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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2robin Freeman (Continued)BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t2—1995 gtE Byron Nelson golf classic.nAtionwiDe toUR VictoRieS (2):1998 Knoxville open, San Jose open.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t67—reno-tahoe open.BeSt 2010 cHAMPionS toUR FiniSH:t8—Senior pga championship2010 SeASon:Shared the first-round lead at the Senior pga championshipin may following a 6-under-par 66 and eventually finishedt8 in the champion tour’s first major championship, markinghis only top-10 finish in nine starts during the season…Was the only player over 50 to make the cut at the renotahoeopen and eventually finished t67, his best finish infour pga tour starts.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: made debut on the champions tour, with a bestfinish of t8 at the u.S. Senior open. made his first pgatour cut in four years with a t69 at the puerto rico open,dating to the 2005 FedEx St. Jude classic. played extensivelyon the Nationwide tour for the fifth consecutiveseason, making two cuts in eight starts. 2004: Last top-10finish on the pga tour came at the B.c. open, where hefinished t3. 1998: among his 13 career top-10 finishes onthe Nationwide tour, seven came during the 1998 season,including wins at the Knoxville open and San Jose open.Finished a career-high second on the money list. 1995:Enjoyed his best season on the pga tour money list with a68th place finish. among his 12 career top-10s on the pgatour, posted his career-best finish that season with a t2at the gtE Byron Nelson golf classic. 1994: posted careerbestnumbers in top-10 finishes (3), top-25 finishes (7) andmade cuts (20). 1993: Low medalist at Q-School for thesecond time in his career. 1988: Earned individual medalisthonors at the pga tour Qualifying tournament, the first ofhis six successful trips through Q-School.PeRSonAL:Worked as a club professional for five years at oak treeand pga West…Younger brother Jeff has made 17career starts on the pga tour and was a member of theNationwide tour in 1994 and 2001-06…took up golf at theage of 14 after a fractured leg kept him from participatingin other sports.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................72.75Driving Distance ...........................................300.6Driving accuracy percentage .......................61.61%greens in regulation percentage ................50.69%putting average ...........................................1.795(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 70–2 times, most recent St.Jude classic presented by Smith & Nephew/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–2 times, mostrecent 1994 united airlines Hawaiian open/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $210,800–2000 Nissan open/3career High official world Rank: after 1996 Nortelopen/1632010 ChAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICSScoring average (actual) .............................71.96Driving Distance ...........................................283.6Driving accuracy percentage .......................61.22%greens in regulation percentage ................67.06%putting average ...........................................1.814(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS ChAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS2010 champions tour Low Round: 66–2010 Senior pgachampionship/1.career champions tour Low Round: 66–2010 Seniorpga championship/1Largest career champions tour Paycheck/Finish: $69,762–2009 u.S. Senior open championship/t8Tommy gaineyeXeMPt StAtUS: 4th on 2010 Nationwide tourmoney listFULL nAMe: tommy Dale gaineyHeiGHt: 6-0weiGHt: 190BiRtHDAte: august 13, 1975BiRtHPLAce: Darlington, ScReSiDence: columbia, ScFAMiLY: Wife, Erin; thomas D. gainey III (3/19/08)eDUcAtion: central carolina technical college (1999,Industrial maintenance)SPeciAL inteReStS: South carolina gamecocks, pool,friends and familytURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1997Q ScHooL: 2007, 2009nationwide tour Graduate (2010)BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:2—2008 children’s miracle Network classic.nAtionwiDe toUR VictoRieS (2):2010 melwood prince george’s county open, chiquitaclassic.2010 SeASon:made 27 starts on the Nationwide tour and collected twowins, a second- and a third-place finish among his six top-10s. Was one of a tour-record four players to go over the$400,000 mark, finishing with $403,957 to wind up No. 4 onthe money list. also finished No. 3 in the all-around rankingfor the year…after missing the first two cuts of the season,went 11-under par in the final 54 holes at the panamacLaro championship, a feat matched only by the tournamentwinner Fran Quinn, to post a solo third, his career-bestNationwide tour finish. Stellar play in the final 54 holesoffset his first-round, 1-over 71…at the BmW charitypro-am, posted his best career Nationwide tour finish, t2.after shooting a second-round 64, he was only two strokesoff the lead. Despite a stellar weekend, he still finished twoshots back…Earned his first career win, at the melwoodprince george’s county open, in June when he two-puttedthe final hole for birdie. Emerged from a crowded leader-board on the last day, shooting a 6-under 65 to finish at17-under 267, one better than Jin park and Frank LickliterII. He began the final round three strokes back of leaderB.J. Staten but moved into the lead with four birdies and aneagle in his first seven holes. a double-bogey at the par-4,9th dropped him into a four-way tie for the lead, which hethen regained with another birdie at No. 11. maintained atenuous one-shot advantage until Lickliter birdied the par-5,18th to tie. playing in the next group, gainey reached theuphill, 547-yard closing hole in two and two-putted from35 feet for the win. the victory was worth $108,000 andmoved him from No. 18 to No. 2 on the money list…Fourevents later, he became the season’s first two-time winnerwith a three-stroke victory at the inaugural chiquita classic.grabbed the second-round lead by one shot and expanded itto four with a third-round, 10-under 62 at tpc river’s Bend.Scores of 64-66-62 put him at 24-under, equalling arjunatwal’s Nationwide tour record for most strokes under parthrough 54 holes. Needed only a 3-under 69 on the final dayto earn his second title in four starts. Endured a mid-roundstretch that didn’t produce a par in nine holes (six birdiesand three bogeys). Holed out from a greenside bunker atNo. 14 for birdie and then saved par at No. 15 after pushinghis tee shot into a hazard down the right side of the fairway.a two-putt birdie at 18 gave him a three-shot cushion overJoe affrunti. Score of 27-under matched the second lowestin tour history. Victory was worth $99,000 and pushed hisseason total over the $300,000 mark, moving him to No. 1on the money list…posted his fifth top-10 six starts later,at the mylan classic…three starts later, at the WNB golfclassic, he finished t5. Fired 66-68 on the weekend to jump21 spots. His final-round 68 included a hole-in-one on the207-yard, par-3 8th hole using a 7-iron.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Split time between the pga tour and Nationwidetour. made the cut in eight of 15 starts on the pga tour,PLAYeR StAtiSticSMISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICScareer PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 64–2008children’s miracle Network classic/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $496,800–2008 children’s miracle Network classic/2career High official world Rank: after 2010 tHE tourchampionship/2142-270 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com