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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSBeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:2—2002 Bob Hope chrysler classic.nAtionwiDe toUR VictoRieS (3):1996 monterrey open. 1999 permian Basin open. 2000omaha classic.2010 SeASon:Did not compete during the season…Has seven eventsto earn $547,166 (coupled with $115,517 from 2009) toretain playing status for the remainder of 2011. Extensiondates to 2009 season, when playing out of the QualifyingSchool category, was limited to 15 starts due to lingeringback issues.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: after playing just nine events the previous five seasonsdue to injury, earned pga tour card via 2008 pgatour Qualfying School (t7). made the cut in seven of 15starts, with a t32 at the FBr open his best outing. the 15starts were his most since the 2003 season. 2008: playingfifth season with major medical Extension, missed the cutin his only start of the 2008 season at the FBr open, withrounds of 72-73. 2007: In fourth season with major medicalExtension, played in three events as he continued comebackfrom disk injury. 2006: playing on fourth consecutivemajor medical Extension, limited to just two events,making one cut at the chrysler classic of tucson. 2005:played in one event, a missed cut at the chrysler classicDavid Berganio, Jr. (Continued)of tucson. 2004: played in just two events on a majormedical Extension. 2003: Limited to only 15 starts due toa bulging disc...Did not play again after a first-round withdrawalat the FedEx St. Jude classic in late June. granteda major medical Extension...Lone top-25 in 15 starts wasa t19 at the EDS Byron Nelson championship, aided by afinal-round 66. 2002: Earned career-best finish (second) andlargest paycheck ($432,000) after losing to phil mickelsonin a one-hole playoff at the Bob Hope chrysler classic.Birdied the final hole of regulation to tie mickelson at30-under-par 330. Fourth-round 64 tied pga tour careerlow. 2001: Finished in the top 100 on the tour money listfor the first time...Had just one career top-10 entering theyear and added four more, including a career-best t3 atthe canon greater Hartford open...Held first-round lead inat&t pebble Beach National pro-am after tying SpyglassHill course record with 8-under 64. 2000: Finished 11th onthe Nationwide tour money list to regain his pga tourcard...captured the omaha classic by shooting a 67 in thefinal round to tie ahmad Bateman. used a par-4 on thesecond playoff hole to capture his third career victory. 1999:picked up his second title with a two-stroke win over Dickythompson and paul gow at the permian Basin open. 1997:as a rookie, finished just outside of keeping his conditionalcard on the pga tour at No. 155 on the money list. 1996:Final-round 66 gave him a one-stroke victory over fourothers at the monterey open...also had three runners-upfinishes...Earned his initial tour card for the 1997 seasonshane Bertsch (BirCh)eXeMPt StAtUS: minor medical ExtensionFULL nAMe: Shane thomas BertschHeiGHt: 6-2weiGHt: 185BiRtHDAte: march 30, 1970BiRtHPLAce: Denver, coReSiDence: Denver, co; plays out of glenmoore cc(Englewood, co)at pga tour Qualifying School. Amateur: Winner of the1991 and 1993 u.S. amateur public Links championships.PeRSonAL:played on the same college team at arizona as pga tourmember Jim Furyk…Was introduced to the game whilegrowing up in an economically depressed area of Losangeles by a local priest who gave him his first set of clubs.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.96Driving Distance ...........................................277.1Driving accuracy percentage .......................64.29%greens in regulation percentage ................61.11%putting average ...........................................1.830(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 68–World golf championships-Bridgestone Invitational/1career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 68–2010 Worldgolf championships-Bridgestone Invitational/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $39,250–2010 World golf championships–Bridgestone Invitational/t69career High official world Rank: after 2010 the Hondaclassic/83FAMiLY: Wife, monica; Brianna Dakota, Stella roseeDUcAtion: New mexico Junior college, texas a&muniversity (1994, parks and recreation)SPeciAL inteReStS: Fly fishing, skiingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1994Q ScHooL: 1995, 1996, 2009nationwide tour Graduate (2005)Section 2 Player BiograPhiesBeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t5—1996 greater Vancouver open.nAtionwiDe toUR VictoRieS (2):2000 upstate classic. 2005 BmW charity pro-am at thecliffs.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t25—Sony open in Hawaii.2010 SeASon:made the cut in his first three events of the season, beforebreaking his hand…returned in November, but missed thecut at the children’s miracle Network classic…coupledwith 2010 earnings of $57,108 and no money earned in2009, he has nine events to earn $605,575, equaling No.125 from 2009.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Shot a final-round 7-under 65 at the 2009 pgatour Q-School to guarantee status for 2010 as a tourqualifier...Limited to only two starts on tour due to injury...missed the cut in both starts on the 2009 pga tour...made the cut in three of four starts on the Nationwidetour, with his best finish a t25 at the utah championship.2008: topped $800,000 for the first time in his career,but finished No. 126 on the money list...made 20 of 29cuts to go with eight top-10 finishes including a t9 at theWyndham championship. 2007: Limited to just four startsdue to vertigo in 2007...Did not play after tHE pLaYErSchampionship...granted major medical Extension for the2008 season. 2006: returned to the pga tour for the firsttime since 1997 and finished in the top 125 for the first timein his three seasons on tour...Six top-25s were three morethan he had in his first two seasons on tour (1996-97)...posted his career-low round on tour in his first event of theseason, with a third-round 63 at the Sony open in Hawaii...recorded the second top-10 of his career and only one ofthe season, a t7 at the BellSouth classic, in april. 2005:Finished eighth on the 2005 Nationwide tour money list toreturn to the tour for the first time since 1997. moved upthe Nationwide tour money list each of last four years from96th in 2002 to 56th in 2003 to 25th in 2004 and eighth in2005...picked up first victory in almost five years at theBmW charity pro-am at the cliffs. combined with his winat the same tournament in 2000 is one of just four playerson tour to win the same tournament twice. collecteda career-best $112,500 after rolling in an 18-footer for abirdie on the last hole to cap off a six-stroke comeback witha final-round, 7-under 65...Lost playoff to Joe Daley at thepreferred Health Systems Wichita open. 2004: Lost playoffto Hunter Haas at the Knoxville open. 2003: missed theseason-ending, 55-member Nationwide tour championshipby $18 to michael allen. 2000: captured his first victory atthe upstate classic. Was six strokes back of leader Vaughntaylor after 36 holes. moved into contention on Saturdaywith then-career-best round, an 8-under 64. overcame twostrokedeficit to win by four. 1998: Winner of the coloradoopen. 1996: closed 68-66 for t5 at greater Vancouver open,his first career tour top-10 finish. 1994: First tournamentwin was the Southwest Kansas pro-am.PeRSonAL:a promising junior tennis player, he gave up the gameto concentrate on golf after losing a big match to futureNo. 1-ranked andre agassi…one of biggest thrills in golfwas first tournament win in 1994, the Southwest Kansaspro-am.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.71Driving Distance ...........................................263.4Driving accuracy percentage .......................67.31%greens in regulation percentage ................64.44%putting average ...........................................1.718(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 62–Bob Hope classic/1career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–2010 BobHope classic/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $165,183–2006 BellSouth classic/t7career High official world Rank: after 2008 Valerotexas open/277pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-239