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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSDavid Duval (Continued)top 10…Forced to withdraw from Bay Hill classic and tHEpLaYErS championship due to tendinitis in right wrist...returned to action, after a five-week layoff, to post a secondin the masters. It was his second runner-up finish andthe fourth consecutive top-10. trailed by three strokes after36 and 54 holes. Finished two behind tiger Woods after aclosing 67 where he was tied for the lead on the back nineuntil a bogey at No. 16...In his 27th major championship,won first major at the British open. third-round 65 put himin a four-way tie for the lead. closing 67 produced a threeshotvictory over Niclas Fasth. took the lead for good with abirdie on hole No. 6 at royal Lytham & St. annes...Finishedt10 in the pga championship. a t16 in the u.S. open preventedhim from posting a top-10 in all four majors...Lost aone-hole playoff to chris Dimarco in the Buick challengeafter firing a closing 63. 2000: Sidelined for 10 weeks byback problems. rebounded with 12th tour victory at theBuick challenge. made birdie on three of last four holesfor a two-stroke victory at the mountain View course atcallaway gardens, ga. With $414,000 paycheck, wentover $2 million in a season for third time in career...Seasonimpacted by back problems. First felt back pain followingu.S. open and was forced to withdraw during first round oftHE INtErNatIoNaL. continuing pain caused withdrawalsfrom pga championship and Wgc-NEc Invitational...InJune, lost Buick classic in playoff with Dennis paulson; thenext week t8 at u.S. open…member of his third presidentscup team...completed the year by teaming with tigerWoods in the World cup in argentina. 1999: Became firstplayer since Johnny miller in 1974 to win four times beforethe masters...also first player since Nick price (1993-94)to earn at least four victories in consecutive years...Eagledlast hole to win Bob Hope chrysler classic and shoot 59,which matched al geiberger (1977) and chip Beck (1991)...pLaYErS championship victory came same day father Bobwon Emerald coast classic on champions tour. movedto No. 1 in official World golf ranking, snapping tigerWoods’ string of 41 consecutive weeks in first...played onfirst ryder cup team with 1-2-1 record. 1998: Led presidentscup team eligibility list...Earned the Byron Nelson awardand Vardon trophy with lowest scoring average (69.13) andthe arnold palmer award for earnings ($2,591,031). 1997:Won last three events to finish second in official earnings.Won michelob championship at Kingsmill for first tourtitle, followed with win at Walt Disney World/oldsmobileclassic and then won tHE tour championship...Firstplayer in pga tour history to win playoffs in consecutiveweeks...also became first player since Billy andradein 1991 to win his first two titles back-to-back. 1995: Inrookie season, finished second three times, at at&t pebbleBeach National pro-am, Bob Hope chrysler classic andmemorial tournament, and finished season with eighttop-10s and a then-rookie earnings record. 1993: Finished11th on Nationwide tour money list despite playing inonly nine events. Won Wichita open and Nationwide tourchampionship. Amateur: 1993 collegiate player of theYear and winner of Dave Williams award...Held two-strokelead through 54 holes at 1992 BellSouth classic beforeclosing with 79 and finishing t13...Duval, Wake Forest’sgary Hallberg, arizona State’s phil mickelson and georgiatech’s Bryce molder are only four-time Division I first-teamall-americans...1989 u.S. Junior amateur champion.steve elkingtoneXeMPt StAtUS: 99th on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: Stephen John ElkingtonHeiGHt: 6-2WeiGHt: 190BiRtHDAte: December 8, 1962BiRtHPLAce: Inverell, australiaReSiDence: Sydney, australia; Houston, tX; plays outof champions gcPeRSonAL:Father, Bob, is a former champions tour player. Davidcaddied for his dad at 1996 transamerica, Bob’s firstchampions tour event. Son and father, respectively, wontHE pLaYErS championship and Emerald coast classic,on the same day in 1999…Inducted into the georgia techathletics Hall of Fame in 2003…Established golf coursearchitecture firm, Duval Design, with projects in china,Japan and mexico.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.69 (164)Driving Distance ...........................................286.9 (105)Driving accuracy percentage .......................57.08% (166)greens in regulation percentage ................66.10% (124)putting average ...........................................1.772 (73)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–Justin timberlake ShrinersHospitals for children open/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 59–1999 BobHope chrysler classic/5Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $900,000–1999 tHE pLaYErS championship/1career High official World Rank: after 1999 Buickopen/1FAMiLY: Wife, Lisa; annie Elizabeth (3/24/95); Samuelross (2/25/97)eDUcAtion: university of Houston (1985, recreation)SPeciAL inteReStS: caricature drawing, fishing,hunting, gardeningtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1985Q ScHooL: 1986Section 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR VictoRieS (10):1990 Kmart greater greensboro open. 1991 tHE pLaYErSchampionship. 1992 Infiniti tournament of champions.1994 Buick Southern open. 1995 mercedes championships,pga championship. 1997 Doral-ryder open, tHE pLaYErSchampionship. 1998 Buick challenge. 1999 Doral-ryderopen.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (2):1992 australian open [aus]. 1996 Honda Invitational [asia].otHeR VictoRieS (4):1993 Franklin templeton Shootout [with raymond Floyd].1995 Franklin templeton Shootout [with mark calcavecchia].1998 Franklin templeton Shootout [with greg Norman].1997 Diners club matches [with Jeff maggert].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t5—pga championship; t7—puerto rico open; t10—turning Stone resort championship.2010 SeASon:Season included near-miss at the pga championship atWhistling Straits. Finished No. 92 in the FedExcup standings,with three top-10 finishes and 15 made cuts in 22starts…turned in his first top-10 since 2008 with a t7finish at the puerto rico open…carded a first round 66 atthe turning Stone resort championship en route to secondtop 10 of the season (t10)…Sixteen years after his 1995pga championship win, finished t5 with Jason Dufner andDustin Johnson. remained in the hunt until bogeys on 71stand 72nd holes derailed his chances. Would have been second-oldestmajor championship winner (47 years, 8 months,7 days), behind only Julius Boros, who won the 1968 pgachampionship at the age of 48 years, 4 months, 18 days.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: made 11 cuts in 23 starts on the pga tour, with aseason-best finish was 22nd at John Deere classic. FinishedNo. 183 on the money list, his worst finish since being 187thin 2003. 2008: made the cut in 17 of 25 starts, with ninetop-25 finishes...Surpassed $1 million in earnings for thesixth time in his career, finishing the year No. 85 on themoney list...posted a t5 at the Bob Hope chrysler classic,equaling his best finish (t5 at 2007 Buick open) on toursince a runner-up showing at the 2005 pga championship.Was one of just three players to record all five rounds inthe 60s...two weeks later at the FBr open, turned in threerounds in the 60s to claim a t4 finish at tpc Scottsdale...Finished t10 at the Zurich classic of New orleans, his firsttop-10 in 13 starts at the event. 2007: after t12 and t16 atthe pLaYErS and at&t classic in may, respectively, postedhis best finish of the year with a t5 at the Buick open inearly July. Was his best finish since a t2 at the 2005 pgachampionship. credited the solid play to the urging of his10-year old son and 12-year old daughter, who enjoy watchinghim play golf...that solid play continued in august as heposted a t6 at the reno-tahoe open four months before his45th birthday. 2006: made 10 cuts in 17 starts and finishedin the top-25 three times...Best effort of the season was at17 at the John Deere classic. 2005: made the cut in 16 of20 starts and earned a career-best $1,410,350. Finished 54thon the money list, his best since 35th in 1999...collectedPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.32 (28)Driving Distance ...........................................289.2 (80)Driving accuracy percentage .......................68.01% (35)greens in regulation percentage ................68.71% (47)putting average ...........................................1.773 (75)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 65–2 times, most recent rBccanadian open/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 61–2008 Valerotexas open/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $630,000–1997 tHE pLaYErS championship/1career High official World Rank: after 1997 BellSouthclassic/3pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-53