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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSrecord at Indian Wells cc in the third round of the Bob Hopechrysler classic with a 12-under 60...posted an ace duringthe second round of the pga championship with a 5-ironfrom 228 yards on the par-3 17th hole at Whistling Straits.2003: comeback from 1998 car accident complete after acareer-best $1,519,804 in earnings. Finished 43rd on themoney list for best finish since rookie season in 1990 whenhe finished 27th...Best finishes included a t3 at the phoenixopen and a t2 at the Wachovia championship, two strokesbehind David toms. 2002: after missing qualifying fortour by one stroke at Q-School in fall of 2001, regainedcard by finishing in the top 125 (85th) for the first time since1997...Earned his first top-10 since a t5 at the 1997 B.c.open with a t7 at the greater greensboro chrysler classic,a span of 96 starts between top-10s. Entered the week asthe seventh alternate...t3 at B.c. open, two shots behindchampion Spike mcroy, was best finish since t2 at 1997<strong>PGA</strong> toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-1events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1988a 1 11989 3 1 1 $4,827/2371990 25 16 2 2 6 461,407/271991 27 13 2 3 7 280,349/591992 25 13 1 3 3 215,648/721993 25 15 1 3 4 236,458/701994 23 15 1 5 7 380,353/441995 27 13 3 5 206,588/891996 25 12 1 2 6 249,227/891997 28 12 1 3 5 283,434/861998 24 9 1 76,148/1951999 19 11 71,236/2082000 26 11 5 259,305/1452001 22 6 2 193,525/1752002 21 13 1 1 4 5 807,892/852003 31 25 1 1 2 12 1,519,804/432004 31 20 2 6 725,368/1102005 28 17 1 2 4 1,115,364/662006 30 16 6 493,641/1512007 30 14 1 3 4 1,217/163 693,464/1322008 26 13 1 749/188 249,944/1902009 112010 8 1 1 1 216/47 101,700/207total 516 267 3 8 4 38 91 8,625,681nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1999 5 2 1 $2,790/1742000 6 5 1 3 23,280/1302001 3 1 2,520/2412002 32007 1 1 2,981/2792010 12 3 5,500/212total 30 12 1 4 37,071* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*robert gamez (Continued)Quad city classic...the following week, placed second atthe John Deere classic. 1999: In addition to 19 pga tourevents, played in six events on the Nationwide tour. 1998:Injuries suffered in car accident at 1998 Kemper open kepthim out of action for more than a month as he fell from85th to 195th on tour money list. Did not post a top-10 forfirst time in career, dating back to rookie season of 1990.1997: posted three top-10s, t5 at the Honda classic, t2 atQuad city classic and t5 at B.c. open. 1996: Best finisha solo third at Walt Disney World/oldsmobile classic.1994: runner-up at Las Vegas Invitational to Bruce Lietzke,one of a career-best five top-10 finishes on the season...Defeated Scott Hoch by four strokes for lone internationalvictory at casio World open in Japan. 1993: Lost playoffto Fred couples at the Honda classic. 1992: runner-upat FedEx St. Jude classic to Jay Haas. 1991: runner-uptwice, at greater milwaukee open, after opening-round 61<strong>PGA</strong> toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYat tuckaway cc, and at Southern open. 1990: Won his firstofficial start on pga tour, capturing Northern telecomtucson open by four strokes over mark calcavecchia...twomonths later, holed 7-iron shot from 176 yards for eagle-2on 72nd hole of Nestle Invitational for one-stroke victoryover greg Norman. two wins and $461,407 in earningsled to pga tour rookie of the Year honors. Amateur:Winner of 1989 Fred Haskins and Jack Nicklaus awards ascollegiate player of the year...Winner of 1989 porter cup.PeRSonAL:annual charity tournament in celebration, FL, benefitsrobert gamez Foundation…Brother, randy, was caddiefor the first two victories of career…Drove home fromtampa to orlando area after second round of chryslerchampionship on october 31, 2003 to pass out candy tomore than 500 trick-or-treaters on Halloween.Year 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02masterscut cutu.S. open t61 cut 88 cut cut cut cutBritish open t12 t44pga t49 t79 cut cut cut cuttHE pLaYErS t46 cut cut cut 84 t49 t29 t24 t63tour championship 30the Barclays t23 cut cutDeutsche Bank championship cut t48BmW championship cut cut t26 t72 t74 cut cut t42 cutYear 03 04 05 06 07 08u.S. opencutpga t14 t68 cuttHE pLaYErSt69 cut t56 t53Bridgestone Invitationalt18the BarclayscutBmW championship cut t17 t40 t71nAtionAL teAMS: Walker cup (1), 1989.Section 2 Player BiograPhiespgatour.com <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> 2011 Guide2-273

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