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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSharrison Frazar (Continued)on the money list for the third consecutive season...postedt3 finish at rain-shortened BellSouth classic, two strokesshy of playoff between phil mickelson and gary Nicklaus...Second third-place finish came at compaq classic of Neworleans. 1999: recorded three top-10s and six top-25s...matched career-best finish at compaq classic of Neworleans with a t2. two strokes off 54-hole lead. closing68 left him two strokes behind carlos Franco. Starting withrunner-up finish in New orleans, only missed two cuts infinal 17 starts. 1998: Nominated for rookie of the Yearhonors on strength of three top-10s, including a runner-upfinish at gtE Byron Nelson classic...Earned $461,633 andwas the second-highest-ranked rookie on the money listat 63rd. after missing five cuts in first 10 starts, finishedin three-way t2 at gtE Byron Nelson with Fred couplesand Hal Sutton. Stood one off first- and second-roundleads, two off third-round lead. 1997: parlayed the first36-hole Sunday in Nationwide tour history into a threestrokevictory over r.W. Eaks at the South carolina classic.Finished 13th on the Nationwide tour money list to earnfirst pga tour card 1996: turned professional in June. Hisonly event prior to 1997 was t49 in 1996 Wichita open.Amateur: three-time all-american at university of texasfrom 1993-95.PeRSonAL:grew up in abilene, tX and moved to Dallas in 1985.Was a three-time all-state player and won two statechampionships with Highland park High from 1986-1990…graduated from university of texas in 1996 with a degreein psychology and Business Foundations. Went to workin Dallas for a commercial real-estate firm working as ananalyst for office, retail and industrial acquisitions anddevelopment, as well as golf course management anddevelopment…recently began designing golf courses intexas…Enjoys spending time with friends and family.Fred FunkeXeMPt StAtUS: Winner, 2005 pLaYErSchampionship; multiple tournament winner(through 2011)FULL nAMe: Frederick FunkHeiGHt: 5-8WeiGHt: 165BiRtHDAte: June 14, 1956BiRtHPLAce: takoma park, mDPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................72.19Driving Distance ...........................................292.3Driving accuracy percentage .......................51.17%greens in regulation percentage ................64.86%putting average ...........................................1.801(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 66–2 times, most recent Valerotexas open/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–5 times, mostrecent 2005 B.c. open/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $518,400–2004 Sony open in Hawaii/2career High official World Rank: after 1999 compaQclassic of New orleans/82ReSiDence: ponte Vedra Beach, FLFAMiLY: Wife, Sharon; Eric (8/2/91), taylor christian(10/30/95), perri Leigh (12/16/99)eDUcAtion: university of maryland (1980, LawEnforcement)SPeciAL inteReStS: Water and snow skiingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1981Q ScHooL: 1988, 1989Section 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR VictoRieS (8):1992 Shell Houston open. 1995 Ideon classic at pleasantValley, Buick challenge. 1996 B.c. open. 1998 Depositguaranty golf classic. 2004 Southern Farm Bureau classic.2005 tHE pLaYErS championship. 2007 mayakoba golfclassic at riviera maya-cancun.cHAMPionS toUR VictoRieS (6):2006 at&t championship. 2007 turtle Bay championship.2008 mastercard championship at Hualalai, JELD-WENtradition. 2009 u.S. Senior open. 2010 JELD-WENtradition.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (1):1993 mexican open.otHeR VictoRieS (4):1983 maryland open. 1987 maryland open. 2005 cVScharity classic [with chris Dimarco]. 2008 Wendy’s 3-tourchallenge [with Jay Haas and Nick price].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t39—tHE pLaYErS championship.BeSt 2010 cHAMPionS toUR FiniSHeS:1—JELD-WEN tradition; 2—Dick’s Sporting goods open,posco E&c Songdo championship.; t3—Senior Britishopen; t4—mississippi gulf resort classic; t5—charlesSchwab cup championship; t8—Boeing classic; t9—Ensure classic at rock Barn2010 SeASon:played six times on the pga tour, focusing primarily on thechampions tour…totaled one champions tour victory andeight top-10s, and finished sixth in the final charles Schwabcup standings…two years after winning the JELD-WENtradition in oregon, added a second title at the event tohis resume when he was a one-stroke winner over michaelallen and chien-Soon Lu. made a 12-foot birdie putt on the16th hole and held off several players Sunday for his thirdmajor title. the victory also gave him at least one victory infive straight seasons. Failed to make a bogey on the backnine all week and hit an amazing 54 of 56 fairways on hisway to the win…Followed his win the next week with a t8finish at the Boeing classic near Seattle…came close to awin in the inaugural posco c&E Songdo championship inSeptember, but lost in a one-hole playoff to russ cochran.Was the 36-hole leader after rounds of 69-67 and couldhave closed it on the 54th hole, but missed a 2-foot birdieputt, which sent the players to a playoff where cochranprevailed with a birdie on the first extra hole…Fashioneda final-round, 6-under-par 66 to finish t9 at the Ensureclassic at rock Barn…For the second consecutive year,made a run at winning the Dick’s Sporting goods open onlyto finish as a runner-up. posted a final-round 7-under 65at En-Joie gc and held a share of the lead late until Lorenroberts birdied the final hole to finish one stroke ahead…turned in a solid performance at the Senior British open atcarnoustie in July. Shot a 4-under-par 67 Saturday to gethimself into contention, but a final-round, 1-over-par 72 lefthim one of four players t3…recorded his first top-10 finishsince his knee operation when he was t4 at the inauguralmississippi gulf resort classic…In first start since undergoingright-knee-replacement surgery, finished t21 at theacE group classic in Naples…made initial start on thepga tour at the transitions championship in march andfinished t55…Finished t39 at tHE pLaYErS championship,thanks, in part, to a third-round 66…made the cut at theu.S. open at pebble Beach, finishing t70. It’s the 13thtime in 21 u.S. open starts he’s played on the weekend…made the cut in the final pga tour event of the season,the children’s miracle Network classic. where he t45 withfellow champions tour player mike goodes serving as hiscaddie…champions tour player of the month for august.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.79Driving Distance ...........................................264.9Driving accuracy percentage .......................73.55%greens in regulation percentage ................61.67%putting average ...........................................1.856MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 66–tHE pLaYErSchampionship/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 61–1999 B.c.open/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,440,000–2005 tHE pLaYErS championship/1career High official World Rank: after 2003 Buickclassic/21(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)2010 ChAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICSScoring average (actual) .............................70.31 (14)Driving Distance ...........................................267.6 (65)Driving accuracy percentage .......................78.00% (7)greens in regulation percentage ................70.90% (17)putting average ...........................................1.785 (35)MISCELLANEOUS ChAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–2010 the principal charityclassic/2career champions tour Low Round: 63–2 times, mostrecent 2008 mastercard championship at Hualalai/2Largest career champions tour Paycheck/Finish: $470,000–2009 u.S. 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