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inteRnAtionAL PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Finished t10 at the pga championship, his firstcareer top 10 in a major. Didn’t miss a cut in a pga touraffiliatedevent and finished in the top-10 at the World golfchampionships-HSBc champions (t10) in early November.Had seven top-10s on the European tour, with a runner-upfinish at the portugal masters. teamed with older brother,BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t28—2010 pga championship.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t28—pga championship.2010 SeASon:made five pga tour starts, with his top finish coming atthe pga championship at Whistling Straits, where he t28.Burst on the scene with some dominant international play,winning for the second time as a professional, capturingthe maybank malysian open in Kuala Lumpur by a strokeover fellow countryman K.J. choi. the win made him thesecond-youngest European tour winner in history. at 18years, 282 days, he was 69 days older than fellow KoreanDanny Lee (Johnnie Walker classic). matteo manasserotook over the top spot with his victory in 2010…He addedtop-10 finishes in four other international events. Wasrunner-up to padraig Harrington at the Iskandar Johor openat Horizon Hills g&cc in malaysia, and added a t4 at theEuropean tour’s Ballentine’s championship, a solo fourth atthe omega European masters and a t8 at the Japan golftour’s asia-pacific panasonic open, his second consecutivetop-10 in that event.Francesco Molinari (Continued)PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank earnings2010 5 2 $81,422total 5 2 81,422eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings2010 15 12 1 3 6 $938,295JAPAn GoLF toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings2010 4 3 1 1 $107,988* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*Edoardo, to win the omEga mission Hills World cupin November, Italy’s first win in the event. performancemoved him into the top 50 in the official World golfranking for the first time. the younger, by nearly twoyears of the molinari brothers. Nine months after Edoardobecame the first Italian winner of the u.S. amateur in 2005,Francesco won the 2006 telecom Italian open, the firstseung-yul Noh (yoU-ul No)FULL nAMe: Seung-yul NohHeiGHt: 5-8WeiGHt: 150BiRtHDAte: may 29, 1991BiRtHPLAce: Seoul, South KoreaReSiDence: gangwon-Do, South KoreaFAMiLY: SingletURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2007cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: He had six top-10s around the world. His best asiantour performance was a t5 at the Worldwide Selangormasters in petaling Jaya, malaysia. Was t9 at the asiapacificpanasonic open. 2008: Joined the asian tour as a16-year-old and earned asian tour rookie of the Year honors,thanks to his victory at the midea china classic, wherehe shot a final-round, 3-under 68 to edge australian terrypilkadaris. His victory made him the third-youngest asiantour winner in history...added back-to-back-to-back runnerupperformances in the SaIL open golf championship, theasian tour International and the gS caltex maekyung openin his next three asian tour starts to finish 11th on theorder of merit.PeRSonAL:Began playing the sport at age 7. His dad bought him ajunior set. He hit balls on the beach near his home in Seoulbefore school and then spend hours at the driving rangeafter his studies were over for the day.PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 10u.S. opent40British opencutpgat28HSBc championst16success in the event by an Italian since massimo mannelli26 years earlier.PeRSonAL:Enjoys snowboarding in the winter and playing soccerwhen not supporting Inter milan.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.43 ....... (N/a)Driving Distance ...........................................298.7 ....... (N/a)Driving accuracy percentage .......................59.50% .... (N/a)greens in regulation percentage ................60.71% .... (N/a)putting average ...........................................1.856 ....... (N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 68–pga championship/1career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 68–2010 pgachampionship/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $46,700–2010 pga championship/t28career High official World Rank: after 2010 World golfchampionships-HSBc champions/662-416 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com