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UNITED STATES
Height:
5 ft, 9 in
Weight:
165 lbs
Birthday:
02/20/1964
| PGA TOUR VICTORIES | (3) |
| 1993 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic. 1999 World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship. 2006 FedEx St. Jude Classic. | |
| Nationwide Tour VICTORIES | (2) |
| 1990 Ben Hogan Knoxville Open, Ben Hogan Buffalo Open. | |
| INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES | |
| (2): 1989 Malaysian Open [Asia]. 1990 Vines Classic [Aus] | |
| Other Victories | |
| (2): 1994 Diners Club Matches [with Jim McGovern]. 1997 Diners Club Matches [with Steve Elkington]. | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Position | (100) |
| $465,113 | |
| Current Year Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| 5-- Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation. | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round | |
| 64 at Round 3, Sony Open in Hawaii. 64 at Round 4, Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation. | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Highlights | |
| Entered the final round of the Sony Open in Hawaii tied at the top of the leaderboard with Matt Every at 12-under before a 4-over 74 led to a T13 finish. It represented the 11th time he had held the lead going into the final round in a PGA TOUR event (10 72-hole events, one 90-hole event), with his only win in those tournaments coming at the 1993 Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic. | |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| 1-- Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic, World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship, FedEx St. Jude Classic. | |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes | |
| 1-- Ben Hogan Knoxville Open, Ben Hogan Buffalo Open. | |
| 2011 Season PGA TOUR | |
| Tournaments Entered--18; in money--6; Top 10 finishes-- | |
| Career Highlights | |
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2011: Made six of 18 cuts and failed to record a top 25 for the first time since 1990. In December, returned to the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament for just the second time in his career (2009). There he recorded a final-round, 6-under 66 at PGA West in Palm Springs, CA, to finish T13 and earn his PGA TOUR card for the 2012 season. 2010: Veteran finished inside the top 125 on the money list for the first time since 2007. Recorded his first top-3 finish since his win in 2006. Replaced Vijay Singh in the field at Transitions Championship when Singh withdrew 20 minutes before his first-round tee time. Was T6 through 54 holes before final-round 74 dropped him to T16. Made 21st consecutive appearance at Shell Houston Open, finishing T6 for his sixth career top 10 in the tournment, with three runner-up finishes. Tied for first (61 of 72) in Greens In Regulation for the week. Fired an 8-under 63 in the third round of the John Deere Classic en route to solo third-place honors. 2009: Made 11 of 21 cuts on the PGA TOUR and finished 128th on the money list. First top-10 finish of the season came in just his third start. A third-round, 6-under-par 66 helped propel him on to a T10 at the FBR Open. It was his first top-10 finish since the 2007 U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee. Second top-10 of the season came at the HP Byron Nelson Championship with a T8, despite a first-round 71 and a 72nd hole double bogey. Earned exempt status on the 2010 PGA TOUR by finishing second, one stroke behind medalist Troy Merritt, at the 2009 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament. 2008: Recorded six top-25 finishes and placed 162nd on the money list, his worst finish since joining the TOUR in 1991. Used a Top 50 on the PGA TOUR Career Money List exemption for 2009. 2007: Had one top-10 during the season. Armed with new irons and a slightly longer putter, posted first-round 7-under-par 63 to hold 18-hole lead at the U.S. Bank Championship. Finished T5. 2006: Won for the first time in more than seven years with his victory at the FedEx St. Jude Classic, his third career title. Win helped him to finish No. 60 on TOUR money list. Earned first victory since 1999, a span of 180 events between wins. After opening 72-66-68, came from three strokes back of Tim Herron and Tom Pernice, Jr. with final-round, 5-under-par 65, aided by an eagle on No. 16 and a birdie on No. 17. The first-round, 2-over 72 was the high start by a winner that year. Needed only 99 putts, one of just two players (Aaron Baddeley,/97/Verizon Heritage) to use less than 100 putts in a 72-hole event that season. Month earlier, had 100 putts at the Verizon Heritage. 2005: Had two top-10s, a T7 at the Shell Houston Open and a T8 at the Valero Texas Open. 2004: With five top-10s, more than $1.5 million in earnings and a No. 43 finish on the money list, had his best season since 2000. Finished second, three strokes behind Vijay Singh, at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Finished in the top-10 for the seventh time in 14 U.S. Open appearances with his third-place finish at Shinnecock Hills. Matched his previous best Open finish, a third in 2002, which also came in New York at Bethpage Black. 2003: Finished among the top 100 for the 13th consecutive season on TOUR. Solo third-round leader at Masters after a 66. Final-round 75 resulted in a career-best fifth-place finish and included a triple bogey on the par-4 third hole when his second shot out of a fairway bunker caromed into his body and an 8 on the par-3 12th when he hit the ball in Rae's Creek twice. 2002: Broke the $10-million barrier in career earnings. Second-round hole-in-one on the 180-yard 17th hole with an 8-iron at the Compaq Classic of New Orleans. Earned sixth top-10 in his last nine U.S. Open appearances. Two-over-par total of 282 was good for solo third, five strokes behind champion Tiger Woods. Solo third finish matched previous best finish in a major at the 1997 PGA Championship. 2001: Dropped to 72nd in earnings with four top-10s, his fewest since 1992. Made double eagle on the par-5 sixth hole in the first round of the British Open to become first player with an albatross in the British Open and the Masters. 2000: Earned $1,138,749, good for 39th on money list and marked ninth consecutive year in which he has placed among the top-40. 1999: Had six top-10s, including T2 at Buick Challenge. Notched second career win on the way to earning career-best $2,016,469 in 1999. Became just the 10th player at that time to record $2 million in single-season earnings. As the 24th seed, won five matches on his way to the title in the inaugural WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. 1998: Registered 10 top-10 finishes. 1997: Participated in his third Ryder Cup and had a record of 2-2-0 at Brookline. A sterling final round at PGA Championship in 1997, where he closed with 65 to finish third, ensuring a position on that year's Ryder Cup team. 1996: For the second time recorded nine top-10s, including three second-place finishes in 1996. 1995: Posted a 2-2 record in the Ryder Cup. 1994: compiled a 2-2 record at Presidents Cup. First player to make double eagle on the 13th hole at Augusta National in the Masters. Teamed with Jim McGovern to win PGA TOUR division of Diners Club Matches. 1993: Earned first TOUR victory at Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic by three strokes over Greg Kraft. Victory came under floodlights at the end of a day in which he played 36 holes due to weather delays earlier in the week. 1991: Second only to John Daly in rookie earnings with $240,940. 1990: Was the 1990 Nationwide Tour Player of the Year with earnings of $108,644 and victories in Knoxville and Buffalo. Was Vines Classic (Australian Tour) champion. Won 1989 Malaysian Open. Amateur: All-American at Texas A&M in 1986. |
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| National Teams | |
| The Presidents Cup (1), 1994; Ryder Cup (3), 1995, 1997, 1999. | |