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JOHN MERRICK

UNITED STATES

Height:

6 ft, 1 in

Weight:

170 lbs

Birthday:

03/20/1982

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College:UCLA (2004, Sociology)
Turned Pro:2004
Birthplace:Long Beach, CA
Residence:Long Beach, CA

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Nationwide Tour VICTORIES (1)
2006  Peek'n Peak Classic. 
Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Position (160)
$141,833
Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round
66 at Round 2, Farmers Insurance Open.
Best PGA TOUR Finishes
2-- The 50th Bob Hope Classic hosted by Arnold Palmer.
Best Nationwide Tour Finishes
1-- Peek'n Peak Classic.
2011 Best PGA TOUR Finishes
T9-- Travelers Championship.
2011 Season PGA TOUR
Tournaments Entered--21; in money--15; Top 10 finishes--1
2011 Season Nationwide Tour
Tournaments Entered--3; in money--2; Top 10 finishes--
Career Highlights

2011: Made 15 of 21 cuts on TOUR to go with one top 10 and five top-25 finishes. Bounced back after a rough 2010 in which he failed to finish inside the top 125 on the money list.

Recorded his only top-10 of the season, a T9 at the Travelers Championship. Also finished T11 outside Hartford in 2009. 2010: Made a career-best 23 cuts but finished outside the top-125 for the first time since 2007.

Earned only top-10 of the PGA TOUR season with a T3 at the Reno-Tahoe Open, his third consecutive top-10 at Montreux G&CC. Fired a final-round, 3-under-par 69 to finish two shots behind Matt Bettencourt. 2009: Ranked 75th on the FedExCup standings and a career-best No. 58 on the money list.

Posted a career-best 63 in the third round of the 50th Bob Hope Classic on his way to a career-best runner-up finish, three shots behind champion Pat Perez.

Shot a 66, the best final-round score, to finish T6 at the Masters Tournament. Round included four consecutive birdies on the back nine.

Finished T10 at the PGA Championship, his third career top-10 in a major.

.Partnered with Nick Watney at the OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup in China in November. 2008: Doubled his earnings in his second season on TOUR, making more than $1.3 million with four top-10 finishes.

Finished T3 at the Mayakoba Golf Classic, four strokes behind champion Brian Gay after rounds of 69-67 on the weekend.

Finished his third round Sunday morning and claimed the 54-hole lead at the Zurich Classic before a final-round 73 left him T7.

Finished T6 at the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines for his first top-10 in a major in just his second start. He missed the cut at the 2005 U.S. Open.

Opened with consecutive 5-under 67s at the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open. Finished T8. 2007: Finished 135th on the money list, but improved his position on TOUR with his T23 finish at PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament.

First career top-10 was a T5 at the Turning Stone Resort Championship. 2006: Finished 21st on the Nationwide Tour money list and improved his status for the following season's PGA TOUR with T4 finish at PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament, becoming first player from the Nationwide Tour to improve status through Qualifying Tournament.

First full season on the Nationwide Tour included four top-10s and his first career Nationwide Tour victory. Fired rounds of 71-69-69-68 to finish tied with Gavin Coles at 11-under 277 at the Peek'n Peak Classic. Parred third extra hole to win for the first time. 2005: In first PGA TOUR start, missed the cut at the U.S. Open.

Made six cuts in a combined 10 starts during the 2004 and 2005 Nationwide Tour seasons. 2004: Only top-25 was a T12 at the Envirocare Utah Classic in his first career start on the Nationwide Tour.

Also played on the Spanos Tour. Amateur: Earned All-Pac-10 honors after capturing medalist honors at the 2003 Pac-10 Championship. Won 2001 Southern California Golf Association Amateur at age 19, the youngest person since Tiger Woods in 1994 to capture the nation's second-oldest, continuously contested amateur championship.
Personal
Lists his parents as his heroes. Got his start in golf from friends and his dad.
Nationwide TourPlayoff Record
1-0
National Teams
World Cup (1), 2009.
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