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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSCarl PaulsonSection Player BiograPhies2BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:2—2000 tampa Bay classic.nAtionwiDe toUR VictoRieS (2):1999 utah classic, Boise open.2010 SeASon:making his first appearances since 2005 on either thepga tour or Nationwide tour, missed the cut in allthree Nationwide tour starts. playing on a major medicalExemption the last five years, has not competed on the pgatour due to back injuries. coupled with $198,214 earned in13 events in 2005, has the opportunity to play in 13 eventsin 2011 to earn $428,522 and match the $626,736 winningsof 2005’s No. 125, Nick price. If he does so, will play outof the major medical Extension category for the remainderof the season.eXeMPt StAtUS: major medical ExtensionFULL nAMe: carl albert paulsonHeiGHt: 5-9weiGHt: 180BiRtHDAte: December 29, 1970BiRtHPLAce: Quantico, VaReSiDence: orlando, FLFAMiLY: Wife, Heather; Ned maxwell (2/10/98), robertHenry (6/7/01), anastasia Wynn (8/10/04)cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:member of the pga tour from 1995-96 and 2000-10 anda member of the Nationwide tour from 1997-99. 2005:regained tour card with t13 finish at 2004 Qualifyingtournament, but was limited to 13 events in 2005 due toa back injury. Did not play the rest of the year after withdrawingfrom the u.S. Bank championship in July. 2002:Finished in the top 125 for third consecutive year on tour.Hospitalized in January for three days with viral meningitisand in late February father, Ned, underwent triple bypasssurgery. missed first four cuts of his season during thisperiod. Solo 54-hole leader by one over eventual championcraig perks at tHE pLaYErS championship after third consecutive69. Final-round 77 dropped him into a t4 finish.2000: career-best season, highlighted by a runner-up finishat the tampa Bay classic. 1999: Earned fully exempt statuson the pga tour by finishing No. 1 on the Nationwide tourmoney list. Set a Nationwide tour record for consecutivestarts when he teed it up at the omaha classic, his 79thstraight tournament. captured his first career victory at theeDUcAtion: university of South carolina (1994,marketing)SPeciAL inteReStS: Family, South carolina gamecocksports, fishingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1994Q ScHooL: 1994, 1995, 2004JoineD toUR: 2000nationwide tour Graduate (1999)utah classic and then the Boise open. 1995: medalist at thepga tour Qualifying tournament. Amateur: all-americaselection and Southeastern conference player of the Yearin 1993 at the university of South carolina.PeRSonAL:chronicled his first season on the pga tour in the bookRookie on Tour. played select-level soccer through highschool.PLAYeR StAtiSticSMISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICScareer PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–1995 WaltDisney World/oldsmobile classic/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $259,200–2000 tampa Bay classic/2career High official world Rank: after 2001 ShellHouston open/104PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1995 21 10 1 2 $64,501/1831996 30 14 4 116,071/1551999 12000 33 19 1 4 7 741,995/642001 31 16 1 2 4 508,208/992002 28 14 2 4 568,924/1172003 32 18 3 365,177/1472004 13 2 1 70,088/2242005 13 6 2 198,214/195total 202 99 1 1 9 27 2,633,179nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1995 6 2 2 $5,750/1511996 3 2 1 2 2 24,550/761997 29 18 2 4 12 88,836/221998 30 20 1 4 9 69,628/401999 28 19 2 1 1 8 13 223,051/12004 12 6 11,983/1792005 12010 3total 112 67 2 5 1 18 38 423,79* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05the Barclays cut t62 cutu.S. open cut cut cutDeutsche Bank championshipt42British opencutBmW championship t9 t15 t38 t50 cutpgacut cuttHE pLaYErS t68 t4 WD2-340 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com