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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2Exemption, made five cuts in 20 attempts on the pga tour,with his best finish a t13 at the u.S. Bank championshipin milwaukee. 2006: playing out of the Q-School category,was limited to 11 events due to right knee injury and subsequentknee surgery in June. Did not play after the Barclaysclassic. posted one top-25 at season’s first full-field event,the Sony open in Hawaii (t16). 2005: Finished out ofthe top 125 but finished t5 at Qualifying tournament inDecember. 2004: Earned a career-best $873,139. positionon money list (91st) was best since 1999. Finished t4 atthe Buick classic, his first top-10 since a t6 at the 2002Buick open. 2003: Finished 109th on the money list forthe second straight season. 2002: regained fully exemptstatus and recorded first top-10 in five appearances at theu.S. open with a t8 finish. playing in 460th career tourevent, recorded first (second of career) pga tour hole-inonein the second round of the reno-tahoe open. ace wasthe first in the four-year history of the tournament. 2001:Involved in what is believed to be the first ace on a par 4 intour history at phoenix open when andrew magee’s driveon the 333-yard, par-4 17th hole caromed off his putter andwent into the hole. Byrum was lining up a putt when theball deflected off his putter and rolled about 8 feet into thehole. 2000: Ended the season with two top-10s in his lastTom Byrum (Continued)two starts worth a total of $183,610 to secure his card forthe 2001 season. 1999: Lost to Notah Begay III in playoffat michelob championship, when Begay parred secondextra hole. 1997: Nominated for comeback player of theYear after posting back-to-back runner-up finishes at thecanon greater Hartford open and Buick open. 1989: Lonetour victory came at Kemper open. took two-stroke leadafter third-round 65, then shot closing 68 for five-stroke winover tommy armour III, Billy ray Brown and Jim thorpe.Brother curt, now a golf channel analyst, won Hardee’sgolf classic that year, making them the first brothers towin in same year since mike and Dave Hill in 1972. 1995:runner-up finish at the tallahassee open his best outing in52 career Nationwide tour starts.PeRSonAL:after graduating from high school in onida, SD, joinedbrother curt in albuquerque, Nm, where tom worked atcountry club and was a walk-on with university of Newmexico golf team. after two years, transferred to Newmexico State in Las cruces. Involved with nine-hole course,the training Station, where golfers of all ages play three,six or nine holes.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................73.49Driving Distance ...........................................283.4Driving accuracy percentage .......................67.86%greens in regulation percentage ................57.41%putting average ...........................................1.903(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 70–Valero texas open/1career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–1993anheuser-Busch golf classic/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $270,000–1999 michelob championship at Kingsmill/2career High official world Rank: after 1998 at&tpebble Beach National pro-am/862010 ChAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICSScoring average (actual) .............................70.50Driving Distance ...........................................267.6Driving accuracy percentage .......................85.71%greens in regulation percentage ................75.00%putting average ...........................................1.765(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS ChAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS2010 champions tour Low Round: 67–2 times, mostrecent 2010 administaff Small Business classic/2.career champions tour Low Round: 67–2 times, mostrecent 2010 administaff Small Business classic/2Largest career champions tour Paycheck/Finish: $28,114–2010 administaff Small Business classic/t13Jim CartereXeMPt StAtUS: past championeDUcAtion: arizona State university (1984, Business)FULL nAMe: Jim Laver carterSPeciAL inteReStS: Family, sportsHeiGHt: 6-0tURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1985weiGHt: 185Q ScHooL: 1986, 1987, 2004BiRtHDAte: June 24, 1961nationwide tour Graduate (1994)BiRtHPLAce: Spring Lake, NcReSiDence: Scottsdale, aZ; plays out of tpc ScottsdaleFAMiLY: three sonsPGA toUR VictoRieS (1):2000 touchstone Energy tucson open.nAtionwiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):1994 New mexico charity classic.otHeR VictoRieS (2):1989 arizona open. 1996 arizona open.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t39—reno-tahoe open.2010 SeASon:made five starts on the pga tour, his first appearancessince 2006. Finished t39 at the reno-tahoe open for hisbest outing among three made cuts. t9 at the michael HillNew Zealand open, his best finish among 11 Nationwidetour starts.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:Becomes eligible to join the champions tour in June.played the pga tour on a full-time basis from 1987-90and again from 1995-2005. Had made 457 starts prior tothe 2011 season, with earnings of $4,766,514 and 26 top-10 finishes. Finished among the top 50 on the pga tourmoney list two times (1989 and 2000) and won his loneevent during the 2000 season. 2009: made six starts onthe Nationwide tour, with one made cut, a t59 at the coxclassic. 2006: made just three starts on the pga tour andone start on the Nationwide tour. 2005: Finished 216th onthe money list and did not post a top-10 for third straightseason. 2003: Finished out of the top 150 (172nd) on themoney list for the first time since 1990. 2002: posted fourtop-10s in 29 starts, with t5s in back-to-back weeks at thecanon greater Hartford open and the FedEx St. Jude classicthe last top-10s of his pga tour career. 2001: appeared in28 tournaments, making the cut 23 times. 2000: Finishedamong the top 50 on the pga tour money list for the firsttime since 1989...Broke through to earn first pga tour titlein his 13th year and 292nd pga tour start, a two-strokewin at the touchstone Energy tucson open. closing 66brought him from four strokes back of third-round leadertom Scherrer...During t57 at the mcI classic, neededonly 95 putts in four rounds at Harbour town gL, tying forthird-lowest total since tour began keeping stats in 1980.1999: Earned his first top-10 of year at Buick classic. Shared54-hole lead with eventual winner Duffy Waldorf. a closing74 produced a t5. 1998: posted eight top 25 finishes,including three top-10s...Best finish was a t3 at FreeportmcDermottclassic. 1997: Season’s best finish came atBuick classic where he closed with 65 to finish alone infifth place...also finished ninth at Buick challenge. 1996:PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.47Driving Distance ...........................................283.8Driving accuracy percentage .......................63.69%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: 69–2 times, most recent renotahoeopen/1career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 61–1989 centelclassic/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $540,000–2000 touchstone Energy tucson open/1career High official world Rank: after 2000 BellSouthclassic/1052-250 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com