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Camilo Villegas - Media Guide
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| MEDIA GUIDE |
| International Victories |
| (2): 2001 Colombian Open. 2007 Coca-Cola Tokai Classic [Jpn] |
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| Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Position |
| $1,866,961 (41) |
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| Current Year Best PGA TOUR Finishes
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The Honda Classic. T2--
*Wendy's 3 Tour Challenge. T3--
AT&T Classic, *Merrill Lynch Shootout. T7--
BMW Championship. T9--
Deutsche Bank Championship, THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola. T10--
Canadian Open presented by Franklin Templeton Investments.
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| Current Year PGA TOUR Best Round |
| 63 at Round 1, Deutsche Bank Championship.
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| Current Year PGA TOUR Highlights |
| Earned more than $1.8 million and ended the year with three top-10 finishes during the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup...After a slow start, finished T2 after a four-man playoff at The Honda Classic. Posted a final-round 66 to tie Mark Wilson, Jose Coceres and Boo Weekley at 5-under-par
275. Eliminated from playoff on second extra hole on Monday morning after he and Weekley made bogeys on the par-4 10th hole. Earned a career-best $410,666...Second top-10 was a T3 at the AT&T Classic, three shots out of the Zach Johnson and Ryuji Imada playoff...Aided by a final-round, 5-under-par 66, finished T10 at the Canadian Open...Held the first-round lead at the Deutsche Bank Championship after a career-best 8-under 63, but finished T9. Jumped 12 spots up the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup points list to 34th...Finished T7 at the BMW Championship, moving from 34th to 28th in the FedExCup standings, thereby qualifying for THE TOUR Championship...Finished T9 in first career start at THE TOUR Championship to finish 24th in the final FedExCup standings. It was his third consecutive top-10 finish during the Playoffs...Collected his first title on the Japan Golf Tour in late September. Rolled in a 20-footer for birdie on the second playoff hole to beat Toyokazu Fujishima at the Coca-Cola Tokai Classic in Miyoshi, Japan. More |
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| Best PGA TOUR Finishes |
| T2--
FBR Open, Ford Championship at Doral, The Honda Classic.
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| Best Nationwide Tour Finishes |
| T2--
BellSouth Panama Championship.
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| 2006 Best PGA TOUR Finishes
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| T2--
FBR Open, Ford Championship at Doral. T3--
THE PLAYERS Championship. T5--
Canadian Open.
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| 2006 Season PGA TOUR |
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Tournaments Entered--29; in money--18; Top 10 finishes--4
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| Career Highlights |
| 2006: Rookie on the PGA TOUR after finishing 13th on the 2005 Nationwide Tour money list...In first start fired a 64 during second round of the Sony Open in Hawaii. Was two back through 36 holes, but weekend rounds of 73-71 dropped him to T42...First top-10 of the season
came at the FBR Open. Finished in five-way tie for second, seven strokes behind winning rookie J.B. Holmes...Added a second runner-up at the Ford Championship at Doral, finishing tied for second with David Toms, one stroke behind Tiger Woods. Shared second-round lead with Woods, Phil Mickelson and Scott Verplank...Earned a spot into the PLAYERS Championship when Chris DiMarco withdrew with an injury. He closed with a 71 and finished in a four-way tie for third to earn a season-best $384,000. Moved to 11th on the money list, one spot away from a top-10 qualification for the Masters ($94,971 short)...Shared the 36-hole lead at the Canadian Open with three players after a second-round, 6-under 64. Closed with rounds of 68-69 to finish T5, four shots behind Jim Furyk...Finished T3 at the Coca-Cola Tokai Classic, four strokes back of Hidemasa Hoshino, on the Japan Golf Tour...Maintained his position inside the top 40 on the season money list with his T31 finish at the Chrysler Championship. His T38 finish on the final money list earned him his first invitation to the Masters in 2007...Represented Colombia with Manuel Merizalde in the World Golf Championships-Barbados World Cup. 2005: Finished 13th on the Nationwide Tour money list...Started the year with no status on the Nationwide Tour, gained Special Temporary Membership with five top-10s in his first 10 starts of the season...Tied for second on Tour with nine top-10s, but could not crack the winner's circle...Playing in his first Nationwide Tour event, finished runner-up at the season-opening BellSouth Panama Championship after holding the 36-hole lead by a stroke. Eventually fell one stroke shy of champion Vance Veazey. 2004: Turned professional in early June and played on Sponsor Exemptions for the rest of the season...Made five of 10 cuts on the PGA TOUR, finishing T7 at the B.C. Open and 12th at the Deutsche Bank Championship...Winner by 10 strokes at the 2004 Forest Oaks Championship on the Hooters Winter Tour...Qualified for his first TOUR event at the U.S. Open, missed the cut. Amateur: Four-time All-American at the University of Florida, including earning first-team honors in 2001, 2002 and 2004...NCAA Academic All-American in 2002 and 2003...SEC Player of the Year in 2002 and 2004...Earned first-team All-SEC honors in 2001, 2002 and 2004...2001 SEC Freshman of the Year...Posted eight collegiate victories...2003 Players Amateur Champion...Co-medalist with Kevin Stadler at the 2002 Western Amateur (stroke-play portion)...Was the 2001 Colombian Open champion and also won the 1999 Orange Bowl Junior. More |
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| Personal |
| Popularity in native Colombia caused Colombian TV to pick up 30 PGA TOUR golf broadcasts in 2006...Featured in the July 2006 issue of GQ. Says the article in GQ, "He's got a closet full of tight trousers, a set of boxer's biceps and more screaming female fans than Justin
Timberlake."...Was selected as People Magazine's "Hottest Bachelors," in 2006. Was the only professional athlete chosen for People's feature...In 2005, started using a low-to-the-ground crouching method to better read putts...His brother Manny plays for the University of Florida golf team. More |
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| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 0-1 |
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