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Jeremy Anderson before and after his first haircut in 10 months. (WireImage)

JEREMY ANDERSON

Born in Louisville, KY....Resides in Las Vegas,NV....Age 28....Single....2000 UNLV graduate (business managment degree)....Member of Nationwide Tour in 2002 and 2005-06....Finished 89th on 2006 money list, making 11 cuts in 23 starts with two top-10 finishes....Had best career finish, T-8, at 2006 National Mining Association Pete Dye Classic....Member of PGA TOUR in 2001 shortly after graduation; was only 2000 collegian to gain his card....Earned first-team All-American honors in 1999 and 2000; was first at UNLV to do so....Holds four UNLV records....1998 UNLV team won the NCAA Championship title....Was a two-time GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American....Played on same high school team in Lake Mary, FL with Matt Kuchar.

Those who follow the 2000 UNLV graduate might not recognize him as he took time last week to get his first haircut in ten months, leading him to this response when asked why....."When I started hearing references to Chippendales Dancers and Fabio, I knew it was time to get it cut. I thought about selling it to Brittany Spears, but I'm not sure she wanted it."

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JAMES DRISCOLL

Born in Boston, MA....Resides in Brookline, MA....Age 29....Single....Attended the University of Virginia....Member of Nationwide Tour in 2004....Winner of that year's Virginia Beach Open and finished seventh on the money list to earn his PGA TOUR card....Played on the PGA TOUR in 2005 and 2006, with his best finish a runner-up at the 2005 Zurich Classic of New Orleans....Was a three-time All-American at UVA....A runner-up to Jeff Quinnery in the 2000 U.S. Amateur and member of the Walker Cup team the same year...Is the youngest of seven children.

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MARTIN LAIRD

Born in Glasgow, Scotland....Resides in Scottsdale, AZ....Age 24 ....Single....Played 19 events on the Nationwide Tour in 2005 before returning this year, having finished 30th in last fall's PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament....Recorded first win ilast week's Athens Regional Foundation Classic....Led the tournament or was co-leader in Driving Distance (327.1 yards), Driving Accuracy (89.3%), Greens in Regulation (80.6%), Total Driving and Ball Striking....Was first Scot to win on the Nationwide Tour....A two-time All-American at CSU where he won four collegiate tournaments and holds school records for top-10 finishes (23) and top-20 finishes (31).

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TODD DEMPSEY

Born in Ridgewood, NJ....Resides in Scottsdale, AZ....Age 35....Married w/one daughter....1995 Arizona State University graduate (psychology degree)....Is the only player to have made all seven Nationwide Tour cuts this year....Played the PGA TOUR in 1997 and was on the Nationwide Tour every year but one (2002) from 1999-2005....His best Nationwide Tour finish is runner-up in both the 1996 Monterey Open and 2000 Virginia Beach Open....Was a college teammate of Phil Mickelson at ASU, where he won five tournaments, including the 1993 NCAA Championship individual title....In four years there, he was a first-team All-American twice and a second- and third-team All-America once....Played on the 1993 Walker Cup team and 1994 World Amateur team....A second surgery at the end of 2003 removed the remaining 20 percent of a brain tumor that was diagnosed the year before....The first surgery was performed 24 days after his January 2003 wedding....Grandfather was a catcher for the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers in 1940-41.