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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSeric axleySection Player BiograPhies2PGA toUR VictoRieS (1):2006 Valero texas open.nAtionwiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):2005 the rex Hospital open.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t63—u.S. open.2010 SeASon:playing out of the past champion category, managed justsix starts, with a t63 at the u.S. open his best outingamong two made cuts…missed the cut in all five starts onthe Nationwide tour.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: made the cut in just seven of 30 starts on the pgatour and failed to record a top-25 finish. 2008: Enjoyedhis best season on tour since his rookie year of 2006with three top-10 finishes, including t4s at the John Deereclassic and Legends reno-tahoe open...Finished t9 at theu.S. open after closing with a 2-under 69. Had never madea cut in a major championship in four previous starts. It washis first top-10 of the season and first top-10 since finishingt3 at the 2006 chrysler classic of greensboro...Second top-10 of the year was a t4 finish at the John Deere classic.Held the 54-hole lead with Brad adamonis, but closed withan even-par 71 to miss the three-man playoff...after notop-10s in 2007, claimed his third top-10 in six weeks witha t4 at the Legends reno-tahoe open, thanks to a birdiebirdiefinish Sunday. 2007: Struggled during the seasonwith 18 cuts made in 36 starts. Best finish of the year cameat the poDS championship, a t19...Had two tournaments,eXeMPt StAtUS: past championFULL nAMe: Eric axleyHeiGHt: 6-0weiGHt: 185BiRtHDAte: april 22, 1974BiRtHPLAce: athens, tNReSiDence: Knoxville, tNFAMiLY: Wife, cortney; teagan, Skyhahthe crowne plaza Invitational at colonial and Wyndhamchampionship, where he strung four consecutive sub-parrounds together...made a hole-in-one at the ginn sur merclassic during the opening round and won a 2008 chryslerSebring convertible. 2006: Fresh off the Nationwide tour,rookie earned first pga tour victory and surpassed $1million in earnings on the season. Jumped from No. 183 toNo. 73 over the course of the final month and made the cutin nine of final 10 starts…after minimal success in his first26 starts, became the eighth left-hander to win in tourhistory at the Valero texas open. after playing his first 14holes 1-over par, played his final 58 holes 16-under andwent a stretch of 53 holes without making a bogey (No.6/first round to No. 13/final round). collected a first-placecheck for $720,000. Led by four entering the final round andcarded a 1-over 71 to win by three over three players. the71 marked the first time since 1960 that a Valero texasopen champion carded an over-par final round. arnoldpalmer overcame sub-freezing temperatures to win in 1960despite a final-round 75...added a t3 at the chrysler classicof greensboro. Held the lead on back nine at one point buttwo bogeys over his last five holes left him three strokesbehind winner Davis Love III. 2005: one of three leftiesto advance to the pga tour from the Nationwide tour,joining greg chalmers and Bubba Watson...In second startof season and sixth career start on the Nationwide tour,the monday qualifier captured his initial victory at the rexHospital open in raleigh, Nc. only player in field to postfour rounds in the 60s. Became the tour’s third left-handedwinner (Vic Wilk and Steve Flesch)...closed season witha runner-up finish at the Nationwide tour championship,eDUcAtion: East tennessee State universitytURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1997JoineD toUR: 2006nationwide tour Graduate (2005)PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................73.34Driving Distance ...........................................295.9Driving accuracy percentage .......................51.19%greens in regulation percentage ................55.09%putting average ...........................................1.790(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 69–Viking classic/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–2 times, mostrecent 2006 Valero texas open/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $720,000–2006 Valero texas open/1career High official world Rank: after 2006 Frys.comopen/169which jumped him from No. 27 on money list to No. 16.2003: Won the capitol city open on Nga/Hooters tour.2002: took home the first of two career Nga/Hooters tourvictories when he made an eagle on the first playoff hole toclaim the Northwest arkansas classic. Amateur: attendedEast tennessee State university, the same school thatproduced tour golfers mike Hulbert, Keith Nolan, Bobbygage and garrett Willis.PeRSonAL:almost gave up the game after a mountain-biking accidentin the late 1990s.PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2004 12005 2 1 $11,100/2006 29 16 1 1 2 5 1,274,580/732007 36 18 4 145/1,740 440,911/1562008 35 22 3 6 100,610/63 899,215/1162009 30 7 206/70 83,152/2082010 6 2 241/6 24,124/232total 139 66 1 1 5 15 2,733,081nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1998 12003 12004 2 1 $1,260/3662005 21 14 1 1 4 8 227,997/162006 4 1 1 6,090/2112009 22010 5total 36 16 1 1 4 9 235,347* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 04 05 06 07 08 09 10u.S. open cut cut cut t9 cut t63pgacuttHE pLaYErS cut cutthe Barclayst38Deutsche Bank championship t27 t82BmW championship t82 t222-230 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com