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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies22008: Following 10 top-10 finishes highlighted by a playoffvictory at the Henrico county open, finished eighth on theNationwide tour money list to graduate to the pga tour in2009. 2007: claimed three top-10 finishes on the Nationwidetour and placed 44th on the money list. 2006: Eight made cutsin 28 pga tour starts. 2005: Finished 14th on the Nationwidetour money list thanks in large part to his first victory at thealbertsons Boise open. Defeated Danny Ellis with a birdie onthe first playoff hole. graduated to the pga tour for 2006.2004: Fell out of top 150 (No. 156) for the first time in hiscareer after posting just two top-10s. 2003: Fell out of thetop 125 for the first time since 1999...recorded his only top10 of the season with a t7 at the Wachovia championship,four strokes behind David toms. He joined Brent geibergeras only other player to post all four rounds under par on theweek at Quail Hollow club. 2002: made 31 starts on the pgatour, finishing in the top-25 seven times...posted best roundof tournament at Buick Invitational with final-round 63 to movefrom t78 to t13, matching the low final round in tournamenthistory (tommy Nakajima, 1984)…First top-10 came at thegreater milwaukee open, where four rounds in 60s producedt5...Second top-10 finish was t4 at Bell canadian open.Finished one stroke out of three-way playoff (champion Johnrollins, Lancaster, Justin Leonard) after final-round 71. 2001:opened the season with his best finish, a t5 at the Sony openin Hawaii...Earned $237,000 of his $692,170 total on the Westcoast Swing...Disqualified himself from the Kemper Insurancegreg Chalmers (Continued)open on monday morning after an inadvertent rules violation.told his fellow competitor’s caddie, after a bad tee shot: “Itwas a 6-iron.” constitutes as advice to another player andcost him a t9 finish and $94,000. 2000: With an exceptionallystrong sophomore campaign, eclipsed the $1-million mark inseason winnings for the first time, earning $1,063,456 on thestrength of five top-10 finishes. those winnings also earnedhim distinction as fourth left-handed player in pga tourhistory to win in excess of $1 million in a season, joining philmickelson, mike Weir and Steve Flesch. Had career-best t2at Kemper Insurance open. 1999: made most of his rookieseason on pga tour, playing in 34 events and recordingseven top-25 finishes...First top-10 of his career came atDoral-ryder open, a t10. 1998: Earned membership for thenext season on pga tour by finishing fourth at the Qualifyingtournament...participated in two pga tour events—Britishopen championship and pga championship...In December,defeated Stuart appleby and peter Senior by one stroke towin the Holden australian open. Became first player onaustralasian tour since Bob Shearer to win australian openand australian amateur (1993 winner). First left-hander to winopen since claude Felstead in 1909...also t2 at Victoria openand third at the australasian tour championship...recordedtwo second-place finishes on the South africa tour—Nationalcar rental English and turespana masters. 1995: australasiantour rookie of the Year after three top-10s...Won Foundationtour order of merit...Won Western australia championshipand Nedlands masters. Amateur: 1994 Eisenhower cuprepresentative...1994 French amateur champion.PeRSonAL:Nicknamed “Snake” by australasian tour peers…Hasdriven his BmW m3 for a few test laps at texas motorSpeedway.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.73 (67)Driving Distance ...........................................275.5 (182)Driving accuracy percentage .......................59.80% (151)greens in regulation percentage ................66.01% (129)putting average ...........................................1.748 (13)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 64–Justintimberlake Shriners Hospitals for children open/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–2002 BuickInvitational/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $380,800–2009 Buick open/t2career High official World Rank: after 1998 motorolaWestern open/61PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1998 2 1 $10,305/2731999 34 20 1 7 362,635/1142000 28 19 1 5 10 1,063,456/412001 27 21 1 7 692,170/752002 31 15 2 7 640,898/1062003 32 17 1 3 403,254/1422004 22 13 2 3 402,380/1562006 28 8 151,265/2032009 26 15 1 2 8 696/87 1,058,286/892010 27 19 2 6 1,113/56 989,415/91total 257 148 2 16 51 5,774,063nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2004 42005 26 14 1 5 8 $233,063/142006 12007 27 16 1 3 9 143,090/442008 24 19 1 10 16 321,930/8total 82 49 2 1 18 33 698,083PGA toUR oF AUStRALASiAYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 1 1 $5,100* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masterscutu.S. opencutBritish opent57pga cut t4 t44tHE pLaYErS t9 t58 cut cut t34accenture match play championshipt33HSBc championst45the Barclays t22 cut t73 cut cut t31Deutsche Bank championship cut cut cut t36 t41BmW championship t17 cut t42 t38 cut cut cut t242-30 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com