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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSfor the first time on any tour since the 1998 British openwith his victory at the Dubai Desert classic on the Europeantour. Hit all 18 greens in regulation on Sunday and finishedat 17-under, one stroke ahead of paul mcginley after thetwo shared the 54-hole lead at 14-under...Was only oneback of the leader tiger Woods through 36 holes at theEDS Byron Nelson championship. closed with a pair of70s to finish t11. played with Woods in the final pairingon Saturday. 2003: Fell out of the top 125 for the firsttime since earning his card in 1981...only top-10 of theseason was t8 finish at the masters. 2002: two runner-upfinishes were the most since he had two in 1996...t2 withJ.L. Lewis at Buick Invitational for first top-10 finish. Heldshare of the 54-hole lead, but final-round 70 came up onestroke short of champion Jose maria olazabal...aided byrounds of 70-68 on the weekend, finished t2 at the Buickopen behind champion tiger Woods. 2001: Second-round63 at pga tied the all-time low 18 for a major. top-20finish was fifth career top-20 at augusta National forthe former masters champion. 2000: Struggled throughdifficult season, which saw him fall out of the top 100 onthe official money list for first time since 1982. 1999: Lostto colin montgomerie, 3 and 2, in defense of cisco Worldmatch play championship...represented the united Stateson his fifth ryder cup team and in Dunhill cup and Worldcup competitions. 1998: at age 41, became the oldestplayer to win two major championships in the same year.as a reward, was chosen by his peers as pga tour playerof the Year. Joined Nick price and Nick Faldo as the onlyplayers in the 1990s to win two majors in one year...Inapril, closed birdie-birdie to edge Fred couples and DavidDuval and win the masters tournament. Joined arnoldpalmer and art Wall as the only players to birdie the lastMark o’Meara (Continued)two holes and win at augusta National. Won at augustaon his 14th try, the most for any first-time champion. thefifth player in masters history to win after not leading inthe first three rounds...In July, captured his second majorat the British open at royal Birkdale. trailed by two strokesthrough 54 holes but shot closing 68 to tie Brian Watts,then defeated Watts 17-19 in four-hole playoff...In october,defeated tiger Woods in final of cisco World match playchampionship...Named pga of america and golf Writersassociation of america player of Year. 1997: postedback-to-back victories at at&t pebble Beach Nationalpro-am and Buick Invitational. First player to win at pebbleBeach five times. Six of his victories have come in pro-amevents: 1985-89-90-92-97 at&t pebble Beach Nationalpro-ams and 1991 Walt Disney World/ oldsmobile classic.1996: captured mercedes championships and greatergreensboro chrysler classic to earn $1 million in seasonfor first time. 1995: posted first victory in three yearswith Honda classic title, then parred first playoff holeto defeat Bob Lohr at Bell canadian open...Equaled pgachampionship 36-hole record with 131 at riviera cc, butfinished t7. 1994: Victory in argentine open gave himvictories on five continents: North america, South america,asia, Europe and australia. 1981: pga tour rookie of theYear. Highlight of rookie season was playoff loss to DaveEichelberger at tallahassee open. Amateur: DefeatedJohn cook in final of 1979 u.S. amateur.PeRSonAL:took up game at age 13, when family moved near a golfcourse in california. avid fan of orlando professionalsports. teamed with pga tour Design Services to buildtpc Valencia (ca), which opened in 2003.rod Pampling (PaM-pling)PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................72.70Driving Distance ...........................................263.6Driving accuracy percentage .......................76.24%greens in regulation percentage ................66.67%putting average ...........................................1.905(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 69–2 times, most recent Britishopen/1career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–2 times, mostrecent 1996 greater greensboro chrysler classic/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $576,000–1998 masters tournament/1career High official world Rank: after 1999 Sony openin Hawaii/22010 ChAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICSScoring average (actual) .............................70.30 (12)Driving Distance ...........................................277.5 (37)Driving accuracy percentage .......................67.41% (61)greens in regulation percentage ................70.04% (25)putting average ...........................................1.734 (5)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 champions tour Low Round: 62–2 times, mostrecent 2010 Liberty mutual Legends of golf/3.career champions tour Low Round: 62–2 times, mostrecent 2010 Liberty mutual Legends of golf/3Largest career champions tour Paycheck/Finish: $405,000–2010 constellation Energy Senior playerschampionship/1Section 2 Player BiograPhieseXeMPt StAtUS: past championFULL nAMe: rodney pamplingHeiGHt: 5-10weiGHt: 175BiRtHDAte: September 23, 1969BiRtHPLAce: redcliffe, Queensland, australiaReSiDence: Flower mound, tX; Brisbane, australiaFAMiLY: Wife, angela; Samuel, WillaSPeciAL inteReStS: Sports, cars, winetURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1994JoineD toUR: 2002nationwide tour Graduate (2001)PGA toUR VictoRieS (2):2004 the INtErNatIoNaL. 2006 Bay Hill Invitational.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (2):1999 canon challenge [aus]. 2008 australian masters[aus].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t15—John Deere classic; t21—reno-tahoe open.2010 SeASon:Did not record a top-10 for the first time in his nine-yeartour career. Finished outside the top 125 for the firsttime…Best finish was t15 at the John Deere classic.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: posted three top-10s...Finished t9 at the World golfchampionships-ca championship with a pair of 71s onthe weekend...Held 18-hole lead with a 5-under 67 at theLegends reno-tahoe open, eventually finishing eighth.played the par-5 11th hole even par for the week goingbirdie, quadruple bogey, birdie and eagle...posted a t7 atturning Stone resort championship for his third top-10this season and 32nd of his career. 2008: recorded fivetop-10 finishes, including the first second-place finish ofhis nine-year career on tour...Finished t9 in the Worldgolf championships-accenture match play championship,falling to Vijay Singh in 25 holes in the third round...Bestfinish was a t2 at the crowne plaza Invitational at colonial.Was tied with phil mickelson and tim clark for the lead at13-under with one hole remaining before mickelson, in thefinal pairing with pampling, birdied the 72nd hole from theleft trees. the finish marked the fourth consecutive yearhe finished in the top 12 at colonial cc in Fort Worth, tX...Fifth top-10 of the season was t3 at the at&t National.2007: Fifth consecutive season with more than $1 million inearnings and at least nine top-25 finishes...posted a t10 atthe EDS Byron Nelson championship. It was his best finishsince the 2006 chrysler championship (t6)...made an aceat the 188-yard, par-3 16th in the final round of the crowneplaza Invitational at colonial. He also eagled the par-5 firsthole to become the first player since 1999 to card twoeagles at that event in the same round...Finished t3 at thememorial tournament after taking a three-stroke lead intothe final round. Eagle at the par-5 15th on Sunday tied himfor the lead, but a bogey at the par-4 17th dropped him twoshots behind winner K.J. choi…Finished the season rankedthird in eagles with 14. 2006: collected second tour titleand earned more than $2.6 million as well as a spot in tHEtour championship for the first time in his five-year career.made 21 cuts in 24 starts and recorded a career-best sixtop-10s...Shared third-round lead at the Buick InvitationalPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.50 (150)Driving Distance ...........................................283.5 (126)Driving accuracy percentage .......................65.45% (66)greens in regulation percentage ................64.94% (159)putting average ...........................................1.800 (140)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 65–travelers championship/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–2 times, mostrecent 2008 crowne plaza Invitational at colonial/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $990,000–2006 Bay Hill Invitational presented by mastercard/1career High official world Rank: after 2006 thememorial tournament/22pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-337