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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSMatt every (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2with rounds of 67-67 to win by three. First-place check of$180,000 vaulted him from No. 49 to No. 10 on the moneylist. No player below No. 32 on the money list prior to thetour championship had ever earned a card until Every’sbig finish. Victory was one of only four top-10 finishes in26 starts. Earned his first top-10 finish with a t4 at theStonebrae classic. posted rounds of 69-63 to take the36-hole lead but managed even-par 71s on Saturday andSunday. at the Hayward, ca, tournament, made his secondcareer Nationwide tour hole-in-one, a year after his firstace—at the 2008 mexico open. t5 at the cox classic inomaha, where he fired a 9-under 62 in the opening round atchampions run. His first-day scorecard included a 6-under29 on the front nine. added a t7 at the mexico open.2008: Enjoyed a solid rookie season on the Nationwidetour in 2008, making the cut in 12 of 26 starts. Switchedto a belly putter just before the season-opening panamamovistar championship and went on to finish 12th. Birdiedthe final hole Sunday to finish solo second at the mexicoopen the next week, five shots behind winner Jarrod Lyle.Second-round 65 featured two eagles, including his firsthole-in-one at any level. Second top-10 finish came witha t7 at the chitimacha Louisiana open. a third-round8-under 63 at the rex Hospital open moved him into ashare of the lead with Fran Quinn, before a 3-over 74 onthe final day left him t4 and four strokes behind championScott gutschewski. t5 at the Ford Wayne gretzky classic.2007: 2007: payed in five tour events, making two cuts andposting a career-best t30 at the 2007 chitimacha Louisianaopen. Amateur: Finished as the low amateur with a t28finish at the 2005 u.S. open. turned down a scholarshipto the university of North Florida and decided to walk onat the university of Florida. Went on to earn first-team allamericanhonors three times and win four tournaments.collegiate career highlighted by being named the winnerof the 2006 Ben Hogan award, presented annually to thetop men’s Ncaa Division I player. Was the first playerin school history to earn the honor. played on winningu.S. Walker and palmer cup teams. Winner of the 2001International Junior masters. other made cuts resulted ina t46 at the 2006 B.c. open and t64 at the 2007 crowneplaza Invitational at colonial.PeRSonAL:Lists making it to the final stage of the 2007 pga tourQualifying tournament as his biggest thrill in golf…Listscowboys as his heroes…got his start in golf from hisdad. His grandfather was a rollins college classmate ofnoted course architect pete Dye. His grandfather’s friendshipwith Dye earned him a sponsor’s exemption into the2007 National mining association pete Dye classic onthe Nationwide tour. Says Heisman trophy winner DannyWuerffel and mark calcavecchia are his favorite Floridagators. a fan of the tV show “Lost.” During a casualround in 2008 with Jeff Klauk, Bubba Dickerson and Joshmccumber, he bet the others he could throw his golf ballfrom the 17th tee at tpc Sawgrass pLaYErS Stadiumcourse onto the green. the ball landed on the front of thegreen. “When I hit my shot, I did put my ball inside theone I threw.”PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.99 (107)Driving Distance ...........................................290.9 (64)Driving accuracy percentage .......................62.06% (123)greens in regulation percentage ................64.75% (162)putting average ...........................................1.772 (73)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 63–2 times, most recent thegreenbrier classic/1career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–2 times, mostrecent 2010 the greenbrier classic/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $156,000–2010 Waste management phoenix open/t8career High official world Rank: after 2010 World golfchampionships-ca championship/208PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2005a 1 12006 3 1 $8,505/2007 2 1 12,420/2010 18 12 1 3 322/140 456,847/160total 24 15 1 3 477,772nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2006 2 1 $1,600/2912007 3 1 3,000/2772008 26 12 1 4 8 178,239/342009 26 16 1 4 7 300,936/102010 1total 58 30 1 1 8 15 483,776* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 05u.S. opent28nAtionAL teAMS: Walker cup (1), 2005.Brad Faxon (FaX-un)eXeMPt StAtUS: past championFULL nAMe: Bradford John Faxon, Jr.HeiGHt: 6-1weiGHt: 190BiRtHDAte: august 1, 1961BiRtHPLAce: oceanport, NJReSiDence: Barrington, rIFAMiLY: Wife, Dory; melanie, Emily, Sophie, charlotteeDUcAtion: Furman university (1983, Economics)SPeciAL inteReStS: all sports, golf course design,familytURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1983Q ScHooL: Fall 1983JoineD toUR: 1984PGA toUR VictoRieS (8):1991 Buick open. 1992 New England classic, theInternational. 1997 Freeport-mcDermott classic. 1999 B.c.open. 2000 B.c. open. 2001 Sony open in Hawaii. 2005Buick championship.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (1):1993 Heineken australian open [aus].otHeR VictoRieS (10):1986 provident classic. 1994 Franklin templeton Shootout[with Fred couples]. 1995 Fred meyer challenge [withgreg Norman]. 1996 Fred meyer challenge [with gregNorman]. 1997 Fred meyer challenge [with greg Norman].1999 Fred meyer challenge [with Billy andrade]. 2001 Fredmeyer challenge [with Billy andrade], Franklin templetonShootout [with Scott mccarron]. 2002 Franklin templetonShootout [with Scott mccarron].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t48—Quail Hollow championship.2010 SeASon:Worked as an analyst for NBc golf broadcasts during theseason…Did not record a top-10 finish for the fifth straightseason.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: playing on a top 25 in career money Exemption thatcarried over from 2008, played 23 events and made five cutswith a best result of t50 at the u.S. Bank championship inmilwaukee...three consecutive sub-par rounds, along witha final-round 72, saw him post 5-under 275 for his seasonbesttotal and a t57 finish at Wyndham championship...Will play the ‘10 season on a top 50 pga tour careermoney List exemption. 2008: underwent acL and microfracturesurgery on his right leg in December 2007 and didnot make his first start of the season until early octoberat the turning Stone resort championship...missed thecut in all three starts of the year. 2007: Finished outside2-266 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com