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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSspike McroySection Player BiograPhies2PGA toUR VictoRieS (1):2002 B.c. open.nAtionwiDe toUR VictoRieS (2):2000 Dakota Dunes open, tour championship.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:75—mayakoba golf classic.2010 SeASon:made one of four cuts on the pga tour…Best finish wasa 75th-place showing at the mayakoba golf classic.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Finished t42 in his only start on the pga tour atthe Legends reno-tahoe open...missed the cut in hisonly Nationwide tour start in 2009. 2008: Split timebetween the pga tour and Nationwide tour in 2008...made two of four cuts on the tour and four of 13 cuts onthe Nationwide tour...Best finish was a t18 at the 2008melwood prince george’s county open on the Nationwidetour. 2007: played in 18 tournaments combined betweenthe pga tour (six starts) and the Nationwide tour (12starts) and made the cut in two events on each tour in2007. 2006: Split time between the pga tour (9 starts)and Nationwide tour (12 starts) with a best finish of t21at the Nationwide tour’s 2006 peek’n peak classic. 2005:Split time between pga tour (12 starts) and Nationwidetour (15 starts)...Lone top-10 on tour came in 11th start,a t9 at the reno-tahoe open, aided by rounds of 70-68 onthe weekend...Best finish on Nationwide tour was t2 at themark christopher charity classic. 2004: Former B.c. openchampion split time between pga tour (12 starts) andeXeMPt StAtUS: past championFULL nAMe: robert Lynn mcroy, Jr.HeiGHt: 5-11weiGHt: 155BiRtHDAte: may 20, 1968BiRtHPLAce: Huntsville, aLReSiDence: Huntsville, aL; plays out of Valley Hill ccFAMiLY: Wife, rica; rily alexander (2/27/99), parkerKumar (4/17/01), meera Sophia (9/3/2002)Nationwide tour (15 starts)…Finished just outside the top150 on the tour money list at No. 159. 2003: Had 35 starts,tied for most on tour with pat Bates, Esteban toledo andNeal Lancaster. 2002: Finished a career-best 110th on tourmoney list with $616,814 after entering season with partialtour status...Earned first career tour title in 115th careertour start at the B.c. open, one of a record 18 first-timewinners. rolled in a 31-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole tofinish at 7-under-par 65 for the final round. the 19-underpartotal of 269 topped Fred Funk by one stroke, earninga career-high check of $378,000...Finished the year on astrong note with t5 finish at the season-ending SouthernFarm Bureau classic, shortened to 54 holes due to unplayableconditions. 2001: after a two-year hiatus from thetour, earned $401,654 to finish 127th on the money list...Needing $4,598 to retain tour card for 2002, missed cut atfinal event, the Southern Farm Bureau classic...one top-10finish, t3 at the Kemper Insurance open. 2000: Nationwidetour player of the Year after winning the season-endingNationwide tour championship at Highland oaks gc inhome state of alabama. Earned $99,000 for second win ofthe season, pushing his season total to a then-tour-record$300,638...First Nationwide tour victory came at the DakotaDunes open. 1999: Split time between Nationwide tourand pga tour with 11 events on both tours. 1998: postedonly one top 10, t6 at Buick Invitational, in 32 tour starts.1997: Finished 190th on tour money list in 27 eventswith one top-25 finish...runner-up to rafael alarcon atthe compaq World putting championship...Finished t5 attour Qualifying tournament in fall of 1997 to regain tourcard. 1992: Winner of alabama open and two Hooters tourevents. 1990: Winner of the cajun classic.eDUcAtion: university of alabama (1991, corporateFinance)SPeciAL inteReStS: guitar, fishing, stock market,Bible studytURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1991Q ScHooL: 1996, 1997nationwide tour Graduate (2000)PeRSonAL:Earned his nickname from a great uncle who was a fanof the Detroit tigers and star player ty cobb. cobb wasknown for his aggressive baserunning, with spikes up goinginto bases. the great uncle sent Spike a miniature tigersuniform when he was born…Wife obtained doctorate inoptometry from Southern college of optometry in memphisin 1996.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................73.42Driving Distance ...........................................272.8Driving accuracy percentage .......................65.48%greens in regulation percentage ................51.85%putting average ...........................................1.804(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 67–mayakoba golf classic atriviera maya-cancun/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–2001 BobHope chrysler classic/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $378,000–2002 B.c. open/1career High official world Rank: after 2002 Britishopen/200PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1991 11997 27 7 2 $66,274/1901998 32 12 1 3 179,770/1451999 11 3 1 49,701/2262001 31 15 1 1 2 401,654/1272002 25 9 1 3 3 616,814/1102003 35 17 1 5 480,773/1292004 33 13 1 2 374,187/1592005 12 4 1 2 173,919/2052006 9 1 18,225/2472007 6 2 249/50 18,280/2432008 4 2 259/26 15,641/2472009 1 1 240/14 10,500/2532010 4 1 245/ 6,840/246total 231 87 1 1 8 20 2,412,577nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1992 10 2 1 $1,925/1881994 11995 11997 3 1 1,390/2131999 11 7 1 1 5 29,499/802000 28 19 2 1 5 13 300,638/12002 3 2 1 11,385/1692005 15 9 1 1 3 64,348/782006 12 2 1 8,872/1922007 12 2 4,635/2462008 13 4 1 14,034/1602009 1total 110 48 2 2 1 7 25 436,726* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04the Barclays cut cut cut cut cutu.S. open cut t53 65 cut t40Deutsche Bank championshipt60 cutBritish opencutBmW championship cut cut cutpgacuttHE pLaYErScut t662-330 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com