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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSKent Jones (Continued)67, tied for the day’s best round, at the 84 Lumber classic,jumped from t36 to t6. Jumped into the top 125 on tourmoney list with paycheck of $154,100…clinched cardat last regular full-field event with a t11 at the chryslerchampionship. 2005: placed in the top 125 for the thirdconsecutive season...recorded a t10 finish at the DeutscheBank championship…Finished the year missing the cut inthe last two full-field events, but his $629,944 total wasenough to secure 123rd on the money list. 2004: Finishedin the top 125 for the second straight season, thanks inpart to a t17 at the final full-field event of the season, thechrysler championship. came into the event No. 124 onthe money list and improved to No. 119...posted five sub-70 rounds en route to t9 finish at the Bob Hope chryslerclassic, second top-10 of career and first since 2002campaign...added another top-10 (t10) two weeks laterat the at&t pebble Beach National pro-am. one of five<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 Rank1996 1 1 $5,415/3091997 11998 29 17 2 133,339/1711999 26 7 1 64,217/2182001 28 7 1 87,308/2012002 33 19 1 6 489,879/1312003 23 13 7 539,737/1222004 32 17 2 6 674,909/1192005 32 17 2 4 629,944/1232006 32 18 2 8 860,766/1012007 30 17 2 6 165/1,196 651,108/1342008 23 11 4 181/957 304,432/1772009 24 12 1 2 180/162 301,879/1712010 9 6 1 1 188/117 188,746/190total 323 162 11 48 4,931,680nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1992 11993 2 2 $846/2221994 21996 25 10 1 3 14,830/1011997 27 17 1 3 9 45,689/461998 11999 1 1 953/2262000 25 17 2 4 11 220,081/72001 12003 2 1 1,520/3132008 12009 12010 15 7 3 4 68,818/84total 104 55 2 1 11 27 352,736* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*players with rounds in the 60s (69) during Sunday’s finalround. 2003: Entered the season with conditional statusafter finishing 131st on the 2002 money list...Seven top-25sallowed him to finish in the top 125 on the money list forthe first time in his career...Finished the season with fourconsecutive made cuts, moving from 143rd to 122nd duringthat stretch. 2002: made the most of 33 events entered,making 19 cuts. Earned first top 10 of tour career at theat&t pebble Beach National pro-am with a t8. 2001: onlytop 25 was a t15 at John Deere classic. 2000: Was twotimewinner on Nationwide tour at Shreveport open andgreensboro open. Set tournament record by three strokesin greensboro with a 17-under 263. 1999: Earned his cardby finishing t35 at the 1998 Qualifying tournament. 1998:rookie on tour, was one shot off the lead after 36 holesof the Buick open, finished t12.<strong>PGA</strong> toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08u.S. open t82 cut t68 cut t48tHE pLaYErS cut t75 cut cutthe Barclays t54 cut t65 cut t30 cut cut t47Deutsche Bank championship t13 t37 t10 t22BmW championship cut 67 cut cut t60 81Year 09 10u.S. opent74PeRSonAL:college teammate of pga tour member tim Herron…Season ticket holder for New mexico basketball andfootball…traveled with his wife and dog for three yearsin recreational vehicle while playing the canadian tour(1993-94) and the Hooters tour (1995). Finally sold thetruck after putting more than 200,000 miles on it…Wasinducted in the carlsbad (Nm) athletic Hall of Fame…Favorite golf course played is cypress point. Would mostlike to play augusta National. Never travels without hisamazon Kindle…Favorite college team is the university ofNew mexico. Favorite professional teams are the Dallascowboys and Los angeles Dodgers…Favorite tV showis “modern Family.” Favorite book is Stephen King’s TheStand.Section 2 Player BiograPhiessunghoon KangeXeMPt StAtUS: t16 at 2010 pga tour QualifyingtournamentFULL nAMe: Sunghoon KangHeiGHt: 5-8weiGHt: 170BiRtHDAte: January 4, 1987BiRtHPLAce: Jejudo, South KoreaReSiDence: Seoul, South KoreaFAMiLY: SingleeDUcAtion: Yonsei university (2009)SPeciAL inteReStS: moviestURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2007cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:Will play his rookie season on the pga tour in 2011after finishing t16 at the 2010 pga tour Qualifyingtournament. Has never played on the pga tour orNationwide tour. Earned rookie of the Year honors on theKorean tour. Has also played on the asian tour and theJapan golf tour. Finished runner-up to thongchai Jaideeat the 2009 Ballantine’s championship. Amateur: u.S.Junior amateur and public Links Semifinalist. Winner ofthe Skyhill open championship. Earned a gold medal in theasian games.PeRSonAL:His only brother serves as his caddie. golf instructors usedinclude Hank Haney and Don Brown…Favorite course he’splayed is pinx cc in his native South Korea. the courseshe would most like to play are augusta National and St.andrews…Favorite professional team is the Los angelesLakers. Favorite tV show is “radio Star.” Favorite food iskalbe, and favorite athletes to watch are tiger Woods andKobe Bryant. Enjoys visiting European cities…Would roundout his dream foursome with Woods, Jack Nicklaus andBen Hogan.pgatour.com <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> 2011 Guide2-295

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