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UNITED STATES
Height:
6 ft, 0 in
Weight:
185 lbs
Birthday:
04/22/1974
| PGA TOUR VICTORIES | (1) |
| 2006 Valero Texas Open. | |
| Nationwide Tour VICTORIES | (1) |
| 2005 The Rex Hospital Open. | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Position | () |
| $ | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round | |
| 76 at Round 2, Valero Texas Open. | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Highlights | |
| He made only two starts, missing the cut at the Valero Texas Open. He also had to withdraw from the Viking Classic after only one round. | |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| 1-- Valero Texas Open. | |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes | |
| 1-- The Rex Hospital Open. | |
| 2011 Season PGA TOUR | |
| Tournaments Entered--2; in money--; Top 10 finishes-- | |
| Career Highlights | |
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2010: Playing out of the Past Champion category, managed just six starts, with a T63 at the U.S. Open his best outing among two made cuts. Missed the cut in all five starts on the Nationwide Tour. 2009: Made the cut in just seven of 30 starts on the PGA TOUR and failed to record a top-25 finish. 2008: Enjoyed his best season on TOUR since his rookie year of 2006 with three top-10 finishes, including T4s at the John Deere Classic and Legends Reno-Tahoe Open. Finished T9 at the U.S. Open after closing with a 2-under 69. Had never made a cut in a major championship in four previous starts. It was his first top-10 of the season and first top-10 since finishing T3 at the 2006 Chrysler Classic of Greensboro. Second top-10 of the year was a T4 finish at the John Deere Classic. Held the 54-hole lead with Brad Adamonis, but closed with an even-par 71 to miss the three-man playoff. After no top-10s in 2007, claimed his third top-10 in six weeks with a T4 at the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, thanks to a birdie-birdie finish Sunday. 2007: Struggled during the season with 18 cuts made in 36 starts. Best finish of the year came at the PODS Championship, a T19. Had two tournaments, the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial and Wyndham Championship, where he strung four consecutive sub-par rounds together. Made a hole-in-one at the Ginn sur Mer Classic during the opening round and won a 2008 Chrysler Sebring convertible. 2006: Fresh off the Nationwide Tour, rookie earned first PGA TOUR victory and surpassed $1 million in earnings on the season. Jumped from No. 183 to No. 73 over the course of the final month and made the cut in nine of final 10 starts…After minimal success in his first 26 starts, became the eighth left-hander to win in TOUR history at the Valero Texas Open. After playing his first 14 holes 1-over par, played his final 58 holes 16-under and went a stretch of 53 holes without making a bogey (No. 6/first round to No. 13/final round). Collected a first-place check for $720,000. Led by four entering the final round and carded a 1-over 71 to win by three over three players. The 71 marked the first time since 1960 that a Valero Texas Open champion carded an over-par final round. Arnold Palmer overcame sub-freezing temperatures to win in 1960 despite a final-round 75. Added a T3 at the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro. Held the lead on back nine at one point but two bogeys over his last five holes left him three strokes behind winner Davis Love III. 2005: One of three lefties to advance to the PGA TOUR from the Nationwide Tour, joining Greg Chalmers and Bubba Watson. In second start of season and sixth career start on the Nationwide Tour, the Monday qualifier captured his initial victory at the Rex Hospital Open in Raleigh, NC. Only player in field to post four rounds in the 60s. Became the Tour's third left-handed winner (Vic Wilk and Steve Flesch). Closed season with a runner-up finish at the Nationwide Tour Championship, which jumped him from No. 27 on money list to No. 16. 2003: Won the Capitol City Open on NGA/Hooters Tour. 2002: Took home the first of two career NGA/Hooters Tour victories when he made an eagle on the first playoff hole to claim the Northwest Arkansas Classic. Amateur: Attended East Tennessee State University, the same school that produced TOUR golfers Mike Hulbert, Keith Nolan, Bobby Gage and Garrett Willis. |
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| Personal | |
| Almost gave up the game after a mountain-biking accident in the late 1990s. | |