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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSJonathan ByrdeXeMPt StAtUS: 2010 tournament winner(through 2012)FULL nAMe: Jonathan currie ByrdHeiGHt: 5-9WeiGHt: 165BiRtHDAte: January 27, 1978BiRtHPLAce: anderson, ScReSiDence: St. Simons Island, ga; plays out of SeaIsland gcFAMiLY: Wife, amanda; Jackson (7/30/06)eDUcAtion: clemson university (2000, marketing)SPeciAL inteReStS: playing outside with my child,clemson athletics, working out, college golf FellowshiptURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 2000JoineD toUR: 2002nationwide tour Graduate (2001)PGA toUR VictoRieS (4):2002 Buick challenge. 2004 B.c. open. 2007 John Deereclassic. 2010 Justin timberlake Shriners Hospitals forchildren open.nAtionWiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):2001 charity pro-am at the cliffs.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:1—Justin timberlake Shriners Hospitals for children open;t5—Viking classic; t8—transitions championship; t10—turning Stone resort championship.2010 SeASon:posted three of his four top-10 finishes in his last sevenstarts of the season, including fourth career tour win inhistoric fashion at the Justin timberlake Shriners Hospitalsfor children open, recording the first-ever playoff hole-inoneto secure the victory…First top-10 of the year camewith t8 at transitions championship…Finished t10 at theturning Stone resort championship on the strength of afinal-round 63 to tie the course record…In the pga tourFall Series finished t5 at the Viking classic for his third top-10 at annandale golf club in four starts, to move from No.130 to No. 115 on the pga tour money list…recordeda historic hole-in-one to win sudden-death playoff at theJustin timberlake Shriners Hospitals for children open overmartin Laird and rookie cameron percy. Second-round 63,matching career best, fueled 36-hole lead, and trailed thedefending champion Laird by one through 54 holes. Finalroundof 68 including birdies on Nos. 15-17, good enough togo into sudden death with Laird and percy at 21-under-par263. after three playoff holes and nearly dark, stood up andposted the ace with a 6-iron from 204 yards on the par-317th for the victory, first time in pga tour history wherean event ended with a hole-in-one.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: posted two top-10s and finished 66th in FedExcupstandings...Finished t5 at the Quail Hollow championshipon the strength of a final-round 66, three strokes behindchampion Sean o’Hair...Finished t3 at the memorial, holdinga share of the lead after the second round...posted at11 at the final event of the season, the children’s miracleNetwork classic, to jump four spots on the final moneylist and into the top-70, to No. 67. 2008: made the cut in18 of 27 starts finishing No. 55 in the FedExcup standings...Finishedt9 in his first World golf championshipsaccenturematch play championship...Held a three-strokelead through 36 holes at the at&t classic, but after roundsof 73-70 on the weekend he dropped to fourth. It was histhird consecutive top-10 at tpc Sugarloaf (2006, sixth, 2007,t9). 2007: Had a career year in earnings and captured histhird pga tour title, at the John Deere classic. playedin his first British open and first tour championship presentedby coca-cola...carded rounds of 67-68-65-66--266to capture the title at the John Deere classic. Final roundfeatured no bogeys and birdies on three of his last fiveholes. With his victory, earned an invitation to the followingweek’s British open, his first trip to the season’s thirdmajor. at the time, became the winningest active americanplayer under age 30, with three tour victories...Held thefirst-round lead with a 64 at the BmW championship.Finished t10 to improve from 30th and on the bubble to 25thin the FedExcup standings...In first tour championshipstart, finished t23 to end the pga tour playoffs for theFedExcup 28th in the standings. 2006: matched careerhigh with five top-10s (2003)...Best finish was a t3 at theat&t pebble Beach National pro-am, his best finish sincea t3 at the 2004 84 LumBEr classic...pulled out of themcI Heritage due to a rib injury and was sidelined for 12weeks. rehab was rest for 10 weeks...Entered final roundof u.S. Bank championship t15 after opening with threerounds in the 60s. Withdrew Saturday evening as wifeamanda gave birth to son, Jackson, the couple’s first child,on Sunday evening...recorded his first hole-in-one on thepga tour at the Deutsche Bank championship on No. 11at the tpc Boston...Shared 36-hole lead before finishing t5at canadian open, four shots behind champion Jim Furyk.Final-round 70 included a two-stroke penalty for violationof rule 14-3a (testing the conditions in a hazard) when hedug his golf shoes in an area away from his ball in a greensidebunker. With the violation in doubt, Byrd assessed apenalty that cost him a share of third place and $120,500in prize money. 2005: posted his lone top-10 of the season,a t5, at the 84 LumBEr classic, where he finished t3 theprevious year. 2004: Struggled early in the year due toa hip injury, but bounced back with a strong finish afterundergoing surgery on Feb. 15 in pittsburgh because of twotears in the labrum front and back. the surgery tightened upthe looseness and instability. returned for tHE pLaYErSchampionship at the end of march...Entered the finalround of the B.c. open with a one-stroke lead, but had towithstand a six-hour rain delay before capturing his secondtour victory. the win was his first top-10 of the seasonand came one year, 8 months, 21 days after his first victoryat the 2002 Buick challenge, a span of 45 events...Secondtop-10 was a third at the 84 LumBEr classic. 2003: postedcareer-high five top-10s...made most of his first appearancein a major with a t8 at the masters, the best finish by anyof the 16 first-timers in augusta...Best finish of seasonwas a t2 at John Deere classic, four strokes behind VijaySingh. tied with J.L. Lewis for lead through 18 holes. 2002:Became first rookie to win on tour since Jose coceres inPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.44 (43)Driving Distance ...........................................290.9 (64)Driving accuracy percentage .......................61.54% (129)greens in regulation percentage ................70.00% (20)putting average ...........................................1.796 (129)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–2 times, mostrecent Justin timberlake Shriners Hospitals for childrenopen/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 63–4 times,most recent 2010 Justin timberlake Shriners Hospitals forchildren open/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $774,000–2010 Justin timberlake Shriners Hospitals for childrenopen/1career High official World Rank: after 2008 the Hondaclassic/55Section 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 1-0events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank2000 1 1 $14,130/2001 1 1 8,400/2002 32 15 1 1 4 10 1,462,713/392003 29 21 1 5 9 1,430,538/472004 27 15 1 1 3 5 1,133,165/702005 31 22 1 5 726,023/1112006 20 13 1 5 9 1,408,418/632007 23 13 1 4 11 96,061/28 1,854,906/422008 27 18 2 6 100,919/55 1,039,584/1012009 25 19 1 2 11 888/66 1,316,771/672010 26 17 1 4 8 483/105 1,534,981/55total 242 155 4 1 4 30 74 11,929,628nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank2000a 1 12001 20 16 1 1 1 5 11 $222,244/8total 21 17 1 1 1 5 11 222,244* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters t8 cut cutu.S. open t15 cut cutBritish opent23pga cut cut t20 cut cuttHE pLaYErS cut cut t32 cut t16 t32 t37 cuttour championship 23accenture match play championshipt9Bridgestone Invitationalt71ca championshipt65the Barclays t64 t36 t69 cut t55 t24 t56Deutsche Bank championship t13 t29 t60 t36 t23 t33 t61BmW championship t20 t50 t27 t40 cut t10 t52 t61nAtionAL teAMS: Walker cup (1), 1999.pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-21