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UNITED STATES
Height:
5 ft, 11 in
Weight:
170 lbs
Birthday:
01/14/1969
| Nationwide Tour VICTORIES | (3) |
| 1996 NIKE Monterrey Open. 1999 NIKE Permian Basin Open. 2000 BUY.COM Omaha Classic. | |
| Current Year Nationwide Tour Money and Position | (180) |
| $2,081 | |
| Current Year Nationwide Tour Best Round | |
| 70 at Round 1, Soboba Golf Classic Presented by Hub International. | |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| 2-- Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. | |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes | |
| 1-- NIKE Monterrey Open, NIKE Permian Basin Open, BUY.COM Omaha Classic. | |
| Career Highlights | |
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2011: Did not play on TOUR for a second consecutive season. Has seven events to earn $547,166 (coupled with $115,517 from 2009) to retain playing status in 2012. Extension dates to 2009 season, when playing out of the Qualifying Tournament/Nationwide Tour Medical category, was limited to 15 starts due to lingering back issues. 2010: Did not compete during the season. 2009: After playing just nine events the previous five seasons due to injury, earned PGA TOUR card via 2008 PGA TOUR Qualfying School (T7). Made the cut in seven of 15 starts, with a T32 at the FBR Open his best outing. The 15 starts were his most since the 2003 season. 2008: Playing fifth season with Major Medical Extension, missed the cut in his only start of the 2008 season at the FBR Open, with rounds of 72-73. 2007: In fourth season with Major Medical Extension, played in three events as he continued comeback from disk injury. 2006: Playing on fourth consecutive Major Medical Extension, limited to just two events, making one cut at the Chrysler Classic of Tucson. 2005: Played in one event, a missed cut at the Chrysler Classic of Tucson. 2004: Played in just two events on a Major Medical Extension. 2003: Limited to only 15 starts due to a bulging disc. Did not play again after a first-round withdrawal at the FedEx St. Jude Classic in late June. Granted a Major Medical Extension. Lone top-25 in 15 starts was a T19 at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship, aided by a final-round 66. 2002: Earned career-best finish (second) and largest paycheck ($432,000) after losing to Phil Mickelson in a one-hole playoff at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. Birdied the final hole of regulation to tie Mickelson at 30-under-par 330. Fourth-round 64 tied PGA TOUR career low. 2001: Finished in the top 100 on the TOUR money list for the first time. Had just one career top-10 entering the year and added four more, including a career-best T3 at the Canon Greater Hartford Open. Held first-round lead in AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am after tying Spyglass Hill course record with 8-under 64. 2000: Finished 11th on the Nationwide Tour money list to regain his PGA TOUR card. Captured the Omaha Classic by shooting a 67 in the final round to tie Ahmad Bateman. Used a par-4 on the second playoff hole to capture his third career victory. 1999: Picked up his second title with a two-stroke win over Dicky Thompson and Paul Gow at the Permian Basin Open. 1997: As a rookie, finished just outside of keeping his conditional card on the PGA TOUR at No. 155 on the money list. 1996: Final-round 66 gave him a one-stroke victory over four others at the Monterey Open. Also had three runners-up finishes. Earned his initial TOUR card for the 1997 season at PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament. Amateur: Winner of the 1991 and 1993 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championships. |
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| Personal | |
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Played on the same college team at Arizona as PGA TOUR member Jim Furyk. Was introduced to the game while growing up in an economically depressed area of Los Angeles by a local priest who gave him his first set of clubs. |
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| PGA TOURPlayoff Record | |
| 0-1 | |
| Nationwide TourPlayoff Record | |
| 1-0 | |
| National Teams | |
| Walker Cup (1), 1993. | |