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inteRnAtionAL PLAYeRSMichio Matsumura (Me-chee-oh mat-suh-MUr-uh)Section Player BiograPhies2inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (4):2007 par 72 challenge cup [Jpnchall], prgr cup Final[Jpnchall]. 2010 coca-cola tokai classic [Jpn], casio Worldopen [Jpn].2010 SeASon:Had a breakout season, winning twice on the seasonand moving inside the top 100 in the official World golfranking. Won his first Japan golf tour event, the cocacolatokai classic, and then punctuated his season in lateNovember with a victory at the casio World open.FULL nAMe: michio matsumuraHeiGHt: 5-8WeiGHt: 150BiRtHDAte: July 22, 1983BiRtHPLAce: Saitama prefecture, JapanReSiDence: tokyo, JapanFAMiLY: SinglePGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 1-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank earnings2008 1total 1JAPAn GoLF toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings2010 24 18 2 1 6 11 $1,233,416* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Had three top-10s on the year, with his best performancesa pair of t6s at the coca-cola tokai classic and themitsui Sumitomo Visa taiheiyo. 2008: Enjoyed five top-10s,with his best showings coming at the gate Way to the openmizuno open Yomiuri classic (t3) and the mitsui SumitomoVisa taiheiyo (fourth). 2007: played half the season afterqualifying for the Japan golf tour, and enjoyed his firsttop 10 in only his second start, a t10 at the Sun chlorellaclassic.PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 08 09 10British opencutHSBc championst60PLAYeR StAtiSticSMISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICScareer PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 76–2008 Britishopen/2career High official World Rank: after 2010 throughWeek Ending: 11/29/2010/85rory McilroyFULL nAMe: rory mcIlroyHeiGHt: 5-10WeiGHt: 160BiRtHDAte: may 4, 1989BiRtHPLAce: Holywood, Northern IrelandReSiDence: Holywood, Northern IrelandFAMiLY: SingleSPeciAL inteReStS: cars, tennis, movies, music,manchester united soccertURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2007JoineD toUR: 2010PGA toUR VictoRieS (1):2010 Wells Fargo championship.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (1):2009 Dubai Desert classic [Eur].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:1—Wells Fargo championship; t3—British open,pga championship; t9—World golf championships-Bridgestone Invitational; t10—the memorial tournamentpresented by Nationwide Insurance.2010 SeASon:rookie season highlighted by an electric, final-round 62at the Quail Hollow championship en route to first pgatour victory. posted t3 finishes at the British open andpga championship and was a member of the victoriousEuropean ryder cup squad…Shot a final-round, 10-under62 to claim his first tour win by four strokes over philmickelson at the Quail Hollow championship. Eagled thepar-5 seventh hole (his 16th hole of the day) in the secondround to help make the cut on the number, becoming thefirst player to win after making the cut on the number sincechris couch at the 2006 Zurich classic of New orleans.Final-round 10-under 62 set the course record and wasthe lowest-finishing score by a winner since Brad Faxon’s61 at the 2005 Buick championship. It was the lowest inrelation to par since ryan palmer shot the same score towin the 2004 FuNaI classic at Walt Disney World resort.Became the third consecutive player in his 20s to win theQuail Hollow championship (anthony Kim in 2008 and Seano’Hair in 2009). at age 20 years, 11 months, 28 days is theyoungest winner of the event. With a 16-under 128, postedthe lowest final 36-hole score at the tournament by sevenstrokes (previous mark of 135 owned by four players, mostrecently Steve Stricker in 2007). recorded 25 birdies, tiedwith Vijay Singh (2003) for most in tournament history.Finished the tournament eagle-birdie-par-birdie and tiedthe back-nine record at Quail Hollow with a 6-under 30Sunday (Sergio garcia, first round, 2005, retief goosen,third round, 2005). came from four strokes back on thelast day to win. Became the 20th-youngest winner in pgatour history…Finished t10 in his first career start at thememorial tournament…opened the British open with arecord-tying 9-under 63, the 24th time the score had beenposted in a major championship and the eighth time atthe British open. Went on to finish t3, equaling his bestfinish in a major (t3-2009 pga championship)…one of justtwo players in the field at the World golf championships-Bridgestone Invitational to post all four rounds in the 60s(68-69-69-69), finishing t9….Kept the heat on a week laterat Whistling Straits by finishing t3, one shot out of theKaymer-Watson playoff at the pga championship for thirdtop-3 in last five major starts. one of eight players with twoor more top-10s in majors in 2010. the t3 equalled best ofeight previous major starts (t3 at the 2010 British open,t3 at the 2009 pga championship)…Finished 36th in theFedExcup standings to just miss qualifying for tHE tourchampionship presented by coca-cola…Finished 1-1-2in his first ryder cup appearance. Earned a crucial halfpoint when he halved his singles match with Stewart cinkas the European team went on to victory…In November,returned to Sheshan International gc for the World golfchampionships-HSBc champions, where he finished fourthin 2009. Broke a string of 1-under 71s in the first threerounds in 2010 with a final-round, 5-under 67 to finishfifth…In mid-November, again contended at the uBS HongKong open, where he had finished runner-up in both 20082-412 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com