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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSstuart appleby (Continued)and Jack Burke, Jr. in 1952). In previous seven tour wins,won by a total of five strokes. 2005: Won for the third consecutiveseason and was the first player during the year tosuccessfully defend a title with his victory at the mercedeschampionships. Became the first back-to-back winner in22 years at the tour’s season-opening event. came fromfour strokes back on final day to pass 54-hole leader VijaySingh. almost did not return to defend title due to a nerveproblem in his left hip and upper thigh causing severe painand expectant due date of pregnant wife ashley...madefourth International presidents cup team. 2004: Finished inthe top 20 (No. 13) on the money list for the third time in hiscareer and second consecutive season. Earned fifth careervictory at the mercedes championships, topping VijaySingh by one stroke. Held first- and third-round leads...Heldfour-stroke lead through 54 holes at the Bay Hill Invitationalbut a final-round 76 left him six strokes behind winnerchad campbell. 2003: Season punctuated by fourth careervictory at the Las Vegas Invitational, his first win since1999. Finished 12th on the money list and representedthe International team at the presidents cup in Southafrica...Surpassed the $10-million mark in career tourearnings with Vegas victory. Defeated Scott mccarron inplayoff after the two set a tournament record with scores of31-under 328, including career-low 62 in first round...priorto win, had finished t2 three times earlier in the year, ShellHouston open, 84 LumBEr classic of pennsylvania andthe american Express championship. 2002: moved backinto top 50 in earnings, highlighted by near miss at Britishopen. Best career finish in a major, t2, at the 131st Britishopen at muirfield. after posting final-round 65 to join ErnieEls, thomas Levet and Steve Elkington in playoff, bogeyedthe fourth and final hole of the aggregate playoff to beeliminated…Second runner-up finish came at the Invensysclassic at Las Vegas, one stroke shy of phil tataurangi,who posted a final-round 62. 2001: Despite four top-10s,fell out of the top 30, at 55th, for the first time since 1998.2000: although winless for first time in four seasons, stood24th on the money list with earnings of $1,642,221 in 24starts...Best of five top-10s came in his second start, asrunner-up to paul azinger at Sony open in Hawaii...Foursub-par rounds at pga championship produced t4 finish...participatedin second presidents cup as member ofInternational team. 1999: Earned his third title in as manyseasons with Shell Houston open win. Stood two strokesback after 36 holes and three back through 54 holes.closing 71, the highest final round by a winner in 15 yearsat tpc Woodlands, was good for one-stroke victory overJohn cook and Hal Sutton. credited his late wife renaywith giving him the strength to win his first title sinceher death in the previous year. 1998: Earned his secondtour victory at Kemper open. trailed by one through 54holes and survived windswept Sunday with closing 72, onestroke better than Scott Hoch. 1997: Established himselfas one of tour’s young stars, becoming the first Q-Schoolgraduate to earn more than $1 million the followingyear...Won the Honda classic, finished second twice andearned trip to tHE tour championship...Held one-strokelead over payne Stewart after 54 holes at Honda classic.closing 71 on windy Sunday enough for one-stroke victoryover Stewart and michael Bradley. 1995: Became eighthplayer to win first Nationwide tour event with victory atarjun atwal (ar-jin aT-wall)eXeMPt StAtUS: 2010 tournament winner(through 2012)FULL nAMe: arjun Singh atwalHeiGHt: 6-1WeiGHt: 185BiRtHDAte: march 20, 1973BiRtHPLAce: asansol, IndiaReSiDence: Windemere, FLmonterrey open...Earned place on pga tour in 1996 byfinishing fifth on the Nationwide tour money list.PeRSonAL:raised on dairy farm, where he used to hit golf shots frompaddock to paddock once his chores were completed…Former australian rules football player before turning topro golf in 1992. played in australia before coming to theunited States in 1995.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.95 (96)Driving Distance ...........................................289.0 (84)Driving accuracy percentage .......................59.75% (152)greens in regulation percentage ................61.84% (185)putting average ...........................................1.778 (89)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 59–the greenbrier classic/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 59–2010 thegreenbrier classic/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,080,000–2 times, most recent 2010 thegreenbrier classic/1career High official World Rank: after 2004 Bay HillInvitational/8FAMiLY: Wife, ritika; Krishen (5/14/04), Shiva(12/10/07)eDUcAtion: Nassau community college (Liberal arts)tURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1995Q ScHooL: 2003nationwide tour Alumnus (2008)Section 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR VictoRieS (1):2010 Wyndham championship.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):2008 chattanooga classic.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (9):1995 Dcm open [asia]. 1997 classic Southern Indiaopen. 1999 Wills Indian open [asia]. 2000 Hero Hondamasters [asia], Star alliance open [asia]. 2002 carlsbergmalaysian open [Eur]. 2003 Hero Honda masters [asia],caltex Singapore masters [Eur]. 2008 maybank malaysianopen [Eur].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:1—Wyndham championship; t3—the mcgladrey classic;t7—Hp Byron Nelson championship.2010 SeASon:career year included first pga tour victory, becoming thefirst native of India to win on the pga tour, capturing theWyndham championship playing as a monday qualifier…Started the season playing on a minor medical Exemptionout of the Qualifying tournament/Nationwide tour category,giving him eight events to earn $586,007 to gainstatus for the remainder of the season…Finished t7 at theHp Byron Nelson championship, his first top-10 on toursince the 2006 season…Eighth start was the rBc canadianopen, where he failed to earn the needed balance…as a monday qualifier, shot 20-under-par 260 (61-67-65-67) to record his first pga tour win, at the Wyndhamchampionship at the age of 37 years, 5 months, 2 days.converted a 7-foot par putt on the 72nd hole to edge Davidtoms by one stroke. opened with a first-round, 9-under 61to tie the course record and move into sole possession ofthe lead. also held the third-round lead and a share of thesecond-round lead. He became the first monday qQualifierto win on tour since Fred Wadsworth at the 1986 Southernopen. as a non-member, he was not eligible to receiveFedExcup points at the Wyndham championship. the wingave him victories on the pga tour, European tour, asiantour and Nationwide tour…two starts after his win ingreensboro, closed with rounds of 65-67-66 to finish t3 atthe inaugural mcgladrey classic, finishing just two strokesbehind champion Heath Slocum.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: missed more than four months of the season witha shoulder injury and received a medical Extension for2010 out of the Qualifying tournament/Nationwide tourcategory...made the cut in just four of 12 starts and failed torecord a top-25 finish. 2008: Finished among the 25 graduatesfrom the Nationwide tour, at No. 17 on the money list.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.16Driving Distance ...........................................291.4Driving accuracy percentage .......................61.22%greens in regulation percentage ................68.56%putting average ...........................................1.762(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 61–Wyndham championship/1career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 61–2010Wyndham championship/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $918,000–2010 Wyndham championship/1career High official World Rank: after 2006 BuickInvitational/127made the cut in 17 of 23 starts, with 11 top-25 and fivetop-10 finishes...Finished t2 in the season-opening panamamovistar championship after holding the third-round leadby one stroke...Won for the first time in america when hedefeated Webb Simpson at the chattanooga classic with abirdie at the first playoff hole. Shot 24-under for the week,pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-9