PERSONAL NOTES
Won 2001 Southern California Golf Association Amateur at 19, the youngest to achieve that feat since Tiger Woods in 1994; it is the nation's second-oldest continuously contested championship
Won 2003 Pacific-10 Conference title and was an All-Pac-10 selection
Won 2006 Peek n' Peek Classic on the Nationwide Tour
Best PGA Tour finish is a T3 at 2008 Mayakoba Classic; also had a T4 at 2007 Reno-Tahoe Open
Enjoys watching sports, especially the Los Angeles Lakers
Medalist at Cordova, Tenn., sectional held at Colonial C.C. (North and South Courses), shooting two 65s (130)
STATISTICS
| PGA TOUR |
| DATE | TOURNAMENT NAME | POS | ROUNDS | TOTAL SCORE | TO PAR | OFFICIAL MONEY |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 1/13/08 | Sony Open in Hawaii | T32 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 71 | -- | 278 | -2 | $28,090 |
| 1/20/08 | Bob Hope Chrysler Classic | T16 | 73 | 65 | 67 | 68 | 70 | 343 | -17 | $73,950 |
| 2/10/08 | AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am | T61 | 71 | 70 | 75 | -- | -- | 216 | E | $12,540 |
| 2/17/08 | Northern Trust Open | CUT | 71 | 75 | -- | -- | -- | 146 | +4 | -- |
| 2/24/08 | Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun | T3 | 64 | 68 | 69 | 67 | -- | 268 | -12 | $203,000 |
| 3/02/08 | The Honda Classic | T15 | 72 | 69 | 68 | 71 | -- | 280 | E | $88,000 |
| 3/16/08 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard | CUT | 80 | 68 | -- | -- | -- | 148 | +8 | -- |
| 3/23/08 | Puerto Rico Open presented by Banco Popular | T13 | 68 | 70 | 71 | 72 | -- | 281 | -7 | $70,000 |
| 3/30/08 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | T7 | 72 | 67 | 67 | 73 | -- | 279 | -9 | $193,233 |
| 4/06/08 | Shell Houston Open | T26 | 71 | 69 | 72 | 71 | -- | 283 | -5 | $38,920 |
| 4/27/08 | EDS Byron Nelson Championship | CUT | 74 | 75 | -- | -- | -- | 149 | +9 | -- |
| 5/04/08 | Wachovia Championship | T34 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 74 | -- | 287 | -1 | $32,320 |
| 5/11/08 | THE PLAYERS Championship | T27 | 70 | 72 | 77 | 74 | -- | 293 | +5 | $67,450 |
| 5/25/08 | Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial | T59 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 72 | -- | 282 | +2 | $13,298 |
| 6/01/08 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Morgan Stanley | CUT | 80 | 77 | -- | -- | -- | 157 | +13 | -- |
CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
| * Calculated on holes #9 and #15 |
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| John Merrick +3 |
 | John Merrick | | Field Average |  | | Fairways Hit | | 64.29% | 57.93% |
|  | | *Avg. Driving Distance | | 306.62 | 290.64 |
|  | | Sand Saves | | |  | | Greens Hit | | |  | | Putts Per Hole | | | |
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CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP