Scott Petersen - Media Guide

season No. 79 on the money list, with $68,663. Opened the year with a T6 at the Movistar Panama Championship. Posted a second-round, 5-under 65 and three even-par 70s to finish six back of tournament winner Tripp Isenhour. Next top-10 finish came 20 starts later with a T9 at the Utah EnergySolutions Championship. Made the cut in 17 of 26 starts in 2005, with two top-10 finishes. Ended the year No. 60 on the money list, with $94,907. A T8 at the Rex Hospital Open marked his first venture inside the top 10. Entered the final round of the Cox Classic presented by Chevrolet with a two-shot lead after a stellar 19-under-par 194 left him with the best 54-hole total of the season. A final-round, even-par 71 put him in a T3 and a payday of $32,500. Made the cut in 22 of 27 starts on the 2004 Nationwide Tour, including eight top-25 finishes. Ranked No. 54 on the official money list, with $112,862. Posted four top-10s on the season, including a season-best T6 at the Gila River Golf Classic. Made the cut in 11 of 25 appearances on the 2003 Nationwide Tour. Finished the season No. 73 on the final money list, with $69,972. Managed five finishes inside the top 25 but only had one top-10 result-a T3 at the Rheem Classic, finishing just one shot shy of a Zach Johnson-Steve Haskins playoff. Made the cut in 11 of 16 events in 2002, with four top-25s. Best finish was a T8 at the Price Cutter Charity Championship. Missed the cut in 16 of 24 tournaments during the 2001 season, including 11 of the first 12 events. Notched two top-10 finishes, a T5 at the Omaha Classic and a T9 at the Wichita Open. Opened with three straight 67s at the Omaha Classic, closing with a 71 and a season-best paycheck of $19,950. Made the cut in just three of 13 events in 2000 as a non-exempt member. At the Inland Empire Open, the final full-field event of the year, he carded a 7-under-par 65 in the opening round and was just one shot back of leader Sonny Skinner. In the final round, four birdies on the front nine gave him a four-stroke lead at the turn. Posted even-par score on the back nine, good for a four-stroke victory over six others. Played in 24 events during his rookie season in 1996, with a T2 at the South Carolina Classic, thanks to a final-round 65. Has missed the cut in all three career starts on the PGA TOUR. Played on the Canadian Tour from 1997-99. Won the 1999 Samsung CPGA Championship and finished ninth on the McDonald's Order of Merit. Won the 1997 Infiniti Championship. Had four top-10 finishes on the 1995 Dakotas Tour. Starred as a prep at Englewood's Cherry Creek High School. Attended the University of Tulsa his freshman and sophomore years before transferring to the University of Colorado. Led the Buffaloes in stroke average in his two years at CU, one of only eight players in school history to do so for multiple seasons. Set a mark for lowest career stroke average for 50 rounds or more (73.47 in 77 rounds), a mark that still stands. Won the John A. Burns Intercollegiate (Honolulu) and the Fresno State Lexus Classic as a senior. Posted eight top-five finishes in his two seasons at CU. Second-team All Big-8 Conference and honorable mention All-American.