Doug Barron - Media Guide

Second top-10 was T7 at the BellSouth Classic, aided by rounds of 65-71 on the weekend. Made only 11 of 24 cuts on TOUR in 2005 but managed to finish in the top 125, thanks to two top-10s. Ended the season with a career-best $731,990. Opened the year with a fifth-place finish at the Chrysler Classic of Tucson, aided by opening rounds of 66-66, his first top-10 since a T10 at the 2000 Tampa Bay Classic. Posted a career-best T3 at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship and earned a career-high $322,400. Previous best was a T4 at the 2000 Air Canada Championship. Made the cut in 16 of 25 appearances on the 2004 Nationwide Tour, including eight top-25 finishes. Ranked No. 29 on the final money list, with $175,591. Enjoyed his best showing at the Samsung Canadian PGA Championship but finished in second place a distant seven strokes behind champion Charles Warren. Earned $39,600 for his efforts. Opened the Chattanooga Classic with a course-record 10-under-par 62 and went on to finish T4. Posted other top finishes at The Reese's Cup Classic (T3), Envirocare Utah Classic (T4), Oregon Classic (T8), Lake Erie Charity Classic (T9) and the New Zealand PGA Championship (T10). Made the cut in 12 of 32 tournaments on the 2003 PGA TOUR. T21s at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic and The Honda Classic represented his only top 25s of the season. Finished No. 168 on the money list, with $224,589. Received Minor Medical Extension for 2002 PGA TOUR due to injury. Had five events in 2002 to earn $328,515 and receive fully-exempt Major Medical Extension status for the remainder of the season. Missed four of five cuts early then committed to playing the Nationwide Tour for remainder of the season. Finished third on the Nationwide Tour money list ($248,175), thanks to 11 top-25 finishes, including four runners-up and two third-place finishes. Was T37 at 2001 TOUR National Qualifying Tournament (missing top 35 by one stroke) to earn Nationwide Tour card. Struggled through injury-plagued 2001 season. Played in 25 events, with eight made cuts but without a top-25. Best showing was T27 at the BellSouth Classic. 2000 season set career high with three top-10 finishes. Finished 108th on the money list. Recorded a T4 at 2000 Air Canada Championship. In 1999, posted seven top-25s and finished 123rd on the money list, with $334,995. Lone top-10 was a T5 at the Buick Classic. In 1998, had a pair of top-10s and was among top 25 five times. Was sixth at Greater Milwaukee Open and T7 at B.C. Open. Impressive rookie year during 1997 PGA TOUR season. Made 21 of 31 cuts and earned $198,051, good for 116th on money list. Best finish of rookie season came at LaCantera Texas Open, a T6 and his largest check of the year, $45,325. Earned place on TOUR by finishing third at the 1996 National Qualifying Tournament. 103rd on Nationwide Tour money list in 1995 and 47th in 1996. Biggest thrill in golf was being paired with Fred Couples and Craig Stadler in the final round of his first event of the 1997 PGA TOUR season. Father introduced him to golf at age 3.