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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSBobby gatesSection Player BiograPhies2BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t40—2010 u.S. open.nAtionwiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):2010 michael Hill New Zealand open.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t40—u.S. open.2010 SeASon:made 23 starts during his rookie season on the Nationwidetour and posted four top-10 finishes, including a win in hisvery first tour event. Went on to make 13 cuts and finish16th on the money list, which gave him a berth on the 2011pga tour where he will be a rookie…Became only the13th player in tour history to win in his debut when hecaptured the season-opening michael Hill New Zealandopen. posted an opening 7-under 65 to share the firstroundlead at the Hills gc. rounds of 67-68 gave him theoutright lead after the second and third rounds. Began thefinal day at 16-under par with a three-shot lead. Increasedhis advantage to six strokes after seven holes but saw thelead evaporate into a tie with australian andrew Dodt withonly two holes to go. made back-to-back pars down thestretch to edge Dodt and win by one, collecting a check for$108,000. Joined the likes of angel Franco, Stuart appleby,gavin coles and chris Nallen, who also won in their tourdebut…Followed the win with a third-place finish at themoonah classic in australia, where he finished secondin total Birdies and third in greens in regulation for theweek. tied the low round of the day on Sunday with a6-under 66. Six starts later at the Stadion athens classiche posted his first domestic top-10 finish of the year afterhaving a share of the lead in each of the first two rounds.eXeMPt StAtUS: 16th on 2010 Nationwide tourmoney listFULL nAMe: robert michael gatesHeiGHt: 6-5weiGHt: 230BiRtHDAte: December 31, 1985BiRtHPLAce: gainesville, FLEnded up finishing t7 after shooting two-over par on theweekend…posted his fourth top-10 of the year, at the FordWayne gretzky classic. opened the tournament with a 65and continued his solid play by firing three consecutive 67sto finish t4...traveled to australia late in the season andtook a one-shot lead into the final round of the australianpga championship. Struggled to a 74 during the mondayfinish to t6.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: only one start on the pga tour—a t47 at the Valerotexas open where he posted a second-round 64...played onthe canadian tour, where he made eight cuts in 10 starts.Best finish was a third at the costa rica classic. FinishedNo. 22 on the order of merit. also a member of the gatewaytour in 2008. Amateur: Four-year letterman at texas a&muniversity, where he was a teammate with Nationwidetour member martin piller. Named Newcome of the Yearfor the aggies in 2005 and was team mVp in 2006. Namedto the 2006 academic all-Big 12 conference team. a threetimeall-Big 12 conference and all-region selection. Led histeam in scoring average his senior season. attended F.W.Buchholz High School in gainesville, FL, and was namedScholar athlete of the Year for alachua county his senioryear.PeRSonAL:Watching texas a&m win the 2009 Ncaa championshipalong with qualifying and playing in the 2010 u.S. open atpebble Beach (t40) are his biggest golf thrills…His freshman-yearroommate was fellow Nationwide tour playermartin piller…Enjoys traveling, especially to Europe…Favorite courses he’s played are caves Valley and carltonWoods and would like to play augusta National gc…NeverReSiDence: the Woodlands, tX; plays out of theWoodlands ccFAMiLY: SingleeDUcAtion: texas a&m university (2008, agriculture)SPeciAL inteReStS: cooking, cars, fishingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2008nationwide tour Graduate (2010)travels without his ipod. First car was a Dodge Durango andnow drives a chevy tahoe…Favorite college team is texasa&m, and he is a fan of the Houston texans…FavoritetV show is “Entourage” and favorite movie is “crash.”…Favorite entertainer is Dave chapelle. other favoritesinclude the Bible, chocolate and LeBron James…Enjoys visitingmadrid, Spain, and Honolulu. Favorite vacation spotsare Hawaii, california and Scotland…Lists Jack Nicklaus,arnold palmer and tiger Woods as the three players in hisdream foursome. Bucket list includes flying in a private jet,playing golf in australia and visiting Italy. Is involved withthe american cancer Society and his local church…Dadbegan teaching him the game when he was 2. Has alsoused alan Hodde as an instructor.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.42Driving Distance ...........................................298.0Driving accuracy percentage .......................59.52%greens in regulation percentage ................55.56%putting average ...........................................1.900(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 71–u.S. open/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 64–2009 Valerotexas open/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $34,722–2010 u.S. open/t40career High official world Rank: after 2010 John Deereclassic/245PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2009 1 1 $15,177/2010 2 1 34,722/total 3 2 49,899nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 23 13 1 1 4 7 $259,401/16total 23 13 1 1 4 7 259,40* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 10u.S. opent402-274 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com