Trevor Immelman - Media Guide

consolation final, 4 and 2. Defeated Thomas Bjorn, Chris DiMarco, Ian Poulter and Justin Rose before falling to champion Henrik Stenson in the semifinals, 3 and 2...Opened with a 4-under-par 66 en route to a T9 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational...Overcame a first-round 75 at the PGA Championship to finish T6, his second career top-10 finish in a major championship. Was one of only four players to card both rounds in the 60s on the weekend (66-69)...Played in first three of the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup events...Earned a berth on the 2007 Presidents Cup International Team, his second straight time as a member...Did not compete on TOUR after that and ultimately dropped from No. 32 to No. 46 on the money list...Beat Justin Rose by one stroke to win the Nedbank Challenge in South Africa in early December.

at the Wachovia Championship, losing in a one-hole playoff to Jim Furyk for his best finish on TOUR before winning. Three-putt bogey on the 72nd hole forced the playoff with Furyk, who won with a par on the 18th hole in the playoff...Finished one stroke back of Brett Wetterich at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship to place second for the second consecutive week. Fired an 8-under 64 in the third round to move into a tie for the lead with Adam Scott through 54 holes...Overcame the two-shot lead of Vijay Singh on final day to capture first TOUR event at the Cialis Western Open, punctuated by a 30-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to clinch two-stroke win over Tiger Woods and Mathew Goggin. Posted rounds of 69-66-69-67--271 to become just the sixth player to post four rounds in the 60s since the event moved to Cog Hill in 1991...Withdrew from the British Open to return home for the birth of his first child, Jacob Trevor...T5 at THE TOUR Championship. 2005: Posted first career major championship top-10 with a T5 at the Masters, aided by a third-round 7-under-par 65 that tied Tiger Woods for low third-round honors. Final-round 73 included a double bogey on par-5 13th and the lone ace of the week on the par-3 16th with a 6-iron from 179 yards...Chosen as a Captain's Pick for The Presidents Cup by International Team Captain Gary Player. Had 1-3-0 record...Joined TOUR as a Special Temporary Member after the PGA Championship. 2004: Followed in the footsteps of one of his heroes, Gary Player, when he became the first person since the Black Knight in 1976-77 to successfully defend the South African Airways Open. Came from two strokes back after three rounds to win by three strokes...Earned second win of the season at Deutsche Bank-SAP Open TPC of Europe. 2003: Hit approach shot from 169 yards to 6 inches on the first playoff hole against Tim Clark at the South African Open. Tap-in birdie earned first career victory after three previous runner-up finishes, and $200,000 along with a two-year exemption on the European Tour...In third career World Golf Championships event, posted first career top-10 on TOUR with a T9 at the NEC Invitational. 2002: Recorded three seconds on the European Tour, at the French Open, Volvo Scandinavian Masters and Omega European Masters. Amateur: Made the cut as an amateur at the 1999 Masters and 2001 Memorial Tournament...Won the 2000 Vodacom Players Championship in his native South Africa...1998 U.S. Public Links champion...Lost in three 1997 finals, at the British Amateur at Royal St George's, the New Zealand Amateur and the US Junior...In 1996 made the South African team at age 17 and played in the Eisenhower Trophy in Chile...First-team AJGA All-American in 1996.