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inteRnAtionAL PLAYeRSrichard greenFULL nAMe: richard george greenHeiGHt: 6-3WeiGHt: 215BiRtHDAte: February 19, 1971BiRtHPLAce: melbourne, australiaReSiDence: melbourne, australia; Bagshot, EnglandFAMiLY: Wife, anita; tara (9/25/01)SPeciAL inteReStS: car racingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1992BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t4—2007 British open.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (7):1994 New caledonian open [aus], Kooringal pro-am [aus],1995 Indonesian pro-am [asia]. 1996 New caledonian open[aus]. 1997 Dubai Desert classic [Eur]. 2004 australianmasters. 2007 Ba-ca open [Eur]. 2010 portugal masters[Eur].2010 SeASon:Had great success in portugal, winning the portugalmasters and finishing runner-up at the Estoril open deportugal. at the portugal masters, shot a final-round 65to win by three over gonzalo Fernandez-castano, robertKarlsson, Joost Luiten and Francesco molinari…In his second-placeshowing in portugal, struggled to a final-round70 to lose his advantage and end up five behind winnerthomas Bjorn…added top-10 finishes at the Vivendi cup(t8), the Irish open (t5) and the World golf championships-HSBc champions (t6) later in the season.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Had four top 10s around the world, with three ofthem t6s, at the celtic manor Wales open, the open deFrance alstom and the austrian golf open. 2008: Had fourinternational top-10s, led by a fourth-place showing atthe open de France. Joined with Brendan Jones to t3 asthe australian entry at the omEga mission Hills Worldcup in china. 2007: consistent year on the European tourwith a best finish of third at the Barclays Scottish open.Beat France’s Jean-Francois remesy on the first hole of aplayoff to win the European tour’s Ba-ca open in austria.the victory was his first on the European tour in 10 years.closed with a course-record-tying 64 at carnoustie to finisht4 at the British open, his first top-10 in a major championship.Joined the pga tour in mid-august as a Specialtemporary member for the remainder of the year. 2006:Enjoyed seven top-10s as he played around the world, withrunner-up performances at the mastercard masters on theaustralasian tour (lost by a stroke to Justin rose) and atthe KLm open on the European tour (lost in a playoff toSimon Dyson). 2005: Had a t3 at the Qatar masters anda t8 at the memorial tournament on the pga tour, hisfirst tour top-10 since a t5 at the 1997 B.c. open. 2004:Won the mastercard masters in his native australia, andhad a couple of other close calls—t2s at the KLm openand the open de France on the European tour. His victorycame in a playoff over fellow aussies greg chalmersand David mcKenzie. 2002: Finished second at the caltexSingapore masters, a distant five shots behind winnerarjun atwal. 1998: made his World cup debut representingaustralia, teaming with peter o’malley to lead australia toa ninth-place showing at old Harbour cc in auckland, NewZealand. 1997: Became the first left-hander since 1975 towin on the European tour with a victory at the Dubai Desertclassic in a playoff with Ian Woosnam and greg Norman, avictory which helped him finish 34th on the order of merit,his highest finish until placing seventh in 2004. attendedthe Victoria Institute of Sport and works with coach DarrenWebster-clarke. represented australia in the 1998 Worldcup along with peter o’malley and in 2008 with BrendanJones. 1996: Won the New caledonian open for a secondtime, and came close to adding a second title, this timeon the European tour. at the weather-shortened BmWInternational open, he finished second in the 36-hole eventbehind marc Farry. 1994: Earned his first two professionalvictories, with both coming on the australasian tour, at theNew caledonian open and the Kooringal pro-am.PeRSonAL:Has a passion for motor sports.PLAYeR StAtiSticSMISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICScareer PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 64–2007 Britishopen/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $411,320–2007 British open championship/t4career High official World Rank: after 2007 tHE tourchampionship presented by coca-cola/29Section 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank earnings1997 3 1 1 1 $47,4501999 12001 1 1 19,3122002 1 1 14,6962004 2 12005 11 9 1 1 256,8072006 4 2 29,2502007 5 5 1 1 446,0702008 9 7 92,9602009 2 1 15,000total 39 28 3 3 921,544nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings2003 12004 1 1 $3,074total 2 1 3,074eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings2010 21 17 1 1 4 9 $1,281,932* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09masterscutu.S. open t52 cutBritish open cut cut t42 t59 cut t32 cut t4 t32 cutpga cut t37 t40 71 t60tHE pLaYErSt46accenture match play championship t33 t33 t33 t33Bridgestone Invitational 67 t30 t43ca championship t28 t51 t51Year 10HSBc championst6nAtionAL teAMS: World cup (2), 1998, 2008.pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-395