2011: Did not make a cut on the PGA TOUR, and his best Nationwide Tour finish was a T25 at the Utah Championship. 2010: Making 11 PGA TOUR starts, he failed to record a top-10 finish for the fourth consecutive season. 2009: Made the cut in five of 10 starts on the PGA TOUR with a season-best finish of T38 at the Puerto Rico Open.

Second-round 66 at Valero Texas Open was his season-low round. 2008: Played in 25 PGA TOUR events in 2008 with back-to-back T14s at the RBC Canadian Open and the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open his best finishes. 2007: Started in 12 PGA TOUR events, making the cut in six. Best finish was a T21 at the Reno-Tahoe Open. Played in seven events on Nationwide Tour, making the cut in three. Finished T19 at PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament to earn fully exempt status for 2008. 2006: Only top-10 of 2006 was T7 at the Ford Championship at Doral. Finished outside the top-150 on the money list for the first time since he joined the TOUR in 1999. 2005: Surpassed $1 million in earnings for fourth time in career despite making only 14 cuts in 25 starts…Closed with a 6-under-par 66 to finish T5 at Wachovia Championship for second consecutive top-10 at Quail Hollow Club…Finished T66 in defense of U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee title…Posted a second-place finish, one stroke behind Jason Gore, at the 84 LUMBER Classic with four rounds in the 60s. Played last 39 holes without a bogey. 2004: Returned to the PGA TOUR winner's circle and earned a spot in the season-ending TOUR Championship for the first time since 2000.

T3 at the Wachovia Championship, one shot out of Joey Sindelar-Aaron Oberholser playoff.

Won for the first time in more than four years at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee. Became the seventh player in tournament history to win the event twice, having won it the first time in 1999. Held second-round lead by a stroke and shared third-round lead with Brett Quigley and Patrick Sheehan before defeating Fred Funk and Quigley by two strokes.

Finished T3 at the Buick Open, two shots behind champion Vijay Singh. 2003: Finished in the top 100 on the money list for the fifth consecutive season.

Made nine straight cuts beginning with his lone top-10 at the Chrysler Classic of Tucson.

Led the TOUR in eagles with 22…Represented Paraguay in the World Cup for the second time in his career (1992). 2002: Late rally to jump from 131st to 102nd on money list in final five events. Push aided by top-10s in two of final three events, only top-10s of the season. 2001: Didn't win or post a top-10 for the first time since joining the TOUR in 1999.

Ranked 104th in money with $486,665, both career lows. 2000: In defense of first PGA TOUR title, at the Compaq Classic of New Orleans, shared second- and third-round leads with Blaine McCallister, then both closed with 68. Won playoff with 3-foot par putt on second extra hole. Became first TOUR player to successfully defend since Jim Furyk won 1998-99 Las Vegas Invitationals. New Orleans victory gave him three victories in 12 months, exceeded at that time only by Tiger Woods.

First player in TOUR history to earn more than $1 million in each of first two years ($1,864,584 in 1999).

A member of International Team at Presidents Cup, defeating Hal Sutton in singles and teaming with Shigeki Maruyama in four-ball to beat Tiger Woods and Notah Begay III. 1999: Selected PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year.

Invited to the Masters for first time and was three strokes out of the lead through 54 holes. Final-round 73 good for T6 and another invitation for 2000. Following performance, Paraguay threw a parade for him.

In his next appearance, won Compaq Classic of New Orleans. Rounds of 66-69-68 had him two strokes off 54-hole lead. Closing 66 produced two-stroke victory over Steve Flesch and Harrison Frazar, worth $468,000. Became first South American to win on TOUR since Roberto De Vicenzo in Houston in 1968.

Earned second victory of rookie season at Greater Milwaukee Open with two-stroke victory over Tom Lehman and set another tournament record. Became only the eighth rookie to win twice since 1960. With victory became first rookie to surpass $1 million in a season and moved to seventh on money list. 1998: Member of the victorious International team at The Presidents Cup. Halved with Phil Mickelson in singles.

Grew up in poverty in Paraguay. Family of nine shared a one-room, dirt-floor home.

Father was a greens superintendent and caddie at course in Asuncion.

All five of his brothers became golf professionals. Brother Angel won the 1993 Dominion Open on Nationwide Tour.

Appointed Minister De Deportes (Minister of Sports) in 1999.

Raised more than $700,000 for needy patients at hospitals in Asuncion, including victims from the Aug. 1, 2004 fire that claimed nearly 500 lives.