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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSthe the moonah classic. Was t7 at the athens regionalFoundation classic. regained the top spot on the money listwith his second victory of the year at the Knoxville open,where he defeated chris Kirk with a birdie at the first extrahole after both had tied at 19-under 269. Shot four roundsin the 60s to finish second at the Xerox classic despitethree bogeys in the final six holes. 2007: Finished his rookieseason on the pga tour ranked No. 164 on the money list,with $390,303. made the cut in 14 of 24 starts, with threetop-25 finishes. Enjoyed his best outings with t12s at thereno-tahoe open and the Fry’s Electronics open. took abreak from the tour and finished third at the Nationwidetour’s chitimacha Louisiana open. 2006: Earned his pgatour card for 2007 after finishing 18th on the Nationwidetour money list, with $227,909. made the cut in 17 of 21<strong>PGA</strong> toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2006 12007 24 14 3 183/869 $390,303/1642008 1 1 23,985/2009 21 11 1 1 174/180 275,195/1752010 18 9 2 3 163/227 422,760/162total 65 35 3 7 1,112,243nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2005 2 1 1 $6,274/2032006 21 17 1 1 7 11 227,909/182007 4 2 1 1 1 36,767/1222008 26 18 2 1 6 8 382,738/42010 10 5 2 4 65,325/87total 63 43 2 2 2 16 25 719,013<strong>PGA</strong> toUR oF AUStRALASiAYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 1 1 1 1 $57,000* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*Jarrod lyle (Continued)starts and posted seven top-10s in his rookie season on theNationwide tour. opened the season in impressive fashionwith a t4 at the Jacob’s creek open championship and at2 at the INg New Zealand pga championship, just oneshot behind tournament winner Jim rutledge. added athird-place effort at the palmettopride classic. also missedthe cut at the British open (his only career pga tour startup to that point) and finished t4 at the European tour’sVolvo china open. 2005: rookie of the Year on the pgatour of australasia. Has also competed on the asian pgatour. Amateur: represented australia at the 2004 Worldamateur team championship. runner-up at the 2004australian and New Zealand amateurs. Winner of the 2003and 2004 Lake macquarie amateur.sandy lyle<strong>PGA</strong> toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 06 07 08u.S. opent48British opencutPeRSonAL:got his start in golf at age 7 when he caddied for hisfather. In 1999 at age 17, was diagnosed with acutemyeloid leukemia and was confined to his bed for ninemonths while undergoing chemotherapy treatments at theroyal children’s Hospital. It took another 12 months beforehe had the energy to walk a golf course again. Forgeda friendship during that time with pga tour memberrobert allenby…cites winning his first event, in mexico,as his biggest thrill in golf…Would most like to playaugusta National…Never travels without his cellphone…Favorite tV show is “Seinfeld.” Favorite movie is “BadBoys.” Favorite food is pasta. Favorite city to visit is Dubai.Favorite vacation spot is australia…Serves as an ambassadorfor challenge: Supporting Kids with cancer.Section 2 Player BiograPhieseXeMPt StAtUS: past championFULL nAMe: alexander Walter Barr LyleHeiGHt: 6-0weiGHt: 187BiRtHDAte: February 9, 1958BiRtHPLAce: Shrewbury, EnglandReSiDence: Balquhidder, perthshire, Scotland; ponteVedra Beach, FLFAMiLY: Wife, Jolande; Stuart (1983), James (1986),alexandra Lonneke (1993), Quintin (1995)SPeciAL inteReStS: motorcycles, cars, airplanestURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1977JoineD toUR: 1980<strong>PGA</strong> toUR VictoRieS (6):1985 British open. 1986 greater greensboro open. 1987tournament players championship. 1988 phoenix open,Kmart greater greensboro open, masters tournament.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (22):1978 Nigerian open. 1979 Scottish professionalchampionship, B.a. avis open [Eur], Jersey open,Scandinavian Enterprise open [Eur], European open [Eur],Scottish professional championship. 1980 coral Welshclassic [Eur]. 1981 paco rabanne French open [Eur],Lawrence Batley International [Eur]. 1982 Lawrence BatleyInternational [Eur]. 1983 cepsa madrid open [Eur]. 1984Italian open [Eur], Lancome trophy [Eur], casio World open[asia], 1985 Benson and Hedges International [Eur]. 1987german masters [Eur]. 1988 Dunhill British masters [Eur],Suntory World match play championship [Eur]. 1991 BmWInternational open [Eur]. 1992 Lancia-martini Italian open[Eur], Volvo masters [Eur].otHeR <strong>PGA</strong> toUR VictoRieS (2):1980 World cup [indiv]. 1984 Kapalua International.BeSt 2010 cHAMPionS toUR FiniSHeS:t10—posco E&c Songdo championship.2010 SeASon:played in the pga tour’s at&t pebble Beach Nationalpro-am, the masters and British open but missed the cutin all three events…recorded one top 10 in 13 championstour starts…Was t10 at the inaugural posco c&E Songdochampionship in South Korea. one of just four players toshoot three consecutive sub-par rounds in the tournament.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:Split his professional career between the pga tour and theEuropean tour. made 275 career starts on the pga tour,with six victories, including the 1985 British open and the1988 masters. He also won 18 times on the European tourin a career that spanned nearly 30 years. owns 29 winsworldwide…Is a European ryder cup veteran, with fiveappearances to his credit (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985 and1987). Had a 7-9-2 overall record. Served as one of IanWoosnam’s European ryder cup assistant captains in 2006at the K club in Ireland. 2009: turned in a strong showing atthe masters tournament, finishing t20 in his 28th appearancein augusta. It was his best performance since his1988 victory. t20 finish at the masters was his first top-25finish since the 2000 season…Was t6 at the aberdeenBrunei Senior masters on the European Senior tour inearly march...Had four finishes in the top 15 during his 19champions tour starts, highlighted by a t12 at the toshibaclassic and a pair of t13s at the Senior British open and theLiberty mutual Legends of golf, where he teamed with IanWoosnam...Was also t15 at the acE group classic. 2008:Joined the champions tour in march and made 16 starts...teamed with Ian Woosnam to claim a third-place finish inthe Legends Division at the Liberty mutual Legends of golfin april. the duo turned in the low score in the final round, apgatour.com <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> 2011 Guide2-315

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