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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2pga tour card for 2007 with t16 finish at 2006 pgatour Qualifying tournament. 2006: made the cut in 16of 28 starts during his rookie season on the Nationwidetour, with five top-10s. Finished the season 29th on themoney list, with $176,881...Finished t59 at the pga tour’sSony open in Hawaii after gaining a spot in the field on aSponsor Exemption. champions tour player Scott Simpsoncaddied for him that week...t2 at the season-openingmovistar panama championship, only his third career starton the Nationwide tour...t38 at the pga tour’s at&tpebble Beach National pro-am two weeks later...Did notfinish in the top 10 on the Nationwide tour again untilnotching back-to-back finishes at the LaSalle Bank open<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 Rank2000a 12004 12006 2 2 $34,674/2007 28 13 1 6 158/1,307 627,582/1372008 27 17 1 3 6 95,670/107 1,311,839/842009 25 10 3 176/173 275,033/1762010 20 4 223/32 53,291/222total 104 46 1 4 15 2,302,419nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2003 22005 1 1 $1,888/3012006 28 16 2 5 9 176,882/292007 1 1 1 1 26,400/1472009 12010 2total 35 18 2 6 10 205,170* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*Parker Mclachlin (Continued)(t6) and the Knoxville open (t2). 2004: missed the cut inhis first-career major championship start at the u.S. open.2000: missed cut in his first pga tour start at the Sonyopen in Hawaii. Amateur: Winner of the 1996 Junioramerica’s cup in Vancouver, British columbia, canada.Was the 1996 Hawaii High School athletic associationindividual champion.PeRSonAL:His dad, chris, was the high school basketball coach ofu.S. president Barack obama at punahou High Schoolin Honolulu, HI…played pick-up basketball with thepresident-elect in Hawaii in December of 2008…Father<strong>PGA</strong> toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 04 05 06 07 08 09the Barclayscutu.S. opencutDeutsche Bank championshipcutpgacuttHE pLaYErScutplayed basketball and volleyball for Stanford, while hismom, Beth, was captain of the 1976 u.S. olympic volleyballteam and served as an alternate in 1968. Brother Spencer isa 6-foot-7 outside hitter on the Stanford volleyball team…Has posted victories on the pga tour, Hooters tour, tightLies tour, gateway tour and Spanos tour…cites winningthe 2008 Legends reno-tahoe open as his biggest thrillin golf…Lists michael Jordan and andre agassi as hisheroes…plays a lot of golf with michelle Wie…Web siteis parkermclachlin.com…Earned all-state honors in highschool in volleyball. Non-golf related jobs held include highschool volleyball referee.george McNeilleXeMPt StAtUS: 138th on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: george William mcNeill, Jr.HeiGHt: 6-1weiGHt: 180BiRtHDAte: october 2, 1975BiRtHPLAce: Naples, FLReSiDence: Fort myers, FLFAMiLY: Wife, ryan LynneDUcAtion: Florida State universitySPeciAL inteReStS: Fishing, hunting, boatingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1998Q ScHooL: 2006nationwide tour Alumnus<strong>PGA</strong> toUR VictoRieS (1):2007 Frys.com open benefiting Shriners Hospitals forchildren.BeSt 2010 <strong>PGA</strong> toUR FiniSH:t5—Northern trust open.2010 SeASon:posted only top-10 of season with a t5 at Northern trustopen, shooting four rounds under par…Finished outsidethe top 125 on the money list for the first time in his fouryearcareer.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Finished second twice in the Fall Series and totaleda career high in earnings, with more than $1.4 million...Four rounds in the 60s led to a t7 finish at the Sony openin Hawaii...Defeated by martin Laird on the third extra holeof a playoff at the Justin timberlake Shriners Hospitals forchildren open. runner-up finish with chad campbell, alsoin the playoff, came after missing the cut in his previousfour starts on tour...one month later, lost to Stephenames on the second playoff hole at the children’s miracleNetwork classic...came into the Disney event with foureagles all year, but made two eagles within the first fiveholes on the back nine during the third round and anothereagle on No. 4 in the final round. after Justin Leonard waseliminated with a bogey on the first playoff hole, mcNeilllipped out a 6-foot par putt on the second extra hole, thepar-3 15th, to lose to ames’ par. 2008: recorded threetop-10s, including two runner-up finishes...posted the firstrunner-up finish of his career at the poDS championship.Final-round, 3-under 69 moved him to 2-under 282 forthe tournament, just two shy of champion Sean o’Hair...posted four rounds in the 60s to finish t6 at the u.S. Bankchampionship. Began the final round one off the lead ofNick Flanagan and gavin coles, but final-round 68 fell fourshort of champion richard S. Johnson. 2007: after earningpga tour Qualifying tournament medalist honors in2006, earned first tour victory during the Fall Series at theFrys.com open...along with Brandt Snedeker (Wyndhamchampionship), one of two rookies to win on tour duringthe year...In 21st start of rookie season, finished t3 at thecanadian open with rounds of 66-66 on the weekend...captured first career tour victory at the Frys.com openbenefiting Shriners Hospitals for children at age 32 yearsand 13 days, the fourth consecutive first-time winner atthe event. opened with rounds of 66-64-67 and held a fivestrokecushion entering the final round. responded with a5-under-par 67 on Sunday to win by four strokes over D.J.trahan…Became the ninth player to win the QualifyingPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.21 (130)Driving Distance ...........................................293.4 (41)Driving accuracy percentage .......................54.34% (184)greens in regulation percentage ................66.03% (128)putting average ...........................................1.763 (46)MISCELLANEOUS <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–the greenbrier classic/1career <strong>PGA</strong> toUR Low Round/Round: 63–2 times,most recent 2009 Justin timberlake Shriners Hospitals forchildren open/3Largest career <strong>PGA</strong> toUR Paycheck/Finish: $720,000–2007 Frys.com open benefiting Shriners Hospitals forchildren/1career High official world Rank: after 2008 poDSchampionship/672-328 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> 2011 Guidepgatour.com

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