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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSclassic...Finished t7 at both the rex Hospital open and themelwood prince george’s county open...added a runner-upfinish at the Nationwide tour players cup, winding up threestrokes back of winner tom gillis…Enjoyed a top-10 atthe Soboba classic in california, where he t6...continuedhis strong play in tennessee with a t3 at the chattanoogaclassic...Ended his season with a t7 at the Nationwidetour championship. 2008: made 12 cuts in 22 starts onthe Nationwide tour, finishing No. 62 on the money list…posted just the third top-10 finish of his career—and firstsince 2005—with a t9 at the rain-shortened HSBc NewZealand pga championship...Earned a career-best t2 finishat the Northeast pennsylvania classic, moving from No.Cameron Percy (Continued)89 to No. 52 on the money list...took a trip to australia forthe birth of his second child and returned to finish t8 atthe WNB golf classic, shooting a third-round 66. playedin the final group with countryman and eventual winner,marc Leishman...Finished t51 at the australian masters inhis homeland late in the season. 2006-07: made just eightstarts on the Nationwide tour in 2006-07, with two madecuts. 2005: concluded the Nationwide tour season No. 73on the money list, with $68,658. Notched two top-10 finishes,with a best finish of t4 at the gila river golf classic. a15-under 273 left him five shots behind tournament championDavid mcKenzie. 2003: Finished t14 at the Jacob’screek open. Has also played on the australasian tour andthe asian pga tour. two-time winner of the tasmanianopen (1997-98). Amateur: Winner of the 1998 malaysianamateur. other international victories include the Victoriapga, Queensland masters and the Queensland pga.PeRSonAL:Lists qualifying for the 2003 British open and winning theVictoria pga as his biggest thrills in golf…Says australianrules football player peter Daicos as his hero…got hisstart in golf by using an old set of his grandmother’sclubs…Non-golf related jobs include working as a sportsreporter.PGA toUR VictoRieS (2):1999 Buick open. 2001 the INtErNatIoNaL.cHAMPionS toUR VictoRieS (1):2009 SaS championship.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t7—Hp Byron Nelson championship.BeSt 2010 cHAMPionS toUR FiniSHeS:2—Home care & Hospice First tee open at pebble Beach,SaS championship; 3—posco E&c Songdo championship;t4—the cap cana championship; t5—charles Schwabcup championship; t7—administaff Small Businessclassic; t8—outback Steakhouse pro-am, Boeing classic;t9—toshiba classic2010 SeASon:Ironman recorded 10th consecutive season with at least 30starts, with 22 on the pga tour and 10 on the champions tour.recorded his first top 10 of the tour season at the Hp ByronNelson championship (t7). the 50-year-old was the oldestplayer in the field. In the third round, he was paired with theyoungest, 16-year-old Jordan Spieth, and shot 66 to Spieth’s67…on the champions tour, finished no worse than t9 in hislast nine last starts, including five at t5 or better. Solo runner-upat both Home care & Hospice First tee open at pebble Beachand SaS championship. plans to play both tours again in 2011.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Finished outside the top 125 (No. 140) on the moneylist for the first time since the 2000 season...Shot a 63 inthe second round en route to a t9 finish at the 50th BobHope classic...turned 50 on September 5th and won hisfirst start on the champions tour at the SaS championship,holing a 36-foot putt to defeat Nick price and David Frostby a stroke...Was co-leader after a first-round 62 at Justintimberlake Shriners Hospitals for children open, eventuallyfinishing t7...at pga tour Qualifying tournament, madedouble bogey on the final hole to miss earning exempt statusby one stroke. 2008: made the cut in 22 of 30 starts. FinishedNo. 80 in FedExcup points and earnings, thanks to six top-10finishes (the second-highest total of his career). 2007: Hadjust two top-10 finishes in 31 starts. 2006: Enjoyed the bestseason of his 15-year tour career with career-high seventop-10s and more than $2 million in earnings ($2,396,548).Tom Pernice, Jr. (purr-NieCe)eXeMPt StAtUS: 139th on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: thomas charles pernice, Jr.HeiGHt: 5-10weiGHt: 175BiRtHDAte: September 5, 1959BiRtHPLAce: Kansas city, moReSiDence: murrieta, ca.; plays out of Bear creek gcFAMiLY: Wife, Sydney; Kristen (9/30/93), Brooke(3/7/95)Earned first trip to tHE tour championship after finishing30th on the money list. Best finish was a second at theFedEx St. Jude classic. 2005: Finished strong with a secondand a third in his last two starts at the FuNaI classic andchrysler championship. 2004: among the five top-10s werea career-high two thirds—the International and the Buickchampionship. 2003: played in 31 tournaments and made21 cuts, including 11 consecutive at the end of the season,longest consecutive cuts streak of his career. 2002: First top-10 of the season came at the Shell Houston open, his 10thstart of the season, with a t6. Finished the year on a strongnote with three top-15s, including a t7 at the reno-tahoeopen. 2001: collected his second tour victory and for thefirst time eclipsed the $1-million mark in season earnings. atthe International, accumulated 12 points in each of the firsttwo rounds under modified Stableford scoring system andled by two. added nine points in round three and increasedhis lead to three. recorded only one point in the final round,but was good enough for one-point victory over chris riley.Inspirational victory because his two daughters, Kristen andBrooke, were in attendance. Brooke, then age 6, is visuallyimpaired. 2000: opened the season at the mercedeschampionships with t8. His third-round 65 was the lowround of the championship...His only other top-10 came atthe rain-shortened BellSouth classic, a t5. 1999: Earned firstpga tour victory at the Buick open. His closing 65 resultedin a one-stroke victory over tom Lehman, ted tryba and Bobtway. Victory came in his 213th career start on the pgatour. 1998: the first season he earned fully-exempt status.although it took more than half a year because of tournamentdelay, had runner-up finish to phil mickelson at at&t pebbleBeach National pro-am. 1997: Earned more than $100,000for the first time, with $173,012, placing him 127th on themoney list. Best finish was fourth at greater milwaukeeopen...Finished 25th at pga tour Qualifying tournament toreturn to tour in 1998. 1996: Had three top-10 Nationwidetour finishes, including t6 at miami Valley open. 1992: BestNationwide tour finish that year was a t3 at Hawkeye open.1986: Earned status on the pga tour with his second-placefinish at the 1985 Qualifying tournament. made 12 cuts andfinished 148th on the money list with $40,172. Amateur:two-time all-american at ucLa...pac-10 player of Year in1981...teammates at ucLa included Jay Delsing, coreypavin, Steve pate and Duffy Waldorf.eDUcAtion: ucLa (1982, Economics)SPeciAL inteReStS: agronomy, gardening, politicstURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1982Q ScHooL: 1985, 1987, 1996, 1997JoineD toUR: 1986nationwide tour AlumnusPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.76 (71)Driving Distance ...........................................280.0 (154)Driving accuracy percentage .......................66.95% (48)greens in regulation percentage ................69.78% (25)putting average ...........................................1.785 (100)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 65–2 times, most recent themcgladrey classic/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–2 times,most recent 2009 Justin timberlake Shriners Hospitals forchildren open/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $720,000–2001 the INtErNatIoNaL/1career High official world Rank: after 2006 John Deereclassic/532010 ChAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICSScoring average (actual) .............................68.67 ....... (N/a)Driving Distance ...........................................281.1 ....... (N/a)Driving accuracy percentage .......................68.73% .... (N/a)greens in regulation percentage ................72.22% .... (N/a)putting average ...........................................1.728 ....... (N/a)MISCELLANEOUS ChAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS2010 champions tour Low Round: 64–2 times, mostrecent 2010 posco E&c Songdo championship/2.career champions tour Low Round: 64–2 times, mostrecent 2010 posco E&c Songdo championship/2Largest career champions tour Paycheck/Finish: $315,000–2009 SaS championship/1PeRSonAL:all-conference wrestler in high school…Daughter Brookehas a genetic disease, Leber’s amorosis, which causesblindness. Her retinas did not develop fully at birth. tomand Brooke won the National car rental golf classic atWalt Disney World resort father-child event for Brooke’sage group in 2001. Brooke released a country/christianrecording in 2007 titled “Help from above” and performedat the 2008 pLaYErS championship.Section 2 Player BiograPhiespgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-343