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CRAIG KANADA
UNITED STATES
Height:
5 ft, 9 in
Weight:
150 lbs
Birthday:
10/02/1968
College:Ohio State University (1991, International Business)
Turned Pro:1991
Birthplace:Portland, OR
Residence:The Woodlands, TX
Nationwide Tour - Media Guide
| Nationwide Tour VICTORIES | (2) |
| 2006 Utah Energy Solutions Championship, Nationwide Tour Championship at The Houstonian. | |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| T10-- Sony Open in Hawaii. | |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes | |
| 1-- Utah Energy Solutions Championship, Nationwide Tour Championship at The Houstonian. | |
| 2011 Season Nationwide Tour | |
| Tournaments Entered--2; in money--; Top 10 finishes-- | |
| Career Highlights | |
| Member of the PGA TOUR in 1997, 2001 and 2007-08. Member of the Nationwide Tour in 1994-96, 1998-2000, 2002, 2006 and 2009-10. 2011: Made just two starts and did not make a cut in either event. 2010: Made only one Nationwide Tour cut in nine starts. 2009: Made only four cuts in 18 starts on the Nationwide Tour. Best finish was a T11 at the Stonebrae Classic, aided by a season-best score of 65 in the third round. 2008: Made the cut in 11 of 23 starts on TOUR, with three top-25 finishes. Best results came at the AT&T Classic (T11) and the John Deere Classic (T12). Played three times on the Nationwide Tour but missed the cut in all three starts. 2007: Posted a career-best T10 in first start of the season at the Sony Open in Hawaii. Had not cracked the top 10 in 58 previous TOUR starts. Went on to finish the season No. 128 on the money list, with $743,304. Returned to PGA TOUR in 2007 for first time since 2001 after finishing 11th on the 2006 Nationwide Tour money list, with $297,744. 2006: Made his 212th Nationwide Tour start and broke through for his first professional victory at the Utah EnergySolutions Championship. Came back from a three-stroke deficit to Bryce Molder after 54 holes to defeat Molder and three others by one shot. Playing just 50 miles from his home in The Woodlands, TX, posted the best final round in Nationwide Tour Championship history with a 6-under 66 to storm back from six shots down to defeat third-round leader Matt Kuchar and Andrew Buckle by one shot. Sealed the win with chip-ins for par on No. 17 and for birdie on the final hole. The six-shot comeback was the largest in Nationwide Tour Championship history. His jump of 21 spots to earn a TOUR card is second only to David Branshaw's climb of 22 spots in 2005. Earlier in year, lost in a four-man playoff at the Yes! Golf BCR Classic on the Canadian Tour in early March. From 2003-05, made a combined one of 10 cuts on the PGA TOUR (0-2) and Nationwide Tour (1-8). In 2002, finished out of the top 100 (No. 182) for the first time in his seven years on the Nationwide Tour. 2001: Lone top-25 finish on the PGA TOUR was a T20 at the Touchstone Energy Tucson Open, his first event of the year. Earned his 2001 TOUR card by virtue of a T27 finish at the 2000 Qualifying Tournament. 2000: Made the cut in 21 of 27 Nationwide Tour events with five top-10 finishes. Ended the year No. 20 on the money list. Among his top finishes was a runner-up showing at the Inland Empire Open, T3 at the Greater Cleveland Open and T3 at the New Mexico Classic. 1999: All six of his top-10 finishes came within a period of eight tournaments on Tour (Knoxville Open to Omaha Classic). Lost in a playoff to Fran Quinn at the Dakota Dunes Open and finished T2 with Ryan Howison to match his best career finish. Rounding out his five runner-up finishes on the Nationwide Tour were near-misses at the 1995 Boise Open, 1996 Wichita Open and 1998 South Carolina Classic. 1998: Tied the Three Ridges GC course record with a 9-under-par 63 in the opening round of the Knoxville Open. Second-round 61 in 1994 Miami Valley Open equaled low round of the year on Tour, and is course record at Heatherwoode GC. Finished in the top 50 on their money list in all six seasons, including No. 20 in 1999 and 2000. 1997: Made just five of 23 cuts in rookie TOUR season. 1996: Earned first TOUR card via a 25th-place finish at the National Qualifying Tournament. | |
| Nationwide TourPlayoff Record | |
| 0-1 | |
