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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSMichael letzigSection Player BiograPhies2BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t2—2008 ginn sur mer classic.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t4—rBc canadian open.2010 SeASon:In third season on tour, made 17 of 27 cuts and recordedone top-10, but finished outside the top 125 for the firsttime…Began the final round of the rBc canadian opent42, but finished t4 after a 5-under 65.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: consistent season defined by just one missed cut inhis first 22 starts and consecutive top-10 finishes towardthe end of the pga tour regular Season...made 18 of 19cuts before posting his first top-10 of the season, a t8 atthe rBc canadian open, shooting a 74 in the final round onmonday...Second top-10 came the next week at the Buickopen, a t6, where he shot 73 while playing with tigerWoods in the final round. ranked No. 1 in putts per round(25.5) for the week. Was 4-over-par on No. 18 for the week,including a double bogey from a greenside bunker in thethird round that gave the sole third-round lead to Woods.also played with Woods at the final round of the memorialtournament. 2008: recorded the first top-10 of his pgatour career with a t7 at the Honda classic...matched thatt7 at the Verizon Heritage in april thanks to final-round,6-under-par 65, the lowest of the day...third top-10 of theyear, a t10, came via four rounds in the 60s, including athird-round, 7-under-par 63, at the travelers championshipeXeMPt StAtUS: 150th on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: michael richard LetzigHeiGHt: 6-3weiGHt: 183BiRtHDAte: may 7, 1980BiRtHPLAce: richmond, moReSiDence: Kansas city, mo; plays out of Shirkey gcFAMiLY: Singlein June...at the Wyndham championship in august, onceagain posted four rounds in the 60s to place t9. 2007: madethe cut in 19 of 28 events on the Nationwide tour, with 10top-25 finishes. Finished the season No. 12 on the moneylist, with $263,948...tallied a t3 finish at the HSBc NewZealand pga championship, finishing just one stroke out ofa Nicholas thompson-David morland IV playoff. moved intoa share of the lead after 36 holes, but a 7-over 79 in the thirdround dropped him well down the leaderboard. reboundedwith a 7-under 65 in the final round to pull within one ofthe leaders...matched the third-place finish later at theKnoxville open, finishing four strokes behind championchez reavie...recorded a second-place finish by one stroketo richard Johnson at the season-ending Nationwide tourchampionship at Barona creek. Began the week with afirst-round 60, which was a tournament record. moved intothe top 25 (from No. 26) and earned a pga tour cards for2008. 2006: played primarily on the Hooters tour, finishingsixth on the money list. Won the Indian Lakes resort classicand the Statesville classic...played in one Nationwide tourevent, placing t29 at the Virginia Beach open. 2005: placedeighth on the Hooters tour money list...Best Nationwidetour finish in two starts was a t21 at the cox classic. 2004:recorded two top-25 finishes on the Nationwide tour, atthe price cutter charity championship (fifth) and the gilariver golf classic (t12). Has also played on the canadiantour. Amateur: Winner of the 2002 missouri amateur...made first start in a pga tour-affiliated event at theNationwide tour’s price cutter charity championship as anamateur, finishing 58th...Winner of four collegiate eventswhile playing at the university of New mexico.eDUcAtion: university of New mexico (2003,Business)SPeciAL inteReStS: power boats, water sportstURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2003nationwide tour Graduate (2007)PeRSonAL:grandmother got him started playing golf…Family ownsa large farm in richmond, mo, 40 miles from Kansas city,where they grow soybeans, wheat and corn…coach is JeffSouthwick, his high school golf coach and seventh-gradescience teacher.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.95 (96)Driving Distance ...........................................289.7 (75)Driving accuracy percentage .......................63.47% (98)greens in regulation percentage ................67.92% (72)putting average ...........................................1.779 (91)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–2 times, most recent Justintimberlake Shriners Hospitals for children open/1career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–2008 travelerschampionship/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $276,000–2008 ginn sur mer classic/t2career High official world Rank: after 2008 VerizonHeritage/137PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2008 29 15 1 5 7 94,310/117 $1,166,977/932009 28 21 2 8 697/86 896,478/982010 27 17 1 4 415/120 563,729/150total 84 53 1 8 19 2,627,183nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2002a 1 12003 22004 5 2 1 2 30,025/1212005 2 2 1 10,003/1852006 1 1 2,940/2442007 28 19 1 2 7 10 263,948/122008 1 1 1 1 1 27,300/134total 40 26 1 3 9 14 334,216* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 08 09 10u.S. opencutBritish opencuttHE pLaYErSt45 cutthe Barclayscut WD cutDeutsche Bank championship cut t492-308 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com