Tom Scherrer - Media Guide

Lake Erie Charity Classic. 2002: Posted only top-10 of the season in late August at the Air Canada Championship. Final-round 65 moved him up the leaderboard for a solo sixth finish. His best effort since he finished alone in fourth at the 1999 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill...Other top-25 finishes include: Genuity Championship (T16), Compaq Classic of New Orleans (T23) and B.C. Open (T25). 2001: Began the season on a strong note, earning $76,500 combined in first two starts at WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and Mercedes Championship...Made Masters debut after turning down invitation in 1993 as runner-up in 1992 U.S. Amateur. Turned professional then and joined the Nationwide Tour. Finished 25th at Augusta National. 2000: Earned his first PGA TOUR title in his 84th career start. Maiden victory came at Kemper Insurance Open, where he defeated five players by two strokes. Only player to shoot sub-70 rounds each day and his 67-68-69-67--271 effort earned $540,000. Became the season's fifth first-time winner, also ninth player to win first TOUR title at Kemper Insurance Open...Opened 65-66 at Touchstone Energy Tucson Open to take 36-hole lead, then followed with 68 to continue lead through 54 holes. Closing 72 produced three-way T2, two strokes behind first-time winner Jim Carter...Third top-10 came in FedEx St. Jude Classic, a T7...Rounds of 71-64-72-67 at Michelob Championship at Kingsmill resulted in solo fourth finish, three strokes behind David Toms. 1999: Started season by making the cut in 12 of his first 15 events...T23 at U.S. Open, which made him the low finisher among 46 first-time participants. 1998: As a member of BUY.COM TOUR, captured the Upstate Classic and finished 14th on money list to earn PGA TOUR card for 1999...Totaled four seasons (1994-95, 1997-98) on Nationwide Tour. 1995: Finished sixth on Nationwide Tour money list...Set Nationwide Tour record by appearing in playoffs in three consecutive weeks. Won one of those playoffs at the Knoxville Open. Amateur: Winner of 1990 North & South Amateur Championship...Runner-up to Justin Leonard in 1992 U.S. Amateur...Member of 1991 Walker Cup team.

the season came with eight straight made cuts beginning with the LaSalle Bank Open. Closed with a 67 at the inaugural Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational to finish at 2-under 282, four shots behind Daniel Summerhays. Came back the next week with rounds of 66-63-66-67 - including a season-low 54-hole total of 21-under 195 - to finish the Price Cutter Charity Championship at 26-under 262, four strokes better than Franklin Langham. Had a hole-in-one on No. 13 during the second round in Springfield, making him the first player since Chris Nallen (2004 Gila River Golf Classic) to make an ace and go on to victory that same week. Collected $100,080 with the win to move to No. 14 on the money list. Posted three top-20 finishes the rest of the season, but failed to make the cut in six tournaments and fell to No. 27 on the money list heading into the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship at Barona Creek. Finished T3, just two shots behind champion Richard Johnson, and moved into the top 25 on the money list. Made 15 of 24 cuts on that Tour in 2006 with one top-10, a T6 at the Mark Christopher Charity Classic. Finished 70th on the 2006 Nationwide Tour money list. Did not make a cut in four PGA TOUR starts in 2006. Missed earning TOUR card via the Nationwide Tour money list for a third time by one place in 2005. Finished 22nd thanks in part to a second at the Henrico County Open and a T3 at The Cleveland Open. Made Masters debut in 2001 (finished 25th) after forfeiting invitation in 1993 as runner-up to Justin Leonard in 1992 U.S. Amateur. Turned professional before 1993's first major. Earned his first PGA TOUR title in his 84th career start at the 2000 Kemper Insurance Open, where he defeated five players by two strokes. Only player to shoot sub-70 rounds each day. Recorded a career-high four top-10s in 2000. Finished in the top 100 on money list in 1999 (92nd) and 2000 (35th) for only two times in career. As a member of 1998 Nationwide Tour, captured the Upstate Classic and finished 14th on money list to earn TOUR card for 1999. Rookie on the PGA TOUR in 1996. Finished sixth on 1995 Nationwide Tour money list. Set Nationwide Tour record in 1995 by appearing in playoffs in three consecutive weeks. Won one of those playoffs at the Knoxville Open. Runner-up to Justin Leonard at 1992 U.S. Amateur. Member of 1991 Walker Cup team. Winner of 1990 North and South Amateur. Captain of hockey team that won state high school championship in New York. Born in Syracuse, but hails from Skaneatles, NY.