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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2Express championship...Was chosen by gary player as acaptain’s pick for the 2003 presidents cup. 2002: thirdseason on tour proved to be the breakthrough as he wasone of three first-time winners to win twice...Became thefirst South Korean winner in tour history, closing with5-under-par 67 for a four-stroke victory in the compaqclassic of New orleans. Fourth asian to win on the tour,joining Isao aoki and Shigeki maruyama of Japan and t.c.chen of taiwan. Donated 10 percent of his $810,000 checkto underprivileged South Koreans back home and to thechristian church his family attends near Houston...Earnedhis second victory in wire-to-wire fashion in his 86thcareer start at the tampa Bay classic. Became the secondasian-born player to win multiple events on the tour,joining Shigeki maruyama of Japan, who earlier in theyear earned his second victory at the Verizon Byron Nelsonclassic...on Sept. 23, a day after his win in tampa, had aninflamed appendix removed in Houston. Began sufferingstomach pain on the eve of the final round at tampa Bay.2001: Finished season inside top 125 for first time in hiscareer...Earned card for the season via the 2000 QualifyingK.J. Choi (Continued)tournament for second consecutive season, finishing t31.2000: rookie on pga tour after t35 finish at the 1999Qualifying tournament. Finished 134th on the money listand picked up his only top-10 with a t8 at the air canadachampionship.PeRSonAL:Interest in golf grew after one of his high school teachersrecommended he try the sport. Began studying JackNicklaus lesson books and videos and spent long hours hittingpractice balls on his island home’s only practice range.Later studied under phil ritson…currently coached bySteve Bann. First Korean to earn pga tour card…grew upthe son of a farmer/fisherman and as a teenage powerlifterearned the nickname “tank” because he could squat 350pounds although he weighed a mere 95. He didn’t have theupper-body strength to pursue that sport, so he turned togolf at age 16…after his 2005 victory, donated $90,000 tothe Korean presbyterian church in greensboro, Nc, that hehas attended each year he played the tournament.the masters, his best career finish at augusta, four strokesbehind winner trevor Immelman. paired with tiger Woodsin the final round, matched Woods’ even-par 72 to finish at4-under-par 284...Held off late charges from tommy armourIII and defending champion Hunter mahan to win thetravelers championship by one stroke. Shot 66-64-65-67 tofinish at 18-under for his fifth career victory and first since2004. Earned his first career win at tpc river Highlands asa rookie. made par from behind the green on the final holeto secure the win...Earned a spot on his fourth ryder cupteam and compiled a record of 1-2-0 for the week, bringinghis all-time ryder cup record to 4-7-4...played in all fourpga tour playoffs for the FedExcup events. made hisseventh appearance at tHE tour championship and finishedt24. placed 20th in the FedExcup standings. 2007: t3at tHE pLaYErS championship. rebounded from an openstewartCink (siNK)PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.10 (12)Driving Distance ...........................................283.1 (131)Driving accuracy percentage .......................65.99% (60)greens in regulation percentage ................68.52% (56)putting average ...........................................1.774 (77)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 64–VerizonHeritage/1career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–2 times, mostrecent 2003 Valero texas open/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,080,000–2 times, most recent 2007 at&tNational/1career High official World Rank: after 2008 poDSchampionship/5eXeMPt StAtUS: Winner, 2009 British open(through 2014)FULL nAMe: Stewart Ernest cinkHeiGHt: 6-4WeiGHt: 205BiRtHDAte: may 21, 1973BiRtHPLAce: Huntsville, aLReSiDence: Duluth, ga; plays out of East Lake gcFAMiLY: Wife, Lisa; connor Stewart (9/13/93), reaganBraswell (4/8/97)eDUcAtion: georgia tech (1995, management)SPeciAL inteReStS: Family, boating, water sports,hiking, barbecue, snow skiingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1995JoineD toUR: 1997nationwide tour Graduate (1996)PGA toUR VictoRieS (6):1997 canon greater Hartford open. 2000 mcI classic. 2004mcI Heritage, World golf championships-NEc Invitational.2008 travelers championship. 2009 British open.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (3):1996 ozarks open, colorado classic, tour championship.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (2):1996 mexican open. 1999 mexican open.otHeR VictoRieS (2):2006 Wendy’s 3-tour challenge [with Zach Johnson andScott Verplank]. 2007 cVS caremark charity classic [withJ.J. Henry].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t5—World golf championships-accenture match playchampionship; t8—the memorial tournament; 9—Hyundai tournament of champions.2010 SeASon:turned in a career-low three top-10 finishes on his way toa 38th-place finish in the FedExcup standings…His ninthplaceshowing at the SBS championship was the best ofthe four major winners from 2009 in the field. Finished theevent six strokes behind tournament winner geoff ogilvy…First three matches at the World golf championshipsaccenturematch play championship went either 18 holesor extra holes before losing in the quarterfinals, 5 and 4,to eventual runner-up paul casey. His t5 finish followed athird at accenture in 2009 and a runner-up finish in 2008…Finished t8 at the memorial tournament, his sixth top-10in 15 career starts at muirfield Village…making his fifthryder cup appearance, posted a 1-0-3 record and 2.5 pointsin the narrow loss by the united States, with only tigerWoods and Steve Stricker (3) earning more points.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Won his first major championship title, at the Britishopen, outdueling tom Watson, and finished in the top 30(28) of the FedExcup for a third straight year...posted firsttop-10 of the season with a 1-up win over ross Fisher in thethird-place match at the accenture match playchampionship, holing a bunker shot at the 18th for victory...t8 at the memorial tournament, finishing 5-under for thetournament...made a 12-foot birdie on the final hole ofregulation and then took advantage of tom Watson’smissed opportunity and overwhelmed him in the four-holeplayoff to win the British open.Watson, 59, missed an8-foot par putt on the final hole that would have won thetournament and forced the four-hole, cumulative playoff.cink made two birdies and two pars in the playoff, whileWatson made a par, two bogeys and a double bogey. cinkfinished with a 69 and a 2-under 278 total and captured hisfirst major and sixth career victory...posted a bogey-free 68in the final round of the Bridgestone Invitational to finish t6.It was his fourth career bogey-free round at the BridgestoneInvitational at Firestone cc, tying tiger Woods for the tournament’sbest mark...Finished t19 at tHE tourchampionship in his eighth appearance at the event...madethe presidents cup for the third consecutive time and fourthtime in his career. 2008: Won the travelers championship,recorded two runner-up finishes and a spot on the winningunited States ryder cup team. Season earnings of$3,979,301 moved him over the $25-million mark in careerearnings (10th all-time) and placed ninth on the seasonmoney list, the third time in his career he has finished insidethe top 10...runner-up to tiger Woods at the World golfchampionships-accenture match play championship, losing8 and 7 in the 36-hole championship match...rounds of66-73-69 led to a two-stroke lead after 54 holes at the poDSchampionship, but a final-round 74 left him t2 and twostrokes behind eventual winner Sean o’Hair...Finished t3 atPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.43 (41)Driving Distance ...........................................292.4 (49)Driving accuracy percentage .......................63.98% (92)greens in regulation percentage ................68.61% (52)putting average ...........................................1.777 (87)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 65–2 times, mostrecent travelers championship/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–3 times, mostrecent 2004 World golf championships-NEc Invitational/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,221,005–2009 British open/1career High official World Rank: after 2008 at&tNational/52-32 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com