Nicholas Thompson - Media Guide

lower than than sixth on that list the rest of the year. His victory helped him earn co-Player of the Month honors with Scott Sterling for January/February. Had back-to-back top-10 finishes at the Athens Regional Foundation Classic (T6) and the Henrico County Open (T8). Fourth top-10 of the season came at the BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs, where he posted the day's best round of 64 Sunday to finish one stroke behind tournament winner Nick Flanagan. Still collected $70,200 for his efforts to virtually lock a PGA TOUR card for the 2008 season. Other top-10 finishes were posted at the Knoxville Open (T9), Northeast Pennsylvania Classic (T10) and capped with a third-place effort at the Albertsons Boise Open.

Championship. Closed with a 4-under 68 and then parred the first extra hole to defeat David Morland IV in a playoff at the HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship. His first Tour win was worth $113,684 and moved him into the top spot on the money list. He would fall no lower than sixth the rest of the year. His victory helped him earn co-Player of the Month honors with Scott Sterling for January/February. Had back-to-back top-10 finishes at the Athens Regional Foundation Classic (T6) and the Henrico County Open (T8). Fourth top-10 of the season came at the BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs, where he posted the day's best round of 64 Sunday to finish one stroke behind tournament winner Nick Flanagan. Still collected $70,200 for his efforts to virtually lock a PGA TOUR card for the 2008 season. Other top-10 finishes were posted at the Knoxville Open (T9), Northeast Pennsylvania Classic (T10) and Albertsons Boise Open (third). Made the cut in 15 of 32 starts during his 2006 PGA TOUR rookie season. Best finish was a T6 at the B.C. Open presented by Turning Stone Resort. Shot a final-round 64 to move from a T24 after 54 holes. Held the 18-hole lead at the 84 Lumber Classic after shooting an 8-under-par 64. Earned his TOUR status thanks to a T3 finish at the 2005 Qualifying Tournament. Made it through all three stages in his first attempt at Q-School after a strong collegiate career at Georgia Tech. Medalist during first stage at the TPC Tampa Bay. Member of the winning U.S. team in the 2005 Walker Cup. Teammates included PGA TOUR members John B. Holmes and Jeff Overton, who also made it through Q-School that year. Second-team All-American in 2002, third team in 2004 and honorable mention in 2002-03. Part of the 2002 ACC championship team. Won one collegiate tournament during the 2004-05 season and finished fifth on school's all-time career scoring average list. Had never played in a TOUR event prior to 2006. In 2007, his sister Alexis became the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open at age 12 years, 4 months and 1 day. She survived the qualifier at Heathrow, FL Country Club to make it to Pine Needles (NC) where Nicholas helped her in practice rounds before going to that week's Nationwide Tour event. Alexis bettered the previous age mark of 12 years, 11 months and 21 days set by Morgan Pressel in 2001.