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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSBrian gaySection Player BiograPhies2PGA toUR VictoRieS (3):2008 mayakoba golf classic. 2009 Verizon Heritage, St.Jude classic.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t2—Hp Byron Nelson championship; t9—World golfchampionships-accenture match play championship.2010 SeASon:after four consecutive top-25 finishes to open the season,posted first top-10, a t9, at the World golf championshipsaccenturematch play championship, losing 5 and 4 toeventual runner-up paul casey in the third round. It washis first appearance in the event…Finished t2 at the HpByron Nelson after a final-round 63 moved him from t38after the third round…Withdrew after three rounds of theJustin timberlake Shriners Hospitals for children open.Finished the season No. 54 in the FedExcup standings,with two top-10 finishes and 10 top 25s after making21 cuts. Won mayakoba golf classic champions charitySkins challenge in November, an event featuring all pastmayakoba champions. He donated his winnings to charity.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Won twice (Verizon Heritage and St. Jude classicpresented by FedEx) and finished 21st in the FedExcup...opened the season with four consecutive top-20 finishes,highlighted by a t5 effort at the Sony open in Hawaiiwhere he recorded four rounds in the 60s...Won theVerizon Heritage in april by a record 10 strokes, toppingDavis Love III’s seven-stroke win in 1998. His 20-under264 total broke Loren roberts’ previous tournamentscoring record of 19-under in 1996. With just two bogeysduring the tournament, his 10-stroke win was the largestmargin of victory since phil mickelson won by 13 at the2006 BellSouth classic. His win became just the nintheXeMPt StAtUS: 2009 multiple tournament winner(through 2012)FULL nAMe: Joseph Brian gayHeiGHt: 5-10WeiGHt: 165BiRtHPLAce: Fort Worth, tXFAMiLY: Wife, Kimberly; makinley Kathryn, BrantleyoliviaPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-1events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1996 11999 26 8 1 $74,329/2062000 33 17 1 8 482,028/1022001 32 23 1 5 12 1,299,361/412002 34 24 1 4 10 926,735/692003 34 15 1 4 447,647/1372004 32 16 1 6 645,194/1222005 33 19 1 1 5 689,862/1152006 31 22 2 10 1,037,600/882007 32 21 2 8 90,075/78 1,114,571/862008 31 20 1 1 6 12 101,323/46 2,205,513/312009 27 21 2 4 8 573/21 3,201,295/132010 30 21 1 2 10 1,142/54 1,521,663/56total 376 227 3 4 1 29 94 13,645,798nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1994 21996 4 1 $740/2451998 23 16 1 4 24,591/801999 1 1 1,380/206total 30 18 1 4 26,711* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*in pga tour history (dating back to 1970 when recordsbegan) to come with a double-digit winning margin...Wonfor the second time in five events and for the third time inhis career with a five-stroke win at the St. Jude classic.Led by one stroke after each of the first three rounds, thenshot his third consecutive 4-under 66 to pull away andsecured a spot in the following week’s u.S. open becauseof multiple wins within the last calendar year. He birdiedthree of the first six holes in the final round to take all thesuspense out of the finish and birdied the 18th to finishat 18-under 262. David toms and Bryce molder finishedfive back. Needed only 100 putts to become the fourthwire-to-wire winner in the tournament’s 52-year historyand first since Justin Leonard in 2005...made the cut in allthree pga tour playoffs events and entered tHE tourchampionship presented by coca-cola ranked 17th. It washis first appearance in tHE tour championship, wherehe finished t28. 2008: Had six top-10 finishes, highlightedby a win in mexico and a runner-up finish at the Vikingclassic in September. Earned first career pga tour victoryin his 293rd career start on the pga tour at age 36years, 2 months, 11 days at the mayakoba golf classic.the string of 292 starts without a victory was the 13th-longestamong active pga tour players, dating back to firstprofessional start at the 1996 u.S. open. carded thirdroundcareer low of 8-under-par 62 to take a five-strokelead into Sunday. rounds of 66-67-62-69--264 bestedrunner-up Steve marino by two strokes...Finished with a4-under 68 to get into the three-man playoff at the Vikingclassic with Will macKenzie and marc turnesa. Waseliminated on the first hole of the playoff when the otherplayers made birdies. His runner-up finish was the third ofhis career (seconds at the 2001 mastercard colonial andthe 2002 Buick open). Went over the $2-million mark forthe first time in a single season on tour. 2007: Shot 66-69eDUcAtion: university of FloridaSPeciAL inteReStS: Stock market, Florida gatorfootball, orlando magic basketballtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1994Q ScHooL: 1998, 1999, 2003nationwide tour AlumnusPGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYon the weekend to finish t4 at the poDS championship...one stroke off the 36-hole lead, finished fourth at theStanford St. Jude championship, seven behind winnerWoody austin...Ended the year ranked in the top-10 inboth putting average and Driving accuracy...made an aceduring the opening round of the crowne plaza Invitationalat colonial. 2006: top-10 finish in the final full-event ofthe season lifted him over the $1-million mark for just thesecond time in a season. made 22 cuts in 31 starts and finishedin the top 25 10 times...recorded the season’s firstdouble eagle, using driver, 5-iron on the par-5, 503-yardfirst hole at riviera cc during second round. 2005: Lonetop-10 was t3 at the Barclays classic. Entered final roundtwo off the lead of Jim Furyk and padraig Harrington, buthad two double bogeys on Sunday. Finish was best performancesince a t2 at the 2002 Buick open…Finished t17at the Valero texas open and collected $42,420, liftinghim over the mark to secure his card for 2006. 2004: afterfinishing out of the top 125 in 2003, managed to get backinto the top 125 with five top-20s, including one top-10...played in final group on Sunday for the second consecutiveweek at the FedEx St. Jude classic, where he finishedt5…Needed to make one cut with three tournamentsremaining for the season to secure his card for 2005.managed to make the cut near his home at the FuNaIclassic at Walt Disney World resort, finishing t41. 2003:Finished out of the top 125 for the first time since 1998,his rookie season. returned to the Qualifying tournamentand finished t28. only top-10 of the season was a t8 atthe Honda classic. 2002: played in 34 events, making 24cuts, and finishing in the top-10 four times. Best finishwas a t2 at the Buick open...2001: Had career-highs inmoney earned and money list position. Surpassed the$1-million mark for the first time, thanks to a career-highfive top-10s. at the mastercard colonial, finished t2 onYear 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08u.S. open cut cut cut cut cutBritish opencutpga t22 t53 t51 t20tHE pLaYErS t40 t63 cut t75 cut cut t32the Barclayst41 cutDeutsche Bank championshipt70 t50BmW championshipt13Year 09 10masterscutu.S. opencut cutBritish opencut cutpgacut t65tHE pLaYErSWD cuttour championshipt28accenture match play championship t9Bridgestone Invitational 79ca championshipt30HSBc championst25the Barclays t12 t21Deutsche Bank championship t54 cutBmW championship t55 t30nAtionAL teAMS: Walker cup, 1993.2-70 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com