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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2in tournament play. the 13-under-par round included a 27(9-under) on the second nine of his second round at theDominion open. recorded nine birdies and two eagles (oneof which was a hole-in-one)...placed 10th on Nationwidetour money list and earned exempt status on 1999pga tour. 1996: medalist at canadian tour Qualifyingtournament. Amateur: member of u.S. Walker cup team.member of Stanford’s 1994 Ncaa championship team,along with casey martin, where he was an all-americaselection for third time...Holder of record for lowest 18-holescore in Ncaa championship history with 62 in the secondround of the 1994 tournament. Winner of 15 major juniorand amateur titles.PeRSonAL:Began playing golf at age 6. Father played in a businessleague while working for the Bureau of Indian affairs.Notah would tag along for the twilight, nine-hole competition.In summer would save spare change for bucketof range balls and then asked head pro at Ladera golfNotah Begay iii (Continued)course near his home if he could work at course for playingprivileges…most successful Native american golfer,with four tour victories. Half Navajo, one-quarter SanFelipe and one-quarter Isleta…In a continuing effort tohonor heritage, conducted a junior clinic in philadelphia,mS, home to the choctaw Indian reservation, two weeksprior to the 2002 Southern Farm Bureau classic. “I hope tosort of continue to help (Native american) junior programsalong, and work with them to increase the diabetes awarenesswithin their community. these are some of the pivotalissues that are an integral part of my agenda as reachingout to Native american groups.”…Has putted left- andright-handed, depending upon direction the putt breaks…Brother clint caddied in his two 2000 victories…themovie, “Windtalkers,” starring Nicolas cage and christianSlater, tells the story of the 375 Navajo Indians recruitedto help in intelligence during World War II. Begay’sgrandfather, the late Notah Begay, was one of the Navajosrecruited to assist the u.S. government. His grandfatherwas a radioman and was stationed on the front line.David Berganio, Jr.eXeMPt StAtUS: minor medical ExtensionFULL nAMe: David Berganio, Jr.HeiGHt: 5-11weiGHt: 170BiRtHDAte: January 14, 1969BiRtHPLAce: Los angeles, caReSiDence: Sylmar, caFAMiLY: SinglePLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................74.61Driving Distance ...........................................280.6Driving accuracy percentage .......................62.45%greens in regulation percentage ................56.21%putting average ...........................................1.797(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 69–2 times, most recent renotahoeopen/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–2004 B.c.open/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $540,000–2000 FedEx St. Jude classic/1career High official world Rank: after 2000 World golfchampionships-NEc Invitational/19eDUcAtion: university of arizonaSPeciAL inteReStS: BasketballtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1993Q ScHooL: 1996, 2008nationwide tour Graduate (1996, 2000)PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-1events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1991a 11992a 21993a 2 11993 2 1 $2,486/3021994 4 1 5,105/2731996 4 2 1 36,590/2111997 30 14 1 3 118,290/1551998 3 1 6,487/3001999 5 4 48,015/2282000 4 3 34,625/2001 25 16 1 4 6 685,082/762002 30 13 1 1 2 573,151/1152003 15 6 1 124,065/1972004 22005 12006 2 1 6,060/2632007 3 1 250/44 11,025/2512008 12009 15 7 196/93 115,517/205total 151 71 1 1 6 13 1,766,499nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1993 11994 5 4 2 $6,830/1231995 41996 21 17 1 3 7 12 146,047/41998 20 14 6 8 76,969/321999 21 10 1 1 3 7 80,399/292000 24 17 1 4 14 196,512/112004 1 12005 2 1 1,500/3272006 2 1 1,815/2752007 3 3 11,839/2042008 1total 105 68 3 3 1 20 43 521,911* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04masters cut cutu.S. open cut t47 t16 t28 cuttHE pLaYErSWD t56the Barclays t33 WD t62 t29 t65 cut cutBmW championship cut DQYear 05 06u.S. opencutnAtionAL teAMS: Walker cup (1), 1993.2-238 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com