David Berganio, Jr.

Exempt status

• PGA TOUR: Korn Ferry Tour Medical

JOINED TOUR

• PGA TOUR: 1997

Korn Ferry Tour Victories (3)

1996 Season

• NIKE Monterrey Open

1999 Season

• NIKE Permian Basin Open

2000 Season

• BUY.COM Omaha Classic

PLAYOFF RECORD

PGA TOUR (0-1)

• 2002 Lost to Phil Mickelson, Bob Hope Chrysler Classic

KORN FERRY TOUR (1-0)

• 2000 Defeated Ahmad Bateman, BUY.COM Omaha Classic

National Teams

• 1993 Walker Cup

Personal

• Played on the same college team at Arizona as PGA TOUR member Jim Furyk.
• Was introduced to the game while growing up in an economically-depressed area of Los Angeles by a local priest who gave him his first set of clubs.

Special Interests

• Basketball

Career Highlights

2019 Season

Made one PGA TOUR start (MC/Barracuda Championship), two Korn Ferry Tour starts, and one PGA TOUR Champions start. Withdrew prior to the start of the PGA TOUR’s Rocket Mortgage Classic, giving Nate Lashley the final spot in the field. Lashley went on to earn his first career TOUR title in wire-to-wire fashion. Entered the 2019-20 season competing out of the Korn Ferry Tour Medical category with two starts available to earn $547,166 to equal No. 125 on the 2009 Regular Season money list (Jimmy Walker/$662,683).

2018 Season

Missed the cut in three of four starts on the PGA TOUR and was disqualified from the John Deere Classic for signing an incorrect scorecard. Entered the 2018-19 PGA TOUR season with three events available to earn $547,166 to fulfill his extension and remain exempt for the rest of the season.

2017 Season

Did not make a PGA TOUR start for the eighth consecutive season. Will have seven events in the 2017-18 PGA TOUR Season to earn $547,166 (coupled with $115,517 from 2009) to clear the top finishers from Korn Ferry Tour Medical category. Extension dates to 2009 season, when lingering back issues limited schedule to just 15 starts.

2016 Season

Did not make a PGA TOUR start.

2015 Season

Did not make a PGA TOUR start.

2014 Season

Did not make a PGA TOUR start for the fifth consecutive season.

2013 Season

Did not make any PGA TOUR starts for the fourth consecutive season. Made one Korn Ferry Tour start (missed cut).

2012 Season

Did not make any starts on the PGA TOUR for the third consecutive season.

• PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament: Played in second stage of the 2012 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament but failed to advance.

2011 Season

Did not play on TOUR for a second consecutive season but did caddie for longtime friend Jack Wagner at the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship at Lake Tahoe in Nevada.

2010 Season

Did not compete during the season.

2009 Season

• FBR Open: Made the cut in seven of 15 starts, with a T32 at the FBR Open his best outing. The 15 starts were his most since the 2003 season.

2008 Season

• PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament: After playing just nine events the previous five seasons due to injury, earned PGA TOUR card via 2008 PGA TOUR Qualfying School (T7).
• FBR Open: Playing fifth season with Major Medical Extension, missed the cut in his only start of the season at the FBR Open, with rounds of 72-73.

2007 Season

In fourth season with Major Medical Extension, played in three events as he continued comeback from disk injury.

2006 Season

Playing on fourth consecutive Major Medical Extension, was limited to just two events.

• Chrysler Classic of Tucson: Made one cut this season, at the Chrysler Classic of Tucson.

2005 Season

• Chrysler Classic of Tucson: Played in one event, a missed cut at the Chrysler Classic of Tucson.

2004 Season

Played in just two events on a Major Medical Extension.

2003 Season

Limited to only 15 starts due to a bulging disc.

• FedEx St. Jude Classic: Did not play again after a first-round withdrawal at the FedEx St. Jude Classic in late June. Granted a Major Medical Extension.
• EDS Byron Nelson Championship: Lone top-25 in 15 starts was a T19 at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship, aided by a final-round 66.

2002 Season

• Bob Hope Chrysler Classic: Earned career-best finish (second) and largest paycheck ($432,000) after losing to Phil Mickelson in a one-hole playoff at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. Birdied the final hole of regulation to tie Mickelson at 30-under-par 330. Fourth-round 64 tied PGA TOUR career low.

2001 Season

Finished in the top 100 on the TOUR money list for the first time. Had just one career top-10, entering the year and added four more.

• Canon Greater Hartford Open: Career-best T3 at the Canon Greater Hartford Open.
• AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am: Held first-round lead in AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am after tying Spyglass Hill course record with 8-under 64.

2000 Season

Finished 11th on the Korn Ferry Tour money list to regain his PGA TOUR card.

• BUY.COM Omaha Classic: Captured the Omaha Classic by shooting a 67 in the final round to tie Ahmad Bateman. Used a par-4 on the second playoff hole to capture his third career victory.

1999 Season

• NIKE Permian Basin Open: Picked up his second title with a two-stroke win over Dicky Thompson and Paul Gow at the Permian Basin Open.

1997 Season

As a rookie, finished just outside of keeping his conditional card on the PGA TOUR at No. 155 on the money list.

1996 Season

Had three runners-up finishes and one victory.

• PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament: Earned his initial TOUR card for the 1997 season at PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament.
• NIKE Monterrey Open: Final-round 66 gave him a one-stroke victory over four others at the Monterey Open.

Amateur Highlights

• Winner of the 1991 and 1993 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championships.

Q SCHOOL GRADUATE

• PGA TOUR: 1996
• PGA TOUR: 2008