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KEVIN STADLER
UNITED STATES
Height:
5 ft, 10 in
Weight:
250 lbs
Birthday:
02/05/1980
PGA TOUR - Media Guide
| Nationwide Tour VICTORIES | (4) |
| 2004 Lake Erie Charity Classic at Peek 'n Peak Resort, Scholarship America Showdown. 2006 Xerox Classic, Albertsons Boise Open Pres'd by First Health. | |
| INTERNATIONAL VICTORIES | |
| (2): 2005 Centenary Argentine Open. 2006 Johnnie Walker Classic [Eur]. | |
| Other Victories | |
| (1): 1999 Champions Challenge [with Craig Stadler]. | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Position | (52) |
| $801,676 | |
| Current Year Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| T4-- RBC Heritage. T7-- Puerto Rico Open presented by seepuertorico.com. T9-- The Honda Classic. | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round | |
| 66 at Round 1, The Honda Classic. 66 at Round 3, Puerto Rico Open presented by seepuertorico.com. | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Highlights | |
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Claimed his first top-10 finish of the season, at The Honda Classic, and first since the 2011 Crowne Plaza Invitational (seventh). Thanks to an opening-round, 4-under 66, was T9 with Chris Stroud and Graeme McDowell in Palm Beach Gardens. Finished T7 at the Puerto Rico Open, with rounds of 69-69-66-73. Was a shot off the lead entering the final round. Recorded his first back-to-back top 10s since 2010 (Northern Trust Open and Mayakoba Golf Classic). Closed with rounds of 67-68 to finish T4 at the RBC Heritage, his third top-10 finish in last four starts on the PGA TOUR. Missed the cut in his only other starts at the RBC Heritage (2005 and 2011). |
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| Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| T2-- Reno-Tahoe Open, Wyndham Championship. | |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes | |
| 1-- Lake Erie Charity Classic at Peek 'n Peak Resort, Scholarship America Showdown, Xerox Classic, Albertsons Boise Open Pres'd by First Health. | |
| 2011 Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| 7-- Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. | |
| 2011 Season PGA TOUR | |
| Tournaments Entered--27; in money--17; Top 10 finishes--1 | |
| 2011 Season Nationwide Tour | |
| Tournaments Entered--1; in money--1; Top 10 finishes-- | |
| Career Highlights | |
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2011: Made 17 of 27 cuts with one top 10s and six top 25s. Making his 15th start of the season, finished seventh at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. His first top 10 since the 2010 Frys.com Open led to a 34-spot jump in the FedExCup standings. 2010: Claimed two top-10 finishes in his first four starts, with a career-best five top 10s on the season. First top-10 was a T10 at the Northern Trust Open, where a first-round 65 put him one stroke off the lead. In his next start, finished T9 at the Mayakoba Golf Classic. Third top-10 came at Shell Houston Open, finishing T6 after holding the first-round co-lead. Earned fourth top 10 of the season with a T5 at the Reno-Tahoe Open. Played in first Playoff event, The Barclays, but missed the cut. Tacked on a fifth top-10 finish at the Frys.com Open during the Fall Series, moving into the top 100 on the official money list to clinch TOUR card for 2011. 2009: Had a runner-up finish and six top-25s in 20 starts. Finished T2 after losing to Ryan Moore on the third extra hole with a bogey-5 in first career PGA TOUR playoff at the Wyndham Championship. Moore made a birdie on the par-4 18th at Sedgefield CC in Greensboro, NC, to win in the final PGA TOUR Regular Season event. Jason Bohn was eliminated earlier in the playoff. Was No. 133 in the FedExCup standings coming into the Wyndham Championship and moved up to No. 76 to earn his first trip to the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup. Kevin was 2 months old when his father, Craig Stadler, won the 1980 Greater Greensboro Open on April 6, 1980. 2008: Recorded his lone top-10 of the season with a T4 effort at the inaugural Puerto Rico Open. Bogey-free 67 was the low round of the day on Sunday and allowed him to move from T14 to T4. 2007: Finished in the top-125 (No. 124) to maintain his membership on TOUR, thanks to a solid finish. It was first time finishing in the top 125. Made his first start at the British Open, finishing T51. Posted first top-10 at the Reno-Tahoe Open. Consecutive 67s Friday and Saturday led to a T2 finish, his best TOUR finish which came in the city where he was born. His T7 at the 2007 Wyndham Championship moved him to 106th in the FedExCup standings. He was 157th following the Canadian Open one month before and moved to 121st with his finish at the Reno-Tahoe Open. Ended the year with a T15 finish at the Children's Miracle Network Classic. Collected $73,600 to earn enough money to finish in the top-125, moving from 127th to 124th. 2006: Finished with an eagle for the third consecutive day to win the Johnnie Walker Classic in February and his biggest professional victory. The (then) 26-year-old son of 1982 Masters champion Craig Stadler had a 3-under 69 final round for a 20-under 268 total on The Vines Resort's Lakes Course and a two-stroke victory over Australia's Nick O'Hern. He earned $365,340 in the event sanctioned by the European, Australasian and Asian Tours…Finished 12th on the Nationwide Tour money list to earn membership on the PGA TOUR in 2007. Made 15 starts on the Nationwide Tour, highlighted by two wins. A month after his Xerox Classic, defeated Glen Day again by a stroke again at the Albertsons Boise Open. Made six starts on the PGA TOUR, highlighted by five made cuts and a T13 finish at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational. 2005: Rookie on TOUR after finishing 13th on the 2004 Nationwide Tour money list in his first season on that circuit. Posted first career top-10 in 13th professional start on TOUR with a T9 at the Chrysler Classic of Tucson. Tied for fifth at the Michelin Championship at Las Vegas. Was three off the lead entering the final round, but was disqualified (Rule 4-1/1) for having a non-conforming club (shaft in wedge was bent) in his bag. 2004: Won his first start of the 2004 season on the Nationwide Tour with a 9-under 279 at the Lake Erie Charity Classic, outlasting Bubba Watson and Michael Long in a four-hole playoff. His father, Craig, won the Champions Tour's Bank of America Championship in Massachusetts just minutes earlier. Became the first sponsor exemption to win on the Nationwide Tour since Chris Couch won the 2001 Florida Classic…Two weeks later won in a playoff at the Scholarship America Showdown, with a tournament record 11-under-par 269. The win came in just his fourth career start on the Nationwide Tour, giving him the honor as the fastest player to two wins in Tour history. Made the cut in four of five appearances on the PGA TOUR. Amateur: Was named Pac-10 player of the year as a senior at Southern California in 2002. Led the Trojans to their second consecutive Pac-10 Championship and finished his senior year with six top-five finishes in NCAA play, including four seconds…As a senior at Kent Denver School in Englewood, CO, won the Colorado High School State Championship and was a second-team 1997 AJGA All-America…He also won the 1997 Junior World Championships (he and father Craig are the only father/son champions in the history of the event). |
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| Personal | |
| The oldest son of 1982 Masters champion and 13-time PGA TOUR winner Craig Stadler. Craig caddied for his son in his 2002 Colorado Open victory. Just minutes after the elder Stadler won the Bank of America Championship on the Champions Tour in 2004, he won the Lake Erie Charity Classic on the Nationwide Tour, making them the first father-son duo to accomplish such a feat since Bob Duval won the Emerald Coast Classic on the Champions Tour and son David captured THE PLAYERS Championship on March 28, 1999. | |
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| Nationwide TourPlayoff Record | |
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