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CHAD COLLINS
UNITED STATES
Height:
5 ft, 9 in
Weight:
165 lbs
Birthday:
09/20/1978
PGA TOUR - Media Guide
| Nationwide Tour VICTORIES | (2) |
| 2005 Henrico County Open Pres'd by Saxon Capital, Inc.. 2009 Miccosukee Championship. | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Position | () |
| $ | |
| Current Year Nationwide Tour Money and Position | () |
| $ | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round | |
| 65 at Round 1, Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation. | |
| Current Year Nationwide Tour Best Round | |
| 72 at Round 2, Chitimacha Louisiana Open. 72 at Round 1, BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation. 72 at Round 2, BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation. | |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| T4-- Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun. | |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes | |
| 1-- Henrico County Open Pres'd by Saxon Capital, Inc., Miccosukee Championship. | |
| 2011 Season PGA TOUR | |
| Tournaments Entered--16; in money--7; Top 10 finishes-- | |
| Career Highlights | |
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2011: Will play with a Major Medical Extension in 2012. Coupled with 2011 earnings of $183,510 has nine events to earn $484,656, equaling No. 125 from 2011. Hampered by fractured ribs, he made the last of his 16 starts at the FedEx St. Jude Classic. Withdrew during the second round and did not start the rest of the season. Posted season-best T14 at the HP Byron Nelson Championship. 2010: In return to the PGA TOUR, finished a career-best 96th on the FedExCup points list, with three top-10 finishes. Played the first two Playoff events, The Barclays and the Deutsche Bank Championship. Recorded his first career top-10 finish (T10) at the Bob Hope Classic. Previous best finish on TOUR was T11 at the 2008 U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee. Came back two starts later with a career-best T4 finish at the Mayakoba Golf Classic. Opened with three rounds in the 60s before a final-round 70 left him three behind Cameron Beckman. Finished T10 at the Puerto Rico Open after sharing the second-round lead. 2009: Finished second on the Nationwide Tour money list thanks to a win and three runner-up finishes to earn a return trip to the PGA TOUR. Became only the ninth player in Tour history to top the $400,000 mark, season total of $415,114 was the eighth best at the time in the Tour's 20-year history…Earned his second career title with a two-stroke win at the Miccosukee Championship, the final full-field event on the schedule. Was one of four to share the 54-hole lead. Fired a 2-under-par 70 that included a 30-foot birdie putt on the final hole to secure the win. 2008: PGA TOUR rookie and made the cut in 12 of 24 starts…His T11 at the U.S. Bank Championship and a T12 at the Ginn sur Mer Classic were the best of his four top-25s. Only previous TOUR start came at the 2006 U.S. Open, where he T40. 2007: Made the cut in 16 of 28 tournaments on the Nationwide Tour, with a best finish of T2 at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational…Finished 23rd on the money list to secure rookie PGA TOUR card. 2006: Made the cut in 13 of 26 starts on the Nationwide Tour. 2005: Made the cut in 15 of 25 starts during his rookie season on the Nationwide Tour, with three top-10s…Claimed his first Tour win at the Henrico County Open, with four rounds in the 60s (65-69-66-67) to finish 21-under and two strokes ahead of Tom Scherrer. 2004: Had seen limited Nationwide Tour action prior to 2005, making the cut in five of seven career starts…Made the cut in four of five starts in 2004, earning $31,150 and the No. 119 spot on the final money list. Member of the Hooters Tour from 2002-04, finishing No. 7 on the 2002 money list to earn Rookie of the Year honors. Notched his first victory at the First City Championship in Savannah, GA. Finished a career-best third on the 2003 money list, with a repeat win at the First City Championship. Amateur: Three-time NCAA Division III individual champion at Methodist College in Fayetteville, NC. Winner of the 2000 Indiana State Amateur. |
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| Personal | |
| Lists his father and Elvis Presley as his heroes. | |
| Other Information | |
