Ben Crane

Exempt status

• PGA TOUR: Past champion beyond 150 in 2019-20 FedExCup (thru 2020-21)
• Korn Ferry Tour: Prior Year 151-200 FedExCup Points (thru 2020)

JOINED TOUR

• PGA TOUR: 2002

PGA TOUR Victories (5)

• 2003 BellSouth Classic
• 2005 U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee
• 2010 Farmers Insurance Open
• 2011 The McGladrey Classic
• 2014 FedEx St. Jude Classic

Korn Ferry Tour Victories (2)

• 2000 BUY.COM Wichita Open
• 2001 BUY.COM Gila River Classic at Wild Horse Pass Development

International Victories (1)

• 2010 CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia [Asia]

PLAYOFF RECORD

PGA TOUR (1-0)

• 2011 Defeated Webb Simpson, The McGladrey Classic

KORN FERRY TOUR (1-0)

• 2001 Defeated Bo Van Pelt, Jason Caron, BUY.COM Gila River Classic at Wild Horse Pass Development

Personal

• Was age 5 when his grandfather taught him how to play golf. Grew up playing golf at Portland Golf Club, where Ben Hogan won the 1945 Portland Open.
• Originally attended Baylor University but did not play golf. Transferred to the University of Oregon where he played golf for the Ducks.
• Is the mastermind behind the "Golf Boys" video that he starred in along with Rickie Fowler, Hunter Mahan and Bubba Watson.

Special Interests

• Ping pong, fishing, fitness, family

Career Highlights

2018 Season

Made 11 cuts in 21 starts, ending his season at No. 148 in the FedExCup standings. Lone top-10 of the season was a T8 at the Fort Worth Invitational. Competed in all four Korn Ferry Tour Finals events, with his lone top-25 being a T9 at the DAP Championship presented by NewBrick.

• DAP Championship presented by NewBrick: Finished T9 at 8-under 272 at the DAP Championship presented by NewBrick.
• Fort Worth Invitational: With four rounds in the 60s, finished T8 at the Fort Worth Invitational for his best result on TOUR since winning the 2014 FedEx St. Jude Classic.

2017 Season

PGA TOUR season included 18 made cuts in 26 starts, with a T10 at the FedEx St. Jude Classic his lone top-10 finish. Wrapped up the season No. 147 in the FedExCup standings. Finished the Korn Ferry Tour Finals with three starts, one top-10 and two cuts made. Ended the Finals at 27th on the money list (excluding the 25). Will enter the 2017-18 campaign on a Minor Medical Extension, with one event available to earn 84 points (coupled with 281 earned during the 2016-17 season) to equal No. 125 J.J. Henry's 365-point total on the 2017 FedExCup points list.

• Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship: In his first start on the Korn Ferry Tour since 2001, finished in a tie for sixth at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship.

2016 Season

Advanced to the FedExCup Playoffs for the eighth time, thanks to six top-25 finishes in 26 starts through the Wyndham Championship. Of those, one was a top-10 showing. Advanced through the first of four Playoffs events, before ending his season after The Barclays at No. 117 in the FedExCup standings.

• RBC Canadian Open: Lone top-10 finish of the season, a T9, came at the RBC Canadian Open. Marked his second top-10 in five starts in the event.

2015 Season

Made the cut in nine of 22 starts, finishing No. 185 in the FedExCup standings. It marked just the second time he failed to advance to the Playoffs, with the first coming in the FedExCup's inaugural season of 2007 (finished No. 190 that year). Did not record a top-10 or top-25 finish for the first time in his career.

• Hyundai Tournament of Champions: A T29 at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions marked his season-best performance.

2014 Season

Ended a three-year winless drought in the summer with his fifth career PGA TOUR win. For the seventh consecutive season, earned a berth into the FedExCup Playoffs, making it through the first three events. Finished his season ranked 60th in the final FedExCup standings after the BMW Championship.

• FedEx St. Jude Classic: After opening with a 7-under 63 at the FedEx St. Jude Classic, never lost the lead en route to claiming his fifth career PGA TOUR title, by a stroke over Troy Merritt. A 5-under 65 in the second round to go along with the 63 (12-under 128) became the lowest 36-hole score at TPC Southwind since Justin Leonard's 13-under 127 in 2005. En route to his two-round total, needed exactly 12 putts on each of the four nine-hole stretches. With the win, he became the first player to win on the PGA TOUR without a birdie in the final round since Leonard at the 2005 FedEx St. Jude Classic. His fifth TOUR title came in his 300th career TOUR start. Despite the win the week before the U.S. Open, did not earn a berth into the field at Pinehurst, as he needed to have moved to 60th or better in the Official World Golf Ranking, which he did not do. Having to deal with numerous weather delays along with the rest of the field, he had more than 28 hours between the end of his second round and start of his third.
• Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation: In his 11th start at the Humana Challenge, posted an 8-under 64 in the second round on the Nicklaus Private Course en route to a T9 at PGA West with four others. Got off to a hot start in the round with birdies on six of his first nine holes.

2013 Season

Made 11 of 21 cuts on TOUR and finished No. 125 in the FedExCup standings.

• The Barclays: Entered the FedExCup Playoffs No. 125 in the standings but was forced to withdraw from The Barclays (back) after an opening-round of 67.
• THE PLAYERS Championship: Claimed his fourth top-10 finish in what was his ninth start at THE PLAYERS Championship. Opened and closed the May tournament with 3-under 69s at TPC Sawgrass to T8 with six others.
• Shell Houston Open: First top-10 finish of the season came at the Shell Houston Open, thanks largely to four birdies and an eagle in the final round for a 4-under 68. Finished T4 with Dustin Johnson.

2012 Season

Finished the season No. 66 in the FedExCup standings.

• BMW Championship: Missed the cut in the first two Playoffs events, followed by a T41 at the BMW Championship.
• World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational: Withdrew during the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational with a back injury, which would later cause him to withdraw prior to the start of the PGA Championship.
• The Open Championship: Feeling as if he wouldn't make the field off of the alternate list, chose not to fly to The Open Championship. Turned out that he would have joined the field on opening day when Russ Cochran withdrew.
• Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial: Closed with matching 2-under 68s to record his fourth top-10 finish in eight starts at the Crowne Plaza Invitational (T10). The others came in 2006 (T4), 2008 (fifth) and 2010 (T3).
• Waste Management Phoenix Open: At the Waste Management Phoenix Open, claimed his third top-10 of the season in just his fourth start. Final-round, 5-under 66 earned him solo second-place honors. On Saturday, electrified the gallery at the famed, par-3 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale with an impromptu rap-singing session on the tee box with fellow Golf Boys music group member Bubba Watson.
• Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation: Finished T8 at the Humana Challenge, with rounds of 65-63-70-71. Was tied for second entering the final round, three strokes behind winner Mark Wilson. Held the second-round co-lead with Mark Wilson and David Toms.
• Hyundai Tournament of Champions: Opened his season with a T9 at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions.

2011 Season

Capped off his 2011 campaign with a victory at the McGladrey Classic, the fourth win of his career.

• The McGladrey Classic: One day before his wife, Heather, was scheduled to deliver their third child, entered the final round of The McGladrey Classic five strokes behind Michael Thompson before rallying with eight birdies in his final 11 holes for a 7-under 63, placing him in a playoff–the first of his career–with Webb Simpson. Parred the first two playoff holes and earned his fourth PGA TOUR win when Simpson missed a 4-foot par putt on the second extra hole. Closing 63 was the lowest finish by a winner this season. With the victory, he earned $720,000 and moved from No. 89 to No. 50 on the official money list-the position he would maintain at the end of the season. His five-stroke come-from-behind win was the second largest of the season, behind only Brandt Snedeker's six-stroke comeback victory at the RBC Heritage.
• Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open: Did not crack the top 10 until a T10 at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, thanks for four rounds in the 60s.
• Masters Tournament: Making his first start since missing his only cut up to that point of the season, at the Masters, recorded his second top-10 finish with a T6 at The Heritage. Since missing the cut in his inaugural appearance at Harbour Town in 2002, has never failed to play on the weekend at the event, with 2011 performance representing his first top-10 finish.
• World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship: Posted first of four top-10 finishes at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship (T9), advancing to the third round before losing to Miguel Angel Jimenez, 7 and 6. Has never lost in the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship in four appearances. Handed Rory McIlroy his worst defeat in the event and equaled the second-largest margin of victory in the tournament's history with an 8-and-7 triumph in the second round.

2010 Season

Finished 27th in final FedExCup standings.

• CIMB Asia Pacific Classic: At the inaugural CIMB Asia Pacific Classic in Malaysia, he drove his tee shot on the 292-yard, par-4 15th to within eight feet then made the putt for eagle to tie the final-round lead at 17-under. At the 72nd hole, made a clutch, eight-foot birdie putt to claim a one-stroke win over Brian Davis. It was an unofficial victory on the PGA TOUR and an official victory on the Asian Tour.
• BMW Championship: Overcame opening two rounds of 76-77 with 67-69 at the BMW Championship secure a spot into the TOUR Championship field, where he finished T17.
• Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial: T3 at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, finishing with a 32-foot birdie putt on the final hole. It was his third consecutive top-10 finish and fifth overall, tying him with Ernie Els and Retief Goosen for most on TOUR. The finish also moved him to fifth in the FedExCup standings and No. 8 in the Ryder Cup standings. Recorded a hole-in-one on the par-3 13th hole with an 8-iron from 160 yards en route to a second-round, 6-under 64.
• HP Byron Nelson Championship: Finished T5 at the HP Byron Nelson Championship. Had two top-10s at the HP Byron Nelson in eight career starts to that point.
• THE PLAYERS Championship: Finished T4 at THE PLAYERS Championship. Making his sixth appearance at THE PLAYERS, has improved his results in each of his six starts (2003, missed cut; 2004, T66; 2006, T36; 2008, T6, 2009, T5; 2010, T4).
• World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship: Finished T9 at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship, losing 3 and 2 in the third round to eventual third-place finisher Camilo Villegas.
• Farmers Insurance Open: Made two birdie putts longer than 45 feet to build a big final-round lead, then hung on despite two short misses on the back nine to beat Michael Sim, Brandt Snedeker and Marc Leishman by one stroke at the Farmers Insurance Open. Finished at 13-under-par 275 for his third career victory and first in nearly five years. He made it a point not to look at a leaderboard throughout the final round, and didn't know the result until Ryuji Imada congratulated him on the 18th green. Starting the final round two shots behind Imada, shot a final-round 70 as he opened with three birdies in five holes, including one from just over 45 feet on No. 3. He expanded his lead to three shots with another 45-foot birdie putt on the 11th. With a one-stroke lead entering the par-5 finishing hole, made a par as Sim (in the same final-group pairing), Snedeker and Leishman failed to make birdies on the final hole.

2009 Season

Surpassed $1 million in earnings for the sixth time in seven years, finishing No. 61 in the FedExCup standings. Recorded four top-10 finishes.

• Buick Open: Finished T6 at the Buick Open after weekend scores of 65-69, matching Tiger Woods and Brian Vranesh for the weekend low of 10-under.
• THE PLAYERS Championship: Held the first-round lead at THE PLAYERS Championship with a 7-under 65. Posted rounds of 73-72-72 to finish T5 at 6-under 282.
• The Honda Classic: Finished a season-best third at The Honda Classic, three strokes behind champion Y.E. Yang.
• Buick Invitational: Finished T7 at the Buick Invitational, ranking second in both fairways hit (40 of 56) and Greens in Regulation (56 of 72) for the week.

2008 Season

Played the season on a Major Medical Exemption.

• Deutsche Bank Championship: At the Deutsche Bank Championship in September, fired a third-round, 8-under-par 63 to claim T10.
• Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial: Posted a second consecutive top-10 finish, and third of the year, two weeks later at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial with a fifth-place showing. It marked the first time since the 2006 Booz Allen Classic that he posted four consecutive rounds in the 60s.
• THE PLAYERS Championship: Finished T6 at THE PLAYERS, falling six shots shy of champion Sergio Garcia.
• FBR Open: Finished a season-best T4 at the FBR Open.

2007 Season

Two-time PGA TOUR winner limited to nine events due to lower back problems that have plagued him during his career. Granted Major Medical Extension and had 18 events in 2008 to earn $506,928 (combined with 2007 earnings of $278,252, would equal 2007's No. 125 earnings of $785,180) and receive Major Medical Extension status for the remainder of the 2008 campaign. Posted four top-25s in nine starts.

• World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship: Best finish of T17 was at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship.

2006 Season

Another consistent year on TOUR, making a career-high 20 cuts in 26 events entered and collecting more than $1 million for the fourth straight season. Hampered in the early season by back problems.

• Frys.com Open: Best finish was T2 at the Frys.com Open in his first start following a withdrawal due to more back issues at the World Golf Championships-American Express Championship three weeks earlier.

2005 Season

Missed February and March due to lingering back problems. Qualified for the 2006 Masters, his first, with a 19th-place money-list finish.

• THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola: Earned an invitation to the TOUR Championship for the first time in his career. Three back of the lead through 36 holes, but weekend rounds of 72-69 dropped him to T7, his sixth top-10.
• 84 LUMBER Classic: Posted a career-best fourth top-three finish of the season, third at the 84 LUMBER Classic. It was his fifth top-10 of the season.
• Bell Canadian Open: Posted his second runner-up finish of the season with a T2 at the Bell Canadian Open. Final-round 4-under 66 left him one stroke back of winner Mark Calcavecchia.
• U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee: Collected his second PGA TOUR title in wire-to-wire fashion at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee. Recorded four rounds in the 60s, including a career-best opening round 8-under 62 to win by four strokes.
• Booz Allen Classic: In eighth start in early June, finished T2 at the Booz Allen Classic for first top-10 of season, posting rounds of 68-67 on the weekend.

2004 Season

• PGA Championship: Recorded first career top-10 in a major championship with his T9 at the PGA Championship.
• BellSouth Classic: In defense of BellSouth Classic title, finished T6, six strokes behind winner Zach Johnson.
• Bob Hope Chrysler Classic: Carded five rounds in the 60s to finish T5 at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.
• Mercedes Championships: Made his Mercedes Championships debut, finishing T9. One of three first-timers to finish in the top-10 (along with Darren Clarke and Adam Scott) at Kapalua.

2003 Season

• BellSouth Classic: The first of seven first-time winners on the PGA TOUR, capturing the BellSouth Classic. In 40th career start, carded rounds of 64-63 on the weekend to come from six strokes back of 54-hole leader Lee Janzen to win. Final-round, 9-under-par 63 punctuated by an eagle-3 on the 72nd hole after a 357-yard drive, matching TPC at Sugarloaf course record held by Tiger Woods (1998) and later matched by Duffy Waldorf (1999). Opened 73-73 to make the cut by only one stroke. Earned a career-high paycheck of $720,000.

2002 Season

One of several rookies that found success on the PGA TOUR after posting wins during Korn Ferry Tour career.

• Verizon Byron Nelson Classic: After struggling early, finished second to Shigeki Maruyama at the Verizon Byron Nelson Classic. Closed with a 65, matching Tiger Woods' low round of the day. Earned $518,400 six days before his wedding and enough to secure card for 2003.

2001 Season

• PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament: Earned his first TOUR card with a T5 at the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament.
• BUY.COM Gila River Classic at Wild Horse Pass Development: Won a three-man playoff, which included Bo Van Pelt and Jason Caron at the Korn Ferry Tour's Gila River Classic on the fourth extra hole for his second career title. Shared first- and second-round leads with Van Pelt and held one-stroke advantage at the 54-hole mark. The victory and a T5 at the Web.com Tour Championship moved him to 23rd on the final money list.

2000 Season

• BUY.COM Wichita Open: Gained membership on Korn Ferry Tour with victory at the 2000 Wichita Open after getting into the tournament by open qualifying. Shot rounds of 67-63-66-67 to defeat Kelly Grunewald and Vance Veazey by three strokes. Was the 12th Monday qualifier to win a Korn Ferry Tour title.
• BUY.COM Dayton Open: Did not have another top-10 finish other than his victory at the Wichita Open. His best performance outside his victory was a T11 at the Dayton Open.

Amateur Highlights

• Won the 1998 Pacific Coast Amateur.
• Three-time All-Pac-10 selection at the University of Oregon.

Q SCHOOL GRADUATE

• PGA TOUR: 2001