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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSomar Uresti (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2the second-highest final-round score by a winner in tourhistory; only Salazar’s 79 in 1991 was higher. the secondwin of his career was a two-stroke victory over Skip Kendalland aron price and was good for $112,500, moving him tosecond on the money list. His win set a new record for timeelapsed between victories, coming 12 years, 11 months,8 days since his last win—at the 1994 Shreveport open.Win snapped a string of 383 starts in pga tour-sponsoredevents since his last victory. 2006: playing out of the No.126-150 category, finished 134th on the pga tour moneylist, thanks to two top-10s. Finished t3 at the EDS ByronNelson championship, making the most out of the SponsorExemption that allowed him only his sixth tour start ofthe season, matching his best career finish (1997 Bay HillInvitational) and winning $359,600. His previous top-10came at the Nelson in 2005, a t6. Finished t4 at the B.c.open for his second top-10 of the season and 12th of hiscareer. 2005: played in 27 tour events and recorded onetop-10, a t6 at the EDS Byron Nelson championship, thanksto a final-round 66. returned to Q-School after finishing163rd on 2004 tour money list and finished t21 to retainplaying privileges for 2005. 2004: In first start of the season,carded a final-round 65 at the Sony open in Hawaii tofinish t10, his lone top-10 of season. 2003: Finished t7 atQualifying tournament. tied course record in third round(63) and shot final-round 64 to move into top 30. 1999:Jhonattan Vegas (Jonathan)eXeMPt StAtUS: 7th on 2010 Nationwide tourmoney listFULL nAMe: Jhonattan Luis VegasHeiGHt: 6-2weiGHt: 230BiRtHDAte: august 19, 1984BiRtHPLAce: maturin, VenezuelaReSiDence: austin, tXBecame his best season on tour by making the cut in 20of 31 events and earned $405,201 to finish No. 99 on themoney list. 1994: Earned his tour card for the first time byfinishing 14th at 1994 Qualifying tournament. Earned hisfirst career Nationwide tour title at the 1994 Shreveportopen. Had his biggest thrill during the tournament when heposted nine consecutive birdies, a Nationwide tour recordthat also bettered what was then the all-time pga tourmark by one. Amateur: 1985 texas Junior champion.PeRSonAL:counts among biggest thrills in golf a hole-in-one at age 8.Nickname is “o-man.”FAMiLY: SingleeDUcAtion: university of texas (2008, generalKinesiology)SPeciAL inteReStS: moviestURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2008nationwide tour Graduate (2010)BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t24—2010 puerto rico open.nAtionwiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):2010 preferred Health Systems Wichita open.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (1):2010 argentina open.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t24—puerto rico open.2010 SeASon:made 23 starts and had a win, two seconds and a thirdplacefinish among his 15 made cuts on the Nationwidetour. also ended the year t3 in Driving Distance, with anaverage of 312.9 yards per drive…In his fourth career start,at the South georgia classic, he finished second, one strokeback of winner Ewan porter, which vaulted him from No.147 to No. 14…three starts later he recorded his secondtop-10 finish, at the melwood prince george’s countyopen. Was t16 going into the weekend and shot 66-68 tofinish t7…Entered the final round at the preferred HealthSystems Wichita open six strokes behind and shot a finalround64 to take the clubhouse lead. Finished his round 90minutes before the leaders. His one-stroke advantage heldup when Steven Bowditch and roberto castro came to thepar-5 18th hole at crestview cc needing birdies to force aplayoff. Bowditch double-bogeyed and castro made par.PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2003 12008 1 1 $19,828/2010 1 1 1 26,483/total 3 2 1 46,311nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2009 18 10 2 6 $95,584/632010 23 15 1 2 1 5 9 336,334/7total 41 25 1 2 1 7 15 431,917* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*the victory, worth $103,500, was a career-best and movedhim to No. 7 on the money list at the time…three weeksafter his win in Wichita finished t2 in utah. Was one of justtwo players to post all four rounds in the 60s. a pair of 67son the weekend led to his fourth top-10 of the year…addeda t3 at the albertsons Boise open, finishing at 17-under andfour back of winner Hunter Haas. the payday pushed hisseason earnings to $295,784 and kept him securely at No.7 with six events remaining…In march, made his secondpga tour cut, with a t24 at the puerto rico open. playingon a sponsor’s exemption, he was in striking distance ofthird-round leader Kevin Streelman, five strokes back, untila final-round 74 ended his chances...Late in the season onthe tour de las americas, he cruised to a six-stroke victoryover andres romero at the argentina open.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Ended his rookie season on the Nationwide tour atNo. 63 on the money list. made the cut in 10 of 18 starts,with a pair of top-10 finishes. put his name in the recordbook when he posted a 7-under 28 in the second roundof the BmW charity pro-am. carded a 64 on the day andwent on to finish t25 in South carolina. Led or held ora share of the lead in the first three rounds of preferredHealth Systems Wichita open before carding a 3-over 74in the final round to finish t4. It was his first career top-10 performance. posted four sub-par scores to finish t7at the utah championship. Skipped the albertsons BoisePLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.87open and the WNB golf classic in September to play inthe omEga mission Hills World cup qualifier in his homecountry of Venezuela. partnered with alfredo adrian andfinished second to earn a spot in the 28-team field in china.In Dongguan, china, Venezuela finished t12 at the teamevent...He had never played in a Nationwide tour eventprior to 2009...turned pro in october 2008 and was thelow monday qualifier for the Valero texas open, wherehe posted four rounds in the 60s and finished t36, his firstmade pga tour cut. Qualified for the 2003 Shell Houstonopen but missed the cut. Amateur: Four-year lettermanat the university of texas. Won the Venezuela Nationalamateur in 2006. advanced to the semifinals of the 2007u.S. amateur at the olympic club in San Francisco, winningfour matches, before falling (4 and 3) to eventual championcolt Knost...Was a top junior in Venezuela when he left forthe united States in 2002.PeRSonAL:Knew very little English when he initially arrived in Houston.picked up the game by playing with a broomstick and arock. Eventually began playing at a nine-hole course nearhis home built for oil-camp employees.. His coach, FranciBetancourt, was a a three-time World cup participant forVenezuela in 1966, 1968 and 1975…His brother Julio playson the university of texas golf team.(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 67–puerto rico open/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 67–2 times, mostrecent 2010 puerto rico open/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $26,483–2010 puerto rico open presented/t24career High official world Rank: after 2010 rydercup/1572-376 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com