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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2champion closed with a 5-under 67 and finished runner-upto K.J. choi. 2004: Was five back of lead going into the finalround of Nissan open. Fired a closing-round 67 to finishone back of 54-hole leader mike Weir. missed a 12-footpar putt on the 72nd hole to finish second...posted careerbestfinish in a major with a t4 at the u.S. open. Sharedfirst-and second-round leads. 2003: Despite being plaguedby nagging neck injury during the early season, finished37th on money list in 2003 for third time in four years onthe strength of win at the chrysler classic of greensboro...recorded a hole-in-one for the third straight season whenhe aced the eighth hole with a 6-iron from 177 yards duringthe first round of the mastercard colonial...one ofonly five players to collect a win in each of the last threeseasons (tiger Woods, Justin Leonard, Jim Furyk andretief goosen) with his win in greensboro. Became thethird player in tournament history to finish the event at20-under-par or better with his final score of 22-under-par266. Held second- and third-round leads on way to victory.With $810,000 paycheck, became the first player in tourhistory to surpass $1 million in first four seasons. 2002:turned in best finish on money list to that point in threeyearcareer, along with most earnings...Won the VerizonByron Nelson classic and became the first asian withmultiple pga tour victories...closed with a 2-under 68 fora two-stroke victory over rookie Ben crane...posted the firstace of the 2002 u.S. open, using an 8-iron from 154 yardson No. 14 at Bethpage Black...t5 at British open. tied forlead with eventual champion Ernie Els and three othersafter 36 holes at 6-under-par 136...Withdrew from Worldgolf championships-american Express championship dueshigeki Maruyama (Continued)to shoulder injury and played one more event, his firsttour championship, where he finished t13...teamed withtoshi Izawa to win the World cup. team rebounded fromdouble bogey to birdie 17th hole and par 18th to beat u.S.team by two strokes. 2001: Finished in the top 40 on pgatour money list in his first two years as a member andcaptured his first win at the greater milwaukee open.Defeated charles Howell III with birdie-4 on first playoffhole. Victory made him first Japanese player to win pgatour event on u.S. mainland (Isao aoki captured 1983Hawaiian open). 2000: Became first Japanese player to top$1 million in one tour season...Had three top-5s includedamong seven top-10s, his best a t2 with tiger Woods atBuick Invitational, four strokes behind phil mickelson...High point of year likely came during qualifying for u.S.open. Shot 13-under 58 (11 birdies and one eagle) atWoodmont cc in rockville, mD, during first round. Secondround was 74, giving him total of 132 and second placeat qualifier to medalist David Berganio, Jr.’s 130...Earnedspot on International presidents cup team and finishedwith a 1-2-0 record. 1999: Earned his 2000 pga tourmembership by virtue of his strong play in the 1999 Worldgolf championships: 1999 World golf championshipsaccenturematch play championship (t5) and 1999 Worldgolf championships-NEc Invitational (sixth)...In october,won the 1999 Bridgestone open on the Japan golf tour forthe third time (first two came in 1995-96). 1998: First cameto attention of golf world when he was surprise star ofpresidents cup with a 5-0 record...Won pga philanthropyopen. 1997: Won four times on the Japan golf tour—Japan pga championship, pocari Sweat Yomiuri open,pga match play promise cup and golf Nippon Hitachi cup.1993: First victory came at pepsi-ubekousan.PeRSonAL:Known for his ever-present smile on the golf course with anickname as the “Smilin’ assassin.”…First shot even-parat age 11…Early in career, made regular appearances onJapanese tV variety show called Yume-ga-morimori (Lotsof Dreams)…Followed up on his dream with his father bylaunching his own junior golf foundation, which his companyoperates, in Japan. No relation to fellow professionalDaisuke maruyama.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.25Driving Distance ...........................................265.1Driving accuracy percentage .......................50.00%greens in regulation percentage ................56.94%putting average ...........................................1.854(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 66–mayakoba golf classic atriviera maya-cancun/1career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–3 times, mostrecent 2005 John Deere classic/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $864,000–2002 Verizon Byron Nelson classic/1career High official world Rank: after 2004 tHEpLaYErS championship/19PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 1-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1994 11995 11996 2 2 1 $50,588/1961997 6 6 1 3 111,781/1611998 6 4 1 78,556/1931999 9 4 3 3 79,137/2022000 26 19 1 1 7 11 1,207,104/372001 27 22 1 4 13 1,441,455/372002 24 21 1 5 13 2,214,794/162003 28 18 1 1 4 9 1,669,292/372004 26 22 1 6 13 2,301,692/232005 29 22 1 1 5 8 1,933,049/322006 30 19 1 4 9 1,154,115/792007 31 13 1 2 6 85,000/140 951,288/1052008 18 9 1 189/721 160,175/2072009 5 3 1 2 185/141 256,331/1812010 4 1 230/020 22,440/234total 273 185 3 4 4 42 93 13,631,795JAPAn GoLF toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 21 13 1 5 10 $343,765PGA toUR oF AUStRALASiAYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 1 1 $5,500* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08masterscut t31 t46 cut t14 cut cut cut cutthe Barclays t29 WD t30 cut cut cutu.S. open cut t16 cut t4 t33Deutsche Bank championship cut t6 cut t36British open t14 t10 t29 cut t55 cut t5 cut t30 cutBmW championship t3 t70 t65 t11 cut cutpga t23 t65 cut t46 t22 t43 t48 cut cut cuttHE pLaYErS cut cut WD t14 t45 t53 t32 WD cut WDtour championship t13 t19accenture match play championship t5 t9 t5 t17 t33 t33 t17Bridgestone Invitational 6 t15 t31 t36 t27 t46ca championship t50 WD t16 t11Year 09 10HSBc championsWDnAtionAL teAMS: the presidents cup (2), 1998, 2000; World cup (4), 2000, 2001, 2002,2003.2-320 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com