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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSchampionship. Fell to eventual champion tiger Woods in20 holes in the third round...Fired four rounds in the 60son Hilton Head Island in april to place t2 at the VerizonHeritage, where he won his first pga tour event in 2006.the t2 was his third consecutive top-10 finish at Harbourtown. 2007: Had the best season of his career, withseven top-10 finishes, a victory and more than $3 millionin earnings...Won for the second time in 21 starts (datingback to the 2006 Verizon Heritage) with a one-stroke victoryat the FBr open, close to where he lives at nearbygrayhawk gc. closed with consecutive 7-under-par 64sfor a winning total of 21-under-par 263. His 14-under-partotal on the weekend tied the tournament record for thelowest last 36 holes. Became the fourth internationalplayer to win the event since the tournament moved to tpcScottsdale in 1987...t6 at the World golf championshipscachampionship, giving him top-10 finishes in two of thethree World golf championships events...Held the 54-holelead over tiger Woods at the u.S. open at oakmont ccafter opening 72-70-70. paired with Woods in final groupon Sunday, triple-bogeyed first hole en route to 10-over-par80. Finished t13...Shared the 36-hole lead at the DeutscheBank championship, but a pair of 70s dropped him tofifth at tpc Boston...tied for the 54-hole lead with SteveStricker at the BmW championship after opening 68-65-65. playing in the final pairing with Stricker on Sunday,posted a final-round 66 to finish second, two shots shy ofchampion tiger Woods...In first career start at tHE tourchampionship presented by coca-cola, finished 24th tolock up a sixth-place finish in final FedExcup standings,earning an $800,000 bonus...Beat Daniel chopra on thefourth playoff hole in late November to win the mastercardmasters in australia. 2006: Won for the first time on thepga tour and accumulated more than $1.5 million inearnings...Won the Verizon Heritage for his first pga tourtitle, rallying with birdies on Nos. 14 and 15, two of thehardest holes on the pga tour, and beating Jim Furykwith a 6-foot par putt on Harbour town’s lighthouse closinghole. on Easter Sunday morning, Baddeley, who aspires tobe a minister when his golf career is complete, spoke atHarbour town’s Sunrise Service by the 18th green. He alsoaaron Baddeley (Continued)celebrated his one-year wedding anniversary on Saturday...Led the tour in putts per round (27.96). 2005: recordedback-to-back top-10s for the first time in his career withhis t7 finish at the Nissan open and t6 finished the nextweek at the chrysler classic of tucson...Best effort of theseason was a t4 at the reno-tahoe open, six strokesbehind wire-to-wire champion Vaughn taylor. 2004: made70 percent of his season earnings during the West coastSwing ($445,509, six tournaments), thanks to a runner-upfinish in tucson. In 38th career professional start finishedsecond to Heath Slocum at the chrysler classic of tucson.Had not made a bogey since the second round at the omnitucson National golf resort and Spa, but a three-putt onthe 72nd green ended the streak and his chance at victory...Needed to make the cut at the season-ending chryslerchampionship to secure a spot in the top 125 on the finalseason money list, finished 67th. 2003: pga tour rookiehad a strong debut thanks to three top-10s, including losingin a two-hole playoff to Ernie Els at the Sony open inHawaii. made a 10-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to getinto a playoff. on the second playoff hole at Waialae cc,Els made a 43-foot birdie putt from the fringe of the 10thgreen. Baddeley left his 20-foot birdie putt on the edge.the runner-up spot was his first career top-10...missed thebetter part of three months during the year due to ankleinjury suffered playing ultimate frisbee after the Bay HillInvitational in late march. He was out of action from tHEpLaYErS championship until coming back at the FedExSt. Jude classic, where he finished t53. 2002: Earnedhis way on to the pga tour via a 10th-place finish onthe Nationwide tour money list. posted three runner-upfinishes, at the Knoxville open, Bank of america montereypeninsula classic and the gila river classic. 2001: playedin nine tour events and teamed with adam Scott fora t14 at the World cup...Winner of the greg NormanHolden International. Finished as the 2000-01 pga tourof australasia order of merit champion and did not miss acut on the pga tour of australasia that year. Amateur: In2000, made one cut, a t57 at Honda classic, in nine tourappearances. Stayed with countryman greg Norman duringthe Honda classic, his first tour start. Highlight of theyear came when he defended his Holden australian opentitle...In 1999, won the Holden australian open, becomingthe youngest player to win that event and the first amateursince Bruce Devlin in 1959...First amateur to receive aspecial invitation to the masters (2000) since 1976...Wasselected to the Eisenhower World team, becoming theyoungest australian to represent his country in any worldteam event.PeRSonAL:Born in New Hampshire before family moved back toaustralia when aaron was only 2. Father ron served aschief mechanic for mario andretti’s race team in NewHampshire. Holds dual american and australian citizenship…Introducedto golf at age 8 by his grandmother, JeanBaddeley…Hobbies include fitness, sports, reading, go-kartingand fishing…If he wasn’t a professional golfer, wouldhave become a preacher, telling people about Jesus…the aaron Baddeley International Junior championship, inits ninth playing, is held late each year with the boys’ andgirls’ winners receiving spots in the australian men’s andwomen’s opens…Web site is badds.com.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.99 (107)Driving Distance ...........................................298.9 (14)Driving accuracy percentage .......................56.65% (170)greens in regulation percentage ................64.60% (164)putting average ...........................................1.735 (2)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–2 times, most recent Justintimberlake Shriners Hospitals for children open/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–2 times, mostrecent 2003 Valero texas open/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,080,000–2007 FBr open/1career High official World Rank: after 2008 EDS ByronNelson championship/16Section 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-1events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2000a 9 12001 9 2 $19,435/2002 3 2 16,380/2003 20 15 1 3 4 989,168/732004 27 16 1 1 3 632,876/1232005 27 16 5 8 1,006,006/782006 25 14 1 2 6 1,516,513/552007 23 19 1 1 7 13 103,350/6 3,441,119/102008 22 17 1 3 9 101,375/43 1,665,587/492009 23 14 2 6 431/111 837,065/1012010 26 21 1 2 4 559/94 879,317/110total 214 137 2 4 1 25 53 11,003,465nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2001 1 1 $1,413/2792002 17 11 3 1 5 9 216,536/10total 18 12 3 1 5 9 217,949* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters cut cut t52 cut t17u.S. open cut cut t13 t29 cutBritish open cut cut cut cut cutpga t57 t55 cut t13 cuttHE pLaYErS cut 78 cut t37 t32 t9 cuttour championship 24accenture match play championship t9 t9 t33Bridgestone Invitational t54 t20 t43ca championship cNL t6 t15 DQthe Barclayst25 cut cut t56Deutsche Bank championship cut t29 cut t7 5 t73 69BmW championship cut t58 cut cut 2 t10nAtionAL teAMS: World cup (1), 2001.pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-11