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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSrobert allenby (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2season with a t4 effort at the Honda classic...recorded hisfifth pga tour hole-in-one in the second round on No. 4 atHarbour town gL, site of the Verizon Heritage...Finishedfourth at the Wachovia championship, thanks in part to abogey-free 66 in the final round. after bogeying the firsthole on Saturday, did not record a bogey over his final 35holes...Finished t10 at the memorial tournament, for hissecond top-10 in Dublin, oH in 12 appearances...posted afinal-round 65 at tpc Southwind in the Stanford St. Judechampionship to get into a playoff with Justin Leonard andtrevor Immelman. Lost in a three-man playoff to Leonard onthe second extra hole. It was his third runner-up finish sincewinning the 2001 marconi pennsylvania classic (178starts). playoff loss was the first of his career. He holds a3-1 pga tour playoff record and a 10-1 mark worldwide inplayoffs dating back to a 1991 victory as an amateur inaustralia at the Victorian open. three of his four tourvictories have come in playoffs...Finished t3 at the at&tNational for his fourth top-10 in his last six starts. He andJim Furyk are the only players to finish in the top 10 in eachof the first two at&t Nationals held at congressional cc...opened in a three-way tie for the lead at the British openwith a 1-under 69. three over-par rounds resulted in a t7.It was his best finish out of 16 starts at the British open, hisonly other top-10 finish was a t10 in 1997...played in allfour of the pga tour playoffs for the FedExcup events,including making his sixth start at tHE tour championship,where he finished 16th. Finished 19th in the FedExcupstandings...Fifth runner-up finish of his career came at theturning Stone resort championship, finishing 8-under 280and one stroke behind champion Dustin Johnson...Ninthtop-10 finish of the season was a t7 at ginn sur merclassic, two strokes behind champion ryan palmer. Ninetop-10 finishes ties career best set in 2003. 2007: Steadyfinisher all year, never out of the top-30 in the FedExcuppoints standings or the money list...past champion finishedt3 at the Nissan open, three strokes behind championcharles Howell III with four rounds in the 60s...Shared thefirst-round lead at the World golf championships-cachampionship with a 5-under 67. closed with the lowround of the day at Doral golf resort and Spa (5-under 67)to finished t3, his first top-10 in six career starts at theevent. 2006: Finished in the top 65 on the pga tour moneylist for the seventh consecutive season. missed just twocuts in 22 starts and finished in the top 25 in more than halfof them (12)...First top-10 was solo fourth at the Bay HillInvitational...Shared the 36-hole lead at the Deutsche Bankchampionship, but closing rounds of 73-68 dropped him tot4 in Boston...Finished second on tour in all-aroundranking behind tiger Woods, and fifth in total Driving.2005: made a career-high 31 starts on tour while finishing63rd on the money list, his lowest finish since finishing126th in 1999. His three top-10s were the lowest since heposted three in 2000. plagued much of the early part of theseason by chronic inflammation in his hands that kept himfrom being able to bend his fingers after waking up until heheld them under hot water for a period of time. Ended yearwith three consecutive wins on the pga tour ofaustralasia. Became first player to win australian “triplecrown” at the australian open, pga and masters in consecutiveweeks. Won second australian open title despitean injured hand and improved playoff record to 10-0 worldwidewith victory over Bubba Watson on first extra hole ofaustralian masters. 2004: Finished in the top 50 on themoney list and earned more than $1 million for the fifthstraight season. 2003: posted a career-best nine top-10s,placing in the top 30 in earnings for the fourth consecutiveseason...Best finish was third at the EDS Byron Nelsonchampionship...also won at the mastercard australianmasters. 2002: Finished 27th on the money list despite notwinning for the first time since 1999...t2 at NEc Invitationalat Sahalee cc. 2001: His second consecutive top-30 finishin earnings (16th) was driven by two victories. Beat Brandelchamblee, toshi Izawa, Dennis paulson, Jeff Sluman andBob tway in a playoff at the Nissan open with birdie onfirst extra hole when he laced a 3-wood through a cold rainto 5 feet and made the putt. Improved playoff record to 3-0on tour and 9-0 overall...Later in the year, earned secondtitle at the marconi pennsylvania classic with a threestrokevictory. took the lead after second round and cruisedto three-stroke victory. 2000: Earned first two tour victories.posted first win at Shell Houston open. Despite placingone shot in water and another in grandstand, defeatedcraig Stadler in four-hole playoff. Second win came on firsthole of playoff with Nick price at advil Western open...participated in his third career presidents cup as memberof International team, combining for 0-3 record in losingeffort...Edged Steve conrad by one stroke to win theaustralian pga championship in December. 1999: In rookieseason on tour, finished just outside the top 125 in earnings(No. 126). 1998: Earned exempt status for 1999 byfinishing 17th at pga tour Qualifying School. 1997:posted first top-10 in a major with t10 at the British open.1996: Won three times on European tour, at the alamoEnglish open, peugeot French open and one2one Britishmasters, to finish third on European tour order of merit.1995: claimed Heineken classic title...member of Worldcup team for second time. 1994: member of presidents cupteam...Won Heineken australian open and Europeantour’s Honda open...Led pga tour of australasia order ofmerit for second time in career. 1993: captured optusplayers championship and named pga tour of australasia’smost consistent player...member World cup team andparticipated in Dunhill cup. 1992: Won perak masters andJohnnie Walker classic to lead australasian tour order ofmerit...Named pga tour of australasia rookie of the Year.1991: Won riversdale cup for second consecutive year.Amateur: Began career as one of australia’s finest youngamateurs. Won the 1991 Victorian open as an amateur forhis first professional victory. Won riversdale cup andVictorian amateur championship. represented australia inEisenhower cup and on World amateur team.PeRSonAL:1996 season on European tour, when he finished third onthe order of merit, ended prematurely in october whenhe suffered a broken sternum and facial injuries in a trafficaccident in Spain. Was presented 2001 Ben Hoganaward by the golf Writers association of america forrecovering from that accident…patron and spokespersonfor challenge cancer Support Network, with the robertallenby golf Day having raised more than $9 million since1992 for children with cancer and blood disorders. allenbyhas given more than $500,000 to the cause. Has duckheadcovers on his woods to publicize the effort.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.13 (13)Driving Distance ...........................................289.1 (82)Driving accuracy percentage .......................64.75% (77)greens in regulation percentage ................68.17% (67)putting average ...........................................1.770 (67)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 65–2 times, most recent Wastemanagement phoenix open/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–2002 aircanada championship/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,026,000–2010 tHE pLaYErS championship/2career High official World Rank: after 2010 Hp ByronNelson championship/12stephen ames (aims)eXeMPt StAtUS: Winner, 2006 tHE pLaYErSchampionship; multiple tournament winner (through 2013)FULL nAMe: Stephen michael amesHeiGHt: 6-1WeiGHt: 165BiRtHDAte: april 28, 1964BiRtHPLAce: San Fernando, trinidadReSiDence: calgary, alberta, canada; plays out ofSilvertip gc (canmore, alberta, canada)FAMiLY: Wife, Jodi; Justin (2/28/97), ryan michael(5/25/99)eDUcAtion: Boca raton (Business administration)SPeciAL inteReStS: reading, films, sportstURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1987Q ScHooL: 1997JoineD toUR: 1998nationwide tour AlumnusPGA toUR VictoRieS (4):2004 cialis Western open. 2006 tHE pLaYErSchampionship. 2007 children’s miracle Network classicpresented by Walmart. 2009 children’s miracle Networkclassic.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):1991 pensacola open.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (3):1989 trinidad and tobago open. 1994 open V33 [Eur]. 1996Benson and Hedges International open [Eur].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t6—transitions championship.2010 SeASon:posted final-round 67 for only top-10 of season, a t6at transitions championship. unable to defend title atchildren’s miracle Network classic due to back injury sufferedduring the pga tour Fall Series.2-6 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com