvived a rainy final round at riviera to successfullydefend his Nissan open title. Won his previous six tourevents from behind and was 0-for-5 with a 54-hole lead.closed with an even-par 71 and became the first back-tobackwinner at riviera since corey pavin in 1994-95…posted back-to-back top-10s at the u.S. open with his t4finish (t3 in 2003). then posted back-to-back top-10s in amajor with a t9 at the British open in Scotland...Finished asrunner-up at the Bell canadian open after a bogey on the72nd hole pushed him into a playoff with Vijay Singh.missed a 5-footer for birdie on the second extra hole to winand was defeated by Singh on the following hole afterWeir’s approach found the hazard just right of the green.Held the second- and third-round leads, including a threestrokelead heading into Sunday’s final round. His best finishand just the second top-10 in 14 starts in his nationalopen. 2003: Had breakthrough season on tour with threewins, matching his career total entering the season, includinghis first major title at the masters. missed just one cutall season for the fist time in his career. Fifth-place finishon money list and earnings over $4.8 million were careerbests...claimed fourth pga tour title at Bob Hope chryslerclassic. Entered final day four shots behind tim Herron butfinal-round 67, tied for low final-round score, helped himedge Jay Haas by two strokes...Won for second time in fourevents at the Nissan open, finishing strong with a finalround5-under 66. Defeated charles Howell III with a birdieon the second playoff hole after beginning the final roundseven strokes behind Howell. payday moved him past the$2-million mark for the third time in the last four seasons...after recording just the fourth bogey-free final-round by awinner in the 67-year history of the masters (first sinceDoug Ford in 1957), defeated Len mattiace in a playoff witha bogey on the first extra hole. Nailed a 6-footer for par onthe 18th hole to force the playoff. Became first left-handersince Bob charles at the 1963 British open to win a major...Finished season with top-10s in three of four majors…Edged Los angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Eric gagne to winthe canadian press’s male athlete of the year award for athird time (also 2000 and 2001). 2002: Had 11 top-25s butdid not have a top-10 finish for the first time in his five-yeartour career...tied the plantation course record with10-under-par 63 before finishing t14 at the mercedeschampionships. His 63 was the lowest first-round score inmercedes championships history. 2001: Earned over $2million for second consecutive season and picked up a victoryfor the third straight year...Finished season by winningtHE tour championship. Final-round 68 put him in playoffwith Ernie Els, Sergio garcia and David toms. Birdie-3 onfirst extra hole gave him his first playoff victory and madehim first international player to win tHE tourchampionship. 2000: First canadian to play in presidentscup, where he led the international team with a 3-2-0record...collected his second victory on the pga tour inthe season-ending World golf championships-americanExpress championship. a bogey-free 67 on Saturday andfinal-round 67 lifted him to his first World golfchampionships title. career-best $1 million first prizemoved him to sixth on the money list with $2,547,829,seventh player to surpass the $2.5 million mark in singleseasonearnings...Lost first tour playoff at michelobchampionship when David toms sank a five-foot par putton first extra hole. 1999: Went from being medalist at 1998pga tour Qualifying tournament to tour championship...Earned first pga tour title at air canada championshipwith two-stroke victory over Fred Funk. Key to victory waseagle-2 from 147 yards on No. 14 during final round. Firstcanadian to win on native soil since pat Fletcher won 1954canadian open. First canadian to win on tour sincerichard Zokol won 1992 greater milwaukee open. 1998:as rookie, earned $218,967 to rank 131st on money list.1997: Led canadian tour order of merit after winning BctEL pacific open and canadian masters. Was firstcanadian to lead order of merit since Jerry anderson in1989. 1993: Named canadian tour rookie of the Year afterwinning Infiniti tournament players championship.Amateur: Won 1990 ontario amateur championship...Western athletic conference player of Year and secondteamall-american in 1992 at Brigham Young...Winner of1988 ontario Junior championship and 1986 canadianJuvenile championship.PeRSonAL:During busy presidents cup week in montreal in 2007, metand presented canadian prime minister Stephen Harperwith a personalized taylormade golf bag…Dropped theceremonial puck before the toronto maple Leafs playoffgame against the philadelphia Flyers on april 14, 2003.PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 3-2events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1989a 11992a 11992 11993 2 1 $1,940/3171994 11995 11996 5 2 1 1 36,624/2101997 4 1 7,709/2871998 27 13 2 5 218,967/1311999 30 20 1 1 1 7 12 1,491,139/232000 28 23 1 1 8 16 2,547,829/62001 23 20 1 2 1 6 13 2,777,936/112002 25 22 11 843,890/782003 21 20 3 4 10 16 4,918,910/52004 22 16 1 1 7 10 2,761,536/142005 23 14 1 2 6 1,363,467/562006 24 20 1 6 12 1,883,724/332007 23 20 1 4 9 89,198/87 1,986,053/352008 26 20 2 8 13 113,118/6 3,020,135/142009 24 20 1 1 6 12 468/29 2,379,422/262010 19 11 1 2 360/128 559,092/151total 331 243 8 9 8 68 138 26,798,374nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1993 1total 1* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters t28 t27 t24 1 cut t5 t11 t20 t17 t46 t43u.S. open cut t16 t19 cut t3 t4 t42 t6 t20 t18 t10 t80British open t37 t52 cut t69 t28 t9 cut t56 t8 t39 cut cutpga t10 t30 t16 t34 t7 cut t47 6 cut t42 cut cuttHE pLaYErS cut t44 t19 t27 cut t17 t22 t37 t32 t14 cuttour championship t26 21 1 t19 t4 t6 t25accenture match play championship t17 t17 t17 t17 t33 t9 t33 t33 t33 t17Bridgestone Invitational t24 25 t24 t23 t41 t36 t22 WD 10 t55ca championship t30 1 cNL t15 t28 t18 DNS t50 t20 t35 t26the Barclays WD t19 t12 cut t29 t41 t7 t31Deutsche Bank championship t30 2 t23BmW championship cut 2 t51 t3 t38 t3 cut cut t42 t67 t20nAtionAL teAMS: the presidents cup (5), 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009; World cup (6),1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007.2-210 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com