Bill Haas

With his first win Haas earned his first appearance in the Masters Tournament, where he finished in a tie for 26th.

This set him up for a good run into the playoffs and for first time in his career, Haas qualified for the third playoff event, the BMW Championship before falling short of the top 30 mark and ending the season 41st in the standings.

In addition, he finished 31st in the FedEx cup standings after narrowly missing out on a place in the Tour Championship by one position.

He also finished 61st on the year-end money list, winning just under $1.5 million.

He qualified for the first two FedEx Cup playoffs events before being eliminated at the halfway stage, finishing 73rd in the standings.

Haas also played well at the Viking Classic for the second year running with a T-4 finish.

William Harlan Haas (born May 24, 1982) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and won the 2011 FedEx Cup.

He is the son of former PGA Tour player Jay Haas.

Haas was born in Charlotte, North Carolina and was raised in Greer, South Carolina, a suburb of Greenville.

He was the third member of his family to play golf at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, following his father, Jay and uncle, Jerry.

In his debut year on tour, Haas finished 99th on the money list, making 19 out of 30 cuts.

His best result was at the Wachovia Championship where he finished in a tie for fourth.

Haas had a distinguished college career: he was a three-time first-team All-American, four-time All-ACC, two-time ACC player-of-the-year and the 2001 ACC rookie-of-the-year.

Haas was a member of the 2003 Walker Cup team as well as two Palmer Cup teams.

During his college career, he won ten college tournaments and in his 2004 senior year, Haas won the Haskins Award, Jack Nicklaus Award and The Ben Hogan Award.

He also set an NCAA record for lowest scoring average.

He turned professional in 2004.

Haas was a member of the Nationwide Tour (now Web.com Tour) in 2005 after failing to earn his PGA Tour card in qualifying school.

His best finish in a Nationwide Tour event was a solo second at the 2005 Scholarship America Showdown.

At the end of the season Haas birdied the last two holes at the 2005 qualifying tournament to earn his card on the PGA Tour for the 2006 season.

He kept his tour card for the 2007 season, but he missed eight cuts in his first 13 events.

He started to turn his form around during the fall series and recorded his best finish of the year at the Viking Classic with a tie for third place.

In 2008 Haas had a remarkably similar year to 2007, finishing 104th on the money list for the second year in a row.

Haas enjoyed much greater success in 2009 with four top-10 finishes including a tie for third at the Valero Texas Open.

He ended the year 104th on the money list.

At the start of the 2010 season Haas won his first PGA Tour title at the Bob Hope Classic in La Quinta, California.

A week prior to the event, Haas received advice from his father, Jay, and great-uncle Bob Goalby about his foot positioning during his swing.

Haas won the event by one shot over Matt Kuchar, Tim Clark and Bubba Watson.

The win came at the start of his fifth year on the PGA Tour.

In the fall he won his second PGA Tour title of 2010 and of his career, in October at the Viking Classic, winning by three strokes over Michael Allen.

The following week he finished runner-up at the McGladrey Classic to Heath Slocum by one stroke.

This late-season surge elevated him to 20th place on the season's final money list.

In 2011 Haas won the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club, defeating Hunter Mahan in a sudden death playoff at the third extra hole.

At the second playoff hole, Haas played an exceptional pitch from the bank of the water hazard to save par and extend the playoff.

The victory propelled Haas to 2011 FedEx Cup title and the $10 million prize.

Haas was ranked seventh on the final 2011 PGA Tour money list (the FedEx Cup money does not count toward that total).

Haas was one of U.S. team captain, Fred Couples', two picks for the 2011 Presidents Cup team, along with Tiger Woods.

The USA went on to retain the cup, and Haas contributed 1.5 points to the team, with an overall record of 1-3-1 for the week.

Haas won for the fourth time on the PGA Tour in February 2012 at the Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club.

He came from two strokes back on the final day to hold the clubhouse lead and force both Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley to hole lengthy birdie putts on the last hole to ensure a playoff.