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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSrobert garrigus (gare-Uh-gus)eXeMPt StAtUS: 2010 tournament winner(through 2012)FULL nAMe: robert Ira garrigusHeiGHt: 5-11WeiGHt: 190BiRtHDAte: November 11, 1977BiRtHPLAce: Nampa, IDReSiDence: phoenix, aZ (plays out of tpc Scottsdale)FAMiLY: Wife, ami; robert (9/4/10)eDUcAtion: Scottsdale community college (1995)SPeciAL inteReStS: FishingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1997Q ScHooL: 2005, 2006, 2008nationwide tour AlumnusPGA toUR VictoRieS (1):2010 children’s miracle Network classic.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:1—children’s miracle Network classic; 2—St. Judeclassic; t10—reno-tahoe open.2010 SeASon:picked up his first tour win, at the children’s miracleNetwork classic, in the season’s final official event. thewin was a redemption of sorts after he lost a three-strokelead on the 72nd hole and a subsequent playoff at the St.Jude classic in June. Led the tour in Driving Distancefor the second consecutive season (315.5-yard average),becoming the first player since John Daly (1995 Britishopen) to lead the pga tour in Driving Distance and winin the same season…Finished t2 at the St. Jude classic.Was 13-under and held a three-stroke lead entering the72nd hole. on No. 18, he drove in the hazard, hit his thirdshot in the trees left, pitched out, wedged onto the greenand two-putted for a triple bogey-7 to fall into a playoff withLee Westwood and robert Karlsson at 10-under. on theextra session’s first hole, he drove behind a tree down theright side on No. 18, had to pitch out and was eliminatedwith a bogey. Westwood birdied the fourth playoff holeto win. moved up 88 spots in the FedExcup to 97th andearned $492,800…Held a share of the second-round leadat 10-under par at the reno-tahoe open en route to a t10.played in the final group for the second time in his lastfive starts and was just one shot off the 54-hole lead, butstruggled to a 2-over-par 74…Earned that elusive first winby capturing the children’s miracle Network classic, withrounds of 68-65-70-64—267. Final-round 64 was bogeyfree and allowed him to come back from five shots behindroland thatcher to win by three shots. recorded the largestfinal-round comeback at the event since ryan palmer ralliedfrom five back in 2004.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: made 17 cuts in 25 starts on the 2009 pga tour,recording one top-10. Finished the season ranked No. 1in Driving Distance, averaging 312 yards...Lone top-10was t9 at the reno-tahoe open...Entered the final eventof the season, the children’s miracle Network classic, atNo. 123 on the money list but missed the cut with a pairof 74s to fall to 127th. regained status with a sixth-placefinish at the 2008 pga tour Qualifying tournament. 2008:made 18 of 29 cuts in 2008 with two top-10 finishes...Finished t3 at the turning Stone championship to matchhis career-best finish from 2007...Finished t10 at the 2008children’s miracle Network classic...placed second on thepga tour in Driving Distance (311-yard average) behindBubba Watson (315.1-yard average). 2007: placed fourth inDriving Distance in 2007...competed in two events in theinaugural pga tour playoffs for the FedExcup and finished74th on the 2007 money list...recorded four top-10 finishesand seven top-25s in his most successful season on tour...First top-10 of the season came in ninth start, a t5 at theShell Houston open. Jumped into top-10 with final-round7-under-par 65, the low round on Sunday...Second top-10came in the first pga tour playoffs for the FedExcup event,the Barclays, with a t9...cracked $1 million in earnings forthe season with t3 finish at the Frys.com open benefitingShriners Hospitals for children...collected his fourth top-10with a t9 at the inaugural ginn sur mer classic...afterfinishing 144th on money list in 2006, his rookie seasonon the pga tour, regained card for 2007 with runner-upfinish at Qualifying tournament. It was his second consecutivesuccessful stint at Q-School. With a six-round total of18-under-par, finished five strokes behind medalist georgemcNeill. 2006: one top-10 in rookie season in 2006, a t4 atthe 84 LumBEr classic. Entered final round just one off thelead of Ben curtis and charles Howell III...also managedthree other top-25s in 28 starts in 2006. Earned tour cardfor 2006 after finishing t9 at 2005 Qualifying tournament.made it through the final stage in his fifth attempt...member of Nationwide tour in 2000, 2002 and 2004-05.Improved his status on the Nationwide tour money listeach season from 156th (2002) to 81st (2004) to 69th (2005).2005: posted two back-to-back top-10s in 2005, a t8 at theVirginia Beach open and a fourth at the BmW charity proamat the cliffs...Has also played on the Hooters tour andthe gateway tour.PeRSonAL:Father, tom, won a silver medal in trap shooting at the 1968mexico city olympics, coached the u.S. olympic shootingteam and carried the torch at one of the olympic ceremonies…Notedfor using a short putter (28 inches)…Listsmaking a hole-in-one at tHE pLaYErS championship (2008,No. 13) as his biggest thrill in golf…Biggest thrill outsideof golf is catching a 10-pound bass…Lists the Links atcontinental ranch gc (tucson, aZ) as his favorite course…Would most like to play St. andrews’ old course. Favoritecollege team is the oregon Ducks…Favorite professionalteam is the chicago Bears…Favorite athlete to watch isLeBron James…Favorite city to visit is carmel, ca.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................71.26 (134)Driving Distance ...........................................315.5 (1)Driving accuracy percentage .......................55.73% (175)greens in regulation percentage ................67.61% (86)putting average ...........................................1.786 (101)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–2 times, most recentchildren’s miracle Network classic/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–2007 Frys.comopen benefiting Shriners Hospitals for children/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $846,000–2010 children’s miracle Network classic/1career High official World Rank: after 2010 children’smiracle Network classic/149Section 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-1events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2004 12006 28 15 1 4 $537,595/1442007 28 18 1 4 7 88,854/96 1,260,010/742008 29 18 1 2 6 156/1,468 756,732/1382009 25 17 1 8 433/109 657,204/1272010 22 14 1 1 3 3 469/107 1,583,275/51total 133 82 1 1 2 11 28 4,794,816nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2000 82001 12002 21 8 1 $15,357/1562004 19 12 2 4 60,538/812005 19 7 2 4 71,355/692010 1total 69 27 4 9 147,250* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 04 05 06 07 08 09 10u.S. open cut cuttHE pLaYErScut cutthe Barclays t66 t9 cut t52Deutsche Bank championshipt57 t65BmW championshipt15pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-69