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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies272nd hole at the cialis Western open to finish solo second,earning one of the last exemptions into the British open.Shared second-round lead. His $518,400 payday markeda career best. 2003: Held the outright lead through threerounds of the B.c. open but a closing 72 and a 9-under-par63 by champions tour player craig Stadler dropped Loweryinto t2...Finished solo third at Las Vegas Invitational,three behind the playoff between Stuart appleby andScott mccarron. 2002: thanks to three runner-up finishes(greater milwaukee open, the INtErNatIoNaL and aircanada), earned a career-best $1,885,553 and gaineda spot in tHE tour championship for the third time incareer...missed 10-foot birdie putt on 18th hole at theINtErNatIoNaL which would have given him the win byone over rich Beem. In his final five holes, Lowery had abirdie on the par-5 14th after getting up and down from awater hazard, a hole-out eagle on the par-4 15th and holeoutdouble eagle on the par-5 17th (6-iron from 200 yards).2001: returned to tHE tour championship for the firsttime since 1994 by placing 27th in earnings...Finished thirdat the pga, three behind winner David toms. 2000: Hissecond career victory at the Southern Farm Bureau classiccrowned a season that included nine top-10s. In seasonendingvictory, opened with 64 for share of lead with FrankLickliter II. Followed with a 67 and 65 for solo lead through36 and 54 holes. took three-stroke lead into final round,shot 37 on the front nine and then birdied three of his finalsix holes to finish tied with Skip Kendall. In playoff, ran in45-foot birdie putt from the fringe on the first extra holefor the title. 1997: challenged tour scoring record in finalround at Buick challenge where he was 10-under through13 holes. He needed to birdie three of the final five holessteve lowery (Continued)to equal record but parred 14, 15 and 16 before birdies at17 and 18 gave him a 60 and a third-place finish. 1994: Firsttour victory came at the Sprint International. tied withrick Fehr with 35 points through 72 holes and then wonplayoff on first extra hole when Fehr’s ball found water.Victory was worth $252,000, more than he had earned inany previous season on tour...Year also included t2 atBuick Invitational, one stroke behind craig Stadler, and t3at NEc World Series of golf where he held a one-strokelead through 54 holes at Firestone before closing 72 lefthim two behind winner Jose maria olazabal. 1992: usedhis play on the Nationwide tour to return to the pga tourin 1993. Won tulsa open to finish third on the money list.1990: Earned Special temporary membership in 1990and 1991 by earning as much as 150th-place finisher onprevious year’s money list. 1988: Lost card after finishing157th on money list. 1987: First earned playing privilegesat Qualifying tournament. Amateur: 1982 and 1983 allamericanand Southeastern conference player of the Yearwhile at the university of alabama.PeRSonAL:Enjoys spending time and playing golf with his wifeHeather…Huge alabama crimson tide football fan.grandfather was “Smokey” Harper, who worked withcoach Bear Bryant and was part of famed Junction Boysat texas a&m…Has supported the Big oak ranch charitytournament in alabama for nearly 20 years. also supportsFellowship of christian athletes (Fca) charities…received1995 Singleton award as outstanding professional athletein alabama…Voted into alabama Sports Hall of Fame inmay 2008.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................72.20 (181)Driving Distance ...........................................286.2 (112)Driving accuracy percentage .......................61.90% (125)greens in regulation percentage ................65.52% (143)putting average ...........................................1.797 (132)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–at&t pebble Beach Nationalpro-am/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 60–1997 Buickchallenge/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,080,000–2008 at&t pebble Beach Nationalpro–am/1career High official world Rank: after 2002 Disney golfclassic/322010 ChAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICSScoring average (actual) .............................69.83Driving Distance ...........................................300.9Driving accuracy percentage .......................57.14%greens in regulation percentage ................64.81%putting average ...........................................1.757MISCELLANEOUS ChAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS2010 champions tour Low Round: 66–2010 at&tchampionship/1.career champions tour Low Round: 66–2010 at&tchampionship/1Largest career champions tour Paycheck/Finish: $40,250–2010 at&t championship/t11(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)Jarrod lyleeXeMPt StAtUS: 5th at 2010 pga tour QualifyingtournamentFULL nAMe: Jarrod LyleHeiGHt: 6-2weiGHt: 235BiRtHDAte: august 21, 1981BiRtHPLAce: Shepparton, Victoria, australiaReSiDence: Shepparton, Victoria, australiaFAMiLY: SingleSPeciAL inteReStS: crickettURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2004nationwide tour Graduate (2006, 2008)BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t6—2009 mayakoba golf classic.nAtionwiDe toUR VictoRieS (2):2008 mexico open, Knoxville open.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t9—mayakoba golf classic at riviera maya-cancun;t10—Zurich classic of New orleans.2010 SeASon:played 10 events while making the cut in half en route toan 87th-place finish on the Nationwide tour money list…Finished t4 at the moonah classic in his native australia,missing a potential playoff by two strokes. His performancewas his best since a runner-up effort at the Xerox classicin rochester, NY, in august 2008…two weeks later, madehis first start of the pga tour season (playing on a minormedical Extension) at the mayakoba golf classic. openedjust one shot off the lead with a 6-under 65 en route to at9 finish, just the second top-10 finish of his career. theother also came at the mayakoba golf classic, where healso opened with a 65 en route to a t6 in 2009…playingthe chitimacha Louisiana open, the first domestic eventon the Nationwide tour schedule, opened with a 73 andwas tied for 83rd. rounds of 67-65-71 helped him jump 78players to finish t5…Finished t10 at Zurich classic of Neworleans to earn a spot at the following week’s Quail Hollowchampionship. Was one of five australians to post a top-10finish at tpc Louisiana…Finished t5 late in the season atthe JBWere australian masters in melbourne. Shot foursub-par rounds at Victoria gc…Earned pga tour playingprivileges by finishing fifth at the pga tour Qualifyingtournament.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: made 11 of 21 cuts on the pga tour and finished175th on the money list. Finished t6 at the mayakobagolf classic. 2008: made the cut in 18 of 26 starts on theNationwide tour, with six top-10 finishes. Finished t6at the season-opening panama movistar championship.Followed that with his first career win a week later at theinaugural mexico open in morelia. Shared the 54-hole leadat 9-under with greg chalmers. then carded the low roundof the week, an 8-under 63 to win going away. Impressivefinal round resulted in a five-stroke victory over matt Every.posted a 6-under 29 on the front nine during the final day.maintained his top spot on the money list with a t5 atPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.83 (78)Driving Distance ...........................................296.2 (23)Driving accuracy percentage .......................63.40% (99)greens in regulation percentage ................65.34% (149)putting average ...........................................1.810 (162)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 65–2 times, most recent themcgladrey classic/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–2009 the 50thBob Hope classic/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $141,867–2010 Zurich classic of New orleans/t10career High official world Rank: after 2006 Bank ofamerica colonial/1422-314 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com