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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2major medical Extension status for the remainder of 2008.2006: posted back-to-back top-10s for the first time in hisnine-year tour career. collected his first top-10 of theseason with a t5 at the at&t pebble Beach Nationalpro-am...Following week added a third at the Nissanopen, two strokes behind winner rory Sabbatini. tiedwith Sabbatini and two others with three holes to play butbogeyed the par-3 16th to take himself out of contention.the solo third-place finish topped his two career t3s for hisbest finish on tour in his 219th start. collected a careerbest$346,800. 2005: after years of nagging injuries, wasfinally healthy. played out of the major medical Extensioncategory the majority of the year and earned top-125status on the strength of nine top-25s...Lone top-10 wast8 at the Buick open, aided by three rounds in the 60s.2004: posted four rounds in the 60s to finish t8 at the Sonyopen in Hawaii, lone top-10 of the season...Entered theseason’s final full-field event, the chrysler championship,No. 126 on the money list but missed the cut to finishNo. 128. re-gained tour card for 2005 via Qualifyingtournament. 2003: Finished in the top 125 for the thirdconsecutive season and the fourth overall...In late July,compiled first top-10, t4 at the greater Hartford open...Nevada native tied for the 54-hole lead with tim Herronat the reno-tahoe open. Final-round 75 dropped finish tot6...Solidified his job for 2004 with a t8 finish at the 84LumBEr classic. 2002: got off to a late start due to hipand shoulder surgery in fall of 2001 to finish just in topCraig Barlow (Continued)125 to secure tour card for 2003...Withdrew from firstevent back from surgery at the Honda classic in march,where suspension of play would have forced 36 holes ofplay on Saturday...First top-10 came in august, when hefinished t7 at the INtErNatIoNaL...at the air canadachampionship, a t3 matched best tour finish of t3 at the1999 Buick challenge. Finished t7 at tampa Bay classic,boosting official earnings inside top 125 (120th, $486,288)for the first time all season...Never fell out of top 125 forthe rest of the season, despite missing cuts in three of finalfour events. 2001: only top-10 came at at&t pebble BeachNational pro-am. 2000: Best effort of the season cameat the tampa Bay classic where he finished t10...afterfinishing 137th on the money list, successfully completedQualifying tournament. 1999: Successful sophomore seasonon tour, with a t4 at the compaq classic and a t3 latein the year at the Buick challenge. prior to the week of theBuick challenge, was 153rd on the money list, but earned$93,600 and moved to 126th on money list...Later securedcard in hometown at Las Vegas Invitational. 1998: Failed toretain playing privileges by finishing 183rd on tour moneylist. returned to Qualifying tournament and finished 18th.1997: Earned pga tour status for 1998 after finishing28th at the pga tour Qualifying tournament. Amateur:Winner of the 1994 Nevada State amateur...Qualified forthe 1994 u.S. open...Named 1994 Southern Nevada golfassociation player of the Year...1995 Nevada State matchplay champion.PeRSonAL:about injuries that plagued him in his career: “It’s beenfrustrating, but I promised myself through this whole thingthat I was going to be patient. It’s hard to perform againstthe best golfers in the world when your body is not allowingyou to do it.”…as a child. served as standard-bearerfor the Las Vegas Invitational. Later, worked on tournamentoperations staff…ranked fifth in Nevada as a high schooltennis player in 1990…Worked at pizza Hut for five yearsbefore playing on pga tour.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.54Driving Distance ...........................................297.1Driving accuracy percentage .......................65.69%greens in regulation percentage ................68.11%putting average ...........................................1.810(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 65–puerto rico open presentedby Banco popular/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 61–1999 LasVegas Invitational/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $346,800–2006 Nissan open/3career High official world Rank: after 2006 ShellHouston open/89PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1994a 11998 29 13 2 $98,111/1831999 28 16 1 2 3 327,393/1242000 31 19 1 4 297,672/1372001 23 14 1 4 414,139/1222002 22 9 1 3 5 528,569/1242003 29 17 3 5 638,721/1002004 25 14 1 7 595,820/1282005 26 15 1 9 720,362/1122006 22 16 1 2 5 1,006,538/932007 16 10 1 199/451 154,214/2052008 15 6 1 200/567 129,732/2162009 5 1 11,271/2492010 10 8 1 1 193/100 184,622/191total 282 158 3 15 47 5,107,164nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1998 2 1 1 $1,748/2092009 14 10 1 4 4 124,121/512010 15 8 2 3 55,485/93total 31 19 1 6 8 181,353* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06u.S. open cut 82 t26pgacuttHE pLaYErS t57 cut cut cut t63 cutthe Barclays WD cut t42 cut cut cut t22 t58BmW championship cut t49 WD cut t73 t24 cut cutYear 07 08 09 10u.S. open cut t77British opencut2-234 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com