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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2t2…Fifth top-10 of the year was a t9 at the mexico openBicentenary, where he played the par-5 eighth hole in7-under par. Ended the tournament at 7-under 281 despite15 additional birdies. payday of $15,000 pushed his seasontotal past the $200,000 mark…continued his solid play atthe next event by finishing third at the Ford Wayne gretzkyclassic. Fired an 11-under 61 at the raven gc in the openinground, which included an 8-under 28 on his openingnine holes, to lead by two shots. Held the second- andthird-round leads. Set the tournament 54-hole record, (192,22-under). Went into the final round with a five-stroke leadover Keegan Bradley. Shot a 71 and was passed by petertomasulo (61) and Bradley (65). Still posted his sixth top-10finish, leaving him $441 behind chris Kirk on the moneylist, with $267,328…added another top-10 with a t5 atthe cox classic, where he shared the 54-hole lead withJames Hahn. played the final eight holes in 1-over par fora 2-under 69. Finished 19-under and four back of winnermartin piller…Struggled later in the season and made thecut in only three of his final seven starts but had a pair oftop-15 finishes to maintain his position on the money list.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Finished No. 80 on the Nationwide tour moneylist despite not having any status on tour. attempted tomonday-qualify several times early in the year before hemade the field at the cox classic in late July. missed thecut in his first three events before he finished t5 at theNortheast pennsylvania classic, with four rounds in the60s. that performance earned him a berth into the mexicoopen the following week, where he was t11 and earned aspot in the utah championship. added a t9 to his resumein utah, which got him into the albertsons Boise open.Was tied for 29th going into the weekend before he shotrounds of 65-69 in his final two rounds at Willow creek cc.In Idaho, a third-round 75 dropped him out of contention,but he came back during the final day with the secondlowestscore of the round, a 4-under 67 and t43. Was amonday-qualifier at the Soboba classic and finished t14 togain entry into the chattanooga classic. moved to No. 76Kevin Chappell (Continued)on the money list and gained Special temporary membership.made the cut in his final six starts and had a scoringaverage of 69.125 in those events. received a sponsor’sexemption into the at&t pebble Beach National pro-amwhere he was paired with actor chris o’Donnell to t6.Finish earned him a berth in Northern trust open at rivieracc but missed the cut. Amateur: Led the fourth-rankeducLa Bruins to the 2008 Ncaa championship, their firstteam title since 1988. made a par on the final hole toprovide the team with a one-stroke win and became thefirst Bruin ever to win the individual Ncaa title. Was theonly player in the 156-man field to break par over four daysat purdue university’s Kampen course in West Lafayette,IN. received the 2008 Jack Nicklaus award as the topmale collegiate player, becoming the first ucLa playersince Duffy Waldorf in 1985 to earn that distinction. Was afirst-team all-america in 2008, a second-team selection in2007 and honorable-mention choice in 2006. Won the FredHaskins award in 2008 that goes to the nation’s top collegiategolfer. Was named the pac-10 conference player ofthe Year his senior season. Won three times in his senioryear and six titles during his time at ucLa, setting theschool scoring record his senior year (71.0)...member of thewinning united States palmer cup team in 2008.PeRSonAL:Father got him started playinggolf at age 5 when hetagged along with his dadand older brother. Didn’ttake golf seriously untileighth grade when familymoved near a golf course…attended Buchanan HighSchool in clovis, ca…Hishigh school buddy JasonDonald plays shortstop forthe cleveland Indians afterbeing involved in trade fromphiladelphia for cliff Lee inthe summer of 2008…Has been volunteer for Specialolympics since he was 10. godmother is a special educationteacher at Hoover High School in Fresno…Had a holein-oneduring a college fundraiser at ucLa, making the aceon his first swing of the day.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.91Driving Distance ...........................................283.3Driving accuracy percentage .......................60.82%greens in regulation percentage ................65.08%putting average ...........................................1.756(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 67–at&t pebble Beach Nationalpro-am/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 67–2010 at&tpebble Beach National pro-am/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $197,488–2009 at&t pebble Beach National pro–am/t6career High official world Rank: after 2010 thegreenbrier classic/175PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2008 22009 3 1 1 1 $197,488/2010 2 1 1 44,000/total 7 2 1 2 241,488nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2008 1 1 $3,525/2382009 9 6 2 4 71,099/802010 24 14 1 1 1 7 10 326,507/9total 34 21 1 1 1 9 14 401,130* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*Daniel Chopra (chope-rUh)eXeMPt StAtUS: past championFULL nAMe: Daniel Samir chopraHeiGHt: 6-0weiGHt: 180BiRtHDAte: December 23, 1973BiRtHPLAce: Stockholm, SwedenReSiDence: orlando, FLFAMiLY: Wife, Samantha; casper Skywalker and cocoSydney (2010)SPeciAL inteReStS: television, reading, film, snookertURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1992Q ScHooL: 2003JoineD toUR: 2004nationwide tour AlumnusPGA toUR VictoRieS (2):2007 ginn sur mer classic. 2008 mercedes-Benzchampionship.nAtionwiDe toUR VictoRieS (2):2004 First tee arkansas classic, Henrico county open.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (9):1993 Johor Bahru open [malaysia], Swedish Internationalchampionship. 1994 classic Indian masters, Jamtlandopen [Eurchall], challenge chargeurs [Eurchall], Indianpga championship, malaysian pga championship. 1995taiwan open [asia]. 2001 mercuries masters [asia].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t11—at&t National; t16—Zurich classic of New orleans;t25—the mcgladrey classic.2010 SeASon:With just three top-25s, missed the pga tour playoffsand finished outside the top 125 on the money list for thefirst time in seven-year career. Best result was t11 at theat&t National.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Finished the season 103rd on the money list with apair of top-10 finishes...Finished t8 at the arnold palmerInvitational after shooting even-par 280...claimed his nexttop-10 at the John Deere classic thanks to a 5-under 66and 4-under 67 in third and final rounds, both of whichwere played on Sunday due to inclement weather earlier inthe week. the t9 finish at tpc Deere run was his best infive starts there...Scored the only ace of the tournament atthe Barclays, holing a 6-iron at the fourth hole in the thirdround, and finished t58. Entered the week at No. 100 inthe FedExcup standings and stayed there to advance to theDeutsche Bank championship the following week. 2008:Won his second pga tour title at the season-openingmercedes-Benz championship. Defeated Steve Stricker ina four-hole playoff. Birdie on the par-5 ninth, the fourthplayoff hole, gave him his second tour title in his lastthree starts, dating back to the 2007 ginn sur mer classic.In playoff, he left three putts on the edge of the hole, thelast of which was an eagle attempt on the fourth playoffhole. Became the fifth different foreign-born player towin the mercedes-Benz championship over the last sevenyears...recorded an ace during the third round of the BobHope chrysler classic, holing an 8-iron from 173 yards atSilverrock resort’s 14th hole...Held a two-shot lead through54 holes at the Buick open before a final-round 75 lefthim t17. Bogeyed four of his first seven holes on Sundayen route to a front-nine 40. 2007: First top-10 was a t8 atthe Honda classic, finishing two strokes out of a four-wayplayoff won by mark Wilson...Finished t3 at the Valero2-252 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com