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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2his first top-10 since a t2 at the 2002 British open witha t6 at weather-delayed pLaYErS championship. played30 holes on monday to complete his third top-10 finishat the event in 16 appearances. Won the event in 1991and 1997...Finished t5 at the u.S. Bank championship inmilwaukee, his fourth top-five finish since his last victoryon tour, the 1999 Doral-ryder open...contended for hissecond pga championship title, but fell one stroke shortof phil mickelson. Finished t2 at Baltusrol, moving himinto the top 50 in the official World golf ranking whichearned him a spot in the NEc Invitational the next week. Itwas his ninth top-10 out of 50 career major championshipappearances. 2004: Started the year making the cut in allfive starts during the eight-week stretch of the West coastSwing...Best finish of the season was t18 at the renotahoeopen. 2003: His 14 appearances were least of hiscareer. Finished 187th on money list, lowest since joiningthe tour full-time in 1987...Withdrew after first-round 86at the British open, and did not play the remainder of theseason. 2002: t2 at the British open, his best finish at amajor since third at the 1998 pga. closed with rounds of68-66 to join eventual champion Ernie Els, Stuart applebyand thomas Levet in four-hole playoff at 6-under-par 278.Eliminated after missing 6-foot par putt on fourth and finalhole of playoff. 2001: Lingering injuries limited effectiveplay early in the year. Was 117th on the money list...PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 4-4events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1984a 1 11985a 2 21985 5 5 1 $9,897/1801986 5 3 1 12,705/1941987 35 19 2 7 75,738/1181988 29 19 2 9 149,972/791989 29 21 1 1 3 9 231,062/611990 26 24 1 4 14 548,564/181991 28 17 1 4 10 549,120/251992 24 21 1 2 3 9 14 746,352/121993 23 23 1 1 8 14 675,383/171994 20 15 1 2 5 294,943/621995 21 16 2 2 7 11 1,254,352/51996 19 15 1 1 5 9 459,637/421997 17 14 2 1 3 9 1,320,411/81998 16 10 1 1 4 5 695,775/421999 21 18 1 3 7 1,086,376/352000 17 15 1 2 232,785/1542001 20 14 2 4 437,200/1172002 23 17 1 1 3 5 1,084,535/592003 14 6 2 154,124/1872004 20 15 1 243,238/1792005 20 16 1 3 5 1,410,350/542006 17 10 3 255,197/1812007 25 17 2 8 89,096/88 911,875/1112008 25 17 3 9 97,102/84 1,291,114/852009 23 11 3 194/171 243,404/2010 22 15 3 9 571/92 955,084/99total 547 396 10 10 9 74 177 15,329,193* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*steve elkington (Continued)played well late in the season. Had back-to-back t6s in themarconi pennsylvania classic and texas open. 2000: Yearriddled with injuries and ailments. made only 17 appearances...Injuredwrist in first round of greater greensborochrysler classic, where he missed cut, then withdrew fromthe next week’s Shell Houston open. Withdrawal wassecond in a row in his adopted hometown. Sinus historyforced withdrawals from tHE pLaYErS and u.S. open...underwent surgery on aug. 11, three days before the pga,to repair torn hip and ball socket...a captain’s pick bypeter thomson for the International presidents cup team.1999: Won for third straight year with victory at the Doralryderopen, which included a closing 64 that featured sixconsecutive birdies. 1998: captured ninth tour title andsecond Buick challenge win in a playoff over Fred Funk.1997: reached top 10 again thanks to two more victories.trailed David Duval by two strokes entering final roundof Doral-ryder open before earning two-stroke victorywith closing 69. three weeks later was dominant at tHEpLaYErS with wire-to-wire seven-stroke victory over ScottHoch. at the time, joined Jack Nicklaus and Fred couplesas only two-time winners of event. 1995: First top-10 finishon the money list, when he won twice and finished secondtwice...opened year with second mercedes championshipstitle. Birdied second playoff hole to defeat Bruce Lietzke...trailed Ernie Els by six strokes entering final round of pgaPGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYat riviera. Shot front-nine 31 on way to final-round 64 toforce playoff with colin montgomerie. Sank 25-foot putton first extra hole to win first major title...Won Vardontrophy with 69.62 scoring average. 1994: missed part ofseason after sinus surgery, but came back for t7 at pgaand notched five-stroke victory at Buick Southern open.1993: made all 23 cuts. Lost playoff to rocco mediate atKmart greater greensboro open and t3 at masters. 1992:Won Infiniti tournament of champions in playoff over BradFaxon, one of six top-three finishes. 1991: outdueled FuzzyZoeller to win tHE pLaYErS. 1990: First tour victory cameat Kmart greater greensboro open, where final-round 66brought him from seven strokes back. Amateur: Won 1980australia-New Zealand amateur...Winner 1981 australianamateur and Doug Sanders Junior...two-time all-americanat university of Houston, where teammate was Billyray Brown...two-time Southwest conference champion...member of Ncaa championship teams in 1984 and 1985.PeRSonAL:Idol growing up was fellow australian Bruce Devlin…anavid gardener and accomplished caricaturist…a memberof champions gc, site of 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003tour championships…In 2003, while rehabbing his shoulder,was a youth instructor at Yeager Elementary Schoolin Houston where his children were students. He helpedchildren struggling with subjects such as math and English.Year 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99masters t22 t37 t3 cut t5 cut t12 30 t11u.S. open t21 t21 t55 cut t33 t36 t40 t24 cut t51British open cut t44 t34 t48 t67 t6 cut cut WD cutpga t31 t41 cut t32 t18 t14 t7 1 t3 t45 3tHE pLaYErS cut t54 cut t16 1 cut t16 t51 WD t19 1 t38tour championship 10 9 t22 t23 t2 t17accenture match play championshipt33Bridgestone Invitational 39ca championshipt34Year 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters t52 cutu.S. open t33 cutBritish open t60 cut t2 WD cutpga WD t48 t2 cut t39 cut t5tHE pLaYErS t63 cut t26 t6 t12 t32 cutaccenture match play championship t33 t33Bridgestone Invitational t23 t68 t49ca championshipWDthe Barclays WD t13 t39 t58 t57 t25 cut t55 cutDeutsche Bank championship cut t23 cut cutBmW championship t38 t51nAtionAL teAMS: the presidents cup (4), 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000; World cup (1), 1994;Dunhill cup (4), 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997.2-54 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com