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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSthe strength of a closing 65, two strokes behind Sergiogarcia. His $352,000 paycheck was largest of his career.2000: on strength of eight top-25s, placed among top125 on money list for first time...First career top-10 cameat Honda classic, a t4. part of eight-way first-round tiefor lead after 7-under-par 65 in coral Springs. Stood twostrokes back through 54 holes and pulled within one ofchampion Dudley Hart heading to 17th hole Sunday. gay’s30-foot birdie putt stopped on the edge of the front lip andfell in, but gay waited longer than the allowed 10 secondsto tap ball in and was assessed one-stroke penalty (rule16-2) after play was completed, giving him a par. Hebogeyed the 18th hole and finished two strokes behindHart. 1999: In first career full tour season, played in26 events and made eight cuts...retained exempt statuswith t10 at tour Qualifying tournament. 1998: memberof the Nationwide tour...Earned status on tour for thenext season with t31 finish at Qualifying tournament inpalm Springs. 1997: three-time winner on golden BearBeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSH:t5—2010 Deutsche Bank championship.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):2009 Nationwide tour players cup.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (1):1994 Jamaican open.Brian gay (Continued)tour, a two-time winner on Sunshine players tour anda four-time winner on South Florida tour. 1996: Lonetour event was u.S. open...Finished second on goldenBear tour money list after winning golden Bear tourchampionship. 1995: played in 40 mini-tour tournamentsand won nine times, including victories on the Emeraldcoast golf tour, gulf coast tour, gary player tour andtommy armour tour. Amateur: member of 1993 u.S.Walker cup team...medalist at the 1993 u.S. amateur...two-time all-america selection and a three-time all-SEc selection of the university of Florida. Won SEcchampionship twice. also, SEc Freshman of the Year...Led university Florida to Ncaa championship in 1993along with tour member chris couch.PeRSonAL:Father was a scratch golfer and played for the all-armyteam.Tom gilliseXeMPt StAtUS: 76th on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: thomas charles gillisHeiGHt: 6-0WeiGHt: 200BiRtHDAte: July 16, 1968BiRtHPLAce: pontiac, mIReSiDence: Jupiter, FL; plays out of Indianwood cc(Lake orion, mI)PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1993 11995 11996 1 1 $2,775/3481997 2 2 13,330/2551999 12002 2 2 18,414/2003 25 11 1 5 432,100/1392005 28 12 3 421,050/1562006 12007 3 1 11,152/2008 3 2 38,915/2009 12010 27 21 3 8 1,276/43 1,166,146/76total 96 52 4 16 2,103,883nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1990 4 2 $1,045/2151992 21993 3 1 1 2,065/1811994 2 1 1 2,100/1831995 12004 4 4 7,784/2122006 23 6 1 1 2 44,532/1102007 4 3 2 2 32,976/1272008 9 6 2 6 72,968/892009 15 13 1 1 1 8 11 364,529/5total 67 36 1 1 2 13 23 527,997* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t5—Deutsche Bank championship; t8—at&t pebbleBeach National pro-am; t9—Valero texas open.2010 SeASon:In third full season on the pga tour, recorded a personalbestthree top-10s to finish 43rd in the FedExcup standings…In his second start at the at&t pebble Beach National proam(t30 in 2005), was t5, the best finish of his career toPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.76 (71)Driving Distance ...........................................266.4 (192)Driving accuracy percentage .......................74.00% (3)greens in regulation percentage ................63.44% (171)putting average ...........................................1.735 (2)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 63–Hp Byron Nelsonchampionship/4career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–2008mayakoba golf classic at riviera maya-cancun/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,026,000–2009 Verizon Heritage/1career High official World Rank: after 2009 John Deereclassic/35FAMiLY: Wife, Jennifer; trevor (2005), aubrey (2008)eDUcAtion: oakland community collegeSPeciAL inteReStS: Fishing, huntingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1990Q ScHooL: 2002, 2004nationwide tour Graduate (2009)PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYdate…Next top-10 finish came with a t9 at the Valero texasopen following four sub-par rounds…played his way intothe BmW championship with a t5 performance the previousweek (equaling his career-best finish at the event) at theDeutsche Bank championship. He moved from No. 92 to No.48 in the standings. closed at tpc Boston with a 12-under130 over the final 36 holes, the best of the 99-player field…Finished 43rd in final FedExcup standings with a t24 performanceat the BmW championship in the third playoff event.Year 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10u.S. open t70 cut cutBritish open WD t58tHE pLaYErScutthe Barclays t18 72 cutDeutsche Bank championship t47 cut t5BmW championship cut t24Section 2 Player BiograPhiespgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-71