John Senden - Media Guide

 
 
 
MEDIA GUIDE
 PGA TOUR Victories
(1) 2006  John Deere Classic. 
 International Victories
(4): 1996 Indonesian PGA Championship. 1998 Interlaken Open [Eur Chall], Alliance Open [Eur Chall]. 2006 Australian Open [Aus].
 Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Position
$1,899,558 (39)
Current Year Best PGA TOUR Finishes
T2-- PODS Championship. T3-- Turning Stone Resort Championship. T4-- PGA Championship. T5-- Viking Classic. T10-- Wachovia Championship.
Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round
64 at Round 2, Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. 64 at Round 1, Buick Invitational.
Current Year PGA TOUR Highlights
After collecting his first victory in 2006, enjoyed a steady 2007 with 21 cuts made out of 27 starts, including a runner-up finish early in the season at the PODS Championship and a career-best five top-10s...Finished T2 at the PODS Championship, his best finish on the PGA TOUR since
winning the 2006 John Deere Classic. Final-round 66 featured seven birdies and left him one shot shy of eventual champion Mark Calcavecchia...Recorded second top-10 with a T10 at the Wachovia Championship...Recorded his first career top-10 finish at a major championship with a T4 at the PGA Championship. Bogeyed the first three holes of his final round before settling down with a 32 on the final nine and a round of 71...Final-round 67 earned the Aussie T3 honors at the inaugural Turning Stone Resort Championship in September...A week later, he claimed his next top-five finish with a T5 at the Viking Classic...Ended the year just behind Tiger Woods in second in greens in regulation percentage, at 70.33%.
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Best PGA TOUR Finishes
1-- John Deere Classic.
2006 Best PGA TOUR Finishes
1-- John Deere Classic. T5-- Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. T8-- *World Golf Championships-Barbados World Cup. 9-- FedEx St. Jude Classic.
2006 Season PGA TOUR
Tournaments Entered--28; in money--20; Top 10 finishes--3
 Career Highlights
2006: Had a career year, with $1,650,674 in earnings on the strength of a victory and three top-10s...After notching three straight top-10s in December in homeland of Australia, began 2006 PGA TOUR season with T5 finish at Bob Hope Chrysler Classic...Posted rounds of 64-69-64-68--265 to claim first TOUR victory
in 139th career TOUR start at the John Deere Classic. Entered final round with a three-stroke lead over Patrick Sheehan and Heath Slocum, and edged J.P. Hayes by one stroke to become the fifth Aussie to win on TOUR in 2006...Recorded a hole-in-one on the par-3 13th hole at Royal Liverpool GC during third round of the British Open, finished T35. 2005: Finished in the top 100 on the money list for the first time in his four-year career...Birdied four of his last five holes on Sunday at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic to finish T6, topping his previous career best, a T9 at the 2004 Bank of America Colonial and 2002 Air Canada Championship. 2004: Secured his card by finishing in the top 125 for the third straight season since joining the TOUR in 2002...Jumped from T37 through three rounds to T9 finish at the Bank of America Colonial after a final-round, 5-under 65, his second career top-10 (T9, 2002 Air Canada Championship)...Was two strokes back of the lead through 36 holes at the Valero Texas Open after opening with rounds of 66-65. Finished 21st and collected $42,000, good enough to secure his card for the 2005 season...Shared first-round lead with Harrison Frazar and Glen Day at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic, but finished T14. 2003: Earned $601,670 but did not post a top-10. Best finish was a T13 at the inaugural Deutsche Bank Championship. 2002: Half of the 22 rookies who began the season finished in the top 125, and the Australian was one of them, thanks to eight top-25s...Picked up first career top-10, a T9, in his 24th event, the Air Canada Championship in September. 2001: Earned TOUR card at first trip to finals of TOUR Qualifying Tournament...Member of European Tour 1999-2001 and played at least a half-dozen events per year on PGA TOUR of Australasia since 1992. 1999: Highest finish on European Tour Order of Merit came when he was 69th. 1998: Won twice on European Challenge Tour.
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 Personal
If he wasn't playing golf would be "working on the sheep and cattle station owned by the in-laws."
 Other Information
Earned TOUR card at first trip to finals of PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament in 2001...Played the PGA TOUR in 2003, placing 131st on the money list...Member of European Tour 1999-2001 and has played at least half a dozen events per year on Australasian Tour since 1996...Won twice on European
Challenge Tour in 1998...Highest finish on European Tour Order of Merit came in 1999 when he was 69th.
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