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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSJohn MerrickeXeMPt StAtUS: 140th on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: John Sampson merrickHeiGHt: 6-1weiGHt: 170BiRtHDAte: march 20, 1982BiRtHPLAce: Long Beach, caReSiDence: Long Beach, ca; plays out of Virginia ccFAMiLY: Wife, JodyeDUcAtion: ucLa (2004, Sociology)SPeciAL inteReStS: movies, watching sports,Los angeles LakerstURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2004Q ScHooL: 2006nationwide tour Graduate (2006)BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:2—2009 the 50th Bob Hope classic hosted by arnoldpalmer.nAtionwiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):2006 peek’n peak classic.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t3—reno-tahoe open.2010 SeASon:made a career-best 23 cuts, but finished outside the top-125 for the first time since 2007…Earned only top-10 ofthe pga tour season with a t3 at the reno-tahoe open,his third consecutive top-10 at montreux g&cc. Fired afinal-round, 3-under-par 69 to finish two shots behind mattBettencourt.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: ranked 75th on the FedExcup standings and acareer-best No. 58 on the money list...posted a career-best63 in the third round of the 50th Bob Hope classic on hisway to a career-best runner-up finish, three shots behindchampion pat perez...Shot a 66, the best final-round score,to finish t6 at the masters tournament. round includedfour consecutive birdies on the back nine...Finished t10 atthe pga championship, his third career top-10 in a major....partnered with Nick Watney at the omEga mission HillsWorld cup in china in November. 2008: Doubled his earningsin his second season on tour, making more than$1.3 million with four top-10 finishes...Finished t3 at themayakoba golf classic, four strokes behind champion Briangay after rounds of 69-67 on the weekend...Finished histhird round Sunday morning and claimed the 54-hole leadat the Zurich classic before a final-round 73 left him t7...Finished t6 at the u.S. open at torrey pines for his firsttop-10 in a major in just his second start. He missed the cutat the 2005 u.S. open...opened with consecutive 5-under67s at the Legends reno-tahoe open. Finished t8. 2007:Finished 135th on the money list, but improved his positionon tour with his t23 finish at pga tour Qualifyingtournament...First career top-10 was a t5 at the turningStone resort championship. 2006: Finished 21st on theNationwide tour money list and improved his status forthe following season’s pga tour with t4 finish at pgatour Qualifying School, becoming first player from theNationwide tour to improve status through Q-School...Firstfull season on the Nationwide tour included four top-10sand his first career Nationwide tour victory. Fired roundsof 71-69-69-68 to finish tied with gavin coles at 11-under277 at the peek’n peak classic. parred third extra hole towin for the first time. 2005: In first pga tour start, missedthe cut at the u.S. open...made six cuts in a combined10 starts during the 2004 and 2005 Nationwide tour seasons.2004: only top-25 was a t12 at the Envirocare utahclassic in his first career start on the Nationwide tour...also played on the Spanos tour. Amateur: Earned allpac-10honors after capturing medalist honors at the 2003PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.10 (117)Driving Distance ...........................................291.4 (60)Driving accuracy percentage .......................66.71% (53)greens in regulation percentage ................70.24% (14)putting average ...........................................1.796 (129MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–travelers championship/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–2009 the 50thBob Hope classic/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $550,800–2009 the 50th Bob Hope classic/2career High official world Rank: after 2009 VerizonHeritage/90pac-10 championship. Won 2001 Southern california golfassociation amateur at age 19, the youngest person sincetiger Woods in 1994 to capture the nation’s second-oldest,continuously contested amateur championship.PeRSonAL:Lists his parents as his heroes. got his start in golf fromfriends and his dad.Section 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2005 12007 29 16 1 8 86,200/129 $649,438/1352008 28 22 1 4 7 101,627/40 1,312,005/832009 28 17 1 4 5 762/75 1,438,892/582010 31 23 1 1 4 459/110 658,815/140total 117 78 1 2 10 24 4,059,150nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2004 4 2 1 $12,090/1782005 6 4 7,444/1972006 29 20 1 4 11 208,506/212007 1 1 1 14,400/193total 40 27 1 4 13 242,440* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 05 06 07 08 09 10masters t6 cutu.S. open cut t6 cutpgat52 t10 cuttHE pLaYErS t27 t66 t47the Barclayscut t38 cut t68Deutsche Bank championshipt33 cutBmW championshipt60nAtionAL teAMS: World cup (1), 2009.pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-331