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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2recorded one top-25 finish (t17 at the John Deere classic)among four made cuts in 22 starts. prior to that, had madethe cut in one of three previous tour events, a t76 at the2002 Verizon Byron Nelson classic. 2005: Earned rookiecard on pga tour for 2006 after finishing t26 at the 2005Qualifying tournament. made it through all three stages ofQ-School that year and made it to finals for the first timesince he began trying to qualify in 1998...made five of13 cuts in Nationwide tour events from 1999-2006, withone top-25 finish (t16 at the 2006 LaSalle Bank open)...played on Hooters and tight Lies tours and was namedHooters tour player of the Year in 2002. two-time winnermichael Connell (Continued)that season and edged out current pga tour player ZachJohnson by less than $2,200 for the money title. Amateur:two-time all-american at mississippi State, where hegraduated with a degree in Banking and Finance. Wonseven collegiate tournaments and was named the 1997SEc player of the Year.PeRSonAL:Lists pebble Beach as his favorite golf course. avid outdoorsmanwho enjoys hunting, fishing and spending timewith family and friends. Wife, JaNette, swam competitivelyfor the university of texas. Began playing golf at age 10.Chris CouchPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.90 (90)Driving Distance ...........................................281.3 (144)Driving accuracy percentage .......................63.40% (99)greens in regulation percentage ................66.94% (95)putting average ...........................................1.773 (75)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 65–2 times, mostrecent Justin timberlake Shriners Hospitals for childrenopen/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 65–2 times,most recent 2010 Justin timberlake Shriners Hospitals forchildren open/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $194,600–2010 the Honda classic/t6career High official World Rank: after 2010 children’smiracle Network classic/334eXeMPt StAtUS: 109th on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: christian Stratton couchHeiGHt: 6-4WeiGHt: 225BiRtHDAte: may 1, 1973BiRtHPLAce: Fort Lauderdale, FLReSiDence: gainesville, FL; plays out of gainesville ccFAMiLY: christian (9/13/00), cayden (6/4/04), cora(6/12/09)eDUcAtion: university of Florida (1995)SPeciAL inteReStS: Fishing, video games, playingwith sonstURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1995Q ScHooL: 1998nationwide tour Graduate (2003, 2005)PGA toUR VictoRieS (1):2006 Zurich classic of New orleans.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (5):2001 Florida classic. 2003 oregon classic, Nationwide tourchampionship. 2005 rheem classic, LaSalle Bank open.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t4—Waste management phoenix open, arnold palmerInvitational.2010 SeASon:Finished a career-best 79th in the FedExcup standings, withcareer-best numbers in top-10s (two) and made cuts (11)…First top-10 finish of the year came with a t4 at the Wastemanagement phoenix open. It was his best finish sincea t13 at the 2007 u.S. Bank championship in milwaukeeand first top-five finish since winning the 2006 Zurichclassic of New orleans…Finished t4 at the arnold palmerInvitational for his second top-10 of the season…makinghis 19th start of the season, finished t32 and collected$32,618 at the turning Stone resort championship to maintainhis status for the remainder of the season. Entered theyear playing out of the major medical Extension categoryand needed $796,087 in 21 starts to keep his card.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: playing out of the major medical Extension category,made three cuts in eight starts. Failed to record a top-25 finish,with a t30 at the Verizon Heritage his best outing. 2008:Did not play on the pga tour due to continuing recoveryfrom a shoulder injury. Finished t55 at the Nationwidetour’s chitimacha Louisiana open in late march, his onlyPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1990a 11999 30 6 1 1 $121,752/1812004 24 4 1 1 100,283/2172005 1 1 1 96,667/2006 27 10 1 1 4 1,356,731/662007 30 10 4 196/516 355,386/1672009 8 3 57/209 56,665/2222010 23 11 2 5 709/79 888,146/109total 144 45 1 5 16 2,975,629nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1997 17 8 1 5 $23,175/791998 25 13 1 5 28,349/722000 27 14 1 3 5 74,764/662001 26 14 1 3 7 145,536/252002 23 10 4 33,072/1082003 21 13 2 2 6 9 342,874/42004 12005 21 10 2 1 5 7 337,205/32008 1 1 1,693/288total 162 83 5 3 1 19 42 986,668* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10pgacuttHE pLaYErS cut t17Bridgestone Invitationalt68the Barclays t76 cut t21Deutsche Bank championship cut cutBmW championship cut WD t13 cut2-38 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com