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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSWill MacKenzieeXeMPt StAtUS: past championFULL nAMe: William ruggles macKenzieHeiGHt: 5-11weiGHt: 170BiRtHDAte: September 28, 1974BiRtHPLAce: greenville, NcReSiDence: Jupiter, FL; plays out of the Dye preserveFAMiLY: Wife, alli; maverick Noah (7/26/08), NashWilliam (2/18/10)tURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2000Q ScHooL: 2004, 2005PGA toUR VictoRieS (2):2006 reno-tahoe open. 2008 Viking classic.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t6—Frys.com open.2010 SeASon:claimed his only top-10 finish of the year at the Frys.comopen during the pga tour Fall Series. opened with a5-under 65 en route to t6 honors with five others.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: made the cut in nine of 24 starts, with four top-25finishes. Finished outside the top 125 (No. 126) for thefirst time since his rookie season in 2005...Finished t5at the Honda classic with a pair of 67s in the openingrounds...picked up his second top-10 finish at the memorialtournament (t10) on the strength of a final-round 68.2008: picked up second tour victory in a playoff at theViking classic...after missing six cuts in his first 10 starts,underwent right knee surgery on may 1 and was sidelinedfor eight weeks. returned at the Buick open in late June...collected his first top-10 of the season with a t4 at theJohn Deere classic. Held a two-stroke lead after 36 holesat tpc Deere run. closed with a 1-under par 70 to miss thethree-man playoff won by Kenny perry by a stroke. It washis first top-10 since finishing t7 at the 2007 Wyndhamchampionship...In the next start, collected his second tourtitle at the Viking classic in a three-man playoff. on Sunday,he birdied four of the last six holes to record a 4-under 68and reach a playoff with marc turnesa and Brian gay.Birdied the par-5 18th hole three consecutive times, includingthe first two playoff holes. gay dropped out after thefirst extra hole, and then third-round leader turnesa waseliminated on the second extra hole. collected a career-best $648,000 with the win. the victory came one day aftercalling a two-stroke penalty on himself for moving a looseimpediment inside a hazard on the par-5 18th hole, leadingto a triple bogey to finish the third round. 2007: Started theyear with a bang thanks to a t4 finish in first appearancein the mercedes-Benz championship. one of four first-timeparticipants to finish among the top-10. opened with a4-under 69 to share the first-round lead with four otherplayers, including eventual winner Vijay Singh...Next top-10came in June at the Stanford St. Jude championship, a t8at tpc Southwind...playing in home state, North carolina,at the Wyndham championship, led after a first-round 64,finished t7. 2006: Second year on tour highlighted by firstcareer win at the reno-tahoe open, his only top-10 of theseason...one of 13 first-time winners on tour in 2006...Finished season No. 100 on the money list...Win at thereno-tahoe open came in his 47th career start. Set tournamentfirst-round scoring record with a 9-under 63. Held firstroundlead and shared third-round lead prior to making a10-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to defeat Bob Estes by astroke. the birdie on 18 was his first on the back nine sincethe second round. Set tournament record with three eaglesin the first round and four overall. Became tournament’sfourth first-time winner. 2005: after finishing 179th on thepga tour money list in his rookie season, placed t9 at theQualifying tournament in December to regain his status for2006. Lone top-10 was a t8 at the michelin championshipat Las Vegas. 2004: Earned initial tour card by finishingt26 at the Qualifying tournament, his first trip to finals inthree attempts. Named player of the Year on the Hooterstour after finishing third on the money list and winningthree times, at the touchstone Energy open in greenville,Nc; Buffalo run casino in miami, oK; and Dothan (aL)classic. 2003: Won the canon u.S.a. classic in West palmBeach, FL on the golden Bear tour and finished ninth on themoney list that year. Has also played the canadian tour.PeRSonAL:gave up golf after his sophomore year in high school afterbeing a top junior player and did not pick it up again untilalmost 10 years later. Inspired by payne Stewart’s 1999u.S. open win at pinehurst in his home state of Northcarolina…an outdoor enthusiast who snowboards and rockclimbs. also spent some time heliboarding in alaska. Livedout of his van in montana for five years…Is a professionalkayaker.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.92 (92)Driving Distance ...........................................290.8 (66)Driving accuracy percentage .......................66.33% (57)greens in regulation percentage ................68.52% (56)putting average ...........................................1.807 (155)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–2 times, most recent Justintimberlake Shriners Hospitals for children open/1career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–2006 renotahoeopen/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $648,000–2008 Viking classic/1career High official world Rank: after 2007 travelerschampionship/155Section 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 1-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2005 25 12 1 2 $275,529/1792006 29 16 1 1 3 879,965/1002007 30 20 3 6 90,448/73 1,116,507/852008 21 10 1 2 2 162/1,289 911,194/1142009 24 9 2 4 292/144 659,686/1262010 23 14 1 4 154/267 557,504/152total 152 81 2 10 21 4,400,385nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2000 12002 22004 1 1 1,564/3342005 3 3 1 2 19,900/1512010 1total 8 4 1 2 21,464* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 05 06 07 08 09pga t57 cuttHE pLaYErS cut cutthe Barclayscut t77 cutDeutsche Bank championship t70 cut t30BmW championshipcutpgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-317