Billy Mayfair - Media Guide

T10 finish at the Wachovia Championship, his second career top-10 finish at Quail Hollow GC...Posted rounds of 66-68 on the weekend to finish T9 at the Travelers Championship...Past champion opened 69-64 en route to T9 finish at the U.S. Bank Championship...Finished T2 at the Wyndham Championship, his best finish on TOUR since a second at the 2005 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial...Birdied three of his last four holes on Sunday to record his third top-5 finish of the season with a third-place effort at the inaugural Fry's Electronics Open. Marked the second top-5 finish of the season in the Arizona desert for the former Arizona State star and current Scottsdale resident.

18 years on TOUR...Carried over strong play from 2005 with T10 in second start of season at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic...Tied for the 54-hole lead with Luke Donald at The Honda Classic. Finished T3, three strokes behind Donald after posting a final-round 72...Recorded his fourth top-10 at the Verizon Heritage with his T3 finish in Hilton Head, SC. Only player in the field to post four rounds in the 60s for the week at Harbour Town Golf Links...Finished T7 at the John Deere Classic, aided by the low round of the week, an 8-under-par 63 in the third round to jump into contention...Underwent surgery for testicular cancer on August 3 after being initially diagnosed by doctors at the Buick Open in Flint, MI. Surgery was performed by Dr. Gil Brito in Scottsdale at Shea Hospital. Returned to play two weeks later in the PGA Championship where he was two back through 36 holes. Finished T37.

at The Honda Classic. Finished T3, three strokes behind Donald after posting a final-round 72...Recorded his fourth top-10 at the Verizon Heritage with his T3 finish in Hilton Head, SC. Only player in the field to post four rounds in the 60s for the week...Finished T7 at the John Deere Classic, aided by the low round of the week, an 8-under-par 63 in the third round...Underwent surgery for testicular cancer on August 3 after being initially diagnosed by doctors at the Buick Open in Flint, MI. Surgery was performed by Dr. Gil Brito in Scottsdale at Shea Hospital. Returned to play two weeks later in the PGA Championship where he was two back through 36 holes. Finished T37. 2005: After using a Top 50 on PGA TOUR Career Money exemption, his only full exemption available, recorded third-best season on TOUR, finishing 22nd on the money list and earning more than $2 million for the first time on TOUR...Six top-10s were the most since an identical six in 1995. Included two sets of back-to-back top-10s...A second at the Bank of America Colonial was his best finish on TOUR since a playoff loss to Jose Coceres at the 2001 WORLDCOM CLASSIC...Attributed success to hard work during offseason and switch to the belly putter. 2004: Finished out of the top 125 (No. 140) on the money list for the first time in his 16-year career. Previous low had been No. 116 in 1989, his rookie season...Made 22 of 32 cuts but posted just one top-10, his lowest output since recording one in 1997...Went to belly putter at the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro. 2003: Continued streak of finishing in the top 125 on the money list for all 15 years on TOUR...Posted his third top-10 in his last five U.S. Opens with a T10 at Olympia Fields CC in Olympia, IL (T10 in 1999, T5 in 2002). 2002: Earned second career top-10 at the U.S. Open with a T5 finish. 2001: Made return to THE TOUR Championship for first time since 1998 after finishing in the top 30 on the money list...Just missed sixth TOUR title at WORLDCOM CLASSIC, losing to Jose Coceres on fifth playoff hole...Turned in best career performance at a major and first top-10 in one since a T7 at the 1998 PGA Championship with a T3 at the British Open...Closing 61, a tournament record, gave him T14 at Buick Open. Key to round was PGA TOUR record-tying 27 on back nine. 9-under 27 produced TOUR record in relation to par (nine holes). String of seven birdies and one eagle broke TOUR's best birdie-eagle streak of seven set by Al Geiberger in 1977 and matched by Webb Heintzelman in 1989. 2000: Fell out of the top-100 money winners for just the third time in 12 full seasons on TOUR. 1999: Top showing of season was a T2 at season-opening Mercedes Championships...Year ended on sad note when father, Dick, died of heart attack in early November. 1998: Earned first of two victories that season at Nissan Open, where closing 67 forced playoff with Tiger Woods. Birdied first extra hole to defeat Woods...Nearly made it two wins in a row the following week at Doral-Ryder Open where he finished T2...Shared 54-hole lead at Buick Open following rounds of 70-69-65. Took lead for good on Sunday with first-hole birdie en route to closing 67. Dedicated his victory to Renay Appleby, the wife of TOUR player Stuart Appleby, who died tragically in July. 1997: T2 performance in Las Vegas, the last full-field event of the season, proved to be his best showing of the year. 1996: Seventh career runner-up finish came with a T2 at NEC World Series of Golf. 1995: Recorded two victories, three runner-up finishes and earned $1,543,192. Increase in earnings over previous year-$1,385,033 -- stood at that time as TOUR record...Victories came at Motorola Western Open, where he shot a closing 67, and THE TOUR Championship, where he had a three-stroke lead through 54 holes and maintained that margin with closing 73...Runner-up finishes came at Phoenix Open, NEC World Series of Golf (both in playoffs) and Las Vegas Invitational. 1993: Collected first victory on TOUR at Greater Milwaukee Open, where he defeated Mark Calcavecchia and Ted Schulz in a playoff...T2, one stroke behind Scott Simpson at the GTE Byron Nelson Classic. 1990: T2 with Ed Dougherty after losing to Jim Gallagher, Jr. on first playoff hole at the Greater Milwaukee Open...Also lost to Jodie Mudd in season-ending Nabisco Championships when Mudd birdied first extra hole. Amateur: Won 1986 U.S. Public Links and 1987 U.S. Amateur titles. Also won Fred Haskins Award as nation's top collegiate player.

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