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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSBrian Davis (Continued)36-hole lead at the Honda classic before weekend roundsof 73-73 left him four shy of eventual winner Ernie Els. t7finish marked his first top-10 of the season...In a six-weekspan, posted four top-20 finishes beginning with a t13 atthe travelers championship in June. Best finish was a t2at the Legends reno-tahoe open in august, his best finishsince taking solo second at the 2007 Stanford St. Judechampionship. 2007: Had three top-10 finishes and toppedthe $1-million mark for the first time in his career...postedhis best career finish, a second, at the Stanford St. Judechampionship to complete an emotional week. Had to flyhome to orlando on tuesday of tournament week whenwife and two children were rushed to the hospital followinga carbon monoxide gas leak at their home. returned tomemphis late Wednesday...made the cut in his final twostarts to close the season with 17 consecutive cuts made,which put him second behind tiger Woods (23 in a row)to finish the season. 2006: In second season on tour,retained card on the strength of two top-10s...In fourthstart of the season, collected his first top-10 with a t7 atthe at&t pebble Beach National pro-am...Second top-10was a t8 at the EDS Byron Nelson championship, thanksto a closing 7-under 65. 2005: In rookie season on tour,finished 98th on the money list...posted second careertop-10, a t3 at the rain-shortened, unofficial Nissan open.Shot 65-69 to finish one shot out of adam Scott-chadcampbell playoff...Shared the first-round lead with threeothers after an 8-under 64 at the Ford championship atDoral. Finished t44...Finished t7 at the Shell Houston opento bump season earnings into top 50...closing 3-under 69at the Daily telegraph Dunlop masters earned a spot ina three-man playoff on European tour with thomas Bjornand David Howell, eventually won by Bjorn. 2004: Earnedhis initial tour card by taking medalist honors in his firsttrip to the Qualifying tournament since 1995. the firsttimerat final stage posted the highest final round (2-over74) by a Q-School winner since 1996 (Steve Jones, 75) andwon by one stroke over rob rashell...Finished 31st on theEuropean tour’s Volvo order of merit, where he had beena member since 1997, with three top-10s and his secondcareer victory, at the aNZ championship. 2003: t6 at theBritish open, shooting 68-68 on the weekend. recordedtwo seconds, a third and 10 top-10s on the European tour.2002: married his wife Julie in october and the week ofhis honeymoon played in the telefonica open de madrid,finishing t2, his best finish of the season. 2000: In may,won his first title, the peugeot open de España, at the pgagolf de catalunya, where he met his wife to be, Julie, aformer flight attendant and daughter of former Englandgoalkeeper ray clemence. Amateur: represented Englandat boy, youth and senior levels...Won the 1992 petermcEvoy trophy.Jason DayeXeMPt StAtUS: 2010 tournament winner(through 2012)FULL nAMe: Jason anthony DayHeiGHt: 6-0WeiGHt: 165BiRtHDAte: November 12, 1987BiRtHPLAce: Beaudesert, Queensland, australiaPeRSonAL:Has had two skin cancers and is affiliated with the Skincancer Foundation with the hopes he can educate peopleabout the dangers of the sun and what role prevention canhave in helping people maintain their health.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.38 (143)Driving Distance ...........................................278.9 (163)Driving accuracy percentage .......................68.35% (31)greens in regulation percentage ................63.09% (175)putting average ...........................................1.786 (101)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–2 times, most recentDeutsche Bank championship/1career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–2008 Frys.com open/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $702,000–2009 Hp Byron Nelson championship/2career High official World Rank: after 2004 the Hondaclassic/45ReSiDence: Forest Lake, Queensland, australia; FortWorth, tXFAMiLY: Wife, EllieSPeciAL inteReStS: Surfing, dirt bikingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2006nationwide tour Graduate (2007)Section 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR VictoRieS (1):2010 Hp Byron Nelson championship.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):2007 Legend Financial group classic.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:1—Hp Byron Nelson championship; t2—Deutsche Bankchampionship; t5—the Barclays; t9—at&t National;t10—pga championship.2010 SeASon:Finished the season No. 8 in the FedExcup standings, highlightedby first pga tour victory at the Hp Byron Nelsonchampionship and first trip to tHE tour championship…Survived a ball in water hazard on the final hole to win hisfirst pga tour title at the Hp Byron Nelson championship.PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2006 7 5 2 $174,508/2008 28 13 2 6 97,149/83 767,393/1362009 18 14 1 2 7 1,213/48 1,251,219/692010 24 18 1 1 5 11 1,660/8 2,904,327/21total 77 50 1 2 9 26 5,097,447nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2007 19 14 1 1 1 7 10 $331,542/5total 19 14 1 1 1 7 10 331,542* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 07 08 09 10British opent60pgat10tHE pLaYErScuttour championshipt17Bridgestone Invitationalt22the Barclays t31 t12 t5Deutsche Bank championship t50 t19 t2BmW championship t59 t54at 22 years, 6 months and 11, youngest winner at tpc Lascolinas since tiger Woods’ victory in 1997 at the age of 21.Nearly withdrew thursday morning because he felt ill dueto medication for a lingering sinus infection but finishedwith a final-round 72 to win at age 22. Held a two-strokelead over Blake adams entering the final round. But thoughthe might have blown it when, holding a one-stroke lead, hisapproach to the final hole went into the water (for the thirdtime on the week on that hole). But he got a reprieve whenplaying partner adams—who said he didn’t see whereDay’s ball went—knocked his ball into the water, too. Daysalvaged a bogey to finish at 10-under 270, while adamstook a double bogey and dropped into a tie for second at8-under with Brian gay and Jeff overton…Shared thefirst-round lead at the at&t National after a 4-under 66.one behind after 36 holes, but weekend rounds of 72-71led to a t9 finish…In just his second career major championshipstart, earned t10 honors with matt Kuchar at thepga championship in august…Held the 36-hole lead atthe Barclays by one stroke at 8-under-par 135 and finishedt5 for fourth top 10 of the year…Held at least a share ofthe lead during the first three rounds of the Deutsche Bankchampionship, including a tournment-tying 54-hole total of17-under 196. Went on to card a final-round even-par 71 fora t2 finish, a distant five strokes behind charley Hoffman.one of only three players to record top-10 finishes in thefirst two playoff events, but failed to crack the top-15 in hisfinal two events to finish No. 8 in the FedExcup standings.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Finished t2 at the puerto rico open, one strokebehind winner michael Bradley. Had a chance to birdie thefinal hole and force a playoff but missed a 7-foot putt tofinish at 13-under along with Brett Quigley. Bradley sankpgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-43