Kris Cox - Media Guide

event in 2008 to earn $711,722 (combined with 2007 earnings of $36,729, would equal 2007's No. 125 earnings of $785,180) and be elevated to Major Medical Extension status for the remainder of the 2008 campaign. Best finish in eight starts was T29 at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship. With non-exempt status, also played in eight Nationwide Tour events with two top-25s. Second full season on TOUR in 2006 saw one top-10 and 12 made cuts in 28 starts. He finished No. 148 on the money list. Collected first career top-10 in 12th start with T3 finish at the FedEx St. Jude Classic. Won $301,600, more than he had earned in his previous 38 starts ($250,795). Third-round 7-under-par 63 was a career low. Returned to PGA TOUR after one-year absence thanks to a 10th-place finish on the 2005 Nationwide Tour money list. Season highlighted by a six-week stretch which included his first Nationwide Tour victory at the Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic and two T2s at the Envirocare Utah Classic and the Oregon Classic. Four rounds in the 60s (69-65-68-68) led to an 18-under 270 finish and a two-stroke victory in the season's final full-field event. Joined the PGA TOUR for the first time in 2004, having qualified via a T7 finish at 2003 TOUR Qualifying Tournament. One of six players who went through all three stages of Qualifying Tournament to earn TOUR cards that year. Made the cut in 10 of 26 starts in 2004, finishing the campaign No. 190 on the money list. Posted two top-25s in back-to-back weeks, T18 at the FedEx St. Jude Classic and T23 at the Buick Classic. Played full-time on the Nationwide Tour in 1999-2000 and 2005. Has also competed during professional career on Hooters Tour, Tight Lies Tour, Gateway Tour, Canadian Tour and South American Tour. Member of Oklahoma State's 1995 NCAA Championship team. Played on the same college team as Bo Van Pelt, Alan Bratton and Chris Tidland. Three-time All-American at OSU. 1996 Big Eight Conference champion. Two-time Academic All-American. Won three college tournaments during his career at Oklahoma State. Big Eight Newcomer of the Year in 1993. Member of the 1995 Walker Cup Team. Grandfather, Oree Marsalis, defeated Tommy Bolt in the Shreveport City Championship in the 1920s. Started on his high school soccer team that won the 1990 state championship in Lafayette, LA.