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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSgarth MulroySection Player BiograPhies2BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t6—2010 Valero texas open.nAtionwiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):2009 South georgia classic.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t6—Valero texas open.2010 SeASon:Will begin the 2011 season on a minor medical Extension(severe right-ankle sprain), with four events left to equalthe earnings of 2010 No. 125 troy merritt ($786,977).Earned $287,118 toward that total in 2010...rookie on thepga tour made the cut in six of 19 starts, with one top-10finish...after making his first cut of the season, at the QuailHollow championship (t69), finished t6 at the Valero texasopen, the best finish of his tour career. His second- andthird-round 67s matched the lowest round of his career.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Earned a trip to the pga tour in 2010 after finishingNo. 14 on the Nationwide tour money list...Had five top-10finishes, including a win and ended the season No. 4 inaverage driving distance...Earned his first top-10 of the yearwith a t9 at the chitimacha Louisiana open...came backthree weeks later to t4 at the athens regional Foundationclassic. overcame a double and a triple bogey in the openinground to shoot a 70, thanks to nine birdies. posted thelowest weekend total with rounds of 69-65 to move up theboard...Earned his first career title with a one-stroke winat the South georgia classic, where he shared the secondandthird-round leads. Held a three-shot lead with onehole to go but double-bogeyed the final hole. First-placecheck pushed him to No. 2 on the money list at the time...eXeMPt StAtUS: minor medical ExtensionFULL nAMe: garth mulroyHeiGHt: 6-1weiGHt: 200BiRtHDAte: July 8, 1978BiRtHPLAce: Durban, South africaReSiDence: raleigh, NcFAMiLY: Wife, cris; maxFinished t4 at the Ford Wayne gretzky classic...made hispga tour debut in march when he qualified for the Worldgolf championships-ca championship. Was t26 through 36holes before dropping to t46. played in the event by virtueof his second-place finish on the 2008 Sunshine tour orderof merit...Shared the first- and third-round lead and held theoutright second-round lead at the mexico open. Final-day,even-par 72 left him t4, his fifth top-10 of the year. 2008:made the cut in 12 of 24 starts on the Nationwide tour,with three top-10 finishes…Best finish was a t3 at the coxclassic, where he was one of four players to shoot 29 fornine holes. made two eagles on the par-4 ninth hole duringthe week...made only one cut in his final seven starts of theseason to finish No. 55 on the money list. 2007: made thecut in 21 of 30 events on the Nationwide tour. Finished theseason No. 35 on the money list, with $167,972. Finishedthe year with five top-10 finishes, three coming during astretch of seven made cuts to end the season…posted acareer-best t3 effort at the albertsons Boise open, finishingat 17-under 267, four strokes behind champion Jon mills...came back two starts later with a t5 effort at the WNBgolf classic...Finished the year with a t8 at the Nationwidetour championship at Barona creek...prior to the 2007season, had played in six tournaments with two madecuts—a t56 at the 2003 reese’s cup classic and a t32 atthe 2005 Virginia Beach open. 2006: played on the asiantour, Sunshine tour, tarheel tour and the gateway tourprior to that. 2005: partnered with David ping to win the BigStakes matchplay championship. Won two tournamentson the 2008 South african Sunshine tour, finishing secondon the order of merit behind richard Sterne. 2004: Finished8th on the gateway tour money list despite playing in only10 events. Had three runner-up finishes that season. 2003:Winner of 12 tournaments on the tarheel and triangleeDUcAtion: North carolina State university (Business)SPeciAL inteReStS: all sports, spending time withfamilytURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2003nationwide tour Graduate (2009)PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................72.00 (176)Driving Distance ...........................................295.6 (29)Driving accuracy percentage .......................60.70% (138)greens in regulation percentage ................70.07% (17)putting average ...........................................1.819 (173)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 65–Wyndham championship/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 65–2010Wyndham championship/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $211,975–2010 Valero texas open/t6career High official world Rank: after 2008 Sony openin Hawaii/229tour in 2002 and 2003. Amateur: Was a 2001 Ncaa allamericanand a first-team all-atlantic coast conferenceselection at N.c. State. Was teammates with tour playerscarl pettersson and marc turnesa. considered one of thetop junior golfers in South africa, winning the 1997 Southafrican royal Invitational.PeRSonAL:got his start in golf from caddying for his dad on Saturdays…cites winning the Big Stakes event in 2005 as his greatestthrill in golf…avid rugby fan, a sport he played on the Stateu21 team while growing up in South africa…His grandfatherused to play competitively with World golf Hall of Famemember Bobby Locke.PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2009 1 12010 19 6 1 1 178/160 $287,118/181total 20 7 1 1 287,118nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2003 1 1 $1,395/3282004 12005 4 1 2,700/2682007 30 21 1 5 9 167,972/352008 24 12 1 3 6 119,353/552009 23 18 1 5 10 263,126/142010 2 2 1 11,240/173total 85 55 1 2 13 26 565,786* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 09HSBc championst40ca championshipt462-334 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com