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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSChris KirkeXeMPt StAtUS: 2nd on 2010 Nationwide tourmoney listFULL nAMe: christopher Brandon KirkHeiGHt: 6-3weiGHt: 175BiRtHDAte: may 8, 1985BiRtHPLAce: Knoxville, tNReSiDence: St. Simons Island, ga; plays out of SeaIsland gcFAMiLY: Wife, tahneeeDUcAtion: university of georgia (2007, SportsBusiness)SPeciAL inteReStS: paddle boarding, piano, skimboarding,fishing, kayakingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2007Q ScHooL: 2007, 2009nationwide tour Graduate (2010)BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t15—2010 the mcgladrey classic.nAtionwiDe toUR VictoRieS (2):2010 Fort Smith classic, Knoxville News Sentinel open.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t15—the mcgladrey classic.2010 SeASon:made 21 starts on the Nationwide tour, earned two victoriesand finished second twice. Had seven top-10 finishesamong his 17 made cuts to finish No. 2 on the final moneylist despite missing the final two events of the year with aninjured wrist. Ended the season No. 1 in Scoring averageand all-around, No. 2 in greens in regulation and No. 4 inBirdie average. a playoff loss in the second event of theyear put him No. 3 on the money list and he would remainin the top-6 for the remainder of the season. Led the moneylist a total of six weeks during the year… came close towinning the second event of the year when he finishedregulation play tied for the lead with Jim Herman at themoonah classic in australia. Lost the playoff on the firstextra hole when Herman made a 6-foot birdie putt. Was10 strokes off the lead after 36 holes, but a third-round65, coupled with Herman’s 3-over 75, gave him a share ofthe 54-hole lead. Battled with Herman over the windsweptfinal round and held a two-stroke lead with three holes togo until he stumbled with bogeys at Nos. 16 and 17 to fallinto a tie. missed a 6-foot birdie putt for the win on 72ndhole. the playoff loss was the second of his career, with theother coming at the 2008 Knoxville open…continued hissolid play at the panama cLaro championship two weekslater, when he finished t9. Entered the final round t43 butmanaged to equal the low round of the day, a 4-under 66 torecord his second top-10 finish of the year…posted anothertop-10 finish at the Fresh Express classic at tpc Stonebrae.Despite a t47 standing after the first round, he came backwith the low round of the day—and tournament—in thesecond round by shooting a 63. a pair of 68s on the weekendled to a t5 finish…posted his second runner-up finishof the year three events later at the BmW charity pro-am.Did not shoot a score worse than 68 all week en route tot2, two strokes back of winner Fabian gomez…In June,fired a final-round 64 to win the Fort Smith classic by onestroke for his first career tour title. took the lead on thefront nine with four birdies in his first six holes but neededbirdies at Nos. 11, 13 and 15 to reach 16-under, one betterthan runner-up Kyle thompson, who posted a 7-under 63.the victory was worth $94,500 and pushed him to No. 1on the money list…Finished a season-best 21-under par atthe inaugural chiquita classic but could do no better thana t5 near cincinnati…collected his second win of the yearin august with a two-stroke victory at the Knoxville NewsSentinel open. matched the course record with a 9-under63 in the third round which propelled him to a one-strokelead after 54 holes. played the front nine Sunday in evenpar to lose the lead but fired a back nine 31, includingbirdies on his final two holes, to finish at 20-under 268 anddefeat travis Bertoni. First-place check of $90,000 vaultedhim back to No. 1 on the money list and made him the firstperson in 2010 to go over the $400,000 mark. Victory alsocame on his one-year wedding anniversary…Season endedon a sour note when he injured his left wrist, forcing him tomiss the final two events and derailed any chance he hadof winning the money title.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: made the cut in four of 13 starts on the Nationwidetour. Lone top-25 finish was a t24 at the Nationwide tourplayers cup. Lost in a playoff on the egolf tour to tom gillisat pine Needles in march. 2008: played his rookie season onthe Nationwide tour in 2008, finishing No. 77 on the moneylist. made 10 cuts in 19 starts, including three top-25 finishes.Shot 66, making him one of the first-round leaders, witharjun atwal and Jarrod Lyle, at the Knoxville open. Birdiedthe 72nd hole to force a playoff with Lyle, who defeatedhim with a birdie on the first extra hole. the runner-up finish(his only one of the season) and $54,000 check moved himto 42nd on the money list at the time. 2007: missed the cutas an amateur at the 2007 Nationwide children’s HospitalInvitational, his only previous cut on tour. Has made four ofeight cuts during his career on the pga tour, with a t52 atthe 2008 at&t classic his best finish. Amateur: Winner ofthe 2007 Ben Hogan award, given annually to the nation’stop collegiate golfer. Helped lead the Bulldogs to the 2005Ncaa championship, which he calls his biggest thrill ingolf. also won two Southeastern conference team titles.Set a school record with seven individual victories, fourof which came during his senior season. Earned first-teamall-american honors his junior and senior seasons. Earnedsecond-team all-american honors as a sophomore. threetimefirst-team all-SEc selection. Set the school record witha 70.90 scoring average during junior season and tied theschool record with 10 top-10 finishes. For his career, finishedwith 24 top-10 finishes, just three shy of chip Beck’sschool record. His 71.89 career stroke average was just shyof the school record 71.79, held by former Nationwide tourmember Erik compton...capped his amateur career by representingthe u.S. at the 2007 Walker cup at royal countyDown gc in Northern Ireland.PeRSonAL:Loves to spend time at the beach. Lists winning the 2005national championship as his biggest thrill in golf. Biggestthrill outside of golf was getting married…Favorite golfcourse played is royal county Down. Would most liketo play cypress point gL…Favorite professional team isthe atlanta Braves. Favorite movie is “troy” and favoriteentertainer is Jack White. Favorite book is The Broker byJohn grisham…other favorites include lasagna and rogerFederer. Would round out his dream foursome with his dadand two brothers, preferably at augusta National. Bucketlist includes learning to be a good pianist, skydiving andbungee jumping.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................68.78Driving Distance ...........................................289.3Driving accuracy percentage .......................57.14%greens in regulation percentage ................79.17%putting average ...........................................1.789(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 66–the mcgladrey classic/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 66–2 times, mostrecent 2010 the mcgladrey classic/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $54,480–2010 the mcgladrey classic/t15career High official world Rank: after 2010 throughWeek Ending: 09 20 2010/134Section 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2007a 12007 22008 3 3 $37,724/2009 2 1 11,651/2010 1 1 1 54,480/total 9 5 1 103,855nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2007a 12008 19 10 1 1 3 $88,441/772009 13 4 1 13,606/1782010 21 17 2 2 7 11 411,206/2total 54 31 2 3 8 15 513,253* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 08 09u.S. opent78 cutnAtionAL teAMS: Walker cup (1), 2007.pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-299