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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSretief goosen (ruh-TeeF goo-sen)Section Player BiograPhies2<strong>PGA</strong> toUR VictoRieS (7):2001 u.S. open. 2002 BellSouth classic. 2003 chryslerchampionship. 2004 u.S. open, tHE tour championshippresented by coca-cola. 2005 the INtErNatIoNaL. 2009transitions championship.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (24):1991 Iscor Newcastle classic [Saf]. 1992 Spoornet classic[Saf], Bushveld classic [Saf], Witbank classic [Saf]. 1993mount Edgecombe trophy [Saf]. 1995 phillips South africanopen [Saf]. 1996 Slaley Hall Northumberland challenge[Eur]. 1997 peugeot open de France [Eur]. 1999 Novotelperrier open de France [Eur]. 2000 trophee Lancome [Eur].2001 the Scottish open at Loch Lomond [Eur], telefonicaopen de madrid [Eur]. 2002 Johnnie Walker classic [Eur],Dimension Data pro-am [Saf]. 2003 trophee Lancome [Eur].2004 Smurfit European open [Eur], Nedbank challenge.2005 Volkswagen china masters [asia], Linde germanmasters [Eur]. 2006 South african airways open [Eur],Volkswagen china masters [asia]. 2007 comercialbankQatar masters [Eur]. 2008 Iskandar Johor open [asia]. 2009africa open [Saf].otHeR VictoRieS (3):1997 Dunhill cup [with Ernie Els, David Frost]. 1998Dunhill cup [with Ernie Els, David Frost]. 2001 World golfchampionships-Emc World cup [with Ernie Els].BeSt 2010 <strong>PGA</strong> toUR FiniSHeS:3—tHE tour championship, World golf championships-Bridgestone Invitational; 4—Sony open in Hawaii, arnoldpalmer Invitational; 5—transitions championship, Worldgolf championships-accenture match play championship,travelers championship; 6—British open, SBSchampionship; 7—BmW championship.2010 SeASon:Finished the season ranked No. 10 in the FedExcup standings,with a career-high 10 top-10 finishes…making hiseXeMPt StAtUS: 2009 tournament winner(through 2011)FULL nAMe: retief goosenHeiGHt: 5-11WeiGHt: 185BiRtHDAte: February 3, 1969BiRtHPLAce: polokwane (formerly pietersburg), Southafrica<strong>PGA</strong> toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 1-1events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1995 3 3 $20,652/2371996 1 1 7,363/2971997 5 2 1 1 45,048/2091998 61999 4 2 1 2 54,368/2222000 13 9 4 196,093/2001 10 7 1 2 4 1,126,985/472002 15 14 1 2 5 13 2,617,004/102003 19 17 1 1 3 9 14 3,166,373/102004 16 13 2 1 9 11 3,885,573/62005 18 17 1 2 8 12 3,494,106/82006 18 16 1 1 6 9 2,617,453/192007 14 12 1 1 5 89,083/89 1,044,386/932008 18 13 1 2 6 95,510/108 1,431,965/722009 20 19 1 1 1 5 10 640/18 3,232,650/112010 19 18 2 10 13 1,360/10 3,218,089/14total 199 163 7 7 10 59 104 26,158,108eURoPeAn toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2010 10 9 1 4 4 $1,130,639* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*ReSiDence: polokwane (formerly pietersburg), Southafrica; Virginia Water, Surrey, England; orlando, FLFAMiLY: Wife, tracy; Leo (3/8/03), Ella ann (11/18/04)SPeciAL inteReStS: Water skiing, all sportstURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1990JoineD toUR: 2001<strong>PGA</strong> toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYfirst trip to the SBS championship since 2005, finished t6,five strokes behind champion geoff ogilvy. It representedhis fifth top-15 finish in as many attempts at the limitedfieldevent…tied his career-low round with a final-round62 at the Sony open in Hawaii to finish fourth…Finishedt5 at the World golf championships-accenture matchplay championship, losing 4 and 3 in the quarterfinals toeventual third-place finisher camilo Villegas…Finished fifthat the transitions championship, a title he won in 2009,marking the best result for a defending champion in tournamenthistory (previous best was t6 by K.J. choi in 2007)…Finished t4 at the arnold palmer Invitational in his 11thstart at Bay Hill…posted a third-round, 6-under 64 at thetravelers championship on the way to a t5…Enjoyed hisseventh top-10 of the year with a sixth-place effort at theBritish open, his eighth top-10 in 16 starts at the open…Held the 36-hole lead at the World golf championships-Bridgestone Invitational, at 7-under-par 133. reboundedfrom a third-round, 3-over-par 73 with a 65 in the final roundto finish t3 for his eighth top-10 of the season…posted all12 rounds at par or better in the first three events of the2010 pga tour playoffs, finishing t21 at the Barclays, t25at the Deutsche Bank championship and seventh at theBmW championship…Entered tHE tour championshipNo. 17 in the FedExcup standings and moved to No. 10with a third-place finish at East Lake gc, his best finish in12 career playoff starts…picked up his second consecutivetop 10 at the World golf championships-HSBc championswhen he t6 at Sheshan International gc in Shanghai,china. rounds of 69-68 on the weekend helped him moveup the leaderboard, giving him his sixth top 10 in a Worldgolf championships event and third of the season in theworldwide series of events.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Holed a 5-foot par-saving putt on the final hole to winthe transitions championship, his first tour victory inalmost four years. trailed tom Lehman by one stroke enteringthe final round at Innisbrook but jumped into the lead forgood with an eagle at the par-5 11th hole. 1-under 70allowed him to avoid a playoff with Brett Quigley andcharles Howell III. Both missed birdie putts on the last holein the groups ahead. Victory was his seventh on the pgatour and moved him to fifth in the FedExcup points race. Itwas his second victory at Innisbrook, having won in 2003when it was played in the fall. He also joined K.J. choi as amultiple winner at Innisbrook...also finished third at theat&t pebble Beach National pro-am...Fired a final-round 65to win the africa open at East London gc on the Sunshinetour. Finished one stroke ahead of Darren clarke, michaelHoey, Branden grace and Darren Fichardt...Was in contentionall week at the British open after a 3-under 67 in thefirst round but a final-round 72 saw him finish t5, two offthe lead...made an eagle-three at the 72nd hole at the rBccanadian open to force sudden death with Nathan green.Led the field on the par 5s that week, playing them in15-under. Lost on the second extra hole with a bogey togreen’s par...Earned his fifth top-10 of the season at theDeutsche Bank championship. Shared the 54-hole lead withSteve Stricker and Sean o’Hair but a final-round 71 droppedhim to t8...made fifth consecutive presidents cup team.2008: Second consecutive season finishing outside of thetop 20 on the money list. made the cut in 13 of 18 startswith two top-10s. Best finish was a t2, one stroke behindwinner geoff ogilvy, at the World golf championships-cachampionship...Won the Iskandar Johor open on the asiantour. 2007: recorded one top-10 in 14 starts on the pgatour and finished outside the top 20 on the money list(93rd) for the first time since rookie season in 2001...Ninthon European tour order of merit, with 14th career Europeantour victory at the commercialbank Qatar masters. Wastwo back with two holes remaining before pulling off abirdie-eagle finish at the Doha gc to defeat Nick o’Hern…Despite an opening 4-over-par 76, finished t2 at themasters tournament, marking his third straight top-fiveYear 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05masters cut t40 cut 2 t13 t13 t3u.S. open cut cut t12 1 cut t42 1 t11British open cut 75 t10 cut t10 t41 t13 t8 t10 t7 t5pga t61 cut cut cut t37 t23 cut t6tHE pLaYErS cut cut cut t14 cut cut t12tour championship t9 3 1 t4accenture match play championship t17 t17 t17 t33 t33 3Bridgestone Invitational t24 10 t11 t17 DNS t58ca championship t25 t35 cNL 2 t8 t6 DNSYear 06 07 08 09 10masters t3 t2 t17 cut t38u.S. opencut cut t14 t16 t58British open t14 t23 t32 t5 6pga t34 t23 t24 t51 t55tHE pLaYErS 2 t28 t51 t22tour championship 4 23 3accenture match play championship t5 t17 t33 t33 t5Bridgestone Invitational t48 t61 t4 t29 t3ca championship t45 t58 t2 t66 t56HSBc champions t10 t6the Barclays t29 t60 cut t70 t21Deutsche Bank championship cut cut t8 t25BmW championship t23 7nAtionAL teAMS: the presidents cup (5), 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009; Dunhill cup (6),1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000; World cup (5), 1993, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2007.2-74 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> 2011 Guidepgatour.com