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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRS10 again until a t4 finish at the World golf championships-Bridgestone Invitational, including a final-round, 3-under67. Led the field in driving distance with a 339.4-yardaverage...Final-round 65 earned a t4 at Deutsche Bankchampionship after missing the cut in the first playoffevent, the Barclays, a week earlier...ranked No. 24 inthe FedExcup standings after the BmW championship toearn his first trip to tHE tour championship presentedby coca-cola...Finished t13 at tHE tour championshipon the strength of a second-round 67...made his thirdconsecutive International team for the presidents cup.2008: Finished t25 at the masters tournament and t20 atthe pga championship. Finished the season ranked No. 65in FedExcup standings and No. 122 in earnings...Best finishwas a t5 at the World golf championships-accenturematch play championship for his only top-10 finish ofthe year. Lost to runner-up Stewart cink, 3 and 2, in thequarterfinals. 2007: claimed his first major championshiptitle at the u.S. open and was named to his second consecutivepresidents cup International team. Earned morethan $1 million for the first time in his pga tour careerin just 14 events...posted rounds of 69-71-76-69—285 todefeat tiger Woods and Jim Furyk by one stroke at the107th u.S. open at oakmont cc. overcame four-strokedeficit to 54-hole leader aaron Baddeley, becoming the firstchampion to shoot 76 and win the u.S. open since Johnnymiller’s third-round 76 in 1973, also at oakmont. Win camein 31st major championship career start at age 37 years,nine months and five days. Held the 36-hole lead overBubba Watson. recorded two of the eight rounds belowpar on the week, and held off the World No. 1 (Woods)and No. 3 (Furyk) despite bogeys on two of his final threeholes. the second argentine to win a major championship,joining roberto De Vicenzo (1967 British open). previousbest finish in a major was a t4 at the 1999 British open...compiled a record of 2-2-0 for the International team inthe presidents cup after earning a spot on the team for thesecond time in his career...Birdied third playoff hole to beatpadraig Harrington in the pga grand Slam of golf held inoctober in Bermuda. made triple bogey on the first holeangel Cabrera (Continued)of the final round in the 36-hole competition, but finishedbirdie-eagle to force the playoff...Lost to Ernie Els in thefinal of the HSBc World match play championship, 6 and4...Birdied the final hole in early November at the BarclaysSingapore open to beat Vijay Singh by one stroke. 2006:Earned enough money via the non-member list to earn hisfully-exempt tour card for the 2007 season...played out ofthe International presidents cup team category...two ofhis three top-10s came in the major championships—a t8at the masters and a seventh at the British open...mastersfinish aided by rounds of 70-68 on the weekend. Finishwas third top-10 in seven starts at augusta...British openfinish made him one of five players through the first threemajors of the season to post at least two top-10s. one oftwo argentines (andres romero, t8) to finish in the top 10at royal Liverpool, where the last winner in 1967 was DeVicenzo...Joined the pga tour as a Special temporarymember for the rest of the season in early august...addeda t4 at the Bridgestone Invitational, finishing with a 65,which moved him up 11 spots on Sunday. 2005: Lonetop-10 came in his third event of the season, a t10, at theFord championship at Doral...played in presidents cup forInternational team, compiling a 1-1-3 record. 2004: Besttour finish was a t4 at the NEc Invitational, where heshot 67-68 on the weekend...recorded two runner-up finisheson the European tour, at the British masters (t2) andthe Volvo pga championship. 2003: Split season betweenthe pga tour and the European tour. Best tour finishwas a t15 at the masters and finished 145th on money list.recorded two top-10s on European tour. 2002: placed t9at the masters...Won the Benson and Hedges International,beating England’s Barry Lane by a stroke at the Belfry inEngland. 2001: claimed his first European title at the opende argentina...Joined the pga tour as special temporarymember the week of the INtErNatIoNaL as his $307,105total exceeded $247,037 of 2000’s 150th-place money list...t10 at the masters. Stood one stroke back after one roundand was three back after 36 and 54 holes...Finished t7 atthe u.S. open. 2000: came close to first European tourvictory in July, finishing runner-up to Lee Westwood inSmurfit European open. 1999: Finished t4 at British open.Had putt on 72nd hole to join mark o’meara-Brian Wattsplayoff. 1998: partnered ricardo gonzalez to share thirdplace in 1998 World cup of golf in New Zealand...Finishedsecond to Sergio garcia in 1998 murphy’s Irish open, hisfirst of four top-10 finishes in five weeks. 1997: Beat BradFaxon and Lee Westwood as he won all his matches in1997 alfred Dunhill cup 1996: Winner of Volvo masters ofLatin america. 1995: captured paraguay open.PeRSonAL:caddied at cordoba, home club of friend Eduardo romero,until turning professional at age 20. romero, who lived twoblocks away from his young protege, encouraged him totake up game at age 15…two young sons are excellentgolfers already. oldest son, Federico, caddied for him inthe final round of the cordoba open in argentina. Startedfinal round eight shots back, shot 60 and won by onestroke…Says he would be a soccer player if not a golfer…Nicknamed “El pato” (the Duck).PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.92 (92)Driving Distance ...........................................304.5 (8)Driving accuracy percentage .......................54.49% (182)greens in regulation percentage ................65.78% (141)putting average ...........................................1.799 (136)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 66–2 times, mostrecent crowne plaza Invitational at colonial/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 65–6 times, mostrecent 2009 Deutsche Bank championship/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $1,350,000–2009 masters tournament/1career High official World Rank: after 2005 chryslerclassic of greensboro/9Section 2 Player BiograPhiesmark Calcavecchia (cal-kuh-VeK-ee-Uh)eXeMPt StAtUS: top 25, pga tour career money listFULL nAMe: mark John calcavecchiaHeiGHt: 6-0WeiGHt: 230BiRtHDAte: June 12, 1960BiRtHPLAce: Laurel, NEReSiDence: tequesta, FLFAMiLY: Wife, Brenda; Britney Jo (8/8/89), Eric Jordan(1/1/94)eDUcAtion: university of FloridaSPeciAL inteReStS: Bowling, music, guitartURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1981Q ScHooL: Spring 1981, 1983PGA toUR VictoRieS (13):1986 Southwest golf classic. 1987 Honda classic. 1988Bank of Boston classic. 1989 phoenix open, Nissan Losangeles open, British open. 1992 phoenix open. 1995BellSouth classic. 1997 greater Vancouver open. 1998Honda classic. 2001 phoenix open. 2005 Bell canadianopen. 2007 poDS championship.inteRnAtionAL VictoRieS (5):1988 australian open [aust]. 1993 argentine open. 1995argentine open. 1997 Subaru Sarazen World open. 2004maekyung open [Kor].otHeR VictoRieS: (4):1989 Dunhill cup [with tom Kite and curtis Strange].1995 Franklin templeton Shootout [with Steve Elkington].2001 cVS charity classic [with Nick price], Hyundai teammatches [with Fred couples].BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSHeS:t24—puerto rico open presented by Banco popular.BeSt 2010 cHAMPionS toUR FiniSHeS:2—3m championship; t3—Home care & Hospice Firsttee open at pebble Beach; t4—JELD-WEN tradition,SaS championship; 6—posco E&c Songdo championshippresented By gale Int’l., Dick’s Sporting goods open2010 SeASon:a member of the champions tour after turning 50 in June,will use top 25 all-time money exemption in 2011. playedin 16 pga tour tournaments and failed to record a top-10finish for the first time since 1985. Best finish was a t24 atthe puerto rico open…Found himself in second place after36 holes of the British open but dropped into an eventual73rd-place showing after posting rounds of 77-80 on theweekend at St. andrews…played in 14 champions tourevents and finished 18th on the money list with six top 10s.Debuted on the champions tour with a t6 at the Dick’sSporting goods open and added five more top-10 finishesin 14 events. registered three straight rounds in the 60s atEn-Joie and made just one bogey in the 54-hole event, thefewest of any player in the field…Shared the 36-hole leadwith David Frost at the 3m championship in august, butcould do no better than solo second place after Frost blewaway the field with an 11-under-par 61 on Sunday for aseven-stroke victory at the tpc twin cities…Finished t4 inhis next start at the JELD-WEN tradition thanks to a finalround66…Was the first-round leader at the Home care &Hospice First tee open at pebble Beach and in contentionthroughout before eventually finishing t3…Finished sixthat the posco c&E Songdo championship in South Korea…managed a fourth-place effort at the SaS championshipafter posting three straight rounds of 69 at prestonwood.pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-23