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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2due to lingering neck injury. Finished solo second to DavidDuval at the michelob championship, his best career pgatour finish at that time. 1996: Earned his first career titleat the Nationwide tri-cities open, finishing at 21-under parand six strokes ahead of runner-up Skip Kendall…Won theaustralian pga championship at the end of the season…PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1994 24 9 2 $47,587/1901996 1 1 3,743/3331997 28 12 1 2 6 256,930/961998 28 13 1 1 5 335,821/891999 29 8 2 3 232,078/1502000 42001 12 4 2 141,581/1892002 25 19 1 4 8 1,643,686/332003 11 6 1 3 354,083/1492004 8 1 6,540/2582006 19 4 55,792/2302007 8 2 1 242/56 77,102/2202008 6 236/122009 22010 4 2 19,449/237total 209 81 1 1 1 10 30 3,174,391nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1994 2 1 1 $2,374/1731995 24 13 1 2 5 39,579/501996 20 13 1 1 3 8 77,535/242000 6 1 2,604/2312001 10 6 1 2 4 59,119/722004 4 2 4,826/2422006 4 3 1 1 17,919/1522007 20 9 4 31,660/1292008 11 5 2 19,859/1492009 22 8 2 3 51,111/1042010 22 6 3 25,924/132total 145 67 1 1 2 10 31 332,511* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*Phil Tataurangi (Continued)gained exempt status for 1997 on the pga tour by finishingt7 at the 1996 pga tour Qualifying tournament.1992: medalist at World amateur team championship asmember of New Zealand’s winning team. Amateur: 1993New Zealand amateur champion.PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYPeRSonAL:Father, teroi, played rugby for New Zealand’s maori allBlacks between 1960-66…Started playing golf at age7 after caddying for father…Extremely proud of maoriheritage.Year 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06masterst39the Barclays t16 t80 t54 cut cut t18 cutu.S. open cut cut cutDeutsche Bank championship cut cutBmW championship t67 cut cut WDpgat61tHE pLaYErS cut cut cutaccenture match play championshipt17nAtionAL teAMS: World amateur team championship (1), 1992.Michael ThompsoneXeMPt StAtUS: t16 at pga tour Qualifying SchoolFULL nAMe: michael Hayes thompsonHeiGHt: 6-0weiGHt: 185BiRtHDAte: april 16, 1985BiRtHPLAce: tucson, aZReSiDence: Birmingham, aLFAMiLY: Wife, racheleDUcAtion: university of alabama (2008, accounting)SPeciAL inteReStS: reading, alabama FootballtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2008cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:missed the cut in his only two career starts on the pgatour, at the 2009 at&t pebble Beach National pro-amand the mayakoba golf classic. Winner of the 2010michelob ultra classic on the Nga Hooters tour andwent on to win rookie of the Year honors. also playedon the Hooters tour in 2008-09. Amateur: Won threetournaments at tulane university. after transferring tothe university of alabama, won the 2008 Southeasternconference individual championship. Earned first-team allamericahonors in 2008. Finalist for the 2008 Ben HoganPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2009 2total 2* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*nAtionAL teAMS: palmer cup (1), 2008.award (finished second to rickie Fowler). Low amateur atthe 2008 u.S. open. member of the 2008 palmer cup team.Second-team all-american in 2007. runner-up at the 2007u.S. amateur.PeRSonAL:Has two brothers, one a u.S. air Force pilot (Zach) and theother an IBm employee with four kids (ryan). His sister,Darcy, is a pediatrician at Johns Hopkins university inBaltimore…attended university High School in tucson, aZ,helping lead his team to the 2001 state championship…Biggest thrill outside of golf was getting married…FavoritePLAYeR StAtiSticSMISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICScareer PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 72–2009 at&tpebble Beach National pro-am/1golf course played is Winged Foot. Would most like to playcypress point and St. andrews…Never travels without agood book to read…Favorite professional team is the Neworleans Saints. Favorite college team is the university ofalabama. Superstitions include always marking his ballwith a head’s up 1985 quarter. Favorite tV show is “NcIS.”Loves watching movies and can’t pick a favorite. Favoriteauthor is clive cussler. Favorite food is mexican. Favoritevacation spot is San Diego, ca. Would round out his dreamfoursome with his grandfather (Don), Davis Love III andBen Hogan. Not many people know that he is an EagleScout in the Boy Scouts of america. Bucket list includeswinning all four major championships,touring Europe andgoing on a safari in africa.charities include college golfFellowship.2-368 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com