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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSTim Clark (Continued)Byrd...one week later at the u.S. Bank championship inmilwaukee, played in the final group on Sunday for thesecond consecutive week. Finished t2, four shots behindchampion Joe ogilvie. Former N.c. State golfer finishedsecond in both events to former atlantic coast conferencecollege rivals Byrd (clemson) and ogilvie (Duke)...Shota front-nine 29 (seven birdies, one bogey) in the finalround on the way to a 67 and a t5 finish at the BmWchampionship...at tHE tour championship, tied the EastLake gc course record in the first round with an 8-under-par62 (later broken by Zach Johnson’s 60). Held the 18-holelead and finished t7 to place 21st in the final FedExcupstandings on the strength of five top-10s. 2006: In fifthcareer masters appearance, holed out from a greensidebunker for birdie on the 72nd hole to finish second, his bestfinish in a major championship, two strokes behind championphil mickelson. Briefly held the lead early Sunday inrain-delayed completion of third round. 2005: capturedtwo international titles, played in his second presidentscup and participated in tHE tour championship for thefirst time...captured the South african airways open inhis native country for the second time. came into the finalround in a four-way tie for first and final-round 6-under 66was good for a six-stroke victory...Followed the win anda 30-hour journey from South africa to palm Springs andfinished t2 at the Bob Hope chrysler classic…Finishedt3 at the u.S. open thanks to a pair of even-par 70s onthe weekend...recorded a two-stroke victory over maartenLafeber and Darren clarke at the Barclays Scottish open...posted a 2-2-1 record for International squad in secondpresidents cup appearance. 2004: continued strong playin his third full season as a tour member. recorded athen-career-high six top-10s…Best finish of the seasonwas t5 at the Valero texas open. 2003: In defense of firstEuropean tour title, finished second to trevor Immelman atthe South african airways open in early January...Namedto the presidents cup team by International captain garyplayer after third-place finish at pga championship. trailedco-leaders Shaun micheel and chad campbell by fourentering final round, and 1-under-par 69 fell three strokesshort of micheel. 2002: took advantage of major medicalExtension due to wrist injury that limited his 2001 campaignto three events. Had 26 events to earn $384,602 andalmost doubled that with $632,609...Won the Bell’s Southafrican open on the European tour/Southern africa tour inJanuary. Won the pre-qualifying tournament earlier in theweek, becoming the first qualifier to win on the Europeantour since paul Lawrie captured the 1999 British open...captured the Southern africa tour order of merit basedon five top-10s and one victory...collected his first top-10finish in only his eighth professional tour start, with at9 at the compaq classic of New orleans...t6 finishesat the michelob championship at Kingsmill and Disneygolf classic jumped him up the tour money list from abubble-position of No. 126 to No. 106 to clinch tour cardfor 2003. 2001: Withdrew after first-round 79 at the at&tpebble Beach National pro-am, effectively ending seasonin which he played just three events. 2000: Earned firsttour card by finishing third on the Nationwide tour moneylist. captured two titles, at the Fort Smith classic and Boiseopen. 1999: made the Nationwide tour championship andfinished t23 after opening with a 77. 1998: missed cut asan amateur at his first tour event, the masters, where heearned a spot via 1997 u.S. public Links title...Won backto-backevents on the canadian tour, the New Brunswickopen and cpga championship. Amateur: Won 1997 u.S.public Links championship...two-time Ncaa East regionalIndividual champion (1996 and 1997)...1997 acc player ofJose Coceres (coh-sear-us)the Year...t5 at 1996 Ncaa championship and t7 in 1998Ncaas...1996 cgaa National Freshman of the Year...Won1997 cardinal amateur (greensboro, Nc) when he played54 holes without a bogey and finished 15-under-par 195 fora tournament record.PeRSonAL:recorded his first hole-in-one when he was age 8…Donated his first-place share of approximately $20,000 atthe November 2005 Nelson mandela Invitational to a deafgirl from the carel du toit School for the Hearing Impairedin tygerberg, South africa, who needed implant surgery.“It put into perspective what life is all about—and it’s notabout all those putts I’m able to put away or miss at thecrucial stages of an event, but life in general,” clark said.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.25 (19)Driving Distance ...........................................272.2 (188)Driving accuracy percentage .......................73.72% (4)greens in regulation percentage ................66.73% (102)putting average ...........................................1.756 (35)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–Bob Hopeclassic/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–2 times, mostrecent 2008 Deutsche Bank championship/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,710,000–2010 tHE pLaYErS championship/1career High official World Rank: after 2006 Barclaysclassic/14Section 2 Player BiograPhieseXeMPt StAtUS: major medical ExtensionFULL nAMe: Jose Eusebio coceresHeiGHt: 5-11WeiGHt: 170BiRtHDAte: august 14, 1963BiRtHPLAce: chaco, argentinaReSiDence: Buenos aires, argentinaFAMiLY: Wife, monica; maria Belen (1992), marcosJose (1995), maria JoseSPeciAL inteReStS: all sports, soccertURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1986JoineD toUR: 2001PGA toUR VictoRieS (2):2001 WorLDcom cLaSSIc - the Heritage of golf, Nationalcar rental golf classic Disney.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (8):1991 pinemar open [arg]. 1992 montevideo open [ura],Los cardales challenge [arg]. 1993 pinemar open [arg].1994 Heineken open catalonia [Eur]. 1995 tournament ofchampions [arg]. 1996 Los Leones open [chile]. 2000 DubaiDesert classic [Eur].2010 SeASon:Still recovering from a left-wrist injury and did not make astart on the pga tour. Will play out of the major medicalExtension category again in 2011, with six events remaining toearn $598,323 to equal No. 125 from 2008 ($852,752) to earnmajor medical Extension status for the remainder of 2011.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: played on a major medical Extension and had 12events to earn $612,359, which coupled with earnings of$240,393 in 2008, would’ve equaled No. 125 from the 2008money list and earned major medical Extension status forthe remainder of the 2009 season. Still hampered by left wristinjury, made just one cut in six starts in 2009 (t48 VerizonHeritage) and earned $14,036. 2008: a left-wrist injury cutseason short, with t36 at the at&t National in early July hisfinal outing. Finished the season with just six made cuts in 13appearances. 2007: Lost to Fred Funk on the second hole of asudden-death playoff at the mayakoba golf classic. runnerupfinish was his best since a victory at the 2001 Nationalcar rental golf classic...one week later, finished t2 at theHonda classic after losing in a four-man playoff. Lost on thethird hole of a sudden-death playoff to mark Wilson, whomade a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th hole just beforecoceres missed one just a bit shorter. Back-to-back top-10swere a career first and he was the first tour player sinceDavid Duval (1997) to compete in playoffs in back-to-backweeks...Finished fifth at tHE pLaYErS, his best career finishat tpc Sawgrass…Led tour in Driving accuracy percentage(75.47). 2006: Had three top-10 finishes, his most since joiningthe tour in 2001. Best finish was a t5 in august at thereno-tahoe open. 2005: Finished out of the top 150 (No. 182)for the third time in last four years. 2004: Finished among thetop 125 for the first time since earning two wins in 2001...In fourth start of season, finished t6 at the Shell Houstonopen. one off the lead of Vijay Singh and John Hustonthrough 54 holes, but slipped with final-round 73...Solo thirdat John Deere classic was best finish since winning the 2001National car rental golf classic. First-round, 9-under-par 62was one off the tpc Deere run course record. In final round,a double bogey on the eighth hole dropped him from the lead.2003: Inconsistent season, continuing to battle back frombroken arm suffered prior to 2002 season...Lone top-10 camein october when he finished t7 at the Southern Farm Bureauclassic. 2002: Limited to 16 events due to a broken bone inright arm suffered in pickup soccer game in native argentina.Did not played first tournament until early april at BellSouthPLAYeR StAtiSticSMISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICScareer PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–2004 JohnDeere classic/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $630,000–2001 WorLDcom cLaSSIc – the Heritage of golf/1career High official World Rank: after 2001 Buickchallenge/16pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-35