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inteRnAtionAL PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2phoenix (t10). 2006: Had a pair of runner-up finishes amonghis seven top-10s. His first close call came at the Sunchlorella classic, where he lost to Hideto tanihara. againfinished second, to Hidemasa Hoshino, at the coca-colatokai classic. 2005: Had five top-10s, with his best finishesfourth-place showings at the Woodone open Hiroshimaand the Dunlop phoenix. 2004: contended all week at theaiful cup before finally falling to takuya taniguchi despiteshooting 68-66 on the weekend. Had four rounds in the60s, but it was enough to catch australian paul Sheehanat the golf Nippon Series Jt cup for his second runnerupperformance of the season. 2003: He battled gregorymeyer all week at the Sato Foods NSt Niigata open beforefinally prevailing by a stroke. Both players shot final-round66s...the following week, he shot a final-round 65 at theaiful cup to get into a playoff. He eventually fell to taichiteshima in the extra session. He again lost in a playofflater in the season, at the acom International. He camefrom eight strokes behind massy Kuramoto, who built hisbig lead on the strength of his opening-round 59, to force aplayoff, along with Jumbo ozaki, where both players fell toKatsumasa Miyamoto (Continued)PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank earnings1995 1 1 $3,0751999 22 8 3 154,4022002 22010 2 1total 27 10 3 157,477nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings1995 1total 1JAPAn GoLF toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings2010 24 18 1 2 5 11 $676,324* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*Kuramoto...Finished second, a distant nine strokes behindShingo Katayama, at the Sato Foods NSt Niigata open.2002: His top finish among seven top 10s was a runner-upperformance at the Sato Foods NSt Niigata open golfchampionship, where he fell to Yasuharu Imano by fourstrokes. 2001: Enjoyed his second multiple-win season,with victories at the Japan golf tour championship andthe golf Nippon Series Jt cup. 1999: Joined the pga tourafter successfully qualifying out of the National Qualifyingtournament. met with quick success, with a t11 at theBuick Invitational. that still represents his best pga tourfinish. made seven cuts that year, including a t12 at theB.c. open and a t13 at the air canada championship.1998: Won multiple tournaments for the first time in hiscareer. He held off peter mcWhinney at the tsuruya openearly in the season then defeated Jumbo ozaki in a playoffat the golf Nippon Series Jt cup. 1997: Had five top-10s inhis 17 made cuts on the Japan golf tour. 1995: made hispga tour debut, at the Kmart greater greensboro open.parlayed an opening-round 70 into a made cut and eventuallyt65 in North carolina.PLAYeR StAtiSticSPGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARY2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.31 ....... (N/a)Driving Distance ...........................................299.2 ....... (N/a)Driving accuracy percentage .......................60.23% .... (N/a)greens in regulation percentage ................65.74% .... (N/a)putting average ...........................................1.817 ....... (N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 62–World golf championships-Bridgestone Invitational/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–2010 Worldgolf championships-Bridgestone Invitational/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $63,500–2010 World golf championships–Bridgestone Invitational/t33career High official World Rank: after 1999 Bay HillInvitational/90Year 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10British opencutBmW championshipt75Bridgestone Invitationalt33HSBc championst34the Barclayscutedoardo Molinari (maw-liN-air-ee)FULL nAMe: Edoardo molinariHeiGHt: 5-11WeiGHt: 170BiRtHDAte: February 11, 1981BiRtHPLAce: turin, ItalyReSiDence: turin, ItalyeDUcAtion: university of torino (2006, Engineering)SPeciAL inteReStS: Soccer, InternettURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2006BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t2—2010 arnold palmer Invitational presented bymastercard.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (8):2007 club colombia masters [Eurchall], tusker Kenya open[Eur]. 2009 piemonte open [Eurchall], Kazakhstan open[Eurchall], Italian Federation cup [Eurchall], Dunlop phoenix[Jpn]. 2010 Barclays Scottish open [Eur], Johnnie Walkerchampionship [Eur].otHeR VictoRieS (2):2001 Italian amateur Foursomes [with Francesco molinari].2009 omEga mission Hills World cup [with Francescomolinari].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t2—arnold palmer Invitational.2010 SeASon:Finished t2 at the arnold palmer Invitational presented bymastercard. the runner-up finish was the best of his pgatour career in just his third start as a professional. Earneda spot in the arnold palmer Invitational by being in the top50 in the official World golf ranking. on the same weekendthat Edoardo finished t2 at Bay Hill, his brother Francescofinished t4 at the European tour’s open de andalucia degolf in málaga, Spain…Won the first of two Europeantour titles when he captured the Barclays Scottish openat Loch Lomond gc…Followed that victory with a win atthe Johnnie Walker championship, also in Scotland. Winhelped him secure a captain’s selection on the Europeanryder cup team. at celtic manor, he didn’t win any matches(0-1-2) but earned his team a full point by halving his fourballand singles showdowns…Late in the season, traveledto Japan and turned in a t4 at the Dunlop phoenix.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.35 ........... (33)Driving Distance ...........................................300.0 ........... (12)Driving accuracy percentage .......................62.64% ...... (115)greens in regulation percentage ................66.24% ...... (120)putting average ...........................................1.795 ......... (128)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 68–British open/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 68–2010 Britishopen/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $528,000–2010 arnold palmer Invitational presented by mastercard/t2career High official World Rank: after 2010 Justintimberlake Shriners Hospitals for children open/142-414 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com