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RYAN HIETALA
UNITED STATES
Height:
6 ft, 5 in
Weight:
235 lbs
Birthday:
11/08/1973
College:University of Texas-El Paso (1998, Criminal Justice)
Turned Pro:1997
Birthplace:Bellingham, WA
Residence:Boise, ID
Nationwide Tour - Media Guide
| Nationwide Tour VICTORIES | (2) |
| 2005 Chitimacha Louisiana Open Pres'd by Dynamic Industries. 2008 Cox Classic Presented by Chevrolet. | |
| Current Year Nationwide Tour Money and Position | (108) |
| $11,786 | |
| Current Year Nationwide Tour Best Round | |
| 66 at Round 1, Chile Classic Presented by Pacific Rubiales. | |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes | |
| 1-- Chitimacha Louisiana Open Pres'd by Dynamic Industries, Cox Classic Presented by Chevrolet. | |
| 2011 Season Nationwide Tour | |
| Tournaments Entered--18; in money--7; Top 10 finishes-- | |
| Career Highlights | |
| Member of the Nationwide Tour in 1999, 2003-05 and 2007-09. Member of the PGA TOUR in 2006. 2011: Made the cut in seven of 18 Nationwide Tour starts but did not register a top-25 finish. 2010: Struggled during the Nationwide Tour season, making only two cuts in his 18 starts. 2009: Started the Nationwide Tour season on a strong note with a T4 at the HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship but wound up making only four cuts in 26 starts. Did not crack the top 50 in his other three cuts. 2008: Made the cut in 13 of 27 starts on Tour. Made the cut in his first two events but then missed 10 consecutive cuts. Posted a 7-under 64 in the opening round of the Cox Classic to establish his name on the leaderboard. Second-round 62 gave him a 126 total, matching the second-lowest, opening-36 hole score in Tour history. Birdied the next-to-last hole in the final round to get to 19-under par and force a playoff with David Branshaw, which he won on the first extra hole. The $126,000 winner's check jumped him 122 spots to 26th on the money list. The victory was his first top-10 since his only other Nationwide Tour win, at the 2005 Chitimacha Louisiana Open. Four weeks later was T2 at Utah Championship for his other top-10. 2007: Made the cut in seven of 23 starts on the Nationwide Tour, with a T16 at the Miccosukee Championship the best of his two top-25 finishes. 2006: Played his rookie season on the PGA TOUR after finishing T18 at the 2005 National Qualifying Tournament. Ended the season No. 220 on the money list, but failed to crack the top 25 in any of his 23 starts. Was exempt to the final stage after finishing No. 34 on the 2005 Nationwide Tour money list. It was his sixth trip to final stage. 2005: Picked up his first career victory—at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open in front of a large group of family and friends in Lafayette, LA, where he resided. A final-round, 4-under 68 pushed him to 18-under-par 270, one shot ahead of Sean O'Hair. 1999: He finished 81st on the money list, with two top-10s, a fourth at the Permian Basin Open and a T10 at Oregon Classic. 1998: Member of the Canadian Tour. Member of the Tight Lies Tour from 1997-2001. Member of the Golden Bear Tour in 2002. | |
| Personal | |
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Cites his biggest thrill in golf as playing with Jack Nicklaus in the third round of the 2004 BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs on the Nationwide Tour. Likes to sing karaoke. Nickname is "Riddler."..Worked for six months in 2001 on an off-shore oil rig. |
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| Nationwide TourPlayoff Record | |
| 1-0 | |
