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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2seven years, finishing No. 61 in the FedExcup standings.recorded four top-10 finishes...Finished t7 at the BuickInvitational, ranking second in both fairways hit (40 of 56)and greens in regulation (56 of 72) for the week...twostarts later, finished a season-best third at the Hondaclassic, three strokes behind champion Y.E. Yang...Heldthe first-round lead at tHE pLaYErS championship witha 7-under 65. posted rounds of 73-72-72 to finish t5 at6-under 282...Finished t6 at the Buick open after weekendscores of 65-69, matching tiger Woods and Brian Vraneshfor the weekend low of 10-under. 2008: played the seasonon a major medical Exemption. Finished a season-bestt4 at the FBr open...Finished t6 at tHE pLaYErS, fallingsix shots shy of champion Sergio garcia...posted a secondconsecutive top-10 finish, and third of the year, two weekslater at the crowne plaza Invitational at colonial witha fifth-place showing. It marked the first time since the2006 Booz allen classic that he posted four consecutiverounds in the 60s...at the Deutsche Bank championship inSeptember, fired a third-round, 8-under-par 63 to claim t10.2007: two-time pga tour winner limited to nine eventsdue to lower back problems that have plagued him duringhis career. granted major medical Extension and had 18events in 2008 to earn $506,928 (combined with 2007 earningsof $278,252, would equal 2007’s No. 125 earnings of$785,180) and receive major medical Extension status forthe remainder of the 2008 campaign…posted four top-25s in nine starts with a best finish of t17 at the Worldgolf championships-accenture match play championship.2006: another consistent year on tour, making a careerhigh20 cuts in 26 events entered and collecting more than$1 million for the fourth straight season. Hampered in theearly season by back problems...Best finish was t2 at theFrys.com open in his first start following a withdrawal dueto more back issues at the World golf championshipsamericanExpress championship three weeks earlier.Ben Crane (Continued)2005: missed February and march due to lingering backproblems...In eighth start in early June, finished t2 at theBooz allen classic for first top-10 of season, posting roundsof 68-67 on the weekend...collected his second pga tourtitle in wire-to-wire fashion at the u.S. Bank championshipin milwaukee. recorded four rounds in the 60s, includinga career-best opening round 8-under 62 to win by fourstrokes...posted his second runner-up finish of the seasonwith a t2 at the Bell canadian open. Final-round 4-under 66left him one stroke back of winner mark calcavecchia...thenext week posted a career-best fourth top-three finish ofthe season, third at the 84 LumBEr classic. It was his fifthtop-10 of the season...Earned an invitation to tHE tourchampionship for the first time in his career. three backof the lead through 36 holes, but weekend rounds of 72-69dropped him to t7, his sixth top-10...Qualified for the 2006masters, his first, with money list finish. 2004: made hismercedes championships debut, finishing t9. one of threefirst-timers to finish in the top-10 (along with Darren clarkeand adam Scott) at Kapalua...carded five rounds in the 60sto finish t5 at the Bob Hope chrysler classic...In defense ofBellSouth classic title, finished t6, six strokes behind winnerZach Johnson...recorded first career top-10 in a majorchampionship with his t9 at the pga championship. 2003:the first of seven first-time winners on the pga tour,capturing the BellSouth classic. In 40th career start, cardedrounds of 64-63 on the weekend to come from six strokesback of 54-hole leader Lee Janzen to win. Final-round,9-under-par 63 punctuated by an eagle-3 on the 72nd holeafter a 357-yard drive, matching tpc at Sugarloaf courserecord held by tiger Woods (1998) and later matchedby Duffy Waldorf (1999). opened 73-73 to make the cutby only one stroke. Earned a career-high paycheck of$720,000. 2002: one of several rookies that found successon the pga tour after posting wins during Nationwidetour career...after struggling early, finished second toShigeki maruyama at the Verizon Byron Nelson classic.closed with a 65, matching tiger Woods’ low round ofthe day. Earned $518,400 six days before his wedding andenough to secure card for 2003. 2001: Earned his first tourcard with a t5 at the pga tour Qualifying tournament...Won a three-man playoff which included Bo Van pelt andJason caron at the gila river classic (Nationwide tour)on the fourth extra hole. Shared first- and second-roundleads with Van pelt and held one-stroke advantage at the54-hole mark. the victory and a t5 at the Nationwide tourchampionship moved him to 23rd on the final money list.2000: gained membership on Nationwide tour with victoryat the 2000 Wichita open. Was the 12th monday qualifierto win a Nationwide tour title. Amateur: Won the 1998pacific coast amateur...three-time all-pac-10 selectionat the university of oregon...originally attended Bayloruniversity, but did not play golf.PeRSonAL:Was age 5 when his grandfather taught him how to playgolf…Doesn’t like to know who he will be paired with,saying, “I looked up to a lot of these guys who I’m nowplaying with. So, I didn’t want to have to go to sleep thinkingabout it. and so that’s kind of been my routine. I neverwant to know who I’m playing with. Just tell me the time.In 2002, at the Byron Nelson I played with Ernie Els in thefinal round, it worked good, because I watched Ernie play alot of golf on tV. So we just kind of kept that routine going.I just never look and find out on the first tee.”…took partin the 2008 BmW Northwest charity Skins game withhost ryan moore, aaron Baddeley and Bubba Watson tohelp raise funds for local charities in Washington state…takes a leading role with his wife, Heather, in support ofLove146, an international group dedicated to eradicatingthe sexual exploitation of children in thailand, cambodiaand the philippines.PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2002 30 16 1 2 7 $921,076/702003 27 19 1 3 8 1,419,070/482004 27 19 5 7 1,036,958/752005 21 18 1 2 1 6 8 2,457,329/192006 26 20 1 3 9 1,489,093/582007 9 6 4 27/550 278,252/1802008 25 19 4 8 100,750/59 1,488,505/642009 27 20 1 4 9 996/61 1,667,085/512010 24 19 1 1 5 12 550/27 2,841,500/23total 216 156 3 4 3 32 72 13,598,867nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1998a 11999a 11999 12000 18 11 1 1 4 $103,651/482001 26 14 1 4 6 147,474/23total 47 25 2 5 10 251,125* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters cut cut t24u.S. open cut 62 t53 cut cutBritish open cut t11 cut cutpga t48 t9 t40 cut cut t43 t39tHE pLaYErS cut t66 t36 t6 t5 t4tour championship t7 t17accenture match play championship t17 t17 t9Bridgestone Invitational t42 t58 16 t58ca championship t37 WD t37HSBc championst30the Barclays cut cut t29 cut t41 t12Deutsche Bank championship cut t62 t10 t69 cutBmW championship 86 DNS cut t33 t45 t452-40 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com