Stewart Cink is making his fourth Presidents Cup appearance.
Oct. 1, 2009
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Few players bring Stewart Cink's level of experience in team competition to this year's Presidents Cup. The Georgia resident is playing on his fourth Presidents Cup team to go with his four Ryder Cup appearances and his two appearances in the World Cup. Cink's 2009 season has been highlighted by his victory over 59-year-old Tom Watson in the British Open at Turnberry. Watson was seeking his sixth victory in the game's oldest championship and trying to become the oldest winner of a major professional championship, but Cink prevailed in their four-hole aggregate playoff. It was Cink's sixth career TOUR victory to go along with his two wins on the Nationwide Tour. Curiously, two of those wins have come in Hartford, Conn., and two at Hilton Head, S.C. Cink came to the TOUR following a fine amateur career that saw him win All-American honors at Georgia Tech. He received the 1995 Dave Williams, Fred Haskins and Jack Nicklaus awards as the country's top collegiate golfer. He was an American Junior Golf Association All-American in 1990.
| The Cink file |
| FULL NAME: Stewart Ernest Cink |
| HEIGHT: 6-4 |
| WEIGHT: 205 |
| BIRTHDATE: May 21, 1973 |
| BIRTHPLACE: Huntsville, Ala. |
| RESIDENCE: Duluth, Ga.; plays out of East Lake GC |
| FAMILY: Wife, Lisa; Connor Stewart (9/13/93), Reagan Braswell (4/8/97) EDUCATION: Georgia Tech (1995, Management) |
| SPECIAL INTERESTS: Family, boating, water sports, hiking, barbecue, snow skiing |
| TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1995 |
| NATIONWIDE TOUR GRADUATE: 1996 |
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| Personal info |
| Stewart Cink took up the game when his parents, single-digit handicappers, left him at the driving range before he was old enough to go on the course. He was a husband and a father while still at Georgia Tech. He is a member of East Lake Golf Club, the host venue of THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola. He is a big Atlanta Thrashers hockey fan as well as an outdoor enthusiast who loves hiking, camping, biking and skiing. |
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| Playing record |
| PGA TOUR VICTORIES: (6) 1997 Canon Greater Hartford Open. 2000 MCI Classic. 2004 MCI Heritage, World Golf Championships-NEC Invitational. 2008 Travelers Championship. 2009 British Open. |
| 2009 PGA TOUR HIGHLIGHTS: Stewart Cink posted his first top-10 of the season with a 1-up win over Ross Fisher in the third-place match at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship, holing a bunker shot at the 18th for victory. He tied for eighth at the Memorial Tournament, finishing 5-under for the tournament. He won his first career major professional championship at the British Open at Turnberry. He made a 12-foot birdie on the final hole of regulation and then took advantage of Tom Watsons missed opportunity in the four-hole playoff to win the games oldest championship by six strokes. Watson, 59, missed an 8-foot par putt on the 72nd hole that would have won the tournament, forcing the four-hole, cumulative playoff. Cink made two birdies and two pars in the playoff, while Watson made a par, two bogeys and a double bogey. Cink finished with a 69 and a 2-under 278 total. |
| NATIONAL TEAMS: The Presidents Cup (4), 2000, 2005, 2007, 2009; Ryder Cup (4), 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008; World Cup (2), 2005, 2006 |
| PRESIDENTS CUP RECORD: 8-4-1 |
| RYDER CUP RECORD: 4-7-4 |
| COMBINED RECORD: 12-11-5 |
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| All-time playing partners |
| Chad Campbell (2 Foursomes RC) |
| Fred Funk (1 Four-ball) |
| Jim Furyk (1 Four-ball; 2 Foursomes RC) |
| Lucas Glover (1 Four-ball) |
| J.J. Henry (2 Four-ball RC) |
| Zach Johnson (1 Foursomes; 1 Foursomes RC) |
| Davis Love III (1 Foursomes; 1 Four-ball RC) |
| Kenny Perry (1 Four-ball; 1 Foursomes RC) |
| Chris Riley (1 Four-ball RC) |
| David Toms (1 Foursomes; 1 Foursomes RC) |
| Kirk Triplett (2 Foursomes, 1 Four-ball) |
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