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KRIS BLANKS
UNITED STATES
Height:
5 ft, 10 in
Weight:
220 lbs
Birthday:
11/03/1972
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PGA TOUR - Media Guide
| Nationwide Tour VICTORIES | (1) |
| 2008 Bank of America Open. | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Position | (113) |
| $351,515 | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round | |
| 66 at Round 2, Sony Open in Hawaii. | |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Highlights | |
| Had his first PGA TOUR hole-in-one when he made an ace on the 17th hole during the final round of the Transitions Championship. | |
| Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| 2-- Puerto Rico Open presented by Banco Popular, RBC Canadian Open. | |
| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes | |
| 1-- Bank of America Open. | |
| 2011 Best PGA TOUR Finishes | |
| P2-- RBC Canadian Open. T10-- Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. | |
| 2011 Season PGA TOUR | |
| Tournaments Entered--29; in money--17; Top 10 finishes--3 | |
| Career Highlights | |
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2011: Season highlighted with career-best numbers in money earned (No. 65), cuts made (17) and top-25 finishes (seven). Making his 15th start of the season, finished T10 at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial for his first top-10 finish since the 2010 Travelers Championship. In July, led after the first-round of the RBC Canadian Open at Shaughnessy G&CC. Lost on Sunday after a one-hole playoff to Sean O'Hair. Led the field in Greens in Regulation for the week, hitting 51 of 72 (70.8 percent). The runner-up finish equaled his previous best career TOUR finish (2010 Puerto Rico Open). Finished inside the top 11 in all three starts in the Fall Series, finishing T10 at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, T11 at the McGladrey Classic and T11 at the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic. 2010: In sophomore season on TOUR, finished No. 71 in the FedExCup standings and tallied three top-10 finishes. Was second at the Puerto Rico Open. Previous-best finish on TOUR came in 2009, his rookie season, when he was T7 at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee. Making his first start at the Verizon Heritage, was one of just five players to post four sub-par rounds at Harbour Town en route to a T5. Posted three consecutive 3-under 67s to finish T9 at the Travelers Championship in June. 2009: Played his rookie season on the PGA TOUR, making the cut in nine of 20 starts. Finished the season ranked No. 170 on the money list, with two top-25 finishes. Only career top-10 was a T7 at the U.S. Bank Championship, aided by a second-round 63. Top-10 came in 13th career TOUR start. Re-gained status for 2010 through the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament. 2008: Earned his status on the PGA TOUR after placing 13th on the 2008 Nationwide Tour money list, with $280,588. Followed a T16 finish at the Mexico Open with a T5 effort at the rain-shortened HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship, finishing four shots behind winner Darron Stiles. Making the 44th start of his career, posted rounds of 65-70-69-68 to finish 16-under 272 and gain a one-stroke victory over Bob May at the Bank of America Open. Collected $135,000 to move to No. 5 on the official money list with more than $200,000 in season earnings. Injured his back the week after victory and his play suffered until he finished third at the Chattanooga Classic, where he hit 63 of 72 greens in regulation (T5). Closed the year with a T46 at the Nationwide Tour Championship at TPC Craig Ranch, where he wore red pants on the final day to honor the tournament host Salesmanship Club. 2007: Made the cut in nine of 15 starts on the Nationwide Tour after starting the season with no status. Ended the season with six top-25 finishes and No. 67 on the money list, with $90,831. Posted a T3 at the LaSalle Bank Open, finishing two strokes behind champion John Riegger. Only other top-10 came at the Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open (T7). Finished the season No. 2 in Scoring Average (69.79) and Greens in Regulation (74.70). 2005: Made the cut in seven of 17 starts during his rookie season on the Nationwide Tour, with his lone top-25 coming at the National Mining Association Pete Dye Classic (T21). 2004: Winner of the First City Classic on the Hooters Tour, where he defeated Josh Broadaway in a playoff. It was one of three career wins on that Tour. |
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| Personal | |
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Lists his dad, who gave him his start in golf, as his hero. His wife, Tami, is a golf professional at Sea Pines CC in Hilton Head, SC, and has beaten him nine times in nine years. She was also the top player on the Ohio State women's golf team from 1990-93 and played in the 1995 U.S. Women's Open. Non-golf-related jobs held include bartending. With a father in the Air Force, he lived in Georgia, Texas, Nebraska, Montana and Virginia. As an adult, he's called Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, Georgia and Maryland home. Is named for actor/singer Kris Kristofferson. "My mom thought he was cute, and the movie 'The Rose' was coming out at the time she was pregnant. That's where my name came from.". At the 2012 Honda Classic in his hometown of West Palm Beach, he spearheaded a unique fund-raiser for Birdies for the Brave, where fellow TOUR players raced remote-control cars paid for and sponsored by on-looking fans at a nearby track. Players who took part in the event included Rickie Fowler, Dicky Pride, Kevin Streelman and Joe Ogilvie. After the event, he said, "Hey, what can I say? I bring my kids here two to three times a week when I'm in town. I know this track better than anybody." |
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