1 - PGA TOUR Media

otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSof 23 events on the Nationwide tour. collected $276,519 tofinish No. 7 on the final money list...Earned his third careervictory at the Henrico county open. posted a final-round9-under 63 to finish regulation tied with Zach Johnson at20-under-par. Birdied the first playoff hole for the victory.2001: In first season on tour, finished 186th on money listand recorded only top-10, a t9 at the touchstone EnergyMark hensby (Continued)tucson open, during his first event as a member. 2000:Second Nationwide tour victory came at the carolinaclassic. Defeated manny Zerman on seventh extra playoffhole. 1998: Set tournament mark with 20-under 260 at FortSmith classic, his first Nationwide tour victory...Winner ofnumerous other tournaments, including the 1996 Illinoisopen by eight strokes and the 1994 Illinois State amateur.PeRSonAL:In october 2009, was one of 30 cyclists to ride 430 milesfrom arizona into california in the ride for Semper Fiin partnership with the Injured marine Semper Fi Fund.proceeds went to the organization.BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t47—2010 u.S. open.nAtionwiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):2010 moonah classic.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t47—u.S. open.2010 SeASon:made the cut at the u.S. open (his only career start on thepga tour), and then followed up a third-round 81 witha final-round 68 to finish t47…Entered 25 Nationwidetour events and posted three top-10 finishes, including hisfirst win on tour. closed the year with a t7 effort at theNationwide tour championship to assure a spot amongthe top-25 money winners. Ended the season No. 19 on themoney list and will be a rookie on the pga tour in 2011…Earned his first career title with a playoff win over chris Kirkat the second event on the schedule, the moonah classicin australia. after missing the cut at the season-openingmichael Hill New Zealand open, he rebounded in Victoriawith a course-record 10-under 62 in the opening roundto grab a four-stroke lead. a second-day 70 gave him athree-shot advantage heading into the weekend at moonahLinks. Shot a 3-over 75 to drop into a tie for the 54-hole leadwith Kirk, who carded a 7-under 65 to make up 10 strokes.Battled with Kirk on the wind-swept final day, both posting70s to force overtime. Won the playoff with a short birdieputt on the first extra hole, capturing the $126,000 firstplacecheck…In august, recorded his second top-10 finish,at the Knoxville News Sentinel open. posted all four roundsin the 60s, one of just two players to do so. Eagled the par-518th hole in the final round to finish t7.Jim hermaneXeMPt StAtUS: 19th on 2010 Nationwide tourmoney listFULL nAMe: James robert HermanHeiGHt: 6-0weiGHt: 170BiRtHDAte: November 5, 1977BiRtHPLAce: cincinnati, oHPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2010 1 1 $23,385/total 1 1 23,385nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2008 28 11 6 $67,532/922009 26 10 1 2 3 93,904/652010 25 15 1 3 8 238,847/19total 79 36 1 1 5 17 400,283PGA toUR oF AUStRALASiAYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 2 2 1 $41,348* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Started the Nationwide tour season quickly butstruggled as the season wore on and finished No. 65 on theNationwide tour money list. Had a pair of top-five finishesin the first four weeks but did not crack the top 10 afterthat...Finished t4 at the season-opening panama Digicelchampionship. Earned his second top-five of the year witha solo third at the michael Hill New Zealand open...madefive consecutive cuts in august, but a t17 in Wichita was hisbest finish. missed the final six cuts of the year to fall outof the top 60. 2008: made 11 of 28 cuts in during his rookieseason to finish 92nd on the money list. He had a pair oftop-15 finishes—at the Ford Wayne gretzky classic and themiccosukee championship. In canada, he had four underparrounds to t11. made back-to-back eagles on holes 5-6during second-round 64 at the cox classic. one of just twoplayers (colt Knost) to do so that year...at the last full-fieldevent of the season, the miccosukee championship, he hadhis best weekend of the season, firing rounds of 69-67 atmiccosukee g&cc to t11...at the 2008 pga tour NationalQualifying tournament, he strung together six par-or-betterrounds (71-72-69-70-67-71) to t62 and gain fully-exemptNationwide tour status for a second consecutive season...Earned his 2008 Nationwide tour eligibility with a t74 finishat the 2007 pga tour National Qualifying tournamentin his first appearance at the final stage...member of thegolden Bear tour (2001-04). member of the New Jerseypga Section (2006-07)...Winner of the 2006 and 2007 NewJersey assistant’s championship. Finished runner-up at the2005 and 2007 National assistant’s championship. Servedas assistant pro from 2004-06 at the pga gc and pga cc inport St. Lucie, FL, and served as an assistant professional attrump National in New Jersey...made 11 of 28 cuts in duringhis rookie season in 2008 to finish 92nd on the money list.ReSiDence: port St. Lucie, FL; plays out of trumpNational (Bedminster, NJ)FAMiLY: Wife, carolyn; abigail Elizabeth (10/05/09)eDUcAtion: university of cincinnatiSPeciAL inteReStS: Bowling, eatingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2000nationwide tour Graduate (2010)PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 10u.S. opent47PeRSonAL:cites earning his 2011 pga tour card as his biggest thrillin golf. Lists the birth of his daughter as his biggest thrilloutside of golf...Favorite course played is pebble Beach.Would most like to play St. andrews. Favorite college teamis the cincinnati Bearcats. Favorite professional team is thecincinnati Bengals. Favorite tV show is “Sportscenter.”Favorite movie is “tin cup.” Favorite food is a mediumrare-cookedsteak...Would round out his dream foursomewith his dad, brother and Donald trump. Not many peopleknow that he once worked for trump...got his start in golfat age 9 when he would tag along and play with his dad…only hole-in-one came at the 2006 New Jersey State open.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.52Driving Distance ...........................................306.1Driving accuracy percentage .......................53.57%greens in regulation percentage ................47.22%putting average ...........................................1.853(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 68–u.S. open/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 68–2010 u.S.open/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $23,385–2010 u.S. open/t47career High official world Rank: after 2010 theBarclays/342Section 2 Player BiograPhiespgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-287