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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2eighth top-10 at the u.S. open and 34th top 10 in a majorchampionship). It was the second-highest, final-roundscore in a major championship as a professional (76 at the2004 u.S. open; 75s at the 2009 pga championship, 2003masters, 1999 masters and 1997 pga championship)…carded a 6-under-par 65, his lowest round of the season,to share the first-round lead with Vaughn taylor at theBarclays. closed with a final-round 67 to finish t12 andmove to No. 65 in the FedExcup standings, earning a startat the Deutsche Bank championship…With 16 World golfchampionships titles and 28 top-10 finishes in 32 starts,returned to Sheshan International gc in Shanghai to tryand add the HSBc champions title, the only World golfchampionships title he has yet to capture, to his resume.twice a runner-up in three previous starts, made five birdieson his inward nine in the final round to shoot a 4-under68, good for t6 honors…Shot a final-round 65 in defenseof his JBWere australian masters title in melbourne.Strong finish at Victoria gc left him in fourth place, threestrokes behind winner Stuart appleby...Lost in a playoffto graeme mcDowell at the chevron World challenge.It was the first time as a professional that he lost afterholding a three-shot-or-more lead entering the final round.mcDowell drained a 20 foot putt on the 72nd hole to forcea playoff and then made a 25 foot putt on the first playoffhole (No. 18) to capture the win. the world’s No. 2-rankedplayer missed a 14-foot putt that would have extended theplayoff. He has finished in the top two at this event in eightof his 10 starts.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: In return from knee surgery in 2008, won six times onthe pga tour and captured his second FedExcup title. Had14 top-10s (third-most in his career) in 17 starts and ninefirst- or second-place finishes. Has 71 career wins, thirdonly to Jack Nicklaus (73) and Sam Snead (81)...returned toaction at the World golf championships-accenture matchplay championship after 2008 knee surgery. Lost in thesecond round to tim clark...Birdied the 72nd hole to beatSean o’Hair by one stroke and claim his sixth arnold palmerInvitational presented by mastercard. Sank a 15-foot birdieputt on the final green, duplicating his last-putt heroicsfrom two previous years (2001, 15-foot birdie putt to beatphil mickelson; 2008, 24-foot birdie putt to beat BartBryant). matched his largest comeback after 54 holes (fivestrokes) with his victory. He also came back from fivestrokes behind after 54 holes to win the 2000 at&t pebbleBeach National pro-am (mark Brooks and matt gogel). outof 66 career wins, it was his 19th coming from behind.Became the first player to win six arnold palmer Invitationaltitles. the only other players with multiple victories at theevent are tom Kite (1982 and 1989) and Loren roberts(1994-95)...Shot a final-round 68 to finish t6 at the masterstournament...took the first-round lead with a 7-under 65 atthe Quail Hollow championship, but finished in fourth twostrokes off the lead...Kept streak alive of 12 career madecuts in as many attempts at tHE pLaYErS, with eighthplacefinish, snapping a string of six consecutive appearancesat the event without a top-10 finish (dating back tohis win in 2001). the six consecutive events without notchinga top-10 finish represents his longest streak at anysingle event in his career...Birdied the last two holes toshoot a final-round 65 and win the memorial tournamentfor the fourth time, beating Jim Furyk by one stroke. trailedby four strokes entering the final round. Hit all 14 fairwaysin the final round and recorded his 20th come-from-behindvictory in his 67th career victory. chipped in for eagle frombehind the green on the par-5 11th hole and was tied withFuryk, Jonathan Byrd and Davis Love III at 10-under withtwo holes remaining before his final surge...posted the 31sttop-10 finish of his career in a major championship with at6 finish at the u.S. open...Won his own tournament, theat&t National hosted by tiger Woods, with a late birdie atcongressional cc. Was tied for the lead with anthony Kimentering the final round and was tied at 12-under withHunter mahan late in the back nine. made a 20-foot birdieputt on the par-5 16th hole and fired a closing 67 to get pastmahan and capture the title by one stroke. mahan tied theTiger Woods (Continued)course record with a 62 earlier in the day. the win was thethird of the season, the 68th of his pga tour career andmoved him to the top of the FedExcup standings for the firsttime in 2009...missed the cut at the British open atturnberry, just the second missed cut of his professionalcareer in a major championship (2006 u.S. open was thefirst)...Shot a final-round 69 and coasted to a three-shotvictory with a 20-under 268 at the Buick open for the 69thpga tour title of his career. Improved to 36-1 when he hadthe outright lead after 54 holes. the win was his fourth ofthe season in just 11 starts since returning from knee surgeryand the 69th of his career. He also claimed 500FedExcup points and moved to the top of the standings.reached victory No. 69 at the age of 33 years and sevenmonths—almost seven years faster than Jack Nicklausand eight years sooner than Sam Snead. Shot a 71 in thefirst round and came back with the best five-hole start ofhis career—beginning 6-under in the second round—enroute to a 9-under 63 for his best score in relation to par infour years. Shot a 65 in the third round and held a one-shotlead going into Sunday...Benefactor of a big change inmomentum on Firestone cc’s famous 16th hole in winningfor the 70th time in his career with the World golfchampionships-Bridgestone Invitational victory. trailing byone stroke, hit an 8-iron from 178 yards to within tap-inrange for a birdie on the long par-5 16th. meanwhile,padraig Harrington, the third-round leader, hit from thecollar of a bunker over the 16th green, but his delicate flopshot from behind the green came out hot, went into thewater and he made a triple bogey-8 to give up the lead.closed with consecutive 5-under 65s to reach 12-under andwin by four strokes over Harrington and robert allenby.Became the first player in tour history to win the sameevent seven times on the same golf course. also picked up550 FedExcup points and extended his lead to 946 points.Joined Sam Snead (82) and Jack Nicklaus (73) as the onlyplayers to win 70 career tour events, but did so nearlyseven years younger than Snead or Nicklaus...Finishedsecond at the pga championship, and for the first time inhis career (was 14-0), lost a third-round lead in a major towinner Y.E. Yang at Hazeltine National. Led after each ofthe first three rounds, including by two entering the finalround, but Yang chipped in for eagle on the 14th hole totake the lead and then made birdie on the 18th hole toshoot 70 and win by three. Woods’ final-round 75 was hisworst score in the final round of a major when he was inthe last group...Finished t2 at the Barclays in the first eventof the pga tour playoffs for the FedExcup. missed a7-foot birdie try on the final green that would have tied forthe lead. Finished at 8-under par with Steve Stricker, ErnieEls and padraig Harrington, one stroke behind winner HeathSlocum, who sank a 21-foot par putt on the final hole to winthe title. the start was his 250th on the pga tour, and forthe first time in his professional career in a stroke-playevent, he played with the same player (Zach Johnson) allfour rounds...Shot a final-round 63 to equal lowest finalround of his tour career at Deutsche Bank championship.course-record equaling front-nine 30 included a holed9-iron at the par-4 6th hole for eagle. the t11 finish representedthe third time in 2009 he finished outside the top-10(t17 at accenture match play and missed cut at Britishopen)...captured his sixth title of the season and took thelead in the FedExcup standings with an eight-stroke victoryover Jim Furyk and marc Leishman at the BmWchampionship. Shot a third-round, course-record 62 at cogHill to take a seven-stroke lead entering the final round andfinished at 19-under 265 to win for the fifth time at cog Hill.It was his 10th career pga tour victory by at least eightshots. It was also his 71st career victory, two short of JackNicklaus for second on the pga tour’s career list. alsotied Sam Snead with his sixth season of at least six victories...Finishedsolo second at tHE tour championshippresented by coca-cola, three strokes behind winner philmickelson, who shot a final-round 65. the finish secured asecond FedExcup title and the $10-million bonus. Had awin and two seconds in four playoff events...Won all fivematches at the presidents cup, four in team competitionwith Steve Stricker, in the united States victory at Hardingpark in San Francisco. Joined mark o’meara (1996) andShigeki maruyama (1998) as the only players to have a 5-0record in the event...Won the JBWere australian mastersin mid-November at Kingston Heath by two strokes overaustralian greg chalmers. Woods shared the third-roundlead with chalmers and James Nitties and then shot afinal-round 68. 2008: Won four of six starts, including avictory at the u.S. open, before ending his season withknee surgery after the u.S. open win in June...Won a fourthconsecutive Buick Invitational at torrey pines gc in lateJanuary. the eight-stroke victory over ryuji Imada was histhird consecutive on the pga tour and gave him 62 careerwins, tying arnold palmer for fourth on the all-time victorylist...Defeated Stewart cink 8 and 7 in the 36-hole championshipmatch to capture the World golf championshipsaccenturematch play championship for the third time. thevictory was his fourth straight on the pga tour and the63rd of his career, passing arnold palmer for fourth all-timein career pga tour wins, one behind Ben Hogan...Sank a24-foot birdie putt on the final hole to beat Bart Bryant andwin the arnold palmer Invitational presented by mastercardby one stroke, extending his pga tour winning streak tofive tournament starts. the win was the 64th of his career,tying Ben Hogan at No. 3 on the pga tour career victorylist...Finished fifth at the World golf championships-cachampionship at Doral, two behind winner geoff ogilvy,thereby breaking his streak of wins at five consecutivetour starts...on tuesday, april 15, two days after finishingsecond at the masters, underwent arthroscopic surgery onhis left knee in park city, ut to repair cartilage damage.Expected to miss 4-6 weeks. It was the same knee operatedon in 1994 for a benign tumor, followed by arthroscopicsurgery in 2002. Woods began experiencing pain in mid-2007 when he injured his anterior cruciate ligament whilerunning at home in orlando following the British open butopted not to have surgery at that time...In his first start twomonths after surgery, parred the first sudden-death hole tobeat rocco mediate and win the u.S. open at torrey pinesgc. prevailed after he birdied the par-5 18th hole onmonday afternoon to complete an even-par 71 in an18-hole playoff and tie mediate to force sudden death,beginning on the par-4 seventh hole. Hit the green in regulationand two-putted on the dogleg right while mediate,who was aiming to become the oldest u.S. open championat age 45, drove into a fairway bunker and then missed a20-foot par putt. Sank a 12-foot birdie putt on the 72nd holeto force the 18-hole playoff with mediate at 1-under-par283. the victory was his third in the u.S. open, his 14thmajor championship and the 65th of his tour career, thirdalone behind Sam Snead (82) and Jack Nicklaus (73).Improved to 14-for-14 in majors when holding the thirdroundlead. the win was also his seventh at La Jolla, ca’storrey pines (six Buick Invitationals and one u.S. open), themost in tour history on one course...announced onWednesday, June 18, two days after winning the u.S.open, that he would have reconstructive surgery on theanterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and miss theremainder of the 2008 season. also announced that pain inhis leg during the u.S. open resulted from a double stressfracture to his left tibia, which he suffered while rehabilitatingthe knee. Surgery was performed on tuesday, June24 in park city, ut by Dr. thomas D. rosenberg and Dr.Vernon J. cooley, who did arthroscopic surgery on thesame knee in april. 2007: Won seven times en route tocapturing the inaugural FedExcup, cruising through the pgatour playoffs for the FedExcup with two wins and a t2 inthree starts...captured 13th career major championship(second all-time to Jack Nicklaus’ 18) and finished the yearwith 61 official pga tour victories, fifth all-time. adjustedscoring average was 67.79, matching own record set in2000. With 60 official rounds, won his seventh careerVardon trophy and also captured the Byron Nelsonaward…In first start of pga tour season at the BuickInvitational, came from two strokes back in the final roundto post seventh consecutive tour victory, dating back tothe 2006 British open. Victory was fifth career BuickInvitational triumph, his third event with five-plus victories(ca championship and Bridgestone Invitational, both six2-218 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com