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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSBen Curtis (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2player since Francis ouimet at the 1913 u.S. open to wina major in his first try. First player to win first British openstart since tom Watson in 1975. Youngest British openwinner at 26 years, 1 month, 24 days, since tiger Woodswon in 2000 at age 24 years, 6 months, 23 days. Jumpedfrom 396th to 35th in the official World golf ranking,the biggest jump since the ranking began in 1986. oneof four first-time major champions in 2003, joining mikeWeir (masters), Jim Furyk (u.S. open), and Shaun micheel(pga). Qualified for the British open via a t13 finish atthe 100th Western open, his best career finish to dateand first career top-25 finish...Just one month after Britishopen triumph, returned to home state to play in the NEcInvitational at Firestone cc in akron. First-round co-leaderwith Sergio garcia after a 6-under-par 64. married candaceBeatty in Kent on Saturday evening, aug. 23 after thecompletion of the third round. Finished t30. 2002: playedthe Hooters tour for a second consecutive season, finishing10th on the money list and winning in myrtle Beach,Sc...placed t26 at the pga tour Qualifying tournament.Amateur: three-time all-american at Kent State...Wonthe ohio amateur in 1999 and 2000. Second win came by17 strokes, joining John cook and arnold palmer as thetournament’s only back-to-back winners. that same year,finished runner-up at the Western amateur and won theplayers’ amateur to become the No. 1-ranked amateurgolfer in the world by Golfweek.PeRSonAL:grew up only 50 yards from the practice putting green ofmill creek gc in ostrander, oH, where grandfather built thecourse and where his father is superintendent…Startedplaying golf at age 3, but says he didn’t get serious aboutit until high school. Won the Division II state title his juniorand senior years of high school…the week after Britishopen victory, was a guest on the “Late Show with DavidLetterman,” hitting wedge shots rooftop to rooftop duringthe telecast, and visited president george W. Bush in theWhite House…caddie for most of 2003 was former KentState university teammate Danny Fahl. andy Sutton, along-time caddie on the European tour, worked for curtisat the British open…Is friends with fellow Kent Statealum Lou Holtz, who is also a member at Lake Nona g&ccin orlando, FL.Brian DavisPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.87 (86)Driving Distance ...........................................275.5 (182)Driving accuracy percentage .......................70.07% (19)greens in regulation percentage ................68.02% (69)putting average ...........................................1.800 (140)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 64–travelerschampionship/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–2006 Boozallen classic/1Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,112,720–2003 British open/1career High official World Rank: after 2009 mercedes-Benz championship/24eXeMPt StAtUS: 46th on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: Brian Lester DavisHeiGHt: 5-11WeiGHt: 185BiRtHDAte: august 2, 1974BiRtHPLAce: London, EnglandReSiDence: orlando, FLFAMiLY: Wife, Julie; oliver (4/16/04), Henry (11/21/05),madeline (6/23/08)SPeciAL inteReStS: all sports, spending time withfamilytURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1994Q ScHooL: 2004JoineD toUR: 2005BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSHeS:2—2007 Stanford St. Jude championship, 2009 Hp ByronNelson championship, 2010 Verizon Heritage, crowneplaza Invitational at colonial, t2—2008 Legends renotahoeopen.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (2):2000 peugeot open de Espana [Eur]. 2004 aNZchampionship [Eur].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:2—Verizon Heritage, crowne plaza Invitational at colonial.2010 SeASon:Season highlighted by two runner-up performances andcareer-best 53rd-place finish in the FedExcup standings…Lost in a playoff to Jim Furyk at the Verizon Heritage afterfinishing regulation tied at 13-under, giving him runner-upfinishes on tour in each of the last four years. Birdied thePGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-1events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1998 11999 1 1 $9,491/2962000 12003 4 3 1 1 228,611/2004 7 2 1 110,250/2005 23 15 1 2 6 854,460/982006 28 18 2 5 762,281/1132007 28 22 1 3 5 90,161/76 1,289,207/712008 34 22 1 2 9 100,905/56 1,151,558/962009 32 19 1 4 7 1,045/58 1,874,318/432010 32 18 2 2 5 1,149/53 1,640,516/46total 191 120 5 1 16 39 7,920,693* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*18th hole to force the playoff, which went back to the 18thtee. playing his third shot out of a greenside hazard in theplayoff, Davis called a two-stroke penalty on himself aftertouching a loose impediment during his backswing (rule13-4), ensuring Furyk’s victory. posted just four bogeys duringthe week, but two came on Nos. 15 and 16 during thefinal round…at 16-under 194, shared the 54-hole lead withBryce molder at the crowne plaza Invitational at colonial,shattering his previous-best 54-hole total on tour (199). afinal-round 2-under 68 left him second (his second runnerupof the season) and three strokes behind champion ZachJohnson in his attempt to become the first player fromEngland to win the event. prior to the start of the thirdround, visited with school teacher Elizabeth Hodges and herEnglish class from Sam Houston High School in arlington,tX. they presented him with self-written journals of howthey were inspired by the honesty and sportsmanship hedemonstrated earlier in the year at the Verizon Heritage…PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYFinished birdie-eagle-birdie at the inaugural cImB asiapacific calssic in malaysia to take the clubhouse lead at17-under. When Ben crane made birdie at the 72nd hole forthe win, Davis earned solo-second-place honors at the pgatour-sanctioned unofficial event.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Finished No. 58 on the FedExcup points list, with 19made cuts in 32 starts. Finished a career-best No. 43 onthe money list...Earned first top-10 of the season with a t5at tHE pLaYErS championship with four sub-par rounds...another t5 followed a week later at the Valero texasopen with four rounds in the 60s...made it three consecutivetop-5 finishes with a second-place finish at Hp ByronNelson championship, again posting four rounds in the60s, and equaling his career-best tour finish. Final-round64 marked his 20th consecutive round of par or better...afinal-round, bogey-free 64 led to a t7 finish at the seasonendingchildren’s miracle Network classic. 2008: Held theYear 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masterscutu.S. open t61 cut cutBritish open cut t68 cut t6 cut cut t53pga cut t13 cut cut t39tHE pLaYErS cut t20 cut cut t5 cutaccenture match play championshipt33ca championshipt35the Barclayst54 t38 cut t60Deutsche Bank championship cut cut t72 t50 t49 t22BmW championship t21 t38 t45 t54nAtionAL teAMS: alfred Dunhill cup (1), 2000; World cup (1), 2000; Seve trophy (1), 2003.2-42 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com