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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: coming off left knee and foot surgery the previousseason, missed the cut in his first two starts of the season,but then recorded consecutive top-10s in next two starts.Finished t4 in the weather-abbreviated at&t pebble BeachNational pro-am, shooting three sub-par rounds. t6 at theNorthern trust open, including a 64 in the third round atriviera cc...opened with 67-69 at the British open, oneshot off the 36-hole lead. Finished t27. Wife Brenda caddiedfor him that week...In the second round of the rBccanadian open, made nine consecutive birdies beginningat the 12th hole (his front nine) and ended with a par at thethird hole. this birdie streak set a pga tour record, bestingthe previous mark of eight held by Bob goalby, FuzzyZoeller, Dewey arnette, Edward Fryatt, J.p. Hayes andJerry Kelly. omar uresti made nine consecutive birdies onthe Nationwide tour in the 1994 Shreveport open. Shot a65 on the way to a t8 finish with 15-year-old son Eric caddieingfor him...Eligible for the champions tour in June.2008: Finished outside the top 125 on the money list (No.133) for the first time since the 1985 season...Season cameto an end after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on oct. 15in phoenix to repair the torn medial meniscus in his leftknee. It was his first knee operation since 2003 and the fifthsince 1985, with three on his right knee and two on his left.2007: Won the poDS championship, shattered his careerbestin earnings with nearly $3 million and notched twotop-10s in the pga tour playoffs for the FedExcup enroute to an eighth-place finish in the standings...afteropening with a 4-over-par 75, captured the poDSchampionship by one over Heath Slocum and John Sendenmark Calcavecchia (Continued)PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 1-4events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1981 7 1 $404/3131982 25 14 1 5 25,064/1351983 20 9 1 2 16,313/1611984 25 14 1 1 29,660/1401985 15 7 2 15,957/1621986 17 9 1 5 8 155,012/581987 26 20 1 2 3 9 12 522,398/101988 33 28 1 4 1 12 18 751,912/61989 25 18 3 1 2 10 13 807,741/51990 27 22 5 1 9 14 834,281/71991 24 17 1 6 8 323,621/501992 27 22 1 4 6 377,234/391993 30 20 3 6 13 630,366/211994 27 18 1 2 6 13 533,201/301995 29 25 1 2 6 13 843,552/131996 29 24 2 6 12 628,851/291997 27 23 1 1 7 17 1,117,365/141998 27 22 1 1 1 7 13 1,368,554/121999 29 22 1 4 10 733,971/592000 28 21 2 2 9 14 1,702,317/232001 23 16 1 1 1 5 8 1,991,576/172002 25 16 1 5 8 1,162,509/532003 24 19 1 3 8 1,121,069/652004 24 17 2 6 717,876/1122005 27 19 1 1 5 9 2,185,310/252006 27 22 1 5 705,315/1202007 28 19 1 1 6 11 102,069/8 2,993,332/132008 25 12 2 5 93,670/126 784,810/1332009 23 14 3 4 411/117 787,346/1072010 16 8 1 200/88 119,980/202total 739 518 13 27 17 141 259 23,986,895cHAMPionS toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0Year events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings Rank2010 14 1 1 6 11 $875,711 18total 14 1 1 6 11 875,711* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYwith the help of a course record 9-under par 62 in the thirdround. at age 46, oldest winner of the poDS championship.moved to fifth in the FedExcup standings, earning anexemption into the World golf championships-cachampionship...Fired a final-round 65 at the Barclays tofinish t4. used two putters during the week - a standardlength on long putts and a belly putter on shorter attempts,both with the claw grip. used two putters in previous startsat the Bridgestone Invitational and pga...playing alone infinal rounds of Deutsche Bank championship and BmWchampionship in consecutive weeks, took only 2 hours, 7minutes and 2 hours, 15 minutes, respectively, to completerounds of even-par 71 and 74...at tHE tour championshippresented by coca-cola, challenged tiger Woods throughthree rounds to finish t2 at 15-under, eight behind Woods,27th runner-up finish of tour career. after beginning thepga tour playoffs for the FedExcup in 20th position, finishedeighth to earn a $600,000 bonus to go with his$619,500 payday for the runner-up tour championshipfinish. 2006: Finished in the top 125 for the 21st consecutiveseason on tour thanks to a t19 finish at the chryslerchampionship, the final full-field event of the season. thet19 jumped him from No. 128 to No. 120...Lone top-10 (t9)came the week prior in orlando at the FuNaI classic atWalt Disney World resort, aided by a third-round 63, thelow round of the day on the magnolia course. 2005:Finished in the top 30 (No. 25) on the money list for firsttime since 2001 and earned more than $2 million for thefirst time in his 24-year tour career. In September, won forthe first time in more than four years by sharing the firstroundlead, holding the second- and third-round leads andfending off Ben crane and ryan moore by a stroke to capturethe Bell canadian open at Shaughnessey g&cc inVancouver, British columbia. made just one birdie over last36 holes. Became the oldest winner (45 years, two months,29 days) in the 101-year history of the tournament and wonfor the second time in Vancouver (1997 greater Vancouveropen). Won with over-par scores on the weekend afterposting rounds of 72-71. Winning total of 5-under 275 washighest at the Bell canadian open since Steve Jones wonwith same total in 1997...Fell in playoff to geoff ogilvy atthe chrysler classic of tucson. 2004: Did not secure hiscard until the second-to-last tournament of the season. at6 at the FuNaI classic at Walt Disney World resortjumped him from No. 129 to No. 111 on the money list.Finished season No. 112, the first time he had been out ofthe top 65 since 1985, when he finished No. 162. 2003:Surpassed $1 million in earnings for the sixth time in sevenyears despite battling various back and knee injuries.Surpassed $15 million in career earnings...Had knee surgeryto repair damaged cartilage in his right knee he injuredplaying in the pro-am at the phoenix open two days after at7 at Buick Invitational...Finished t2 behind Fred couples atthe Shell Houston open. 2002: Finished out of the top 50 onthe pga tour money list for only the second time since1987. Experimented with combination of long putter and“claw” grip at several events...top finish of season wasrunner-up at the greater greensboro chrysler classic. tiedpga tour record (now second) for fewest putts in a72-hole event (Kenny Knox, 1989 mcI Heritage classic)with 93...opened with rounds of 70-68 at the pgachampionship to share the 36-hole lead. Finished soloseventh, his best finish in a major championship since hewon the 1989 British open...member of the u.S. ryder cupYear 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93masters t17 2 t31 t20 t12 t31 t17u.S. open 14 t17 t62 t61 cut t37 t33 t25British open t11 cut 1 cut cut t28 t14pga cut t17 cut t32 t48 t31tHE pLaYErS t50 t64 cut 2 cut 73 cuttour championship t5 t3 t9 t14 t7the Barclays cut cut cut cut cut t62BmW championship DNQ t37 cut t29 t7 cut t16 t36 t48 t59Year 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06masters cut t41 t15 t17 t16 cut t4 cut cutu.S. open cut cut cut cut cut cut t24 cut t20 t20 cutBritish open t11 t24 t40 t10 t35 cut t26 t54 t80 cut t11 t60 t41pga cut cut t36 t23 t44 t61 t34 t4 7 t39 DQ t70 WDtHE pLaYErS t23 t18 t29 t24 4 t10 cut cut t69 t11 t66 t12 72tour championship t24 t27 t15 t4 29 t11 19 11accenture match play championship t33 t9 t9 t33Bridgestone Invitational t12 t36 74 t53 t68ca championship 10 cNL t33 t25the Barclays t27 t17 t72 cut 69 t81BmW championship t3 t25 77 t17 cut t54 t58Year 07 08 09 10masterst20 cutu.S. openWDBritish open t23 cut t27 73pgacut t63tHE pLaYErS cut cut cuttour championshipt2accenture match play championship t33Bridgestone Invitationalt14ca championship t32 t30the Barclays t4 cut cutDeutsche Bank championship t72BmW championship 65cHAMPionS toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 10Senior British opent14u.S. Senior opent24JELD-WEN traditiont4constellation Energy Senior players WDnAtionAL teAMS: the presidents cup (1), 1998; ryder cup (4), 1987, 1989, 1991, 2002;Kirin cup (1), 1987; asahi glass Four tours World championship of golf (2), 1989, 1990; Dunhillcup (2), 1989, 1990.2-24 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com