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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSBlake adamsSection Player BiograPhies2BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t2—2010 Hp Byron Nelson championship.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t2—Hp Byron Nelson championship; t10—at&t pebbleBeach National pro-am.2010 SeASon:Solid rookie season, with two top-10 finishes and a 95thplace finish in the FedExcup standings…one of four playersmaking first career start on tour at the Sony openin Hawaii. Finished t25…Improved on that in February inhis first start at the at&t pebble Beach National pro-am,where he finished t10 with five others…after a first-round,6-over 77 at the Verizon Heritage, turned in a 14-stroketurnaround on Friday with a career-low 8-under 63, just twostrokes shy of the best second-round score at the VerizonHeritage (61, David Frost, 1994). tied a tour record withjust 18 putts during the round, just the ninth player toperform the feat and the first since Ken Duke during thethird round of the 2009 World golf championships-cachampionship. Had only eight putts on the front nine…Finished t2 at the Hp Byron Nelson championship afterholding a share of the first- and second-round leads. the t2was a career-best finish. trailed Jason Day by two enteringthe final round and by one going to the 72nd hole. However,after Day hit his second shot in a greenside hazard, also hithis second shot in the water from the right trees. madedouble bogey on the final hole to fall into the tie with Briangay and Jeff overton.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Finished No. 3 on the Nationwide tour money listto earn his pga tour card for 2010. Set a tour record foreXeMPt StAtUS: 98th on the 2010 money listFULL nAMe: Samuel Blakely adamsHeiGHt: 6-3WeiGHt: 205BiRtHDAte: august 27, 1975BiRtHPLAce: Bartlesville, oKReSiDence: Swainsboro, ga; plays out of gc ofcuscowillaPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2010 26 15 1 2 5 556/95 $963,593/98total 26 15 1 2 5 963,593nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings2007 16 5 1 $23,270/1542008 11 7 1 4 63,071/942009 21 16 2 2 8 12 399,749/3total 48 28 2 2 9 17 486,090* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*most money earned in a single season without a victory($399,749), breaking the mark of $324,627 set by DarronStiles in 2008. Had eight top-10 finishes and 12 top-25s.Finished No. 1 in total driving, No. 2 in driving distance, No.3 in scoring average and No. 4 in birdie average. Earned hisfirst top-10 of the year with a t3 at the BmW charity proam.collected his second top-10 with a t3 at the Knoxvilleopen, missing a playoff by a stroke. continued his excellentplay with a solo second at the Ford Wayne gretzky classic,making a 40-foot birdie putt on 72nd hole to move intosecond. Was one of seven players to post four rounds inthe 60s at the cox classic in omaha, where he finished soloeighth. third straight top-10, a t6, came the following weekat the Nationwide children’s Hospital Invitational. moneywas enough to push him to No. 6 on the money list and lockup a spot on the pga tour in 2010. Earned fourth consecutivetop-10, at the preferred Health Systems Wichita open.Final-round 73 at the price cutter charity classic ended astreak of 22 consecutive rounds at par or better. added asolo fourth at the christmas In october classic. Finished at15-under par, five shots back of winner michael Sim. Heldthe outright lead after the first, second and third rounds ofthe albertsons Boise open but finished second when playingpartner Fran Quinn birdied the 72nd hole to win by one.It was his sixth top-10 in his previous eight starts. Earned$78,800 and moved to No. 2 on the money list. 2008: madeseven Nationwide tour cuts in 11 starts, including four top-20 finishes. posted his first top-10 in his 18th career starton the Nationwide tour with a t6 at the South georgiaclassic. Shot 24 sub-par rounds in 36 rounds played in 2008.2007: played his rookie season on the Nationwide tour,making five cuts in 16 starts, having had no prior experienceon either the pga tour or Nationwide tour. playedFAMiLY: Wife, Beth; Jake (6/7/2007), Libby (4/27/10)eDUcAtion: georgia Southern (2001, Sociology)SPeciAL inteReStS: Hunting, fishing, watchingsports, spending time with familytURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2001nationwide tour Graduate (2009)the Hooters tour beginning in 2002 and the gateway tourin 2005. Had one victory on each tour during that stretch.PeRSonAL:got his start in golf at age 5 when he would go to the golfcourse with his dad. Lists his parents as his heroes. citesplaying augusta National and making it to the final stage ofthe pga tour Qualifying tournament as his biggest thrillsin golf. Was a two-time, first-team all-state basketballplayer in high school. Wears black on Sundays in memoryof his father, who passed away on Easter Sunday in 2004.PLAYeR StAtiSticSPGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 10the BarclayscutDeutsche Bank championship t612010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.08 (113)Driving Distance ...........................................291.3 (63)Driving accuracy percentage .......................66.84% (52)greens in regulation percentage ................66.73% (102)putting average ...........................................1.770 (67)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 63–2 times, most recent crowneplaza Invitational at colonial/1career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–2 times, mostrecent 2010 crowne plaza Invitational at colonial/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $485,333–2010 Hp Byron Nelson championship/t2career High official World Rank: after 2010 Hp ByronNelson championship/1122-4 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com