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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSsteve lowery (laU-ree)eXeMPt StAtUS: past championFULL nAMe: Stephen Brent LoweryHeiGHt: 6-2weiGHt: 230BiRtHDAte: october 12, 1960BiRtHPLAce: Birmingham, aLReSiDence: Birmingham, aL; plays out of greystone cc(Hoover, aL)FAMiLY: Wife, Heather; Kristen Branch (12/27/91),Lauren Elizabeth (5/30/95), Stephen Brent, Jr. (1/25/98)eDUcAtion: university of alabamaSPeciAL inteReStS: Hunting, fishing, alabama footballtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1983Q ScHooL: 1987nationwide tour Graduate (1992)PGA toUR VictoRieS (3):1994 Sprint International. 2000 Southern Farm Bureauclassic. 2008 at&t pebble Beach National pro-am.nAtionwiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):1992 tulsa open.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t33—the mcgladrey classic.BeSt 2010 cHAMPionS toUR FiniSHeS:t11—at&t championship; t21—administaff SmallBusiness classic2010 SeASon:unable to record a top-10 for the second straight year andjust the fourth time since he joined the tour in 1988.In addition to 25 starts on the pga tour, joined thechampions tour in october upon turning 50 and played intwo events.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 3-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1983 21984 11986 1 1 $666/2871987 4 2 4,190/2331988 34 17 2 44,327/1571989 11 7 3 3 38,699/1741990 8 6 2 2 68,524/1591991 10 7 1 2 3 87,597/1431992 7 4 2 22,608/2071993 32 25 1 8 188,287/921994 30 20 1 1 1 5 9 794,048/121995 30 25 6 15 463,858/381996 31 21 2 7 263,505/801997 30 20 2 5 9 480,467/441998 28 16 1 4 8 409,940/701999 30 19 2 6 385,937/1042000 30 23 1 1 9 14 1,543,818/312001 28 23 1 2 6 11 1,738,820/272002 28 21 3 5 10 1,882,553/302003 29 15 1 1 2 5 932,293/772004 28 17 1 1 2 5 1,191,245/662005 32 17 1 3 8 950,274/852006 31 19 1 3 6 1,124,950/802007 22 15 1 3 151/1,536 502,622/1482008 25 13 1 2 4 96,190/103 1,524,275/602009 27 17 2 153/262 329,114/1652010 25 10 209/67 118,602/203total 594 380 3 9 10 65 142 15,091,220eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1990 3 2 1 $1,420/1791991 5 2 1 1 1 10,363/931992 21 19 1 2 1 7 14 114,553/3total 29 23 1 3 1 8 16 126,336cHAMPionS toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0Year events Played 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings Rank2010 2 2 $60,083 92total 2 2 60,083* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*2009: made the cut in 17 of 27 starts on the pga tour,highlighted by a pair of t24 finishes, first at the seasonopeningmercedes-Benz championship and then at theu.S. Bank championship in milwaukee in July...Held thefirst-round lead at the Buick open after a 63. Finished t63...Eligible for the champions tour in october 2010. 2008:at age 47 years, 3 months, 29 days, collected the thirdpga tour title of his career in a playoff win over VijaySingh at the at&t pebble Beach National pro-am. Singhbogeyed Nos. 14-16 before making a birdie on 18 to forcethe playoff. Birdied the first playoff hole, the par-5 18th,to record his first win since claiming the 2000 SouthernFarm Bureau classic, a span of 199 tournaments. Was only1-under for the tournament and in danger of missing the cutthrough three holes in Saturday’s third round before playinghis last 33 holes in 9-under. Victory gave him a two-yearexemption, which will take him through his 50th birthdayon october 12, 2010...Second top-10 finish was a t6 atthe memorial tournament. It was just his second top-10(2000-t5) in 13 starts at muirfield Village golf club. 2007:PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYVeteran hampered by left wrist injury suffered at the FBropen, where he was forced to withdraw during the finalround. Did not play again until the Wachovia championshipin may. granted minor medical Extension and had eightevents in 2008 to earn $282,558 (combined with 2007 earningsof $502,622 would equal 2007’s No. 125 earnings of$785,180), and subsequently be upgraded to major medicalExtension status for the remainder of the 2008 campaign...Lone top-10 in 22 starts was a t10 in first start of the seasonat the Sony open in Hawaii, aided by rounds of 67-67on the weekend. 2006: another solid season with threetop-10s and more than $1 million in earnings. 2005: Startedthe season with 11 missed cuts in his first 12 starts, butended the year with top-10s in three of his last five tourappearances, helping him secure his card for 2006...Besteffort of the season was t3 at the chrysler championship.Leader after 36 and 54 holes but a closing 3-over 75dropped him to t3. collected a season-best $216,164 tomove inside the top-100 on the money list for the 12thtime in his 18-year career. 2004: Sank an 8-foot putt on theYear 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00masterscut t41u.S. open cut t33 t16 t56 t60 cutBritish opent79pga cut t8 cut t58 t44 t51tHE pLaYErS t6 DQ t46 t65 cut cut t66tour championshipt8the Barclays t62 cut t14 cut 9 t66 10BmW championship t41 cut cut t6 cut t3 cut t61 t20Year 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09masters t40 t40 cut cutu.S. open t24 cut t42 cut cutBritish opent36pga 3 t10 cut cut t60 cuttHE pLaYErS cut t22 WD cut t12 t56 t28 cut cuttour championship 25 t13accenture match play championship t33 t17 t17Bridgestone Invitational 8 t20ca championshipcNL t15the Barclays cut t32 cut cut cutDeutsche Bank championship cut t52 t18 cutBmW championship cut t53 cut 2 cut t15Section 2 Player BiograPhiespgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-313