Earns FIRST PGA TOUR victory in 27th career professional start at the age of 32 years, 5 months, and 2 days.

PGA TOUR Career Victories: 2006 Valero Texas Open
Nationwide Tour victories (1): 2005 Rex Hospital Open

EXEMPT STATUS

Earns two-year exemption on the PGA TOUR that will take him through the 2008 season. Earns exemption into the several invitational tournaments in 2007 including the Mercedes Championships in Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii.

VALERO TEXAS OPEN NOTES

Captured Valero Texas Open in first career start at the event.

Becomes the 15th player to win his first PGA TOUR event at the Valero Texas Open. The others: Chick Harbert (1942), Tony Holguin (1953), Mike Souchak (1955), Jay Hebert (1957), Bill Johnston (1958), Harold Henning (1966), Deane Beman (1969), Ben Crenshaw (1973), Terry Diehl (1974), Ron Streck (1978), Bob Estes (1994), Duffy Waldorf (1995), David Ogrin (1996) and Bart Bryant (2004).

2006 NOTES

Became the 11th first-time winner on the PGA TOUR in 2006 and the third rookie. He joins J.B. Holmes (FBR Open), Arron Oberholser (AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am), Aaron Baddeley (MCI Heritage), Chris Couch (Zurich Classic of New Orleans), Brett Wetterich (EDS Byron Nelson Championship), J.J. Henry (Buick Championship), Trevor Immelman (Cialis Western Open), John Senden (John Deere Classic), Dean Wilson (The INTERNATIONAL) and Will Mackenzie (Reno Tahoe Open). Holmes and Immelman are the two rookies to win.

Became the 15th player (23 wins) in his 30s to win on TOUR this season in 41 tournaments.

Collects $720,000 first-place check, the largest of his career, which brings his season earnings on the PGA TOUR to $924,029 and moves to No. 87 on the 2006 PGA TOUR money list.

CAREER NOTES

Previous top finish on the PGA TOUR was a T24 at the 2006 Chrysler Classic of Tucson and B.C Open presented by Turning Stone Resort.

Just shy of the $1 million mark in career earnings, with $935,129

			
			2006 PGA TOUR SUMMARY
Tournaments entered—24; in money--11;  Top-10s—1

BIRTHDATE: April 22, 1974		BIRTHPLACE: Athens, TN
FAMILY: Wife, Courtney; Taegan		HEIGHT: 6-0 	WEIGHT: 185
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1997		COLLEGE: East Tennessee State University