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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRStour posting three top-25 finishes. 2008: made nine startseach on the pga tour and Nationwide tour. 2007: Heldthe first-round lead at the John Deere classic beforefinishing t6. top-10 finish was his first on the pga toursince the 2004 Funai classic at the Walt Disney Worldresort. 2005: Fell out of the top-125 in 2005 for the firsttime in six seasons...Lone top-10 of the 2005 season, a t8,came in his 14th start at the FedEx St. Jude classic. 2004:Finished in the top 125 for the fifth straight season and12th time in 15-year tour career...posted first top-10 ofthe season at the B.c. open in July, thanks to four roundsin the 60s for only the fourth time in his career...Finishedt11 at the Ford championship at Doral after closing with65...recorded seven straight birdies (Nos. 15-3) during thefirst round of the u.S. Bank championship in milwaukee totie the top mark of the season...Second top-10 finish of theseason, a t10 finish at the FuNaI classic at Walt DisneyWorld resort, did not come until late october. He collected$93,100 and improved his season earnings to $689,203,good enough to secure his card for the 2005 season. 2003:His lone top-10 was a t6 at the Buick open, thanks to fourrounds in the 60s. First top-10 since a playoff loss to Johnrollins at the 2002 Bell canadian open...posted consecutivetop-20 finishes late in the year—t17 at Valero texasopen and t19 at Southern Farm Bureau classic—to helphim secure his card for the 2004 season. 2002: continueda four-year progression of earning more money than theprevious year with a career-high $813,230 in earnings...PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 1-1events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1990 26 11 2 7 $85,769/1421991 33 22 3 5 180,037/901992 35 23 1 4 146,867/1031993 32 19 2 5 149,381/1071994 29 19 1 1 2 305,038/581995 29 18 1 4 182,219/1011996 32 22 2 6 210,000/1041997 34 19 4 179,273/1251998 28 18 2 7 346,563/861999 35 13 1 3 283,140/1392000 31 19 2 5 466,712/1052001 36 18 1 3 6 657,580/802002 31 20 1 3 4 813,230/832003 35 21 1 6 590,627/1102004 33 21 2 6 701,239/1132005 31 18 1 4 532,185/1372006 19 5 54,680/2312007 13 7 1 2 171/1,080 229,053/1912008 9 5 225/227 70,138/2272009 6 2 1 212/56 69,774/214total 557 320 1 1 1 28 81 6,253,506nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1990 4 4 2 2 $4,516/1182003 12006 2 1 1 1 13,275/1682007 7 5 1 17,375/1792008 9 3 1 1 1 40,019/1132009 7 5 3 27,941/1412010 1 1 2,096/266total 31 19 1 4 8 105,221* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*Neal lancaster (Continued)Lost in three-man playoff at Bell canadian open whenJohn rollins birdied the first extra hole. t2 was best finishon tour since his 1994 playoff victory and the only runnerupfinish of his 13-year career. made double bogey on thefinal hole of regulation to force the playoff with rollins andJustin Leonard...posted back-to-back top-10s on the pgatour for only the second time in his career and first since1991 (t5-greater milwaukee open, t8-canadian open)with a t9 at the FedEx St. Jude classic and a t5 at theadvil Western open. 2001: turned in best season on toursince 1994 when he finished No. 58...two top-10s and onetop-15 in last five starts left him at No. 80 on money list andsecured his tour card for another season. made $345,450of his $657,580 during that period. 2000: Finished t4 at theBay Hill Invitational for the best effort of the season...t8 atthe John Deere classic after posting four rounds in the 60sfor the first time in his career in a single tournament. 1999:Finished out of the top 125 on the official money list for thefirst time since joining the tour in 1990, with 139th-placeranking. Forced to earn full playing privileges for the 2000season through third-place finish at pga tour Qualifyingtournament. 1998: Was 86th on the final season money listwith $346,563. 1997: Finished right on the number of 125thon the final season money list to earn playing privileges for1998. 1996: made history for second time at u.S. open.appeared on way to missing the cut after playing first 27holes 7-over par. posted a 29 on back nine at oakland Hillsto easily qualify for final two rounds. the 29 was madePGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYpossible with a birdie on hole 11, eagle on 12 and birdiesfrom 13 through 15. 1995: During u.S. open at ShinnecockHills, became first player to shoot 29 in u.S. open for nineholes. moved from 46th-place tie to fourth on final dayafter posting 36-29—65 to finish four strokes behind coreypavin. Birdied holes 11-14, 16 and 17. 1994: Lone pgatour victory came at rain-shortened gtE Byron Nelsonclassic. Birdied the final two holes in regulation to join intour-record, six-man playoff. Birdied first extra hole todefeat David Edwards, tom Byrum, mark carnevale, Davidogrin and Yoshinori mizumaki. 1989: Winner of pine treeopen in Birmingham, aL, and the utah open.PeRSonAL:Didn’t take first golf lesson until 1992. Was self-taughtuntil then. First lesson was given to him by L.B. Floyd,father of raymond Floyd. With $93 bankroll and driving avan, gave mini-tours a try in 1989. Earned $96,000 in fourmonths before going to Qualifying tournament.Year 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02masterscut cutu.S. open t4 t82British opent37pga t84 t44 t52 cut t34tHE pLaYErS t20 t40 cut t35 cut t53 cut cut cut cut 68the Barclays t76 66 t50 cut cut t43 t51 t41 cut t64BmW championship cut t29 cut cut t55 cut t48 t42 t61 cut t5Year 03 04 05 06u.S. opencuttHE pLaYErS t27 83 WDthe Barclays cut t32 t32Deutsche Bank championship t32 t22 t60 cutBmW championshipcut cut t40PLAYeR StAtiSticSMISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICScareer PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–1998 canongreater Hartford open/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $352,000–2002 Bell canadian open/t2Section 2 Player BiograPhiespgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-303