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| PGA TOUR VICTORIES | (1) |
| 2009 U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee. | |
| Nationwide Tour VICTORIES | (1) |
| 2003 Omaha Classic. | |
| INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES | |
| (1): 2011 CIMB Asia Pacific Classic [Asia]. | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Position | (33) |
| $1,164,271 | |
| Current Year Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| T2-- Tavistock Cup. T7-- THE PLAYERS Championship. T8-- Waste Management Phoenix Open, Northern Trust Open, World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship. 9-- Transitions Championship. | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round | |
| 64 at Round 4, Masters Tournament. | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Highlights | |
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Opened with a 6-under 65 at the Waste Management Phoenix Open en route to a T8 at TPC Scottsdale. It was the earliest he had claimed a top-10 finish since a T5 at the 2009 Bob Hope Classic. Came back to T8 at the Northern Trust Open after opening with a 3-over 74 in the first round. Again finished T8, for the third time, at the Cadillac Championship, highlighted by a second-round, 7-under 65. It was his second top-10 performance in seven World Golf Championships starts. Recorded his fourth top-10 of the season, with a solo ninth at the Transitions Championship. Carded a 66 in the final round to finish at 11-under, two strokes out of a four-man playoff. Marked the first time in nine appearances at the event he had carded four sub-70 rounds. Finished T17 at the Masters highlighted by a closing round 64, which ties the lowest final-round score in Masters history (Maurice Bembridge, 1974; Hale Irwin, 1975, Gary Player, 1978; Greg Norman, 1988; David Toms, 1998). His final round was highlighted by an ace on No. 16, his second on the TOUR. Posted fifth top 10 of the season with a T7 at THE PLAYERS. One of only four players to post four sub-par scores at THE PLAYERS. In eight career starts at THE PLAYERS, including his T7, has either finished in the top 10 (T8 in 2006 and T4 in 2010) or missed the cut (2005, 2007-2009 and 2011). |
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| Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| 1-- U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee. | |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes | |
| 1-- Omaha Classic. | |
| 2011 Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| 1-- CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia. 3-- Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. T6-- RBC Canadian Open, Franklin Templeton Shootout. 7-- Deutsche Bank Championship. T8-- Masters Tournament. 9-- TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola. T10-- Chevron World Challenge. | |
| 2011 Season PGA TOUR | |
| Tournaments Entered--27; in money--19; Top 10 finishes--5 | |
| Career Highlights | |
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2011: Had personal best finish in the FedExCup (No. 23) and made it to Atlanta for the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola for the second consecutive year. Made 19 of 27 cuts to go with five top 10s and 13 top 25s. Making his ninth start of the season, posted his first top-10 finish, with a T8 at the Masters Tournament. It represented his first top-10 finish in 15 major championship starts. Started the final round seven strokes off the pace at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial but made his way all the way to a solo third-place finish, thanks, in part, to holing out from 141 yards for eagle on No. 10. His previous-best finish was T5 in his first Colonial appearance in 2004. Was the 54-hole leader by a stroke over Adam Hadwin at the RBC Canadian Open, where he finished T6 with Scott Piercy and Woody Austin. After opening with a 2-over 73, closed with rounds of 68-66-66 to finish solo-seventh at the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston for his fourth top 10 of the season. Finished ninth at the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola for his fifth top 10 of the season. As a result, finished a career-best No. 23 in the FedExCup. After the conclusion of the PGA TOUR Fall Series, he traveled to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic, an unofficial PGA TOUR event co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour. Shook off the disappointment of the RBC Canadian Open by taking a one-stroke lead in to the final round, shot a Sunday 64 at The Mines Resort and GC and won by six strokes over Jeff Overton. Just missed on a top 10 at the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions in Shanghai, China, the following week. Had four under-par rounds at Sheshan International GC to T11. 2010: Turned in a career-high eight top-10 finishes, including four performances of third or better. Earned his first berth in the TOUR Championship, and finished the season 30th in final FedExCup standings. Posted his first top-10 finish of the season in his 11th start, riding a 5-under 66 Saturday en route to a T3 at the Verizon Heritage. It was his fifth start at Harbour Town, with top-15 finishes in three of his last four starts. Took the first-round lead at the Quail Hollow Championship with a 7-under 65. Placed fifth. Finished T4 at THE PLAYERS Championship. Has four missed cuts and two top-10s at TPC Sawgrass. Jumped to 21st in the FedExCup standings with his fourth top-10 in his last five starts, finishing T10 at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. Added another top-five (T3) with four sub-par rounds at the Memorial Tournament. Was 7-under on the weekend to steadily climb the leaderboard. Posted four consecutive sub-70 scores for the second time in 2010 en route to a T3 at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational in his World Golf Championships debut. With his sixth top-10 of 2010, moved to No. 12 in the FedExCup standings. Ended the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup by finishing 24th at the TOUR Championship. Playing in his first Fall Series event of the year, carded four rounds in the 60s to finish T6 at the inaugural McGladrey Classic. One week later, improved on that with T2 honors at the Frys.com Open. Eighth top-10 ranked fourth among PGA TOUR players on the campaign. 2009: Won his first PGA TOUR event in Milwaukee, had five top-10 finishes and placed 50th in the FedExCup standings. Recorded five rounds in the 60s on his way to a T5 finish at the 50th Bob Hope Classic. Final-round 66 was best of the day at Transitions Championship, where he finished T8. Third top-10 came at Travelers Championship, where he posted rounds of 64-67 on the weekend to finish T9. Captured first career PGA TOUR title in 229th start in a playoff over John Mallinger at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee. Entered the final round four strokes back of Frank Lickliter II, and carded rounds of 67-68-68-64—267 to force a playoff. Converted a two-putt birdie on the second extra hole, the par-5 18th, to become the 11th first-time winner in Milwaukee, and the fourth first-time winner in 2009. Jumped from No. 75 to No. 40 in the FedExCup standings. Four strokes made up on the final day was largest come-from-behind win at the U.S. Bank Championship since Jim Gallagher, Jr. rallied from five strokes down on Sunday in 1990. Final-round 65 at Turning Stone Resort Championship earned a T7, his fifth top-10 of the year. 2008: Got off to a quick start and used seven top-25 finishes to place in the top 125 on the money list for the fifth consecutive season. Year started strong with a T2 showing at the Puerto Rico Open presented by Banco Popular in March. Held the 18-, 36 and 54-hole leads at the inaugural event before finishing T2 behind Greg Kraft. Narrowly missed a 20-foot eagle putt at the 72nd hole that would have tied him with Kraft. 2007: Posted double figures in top-25 finishes (13) for a fourth consecutive year and earned more than $1.5 million. Posted a final-round 70 in windy conditions at the Verizon Heritage, one of only seven players to break par in the final round, jumping from T25 to T10. Carded rounds of 67-64 on the weekend to finish T6 at the Travelers Championship. Had a hole-in-one on No. 16 in the final round at TPC River Highlands. Third top-10 was a T8 at the Viking Classic, part of the PGA TOUR Fall Series. Two weeks later, opened with rounds of 66-69 en route to a T5 finish at the Frys.com Open benefiting Shriners Hospitals for Children. Closed his season with six consecutive cuts made, placing him at 55th on the money list. During his final run he posted par-or-better scores in 22 of his 24 rounds, including a TOUR-best 19 in a row starting with the opening round of the BMW Championship. His scoring average over his final six starts was 69.04. 2006: Finished in the top 75 on the money list for the third straight season. Earned more than $1 million, thanks to four top-10s. Made 23 cuts in 28 events entered. In just his second career start at the TPC Sawgrass, recorded his first top-10 at THE PLAYERS Championship with his T8 finish. Finished T5 at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic, his 15th career top-10 on TOUR. 2005: First top-10 was T7 in 13th start at the Shell Houston Open. The next week, posted second consecutive top-10 with a T5 finish at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Closed with a 4-under 68 at Muirfield Village Golf Club for a career-best effort of T3 at the Memorial Tournament. Matched his then career-best finish with a T3 at the Chrysler Championship. 2004: Returned to PGA TOUR for a third time, the second via the Nationwide Tour money list. Finished 39th on the money list and qualified for his first trip to the Masters in 2005. Posted his first career top-10 on TOUR with a T4 at the Buick Invitational. A final-round, 5-under 65 gave him a T5 finish at the Bank of America Colonial, his eighth top-25 finish of the season. Two starts later finished T9 at the Buick Classic. Finished T4 at the Booz Allen Classic, thanks to being one of only four players with four rounds in the 60s. His $198,400 payday lifted him over the $1-million mark in season earnings for the first time in his career. Claimed fifth top-10 (T7) at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee. 2003: Recorded his first Nationwide Tour victory at the Omaha Classic thanks to his 26-under 262 total. Posted 16 top-25s in 24 events on the Nationwide Tour on way to fifth-place finish on money list. Finish allowed him to earn his PGA TOUR card for the third time in his career and second time via the Nationwide Tour. 2002: Made the cut in 10 of 28 events on the PGA TOUR with his only top-25 a T25 at the BellSouth Classic. Fired career-low, final-round 63 at the Greater Milwaukee Open. 2001: Finished 11th on Nationwide Tour money list to earn second TOUR card. Finished in top 25 in 10 of his 17 cuts made, including two runner-up finishes at the Dayton Open and Gila River Classic. Lost three-man playoff with Jason Caron and winner Ben Crane at Gila River. 2000: Made 27 starts on the Nationwide Tour, making 16 cuts. Collected $86,064 and finished 62nd on the final money list. 1999: Made only seven cuts in rookie season on the PGA TOUR, including a season-best T20 finish at the Bell Canadian Open. 1998: Earned his first TOUR card with T17 finish at the 1998 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament. Amateur: First team All-American at Oklahoma State in 1997. Member of the 1997 Palmer Cup team. 1998 All-Big 12 first-team. Won three collegiate tournaments, including the 1997 NCAA Central Regional. |
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| Personal | |
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Father, Bob, was a fifth-round draft pick by the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles in 1967 after a collegiate career at Indiana. Along with his wife, Carrie, are involved in Habitat for Humanity. They have donated two houses and were the hosts for Tulsa's 2007 and 2008 Habitat for Humanity Golf Tournament. Quit game for a time while in college but later rejoined the Oklahoma State golf team. "I guess I had to give it up to figure out how much I loved it." |
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| PGA TOURPlayoff Record | |
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| Nationwide TourPlayoff Record | |
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| Other Information | |
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2003: Made the cut in 19 of 24 events on the 2003 Nationwide Tour on the strength of 16 top-25s. His 26-under-par 262 at the Omaha Classic equaled the low 72-hole score in Nationwide Tour history. It was his first win on the tour that he played in 2000-01 and 2003. Had a hole-in-one on No. 8 in the final round of the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship in Prattville, AL. Played the PGA TOUR in 1999 and 2002. 2002: Made the cut in 10 of 28 events with his only top-25 a T25 at the BellSouth Classic. Fired career-low final-round 63 at the Greater Milwaukee Open. 2001: Finished 11th on 2001 Nationwide Tour money list to earn second TOUR card. Finished in top 25 in 10 of his 17 cuts made, including two runner-up finishes at the Dayton Open and Gila River Classic. Lost three-man playoff with Jason Caron and winner Ben Crane at Gila River. Finished in top 10 in six of 13 standard statistical categories. 1999: Made only seven cuts in rookie season on the PGA TOUR in 1999, including a career-best T20 finish at the Bell Canadian Open. 1998: Earned his first TOUR card with T17 finish at the 1998 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament. Father, Bob, was fifth-round draft pick by the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles in 1967 after collegiate career at Indiana University. |
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| National Teams | |
| Palmer Cup (1), 1997. | |