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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2pga tour card…Notched his first tour victory with a15-under-par 273 at the Virginia Beach open. Finishedfour strokes ahead of his nearest challengers, includingNationwide tour money leader Jimmy Walker. His16-under 128 equaled the low final 36-hole score of theseason. 2003: made the cut in six of nine events during hisrookie Nationwide tour season. 2002: received a SponsorExemption into the 2002 greater richmond open, wherehe finished t6 in his first career event on the NationwidePGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-2events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1998a 1 12001a 22001 2 1 $7,208/2002 6 4 34,293/2005 26 11 1 1 4 849,891/1002006 29 11 219,904/1872007 22008 28 15 1 7 92,910/137 708,549/1412009 17 8 1 1 1 428/112 807,578/1042010 26 13 1 3 340/133 500,625/157total 139 64 2 4 15 3,128,048nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2002 3 2 1 1 $16,594/1482003 9 6 3 27,466/1212004 24 18 1 1 2 7 12 281,161/72007 24 13 2 4 8 208,139/24total 60 39 1 3 2 12 24 533,361* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*James Driscoll (Continued)tour...a member of the canadian tour. Amateur: threetimeall-american at Virginia. recorded 23 career top-10finishes for the cavaliers. Winner of the 1998 golf DigestInvitational. runner-up to Jeff Quinney at the u.S. amateurin 2000. runner-up finish got him into the field of the 2001masters, where rounds of 68-78 led to a missed cut byone shot. His opening-round, 4-under-par 68 included just23 putts and was the best first-round amateur score since1983. member of the united States Walker cup team inPGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masterscutu.S. opencutBritish opencuttHE pLaYErS t27 t52the Barclays cut cut cut cutDeutsche Bank championshipt27BmW championship t21 t40nAtionAL teAMS: Walker cup (1), 2001.2001. Won a number of men’s amateur events throughoutthe country, including the New England amateur and theNorth and South amateur before turning pro in 2001...american Junior golf association first-team all-americaselection.PeRSonAL:Is the youngest of seven children.Bob estes (es-tis)eXeMPt StAtUS: 132nd on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: Bob alan EstesHeiGHt: 6-2weiGHt: 180BiRtHDAte: February 2, 1966BiRtHPLAce: graham, tXReSiDence: austin, tXFAMiLY: Wife, LizeDUcAtion: university of texasSPeciAL inteReStS: music, hunting, physical fitnesstURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1988Q ScHooL: 1988PGA toUR VictoRieS (4):1994 texas open. 2001 FedEx St. Jude classic, Invensysclassic at Las Vegas. 2002 Kemper Insurance open.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t4—rBc canadian open; t8—St. Jude classic.2010 SeASon:Finished outside the top 125 for just the second time (2008)since joining the pga tour full-time in 1989. posted a pairof top-10 finishes. First was a t8 at the St. Jude classic attpc Southwind, site of 2001 victory…carded three roundsin the 60s at the rBc canadian open in July, and along witheight others, finished t4 at St. george’s g&cc.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: playing on a top 50 career money Exemption,earned more than $1 million and finished within the top100 on the money list...Finished t4 at the at&t pebbleBeach National pro-am, his best finish since a second atthe 2006 Shell Houston open...Next top-10 finish of theyear came on monday at the rain-soaked rBc canadianopen at glen abbey gc. It marked his fourth top-10 finishat the rBc canadian open and best since a t2 in 2001.2008: Had two top-10s and finished 127th on the moneylist, his worst placement since 149th in 1996. used aone-time top 50 on the pga tour career money Listexemption for 2009…a third-round 64 led to a t6 finishat the Shell Houston open, four behind first-time winnerJohnson Wagner. It was his best finish since a t6 at the2007 at&t classic in atlanta. 2007: three top-10s in apriland may assured a spot in the top 125 for the season...Best finish was a t6 at the at&t classic, four strokes outof the Zach Johnson-ryuji Imada playoff. 2006: Finishedin the top 100 on the money list for the 15th time in hiscareer, including each of the last 10 years. made the cut in17 of 25 starts and was twice a runner-up...In eighth startof season, finished runner-up, six strokes behind winnerStuart appleby, at the Shell Houston open. It was his firsttop-10 of the season and best performance on tour sincea second at the 2004 FedEx St. Jude classic...posted hissecond runner-up finish of the season and second top-10,losing by one to Will macKenzie at the reno-tahoe open.Set tournament 36-hole record with a 15-under 129. Shared54-hole lead with macKenzie. Double bogeyed the firsthole of the final round but rallied to tie macKenzie enteringthe 72nd hole. missed 16-footer for birdie, then macKenziemade his from 10 feet to win. 2005: the 2001 champion ofthe FedEx St. Jude classic finished t6 for his lone top-10of the season and his fifth top-10 in his last seven appearancesat tpc Southwind. It was his first top-10 on toursince finishing second in memphis in 2004...closed with aneven-par 70 at the u.S. open to finish t11, his best effort inthe u.S. open in 11 career starts. 2004: only top-10 of theseason came in 13th start, a solo second at the FedEx St.Jude classic where he won in 2001. unusual second-round64 included a bogey on No. 10, a triple bogey on No. 11,followed by seven consecutive birdies (Nos. 12-18) for aback-nine 32. 2003: Despite not winning for the first timePLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.09 (116)Driving Distance ...........................................283.9 (125)Driving accuracy percentage .......................61.41% (132)greens in regulation percentage ................67.79% (79)putting average ...........................................1.800 (140)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–turning Stone resortchampionship/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 61–2 times, mostrecent 2001 FedEx St. Jude classic/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $810,000–2001 Invensys classic at Las Vegas/1career High official world Rank: after 2002 Buickopen/132-264 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com