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RYAN PALMER

UNITED STATES

Height:

5 ft, 11 in

Weight:

175 lbs

Birthday:

09/19/1976

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College:Texas A&M University (2000, Recreation)
Turned Pro:2000
Birthplace:Amarillo, TX
Residence:Colleyville, TX

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PGA TOUR VICTORIES (3)
2004  FUNAI Classic at the WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort.  2008  Ginn sur Mer Classic.  2010  Sony Open in Hawaii. 
Nationwide Tour VICTORIES (1)
2003  Clearwater Classic. 
Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Position (65)
$678,002
Current Year Best PGA TOUR Finishes
T4-- Zurich Classic of New Orleans. T9-- HP Byron Nelson Championship.
Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round
64 at Round 1, Waste Management Phoenix Open. 64 at Round 3, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. 64 at Round 3, Zurich Classic of New Orleans. 64 at Round 1, HP Byron Nelson Championship.
Current Year PGA TOUR Highlights

Posted first top 10 of the season, a T4 at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Opened with an even-par 72 but closed with scores of 67-64-69 to finish -16. The 8-under 64 equaled the course record at TPC Louisiana.

Two starts later, opened with a 6-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead at the HP Byron Nelson Championship, eventually finishing T9. Missed the cut in six of his first seven starts in his hometown event but has since added back-to-back top-10s (was a runner-up in 2011).
Best PGA TOUR Finishes
1-- FUNAI Classic at the WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort, Ginn sur Mer Classic, Sony Open in Hawaii.
Best Nationwide Tour Finishes
1-- Clearwater Classic.
2011 Best PGA TOUR Finishes
P2-- HP Byron Nelson Championship. 4-- Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation. T7-- CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia. 10-- Masters Tournament.
2011 Season PGA TOUR
Tournaments Entered--24; in money--18; Top 10 finishes--3
Career Highlights

2011: Made 18 of 26 cuts to go with eight top 25s, including a playoff loss.

Shot a final-round 64 to finish fourth at the Bob Hope Classic, marking first top 10 in seven starts at the Hope.

Recorded four rounds at par-or-better to finish T10 at the Masters Tournament, his first top 10 in nine major championship starts.

Next top 10 came at the HP Byron Nelson Championship, where he rolled in a 6-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to finish at 3-under 277 and force a playoff with rookie Keegan Bradley, who had posted a 2-under 68 about 45 minutes earlier. Approach shot on the first playoff hole found the greenside hazard. Dropped his first TOUR playoff when he was unable to match Bradley's par. Shared the 36-hole lead with Sergio Garcia at the event and then carried a one-stroke lead into the final round over Garcia. Carded a final-round 72 to Bradley's 68.

Fired a final-round hole-in-one at the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic on his way to a 67 and a T7 finish. It was his third PGA TOUR ace. 2010: Claimed his third career PGA TOUR win in his first start of the season, at the Sony Open in Hawaii, and competed at the TOUR Championship for the first time.

Birdied the par-5 18th hole to edge Robert Allenby and win the Sony Open in Hawaii. Chip from 50 feet short of the 18th green struck the pin squarely, and instead of running well past the hole, settled a few inches away. He tapped in for a birdie and a 4-under 66, giving him a one-shot victory when Allenby missed a 10-foot birdie putt. Was inspired to to "stay in the moment" earlier in the week after reading an article about Zach Johnson, the defending Sony Open in Hawaii winner. The victory, the third of his career, came by leading or sharing the lead after every round.

Tied the AT&T Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio record with an 8-under 64 Sunday to improve 39 positions from T48 to T9 at the Valero Texas Open. Posted a season-best, 7-under 63 in the third round of the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational to share the 54-hole lead with Sean O'Hair at 9-under-par 201. Carded a 69 in tyhe final round to finish second, his best result in a World Golf Championships event (three career starts), two shots off Hunter Mahan's winning score.

Birdied his first five holes and seven of his first eight during the opening round of The Barclays to card a 7-under-par 28 on the front nine en route to a 5-under-par 66. Finished T5, his foruth top 10 of the year and first in a PGA TOUR Playoffs event.

Played in the TOUR Championship for the first time and finished 23rd in the final FedExCup standings.

In his first start since the TOUR Championship, finished T8 at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, notching his career-best fifth top-10 finish of the season. 2009: After arthroscopic shoulder surgery in the off-season, he had four top-25s and one top-10 finish.

Entered final round of the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open in second place and four strokes back of leader and eventual winner John Rollins, who is his neighbor in Colleyville, TX. Shot a 1-over 73 to finish T5. During third-round 66, he said he "kind of got smart for a change" and used the rules of golf to his advantage when he borrowed his caddie's sneakers to play a shot while standing on a cart path at hole No. 15 instead of standing in his own spiked golf shoes.

Shot a second-round 63 at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial for a season-low score that was one shy of his career best.

Finished season No. 150 on the money list. 2008: Claimed second career PGA TOUR win at the Ginn sur Mer Classic in the PGA TOUR Fall Series. Posted two additional top-10 finishes en route to 68th place on money list.

Sank a 10-foot birdie on the 18th hole to break out of a six-way tie for the lead and win the Ginn sur Mer Classic. Ranked No. 143 on the money list with two tournaments remaining. Had to call a penalty on himself and made bogey on the 10th hole, then took double bogey on the next hole with a tee shot into the water. But he rebounded with a birdie on the final hole at Ginn Ocean Hammock Resort for his second career victory. Michael Letzig, the 54-hole leader, needed a birdie on the par-5 18th to force a playoff. But his wedge spun 35 feet down the slope, and he had to settle for par and a 73 to finish one shot behind along with George McNeill, Nicholas Thompson, Ken Duke and Vaughn Taylor. 2007: In 21st start of the season, finished T3 at the Canadian Open aided by a final-round 5-under-par 66. It was his first top-10 since a solo fifth at the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro. Jumped inside the top 144 on the FedExCup points list from 188th to 127th. 2006: Another solid season, making 20 cuts in 30 tournaments entered and collecting more than $1 millions in season earnings.

Notched first top-10 of 2006 with a T10 at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.

Added second top-10 with a five-way tie for second at the FBR Open, seven strokes behind winner J.B. Holmes. Shared lead with Holmes through 10 holes on Sunday at 17-under. Fell one behind Holmes after a bogey on the par-4 11th hole, then dropped six back after triple bogeying the par-5 15th hole while Holmes eagled it.

Finished T10 at the FedEx St. Jude Classic. Three off the 54-hole lead, posted a final-round 73 to fall from contention.

Finished fifth at the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro, four back of Davis Love III. His $200,000 payday lifted him over the $1-million mark for the third time in his three-year TOUR career. 2005: Made his first start in the Masters and only his second start in a major championship. Finished T39 in Augusta.

First top-10 of the season was a T2 at the B.C. Open, thanks to a pair of 67s on the weekend. It was his best finish since winning the 2004 FUNAI Classic at Walt Disney World Resort.

Made his first start in a World Golf Championships event at the NEC Invitational in Akron and finished T3, thanks to weekend rounds of 67-69.

Defending champion at the FUNAI Classic at Walt Disney World Resort and finished T3 aided by a closing 8-under 64. 2004: The rookie posted his first tournament title in his 34th career start on the PGA TOUR at the FUNAI Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort. Was five strokes back through 54 holes but closed with a career-best 10-under 62 to win by three.

Shared first-round lead with Tiger Woods at Deutsche Bank Championship after a 65. Eventually finished T17.

Ended the season on a high note, beginning with a runner-up finish at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic. Posted four rounds in the 60s in a single event for the first time in his career, including a final-round 64 at Annandale GC . Three weeks later won his first tournament title in Orlando. 2003: Made the cut in 18 of 24 appearances on the Nationwide Tour and enjoyed six top-10s and 10 top-25 finishes. Finished the season No. 6 on the final money list with $286,066.

Earned his first career Nationwide Tour win at the 2003 Clearwater Classic in New Zealand in just his second Tour start. Fired a course-record, 9-under 63 in the second round at the Clearwater Resort. 2002: First start on the TOUR as a professional came at the Valero Texas Open. Played the Tight Lies Tour and made the cut in all 15 events entered. Won four times in on the Tight Lies Tour and was the leading money-winner, with $81,634. Won the Valley Open (Harlingen, TX) and Sprint PCS Open (Tyler, TX) in consecutive weeks. Added victories in Lake Charles, LA, and Hattiesburg, MS, to close the year. Amateur: Played practice round with Payne Stewart at the 1998 U.S. Open where he posted rounds of 82-73 but missed the cut.
Personal
Has established a fund through the Northern Texas PGA to help junior golfers with financial needs pay for tournament fees or NTPGA membership dues. Nominations for recipients of a grant from the Ryan Palmer Foundation are funneled through the NTPGA. In November 2009, the Palmer Foundation gave $100,000 to The Children's Hospital at Northwest Texas Healthcare System in Amarillo, TX to build the Ryan Palmer Foundation Healing Garden, which includes a nine-hole putting green. Palmer will also donate $50 per birdie and $100 per eagle to the hospital in 2010 as a part of Birdies 4 "Brighter Smiles." Web site is ryanpalmerfoundation.org.
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