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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSFred Funk (Continued)Section Player BiograPhies2cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Divided his time between the pga tour andchampions tour and overcame multiple knee injuries.made the cut in two of six starts on the pga tour withbest finish being 60th at the u.S. open at Bethpage Blackwhere he made the field via a regional qualifier...competedin 21 champions tour events, 11 of which yielded top-10finishes. Won the u.S. Senior open in august and placedthird in the charles Schwab cup competition...In earlyaugust, blew away the field at the u.S. Senior open atcrooked Stick in Indiana with a blistering final round. Ledby just one stroke after 54 holes, but fired a bogey-free7-under-par 65 on Sunday to win by six strokes, the largestvictory margin in the championship since gary playerbested Doug Sanders by six in 1987 at Brooklawn cc...Losttwo champions tour events in playoffs, at the principalcharity classic and the Senior British open...Suffered astaph infection in his right knee in late December 2008following surgery earlier in 2008 and delayed the startof his 2009 season until mid-February...underwent rightknee-replacement surgery in Jacksonville, FL on November16. Following the successful surgery, expected to returnto competition in January. 2008: at age 51, continued tosplit time between the pga tour and champions tour...underwent arthroscopic surgery may 14 on his right kneein Jacksonville, FL, for loose particles and minor cartilagedamage. Injury kept him out of competition for less thana month...made the cut in seven of 14 starts on the pgatour, including a season-best t10 at the Sony open inHawaii, which included a second-round, 6-under-par 64...Stayed in Hawaii to start the champions tour season thefollowing week at the mastercard championship, whichhe won following a second-round, 9-under-par 63 and withbirdies on the final two holes to edge allen Doyle by twostrokes...added another win at the JELD-WEN traditionin mid-august to go along with two runner-up finishes onthe season. It was his fourth champions tour victory in23 career starts...Eventually finished third on the charlesSchwab cup points list to earn a $300,000 annuity. 2007:captured events on both the pga tour and the championstour. Finished second in Driving accuracy to Jose coceresat 75.26 percent...In his second champions tour appearanceof the season, won by a record 11 strokes at the turtleBay championship. Led wire-to-wire for the second time inhis brief champions tour career and also played bogey-freegolf over the three days. Fired rounds of 65-64-64—193...at age 50 years, 8 months and 12 days, earned eighth pgatour victory in fourth start of the season at the mayakobagolf classic. Fifth-oldest champion in pga tour historyand the oldest since art Wall (51 years, 7 months, 10 day)at the 1975 greater milwaukee open. posted rounds of62-69-64-71—266 and beat Jose coceres with a birdie onthe second hole of a sudden-death playoff, hitting a 4-ironon the par-3 10th to 6 feet. Joined craig Stadler as theonly players to win in the same season on the pga tourand the champions tour. 2006: made 25 of 29 cuts (86.21percent), the highest percentage of his career. turned 50halfway through the season and won his first championstour title at the at&t championship...posted final-round10-under-par 62, one stroke off the English turn g&cccourse record, to finish one stroke behind chris couch atthe Zurich classic of New orleans...tied Brett Quigley forthe tour lead in rounds in the 60s with 47. 2005: Earneda career-best $2,830,046 and won in back-to-back seasonsfor the first time since the 1995-96 seasons...Became theoldest winner of tHE pLaYErS championship at 48 years,nine months and 14 days by defeating tom Lehman, ScottVerplank and Luke Donald by a stroke on the third mondayfinish in the last six years for the tournament. got up anddown from the greenside bunker and made a 6-foot putt on18 to get to 9-under 279, then sat and waited as Donaldand Joe Durant, who were one stroke behind him withone hole to play, failed to make birdie to force a playoff.third player in tournament history with local ties to wintHE pLaYErS championship (mark mccumber-1988, DavidDuval-1999). Led the tournament in Driving accuracy (85.7percent) and greens in regulation (80.6 percent). Earnedfive-year tour exemption that assured him of a spot on thetour until age 54...Earned spot on his second presidentscup team (0-2-2). 2004: Won for first time in over six yearswith victory at the Southern Farm Bureau classic, the siteof his last victory in July 1998. the drought spanned 196tournaments and included 10 runner-up finishes. Becamesecond two-time winner of the tournament after makingbirdie on the final hole to defeat rookie ryan palmer byone stroke (Brian Henninger 1994, 1999). Led by one strokethrough 54 holes. tied 72-hole tournament record on currentcourse with 22-under 266 total (Steve Lowery, SkipKendall/2000)...Finished ninth on the 2004 ryder cup teampoints list to make his first ryder cup team at age 48, oldestplayer to finish in top 10 in u.S. ryder cup points. 2003:posted a career-high nine top-10s, including a t2 at theFBr capital open in potomac, mD...on the strength of t7finish at pga championship, was named as captain’s pickby Jack Nicklaus to 2003 u.S. presidents cup team. 2002:topped $2 million in earnings for the first time and finisheda then-highest 13th on the money list. Had four runner-upfinishes, a career best. the last players to have that manyrunner-up finishes in a year without winning were DavisLove III and tom Lehman in 1999...t4 at pga after takinghalfway lead and then placed t2 the following week at theNEc Invitational in Seattle. 2001: Finished in the top 20 10times, including a t3 at the air canada championship and athird at the Southern Farm Bureau classic. 2000: Suffered atear in right knee which required surgery in September, butrebounded by making his last six cuts of the year, includingback-to-back top-10s to end the season, a t4 at Nationalcar rental golf classic at Walt Disney World resortand t6 at Southern Farm Bureau classic. 1999: Finishedsecond three times and posted eight top-10s. runner-upat mastercard colonial, air canada championship andB.c. open (losing monday playoff to Brad Faxon). 1998:collected his fifth tour victory and for the first time in his10-year career eclipsed the $1-million mark in earnings.made 25 of 32 cuts on his way to $1,121,988 season inwhich he was among top 10 eight times and top 25 17times. along with victory, also finished second and third...Earned two-stroke win at Deposit guaranty golf classic.after rounds of 69-64, stood one off 36-hole lead. thirdround69 produced share of the lead. Birdied four holes onPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 2-3events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1982 3 2 $1,779/2511985 1 1 1 6,345/1961986 31987 2 1 2,400/2551988 2 1 1,552/2861989 29 17 1 2 3 59,695/1571990 29 13 1 3 7 179,346/911991 31 17 5 9 226,915/731992 32 24 1 1 3 9 416,930/341993 34 24 5 11 309,435/561994 30 23 4 8 281,905/671995 32 26 2 4 11 717,232/261996 31 23 1 1 2 8 13 814,334/211997 33 25 1 3 10 544,419/381998 32 25 1 1 1 8 17 1,121,988/231999 34 27 3 8 14 1,638,881/162000 32 24 4 10 827,691/582001 33 27 2 4 13 1,237,004/432002 29 24 4 7 19 2,383,071/132003 33 25 1 1 9 12 2,144,653/272004 29 20 1 1 1 6 8 2,103,731/252005 30 23 1 1 3 11 2,830,046/112006 29 25 1 3 9 1,579,837/482007 22 12 1 2 6 90,151/77 1,239,376/772008 14 7 1 2 175/1,038 257,283/1892009 6 2 241/12 36,926/2332010 6 4 217/44 77,803/210total 621 442 8 12 12 92 203 21,040,578cHAMPionS toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-3Year events Played 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings Rank2007 10 1 1 2 6 9 $997,964 162008 18 2 2 1 9 15 1,825,931 32009 21 1 3 11 18 1,563,810 52010 23 1 2 1 8 15 1,419,759 6total 75 6 8 4 35 60 6,151,587* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97masters cut t38 t36 t17u.S. open t23 cut cut cut cut t33 t7 t44 cut cut t43British open 73pga t47 t57 cut t44 t55 t39 t26 t61tHE pLaYErS cut t60 t39 t78 t61 t13 t14tour championship t27 14Year 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters cut cut t37 cut cut cut cut cutu.S. open cut cut t44 t35 6 t23 t40 t30 60 t70British open WD cut cut cut t66pga t23 73 t9 t70 t4 t7 cut t47 t20 cuttHE pLaYErS t69 t38 t13 t33 cut t45 t10 1 t16 cut cut t79 t39tour championship t24 t5 t24 t9 t24 t24accenture match play championship t33 t33 t33 t33 t33 t33 t33Bridgestone Invitational t2 t14 t61 t41 t42 t69ca championship t7 t49 t40 t29the Barclays WD t18 t57 cut t25 t4 cut t32 t36 t48Deutsche Bank championshipWDBmW championshipt20cHAMPionS toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 06 07 08 09 10Senior pga championship t5 t23Senior British open t2 t3u.S. Senior open t11 2 1 t43JELD-WEN tradition 11 1 t5 1constellation Energy Senior players t11 t3 2 t7 t16nAtionAL teAMS: the presidents cup (2), 2003, 2005; ryder cup (1), 2004.2-64 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com