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JAMES NITTIES

AUSTRALIA

Height:

6 ft, 1 in

Weight:

180 lbs

Birthday:

10/23/1982

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Turned Pro:2004

Birthplace:Melbourne, Australia

Residence:Dallas, TX

Nationwide Tour - Media Guide

Nationwide Tour VICTORIES	(1)
2011 Midwest Classic Presented by Time Warner Cable.

Current Year Nationwide Tour Money and Position	(126)
$7,290

Current Year Nationwide Tour Best Round
65 at Round 1, Chile Classic Presented by Pacific Rubiales.

Best PGA TOUR Finishes
T3-- Puerto Rico Open presented by Banco Popular.

Best Nationwide Tour Finishes
1-- Midwest Classic Presented by Time Warner Cable.

2011 Best Nationwide Tour Finishes
1-- Midwest Classic Presented by Time Warner Cable. T4-- Mexico Open Presented by Banamex.

2011 Season PGA TOUR
Tournaments Entered--; in money--; Top 10 finishes--

2011 Season Nationwide Tour
Tournaments Entered--23; in money--14; Top 10 finishes--2

Career Highlights

2011: Won his first Nationwide Tour title in August, at the Midwest Classic near Kansas City, capturing the first-year event by five shots. Opening rounds of 65-63 gave him a share of the second-round lead with two-time 2011 winner J.J. Killeen. Another 65 in the third round gave him the lead by one. He hit 16 of 18 greens on the last day and posted a 6-under 65 to win going away. Victory wasn't secured until a pair of late birdies, coupled with bogeys by his closest challengers. First-place check of $99,000 vaulted him from No. 63 to No. 12 on the money list.

Picked up his first top-10, a T4 at the Mexico Open, his eighth start of the year. Had a hole-in-one on the par-3 12th hole in the first round en route to a 5-under 67. He used a pitching wedge from 123 yards. Back-to-back rounds of 68 on the weekend led to his then-career-best finish. 2010: Made the cut in 15 of 30 starts on the PGA TOUR and had four top-25 finishes. Turned in his best finish, a T3, at the Puerto Rico Open presented by Banco Popular. Wound up No. 155 on the final money list. 2009: Made 15 cuts in 27 starts in rookie campaign, highlighted by a top-five early in the season and second top-10 finish just one month later.

Fired a 6-under-par 65 in the first round at the FBR Open en route to claiming a T4 finish in just his third start on TOUR.

A month later in Mexico, posted four rounds in the 60s at the Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera-Maya Cancun to finish T6.

In November, finished fifth at the JBWere Australian Masters, five strokes behind champion Tiger Woods. 2008: After having competed in the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament each year since 2005, finally broke through. After holding the outright lead after two rounds in the final stage at PGA West in La Quinta, CA, finished second to Harrison Frazar and earned his PGA TOUR card for 2009. Competed in two events on the Nationwide Tour, making one cut. In October, claimed the Aspen Group WA (Western Australian) Open Championship by two strokes. Prior to that win, spent most of the season competing on the Nationwide Tour and Hooters Tour. 2007: Finished fifth at the HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship. 2005: Best finishes on the Nationwide Tour were a T10 at the Jacob's Creek Open Championship and a T11 at the Chattanooga Classic. While playing in the U.S. mini-tours, spent nearly a month in a Texas hospital with pain in his right hip and knee. Was diagnosed with reactive arthritis, a chronic condition where fluid builds up in the joints. Takes medication to alleviate the pain. Started a physical fitness routine and by 2007 finished T5 behind Craig Parry at the Australian Open.

Personal

An avid movie enthusiast, claims watching movies in his spare time helps him focus better on the course.

Was featured on Golf Channel's "Big Break: Mesquite" series.

Non-golf related jobs since high school include becoming an apprentice electrician.