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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSFred Funk (Continued)Sunday back nine on way to 66...Nearly became two-timewinner for first time since 1995 at Buick challenge, losing aplayoff when Steve Elkington parred first extra hole. 1996:Earned fourth victory in five-year stretch, at B.c. open.third-round 63 moved him into share of lead with peteJordan. after birdieing four of six holes on Sunday, roundwas canceled due to rain and tournament was reduced to54 holes. Hit 7-iron approach on first extra hole to within10 inches to secure victory...Nearly won again the followingweek when rain reduced Buick challenge to 36 holes.Was part of five-man playoff won by michael Bradley.1995: opened four-stroke lead through 54 holes of Ideonclassic. Won by one stroke over Jim mcgovern after closing73...Entered final round of Buick challenge tied withSteve Stricker before closing 67 gave him one-stroke victoryover John morse and Loren roberts. 1992: First tourvictory came at Shell Houston open. grabbed one-strokelead with course-record 62 in third round, then shot closing70 for two-stroke victory over Kirk triplett. Shot 59 ontpc Scottsdale (Desert course) during pro-am at phoenixopen. 1989: rookie on the pga tour. 1984: Won Foot-JoyNational assistant pro championship.PeRSonAL:golf coach at university of maryland from 1982 through1988…also worked as newspaper circulation supervisorbefore joining tour…one of the first tour players tohave LaSIK surgery. one of his bag sponsors is Dr. Whitten& associates…Named to the university of marylandathletic Hall of Fame in 2007 as well as the state ofmaryland athletic Hall of Fame…active in Jacksonville (FL)community, raising funds for J.t. townsend, who suffereda spinal cord injury playing high school football in 2004.assisted in raising money for after-care expenses andbuilding a wheelchair-accessible home for townsend. thefamily moved into the home in 2006.<strong>PGA</strong> toUR VictoRieS (16):1995 Las Vegas Invitational. 1996 united airlinesHawaiian open. 1998 Las Vegas Invitational. 1999 LasVegas Invitational. 2000 Doral-ryder open. 2001 mercedeschampionships. 2002 memorial tournament. 2003 u.S.open championship, Buick open. 2005 cialis Westernopen. 2006 Wachovia championship, canadian open.2007 canadian open. 2010 transitions championship,Verizon Heritage, tHE tour championship presented bycoca-cola.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):1993 mississippi gulf coast classic.Jim Furyk (FyUr-ik)eXeMPt StAtUS: tHE tour championship winner,FedExcup winner, multiple tournament winner(through 2015)FULL nAMe: James michael FurykHeiGHt: 6-2WeiGHt: 185BiRtHDAte: may 12, 1970BiRtHPLAce: West chester, painteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (3):1997 argentine open. 2005 Nedbank challenge [Saf]. 2006Nedbank challenge [Saf].otHeR VictoRieS (3):1998 Fred meyer challenge [with David Duval]. 2003 pgagrand Slam of golf. 2009 chevron World challenge.BeSt 2010 <strong>PGA</strong> toUR FiniSHeS:1—transitions championship, Verizon Heritage, tHE tourchampionship presented by coca-cola; t6—World golfchampionships-Bridgestone Invitational; t7—Wells Fargochampionship; t9—the greenbrier classic; t10—thememorial tournament.ReSiDence: ponte Vedra Beach, FLFAMiLY: Wife, tabitha; caleigh Lynn (6/24/02); tannerJames (12/12/03)eDUcAtion: university of arizonaSPeciAL inteReStS: all sportstURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1992Q ScHooL: 1993nationwide tour Alumnus2010 SeASon:Won player of the Year and Jack Nicklaus award.Spectacular season included career-best three pga tourvictories, including tHE tour championship, en routeto FedExcup title. Joined past FedExcup winners tigerWoods (2007 and 2009) and Vijay Singh (2008) as winnersof the season-long competition. also earned pga player ofthe Year award...Won his first tournament of the year byclosing with a 2-under 69 for a one-stroke victory over K.J.choi in the transitions championship, his first victory sincethe 2007 rBc canadian open. With a two-shot lead on the18th hole of the copperhead course, he drove into the trees,nearly took out NBc reporter roger maltbie with his nextshot and needed a good lag from 30 feet to secure a bogey.Section 2 Player BiograPhies<strong>PGA</strong> toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 3-7events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1988a 11990a 11991a 11993 11994 31 17 3 7 $236,603/781995 31 22 1 3 10 535,380/331996 28 24 1 3 13 738,950/261997 27 24 3 1 13 17 1,619,480/41998 28 24 1 2 2 12 19 2,054,334/31999 25 24 1 1 8 17 1,827,593/122000 25 24 1 1 8 15 1,940,519/172001 24 19 1 2 8 16 2,540,734/132002 25 19 1 9 14 2,363,250/142003 27 25 2 1 1 15 22 5,182,865/42004 14 8 2 5 691,675/1162005 26 23 1 4 10 14 4,255,369/42006 24 22 2 4 3 13 19 7,213,316/22007 23 20 1 2 2 8 16 101,022/11 4,154,046/72008 26 23 1 2 9 13 113,180/5 3,455,714/122009 23 21 2 1 11 14 2,438/4 3,946,515/72010 21 18 3 7 13 2,980/1 4,809,622/2total 432 357 16 22 13 142 244 47,565,963nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings1993 25 13 1 1 3 6 $58,240/261994 1 1 1 1 3,815/153total 26 14 1 1 4 7 62,055* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*<strong>PGA</strong> toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03masters t29 t28 4 t14 t14 t6 cut 4u.S. open t28 t5 t5 t14 t17 60 t62 cut 1British open t44 4 t4 t10 t41 cut cut cutpga t13 t17 t6 cut t8 t72 t7 9 t18tHE pLaYErS cut t13 t53 t35 t17 t61 t21 t14 t4tour championship t15 2 t3 t15 DNS t7 t18 8accenture match play championship t33 t9 t9 t9Bridgestone Invitational t10 t4 2 t6 t6ca championship t11 cNL t33 t12the Barclays cut cut t40 cut t3 2 t22 t51 t19 t9 t22Deutsche Bank championshipt13BmW championship cut WD t66 6 t7 t34 t3 t3Year 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters 28 t22 t13 t33 t10 cutu.S. open t48 t28 t2 t2 t36 t33 t16British open cut cut 4 t12 t5 t34 cutpga cut t34 t29 cut t29 t63 t24tHE pLaYErS cut t3 t28 t27 t5 t47tour championship 13 2 t11 t6 t7 1accenture match play championship t33 t33 t17 t33 t9 t17Bridgestone Invitational t22 t24 3 DNS t27 t51 t6ca championship t36 t15 4 t35 t2 3 t37the Barclays 2 t25 t12 t15Deutsche Bank championship t35 t55 t7 t8 t37BmW championship t7 1 t4 t14 t3 t2 t15nAtionAL teAMS: the presidents cup (6), 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009; ryder cup(7), 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010; World cup (1), 2003.pgatour.com <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> 2011 Guide2-65

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