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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2early 2001 with his victory at the Buick challenge. Beganseason 404th in the official World golf ranking and by theend of the season had improved to 72nd. Defeated Davidtoms by one stroke at the Buick challenge. Had five-strokelead through 15 holes on Sunday thanks to eagle-birdiebirdie-birdie-eagle(tied for season’s best) stretch. Bogeyon next hole and eagle by toms cut that to two but Byrdhung on for the win in his 32nd start on tour. 2001: Earnedfirst tour card by finishing eighth on the Nationwide tourmoney list, thanks to five top-10 finishes and a first, secondJonathan Byrd (Continued)and third...Lone victory came at the BmW charity pro-amat the cliffs in traveler’s rest, Sc, not far from his hometownof Elgin, Sc. 2000: t36 at the michelob championshipat Kingsmill after turning pro in September after graduatingfrom clemson. Amateur: member of 1999 Walkercup team...Winner of Northeast amateur and carolinasamateur...Was an all-america selection in three of his fouryears at clemson, including first team in 1999...First-teamacademic all-america in 1999.and surpassed $2 million in earnings for the first time in histour career...parred the second playoff hole to beat Kennyperry and win the masters tournament. cabrera and perry,the third-round co-leaders, finished tied at 12-under-par276 with chad campbell. on the first playoff hole, the par-418th, cabrera made a par after driving in the right treesand perry got up and down for par from right of the green.campbell was eliminated when he failed to get up anddown from the right bunker. perry missed the green left onthe second playoff hole, the par-4 10th, and cabrera hit thegreen in two. cabrera two-putted for the win—his secondin a major championship (2007 u.S. open)—after perrymade bogey. cabrera trailed perry by two strokes with twoholes remaining in regulation play. perry made bogey fromthe edge of the green on 17 and bogey from left of the greenon the final hole to force the playoff...Failed to crack the topangelCabrera (on-hel)eXeMPt StAtUS: Winner, 2007 u.S. open; multipletournament winner (through 2014)FULL nAMe: angel Leopoldo cabreraHeiGHt: 6-0WeiGHt: 210BiRtHDAte: September 12, 1969PeRSonAL:His father, Jim, who died from brain cancer in 2009,introduced Jonathan and his brother to golf at age 3. olderbrother Jordan is an assistant golf coach at clemson.Jonathan caddied for Jordan in the 2008 u.S. mid-amateur.Jordan has occasionally cadddied for Jonathan on the pgatour…college teammates at clemson with tour playersLucas glover, charles Warren and D.J. trahan.BiRtHPLAce: cordoba, argentinaReSiDence: cordoba, argentinaSPeciAL inteReStS: SoccertURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1989JoineD toUR: 2007<strong>PGA</strong> toUR VictoRieS (2):2007 u.S. open. 2009 masters tournament.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (17):1995 paraguay open, colombia open. 1996 Volvo mastersof Latin america. 1999 torneo de maestros telefonica[arg]. 2001 torneo de maestros telefonica [arg], opende argentina [Eur]. 2002 Benson and Hedges International[Eur], argentine open, argentine pga [tied]. 2004 abiertodel sur de argentina. 2005 BmW championship [Eur], 18thtorneo de maestros copa personal [arg], 74th abierto Visadel centro [arg], 39th abierto de Norte [arg]. 2006 75thabierto Visa del centro [arg]. 2007 argentina masters[arg], Barclays Singapore open [asia].otHeR VictoRieS (1):2007 pga grand Slam of golf.BeSt 2010 <strong>PGA</strong> toUR FiniSHeS:3—Wells Fargo championship; t10—SBS championship.2010 SeASon:played his way through the third playoff event, finishing61st in final FedExcup standings…making his 125thcareer start on tour, finished t10 at the season-openingSBS championship. It was his second career start inKapalua (t15, 2008)…third-place finish at the Quail Hollowchampionship was the best of his pga tour career in anon-major. His previous best finish on tour in a non-majorwas t4, which he accomplished four different times.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Won his second major championship, in a playoff atthe masters tournament, and for the second time on thepga tour. Finished a personal-best 25th in the FedExcup<strong>PGA</strong> toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 1-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1997 1 1 $10,315/2681999 3 3 1 2 167,480/1672000 6 4 2 78,256/2001 8 6 2 2 337,105/2002 13 12 4 6 632,546/2003 14 8 5 372,252/1452004 8 5 1 5 237,839/2005 11 7 1 4 242,028/2006 12 9 3 5 623,504/2007 14 9 1 1 4 92,912/47 1,661,106/542008 17 12 1 7 100,435/65 868,182/1222009 17 12 1 3 7 558/25 2,625,472/212010 19 15 1 2 7 1,082/61 1,266,440/71total 143 103 2 1 19 56 9,122,523eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 8 6 2 $365,132* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*<strong>PGA</strong> toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09masters cut t10 t9 t15 cut cut t8 t37 t25 1u.S. open t37 t7 t66 t35 16 t33 t26 1 cut t54British open t51 t4 cut cut cut t22 cut 7 34 cut t24pga t41 t19 t37 t48 t45 cut cut cut t20 t63tHE pLaYErS t26 t36 cut cut cut cut t14tour championshipt13accenture match play championship t33 t33 t17 t17 t17 t33 t5 t33Bridgestone Invitational t19 t23 t4 t41 t4 t69 t36 t4ca championship t25 t17 cNL t36 t16 t18 t26 t19 WDthe Barclayscut t19 cutDeutsche Bank championship t23 t15 t4BmW championshipt30 t22 t45Year 10masterst18u.S. opent22British opencutpgacuttHE pLaYErScutaccenture match play championship t33Bridgestone Invitationalt33ca championshipt50the Barclayst15Deutsche Bank championship t18BmW championshipt63nAtionAL teAMS: World cup (9), 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.the presidents cup (3), 2005, 2007, 2009.2-22 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> 2011 Guidepgatour.com

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