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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSJason goreSection Player BiograPhies2<strong>PGA</strong> toUR VictoRieS (1):2005 84 LumBEr classic.nAtionwiDe toUR VictoRieS (7):2000 New mexico classic. 2002 oregon classic, albertsonsBoise open. 2005 National mining association pete Dyeclassic, Scholarship america Showdown, cox classic. 2010miccosukee championship.otHeR VictoRieS: (1):2004 california State open.BeSt 2010 <strong>PGA</strong> toUR FiniSH:t41—Wyndham championship.2010 SeASon:made five of 10 cuts on the pga tour…Best finishwas t41 at the Wyndham championship…collected hisseventh career Nationwide tour title with a four-strokevictory at the miccosukee championship. Seven careerNationwide tour victories are a tour record.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: made 12 cuts from 24 starts on pga tour in2009, including two top-10s to finish 155th on money list.Finished t8 at the arnold palmer Invitational after holdingthe first-round lead. Second top-10 was a t7 at the u.S.Bank championship, with closing rounds of 68-66. alsomade three cuts from three starts on Nationwide tour.2008: Finished t9 at the at&t pebble Beach Nationalpro-am...Next top-10 came with a t8 at the Legendsreno-tahoe open in august, his best finish since a t7at the 2007 Frys.com open...closed with a 6-under 66 atannandale gc to finish t8 at the Viking classic, his thirdtop-10 of the season. moved from 129th to 126th on theeXeMPt StAtUS: past championFULL nAMe: Jason William goreHeiGHt: 6-1weiGHt: 235BiRtHDAte: 1974ReSiDence: Valencia, ca; plays out of Valencia cc,tpc ValenciaFAMiLY: Wife, megan; Jaxon William, olivia annseason money list. 2007: Held a share of the 36-hole leadat the Shell Houston open after opening 70-68. Finishedt19...Bettered that with a t15 at the memorial tournamentin June...In early July, a t2 at the Buick open was his bestfinish on the pga tour since winning the 2005 84 LumBErclassic. Final-round 67 was his best final-round score sincethe 2003 greater milwaukee open when he shot a 7-under63...Finished t7 at the Wyndham championship with fourrounds in the 60s. played the par 5s at Forest oaks ccin 16-under par (14 birdies, one eagle) for his 17-undertotal...Held a share of the first-round lead at the Frys.comopen benefiting Shriners Hospitals for children with an8-under 63 at tpc the canyons. Finished t7...Finished No.8 in Driving Distance (303.0 yards). 2006: In first year ofa two-year exemption for winning the 2005 84 LumBErclassic, rallied down the stretch, with eight made cuts infinal 10 starts, with three top-10s in that period…Earnedfirst top-10 of the season in his eighth start, a t7 at thechrysler classic of tucson. posted four rounds in the 60sfor the first time on tour (84th start). It was his first top-10on tour since his win at the 2005 84 LumBEr classic...Withdrew during second round of Bank of america colonialdue to elbow injury and returned to action two weeks laterat the memorial tournament...Next top-10 was t10 at thecialis Western open, posting four rounds under par...oneweek later, recorded second straight top-10 at the JohnDeere classic. Fired four rounds in the 60s to finish t10.In final round, recorded three eagles over final nine holes,the third player to post three eagles in a single round in2006...Finished t8 at the Southern Farm Bureau classic, hisfourth top-10. 2005: Went from journeyman to u.S. opencontender to three-time winner on the Nationwide tour topga tour champion in the span of three months…BecameeDUcAtion: pepperdine university (2000, psychology)SPeciAL inteReStS: guitar, Los angeles Lakers, cars,family, cyclingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1997Q ScHooL: 2000JoineD toUR: 2001nationwide tour Graduate (2002, 2005)second player in tour history to win on Nationwide tourand on pga tour in same season (paul Stankowski/1996),first sponsor exemption to win since adam Scott at the2003 Deutsche Bank championship and first Nationwidetour player who was promoted to the pga tour via threewins to win on tour in that same season. Finished 88th inthe official World golf ranking after beginning the seasonNo. 668...Began with rounds of 71-67 at pinehurst No. 2to share the second-round lead at the u.S. open in justhis third start in a major championship. Was three backof two-time champion retief goosen through 54 holesand played in the final grouping on Sunday. a final-round,14-over 84 dropped him to a t49. En route to u.S. open, carwas broken into. Donations were made in pinehurst, Ncto replace various items…three weeks later, won backto-backNationwide tour events at the National miningassociation pete Dye classic and Scholarship americaShowdown…after a two-week break, captured the coxclassic presented by chevrolet in omaha, NE to becomethe first player in Nationwide tour history to win threeconsecutive starts and the seventh player to receive thethree-win promotion to the pga tour. also, tied Seanmurphy and matt gogel for most career wins on the tourwith six. Eagled his final hole, a par 4, to shoot 59 in thesecond round of the cox classic, tying the Nationwide tour18-hole mark...Finished the season No. 2 on the Nationwidetour money list with $356,579...made first tour start as amember at the Buick championship in Hartford, where hefinished t73…In his fourth start as a member, picked uphis first tour victory at the 84 LumBEr classic by a strokeover carlos Franco. Shared first-round lead with three othersat 7-under 65. after even-par second round, posted 67in third round to take two-stroke lead over Franco and three<strong>PGA</strong> toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1998 11999 2 1 20,385/2552000 12001 30 12 2 180,451/1782002 12003 30 12 2 208,801/1772004 12005 8 6 1 1 1 871,135/942006 29 14 4 5 717,005/1182007 27 16 1 3 8 89,795/81 1,105,985/882008 33 17 3 8 92,630/141 779,664/1342009 24 12 2 2 170/197 408,811/1552010 10 5 203/81 77,213/212total 197 95 1 1 13 28 4,369,451nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1997 11998 18 9 2 5 $27,378/741999 8 3 1 2 7,085/1432000 19 11 1 3 6 137,284/342002 23 16 2 4 5 241,940/62003 1 1 1,413/3232004 25 13 1 3 4 79,064/732005 12 9 3 4 7 356,579/22009 3 3 6,269/2152010 21 12 1 1 3 156,451/40total 131 77 7 1 18 32 1,013,463* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*<strong>PGA</strong> toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10u.S. open cut t49 cut t47pgat62tHE pLaYErS cut t23 WDBridgestone Invitationalt36the Barclays t56 cut cut 71 cutDeutsche Bank championship cut t60 t76 t23BmW championship cut t50 t10nAtionAL teAMS: Walker cup (1), 1997.2-278 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> 2011 Guidepgatour.com

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