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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSwith t5 at mercedes championships. Finished second atthe Nissan open. the next week was runner-up to fellowSacramento, ca native Kevin Sutherland in the Worldgolf championships-accenture match play championship.2001: collected his third tour victory and his second inatlanta...opening rounds of 68-67 produced a share oflead at BellSouth classic, with 36-hole final on Sunday.took outright lead with third-round 72, then closed with73 for three-stroke victory over mike Weir. Victory camein face of high winds on Sunday...posted t3 at Fed ExSt. Jude classic...Finished in the top-30 for the first timesince 1997 and secured a spot in tHE tour championship,where he finished 18th. 2000: compiled season earningsof $495,975, good for 97th on official money list...twotop-10 finishes came in final stretch of season, effectivelysecuring full playing privileges. In final official moneyappearance of year, finished t5 at Invensys classic of LasVegas. 1999: Fell out of the top 100 in season earnings forfirst time in four years with 101st-place finish. Lone top-10came at air canada championship where high finish wasPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-2events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1995 25 12 1 1 2 $147,371/1281996 27 17 1 2 5 404,329/491997 26 16 1 7 13 852,459/251998 28 14 3 7 414,247/691999 27 18 1 7 400,678/1012000 30 19 2 4 495,975/972001 25 23 1 1 4 15 1,793,506/232002 28 23 2 5 10 1,896,714/292003 27 16 1 2 11 1,250,849/542004 27 17 1 2 7 790,720/1052005 24 15 1 3 4 977,517/812006 15 7 1 175,727/1962008 22 9 1 2 3 96,901/91 952,070/1082009 27 19 3 6 719/82 980,819/922010 29 15 1 5 354/130 642,543/141total 387 240 3 6 2 38 100 12,175,523nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1992 1 1 $720/2681995 3 1 1 1,950/204total 4 2 1 2,670* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*scott McCarron (Continued)sparked by Northview g&cc course-record 10-under-par 61in the final round. Began the day tied for 47th and, startingon the back nine, played his first nine holes in 5-under-par30. He then birdied five consecutive holes on the front-ninefor a 5-under-par 31. the 61 was two strokes better thanhis previous best. 1998: made 14 of 28 cuts, includingthree top-10s on way to 69th-place ranking on money list.1997: captured his second pga tour title, winning theBellSouth classic. opened 70-69 at tpc Sugarloaf, thenfired 66 for share of lead with David Duval. Final-round 69secured three-stroke victory over Duval and Lee Janzen.Victory came after he pulled hamstring racing Dicky prideduring second-round rain delay. Injury forced him to keepswing shorter and he credited pride (at least in part) for thewin...In pairing of long putters, teamed with Bruce Lietzketo capture unofficial money title Franklin templeton SharkShootout. 1996: Became third consecutive first-time winnerfollowing tim Herron (Honda classic) and paul goydos(Bay Hill Invitational) with victory at Freeport-mcDermottclassic. after opening 68-67 at English turn g&cc, tookPGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07masters t10 t30 t16 t18 cut t23u.S. open t82 t10 t40 t30 cut cutBritish open cut t18 t34pga t47 t10 cut t70 t39 t14 cut t59tHE pLaYErScut cut t35 cut t66 t44 cut cut t53 cut cuttour championship t12 18 t11accenture match play championship 2 t33Bridgestone Invitationalt75ca championship cNL 6the Barclays cut cut cutBmW championship cut cut t63 t31 84 12 t47 t40Year 08 09 10British opencutpgat24tHE pLaYErScut cutthe Barclayscut cutDeutsche Bank championship t44 t36one-stroke lead over tommy tolles with a third-round69 and closed with 71 on windy Sunday for a five-strokevictory. 1995: third-place finish at Las Vegas Invitationalspared him a trip to Qualifying tournament.PeRSonAL:after college, gave up golf for four years to work with hisfather in the family clothing business. During that period,athletic focus was on flag football, softball, tennis andracquetball. return to golf was sparked by 1991 visit toraley’s Senior gold rush, the champions tour event atrancho murieta, ca. after watching event, went home andbuilt long putter in garage. Nearly won u.S. mid-amateurwith homemade model later that year. used more sophisticatedversion to win his three tour titles…In august1999, made hole-in-one during first round of cVS charityclassic immediately following ace by Lee Janzen on 17thhole at rhode Island cc.Section 2 Player BiograPhiesWilliam McgirteXeMPt StAtUS: t2 at 2010 pga tour QualifyingtournamentFULL nAMe: William curtis mcgirt IIIHeiGHt: 5-8weiGHt: 200BiRtHDAte: June 21, 1979BiRtHPLAce: Lumberton, NcReSiDence: Boiling Springs, ScFAMiLY: Wife, SaraheDUcAtion: Wofford college (2001, BusinessEconomics)SPeciAL inteReStS: Fishing, watching tVtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2004nationwide tour Alumnus2010 SeASon:Will play his rookie season on the pga tour in 2011after finishing t2 at the 2010 pga tour Qualifyingtournament…In his first start of the season on theNationwide tour, at the pacific rubiales Bogota open,he finished t3. after opening with rounds of 69-66, hewas one stroke off the lead. Despite weekend rounds of70-70, he wound up two strokes out of a Steve pate-aaronWatkins playoff that pate won…at the South georgiaclassic, posted his second top-10 of the year. Steadyrounds of 70-70-71-71 led to a seventh-place finish…Kepthis momentum going the next week at the Stadion athenclassic, where he improved his position after each round,eventually t7. charged up the leaderboard in the final roundof the Nationwide children’s Hospital Invitational with a7-under 64 to finish t7. Began the last day at ohio Stateuniversity’s Scarlet course tied for 34th and seven shots outof the lead. missed the cut at the Shell Houston open, justhis second-career start on the pga tour.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: missed the cut at the BmW charity pro-am. madethe cut in 16 of 18 starts on the egolf tour, with threetop-10 finishes. 2008: made the cut in 17 of 19 starts onthe egolf tour, with eight top-10 finishes, including thefirst five tournaments of the season. 2007: missed the cutin his first pga tour start at the Wyndham championship.Won the cabarrus classic championship on the egolftour, a tour he began competing on in 2005. also playedon the Hooters tour (2007) and the gateway tour (2004).Amateur: Was the 2001 Southern conference championand was a 2000 all-Southern conference selection, as wellas the 2000 augusta State Invitational champion andSouthern conference championship runner-up...In 1997,was the Davidson college Invitational champion. Earnedall-state high school honors in 1997 and all-conferencehonors in baseball.pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-325