David Pastore

Exempt status

• Korn Ferry Tour: Finishers 76-100 on Regular Season points list and additional Qualifying Tournament finishers (thru 2020)

JOINED TOUR

• Mackenzie Tour - Canada: 2015
• Korn Ferry Tour: 2020

Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada Victories (1)

• 2016 Niagara Championship

Additional Victories (1)

• 2016 Niagara Championship

Personal

• Attended Greenwich (Conn.) High School, the same school that produced Pro Football Hall of Famer Steve Young.
• Has two brothers who play college golf, at the University of Connecticut (Stephen) and the University of Hartford (Paul).
• Earliest golf memory was his dad teaching him a swing at PGA National.
• Says if he weren't playing golf, he'd be working on Wall Street. Says, "I'd like the competitive environment."
• First-tee entrance song would be "Iron on Me" by Gucci Mane.
• Favorite course he's played is Winged Foot. Would also like to play St. Andrews and Valderrama.
• Other favorites include the University of Virginia, the New York Yankees, Knicks and Rangers (sports teams), Tom Brady, Derek Jeter and Arnold Schwarzenegger (non-golfers), Candy Crush Saga (app), Gucci Mane (entertainer), "Dumb & Dumber" (movie), "King o
• Played golf with Donald Trump in the summer of 2014 at Trump's course in New Jersey.
• Wanted to trade places for a day with President Obama because, as he says, he "would like to be president."
• Dream foursome includes his dad and two brothers.
• Would like to live in New York someday.

Special Interests

• Art, following the stock markets, working out, reading, anything outdoors, the beach and traveling

Career Highlights

2019 Season

Played in 11 Mackenzie Tour events, making seven cuts and registering four top-10 finishes, including one runner-up finish. Finished the season seventh on the Order of Merit to earn Korn Ferry Tour membership after beginning the week in the 13th position.

• Canada Life Championship: Led the field with 26 birdies at Highland CC and shot a final-round 63, including a 30 on his back nine, to finish alone in second place at the season-ending, limited-field event. With the showing, managed to move from 13th to seventh on the Order of Merit to earn 2020 Korn Ferry Tour membership.
• Mackenzie Investments Open: Made just two bogeys through four rounds and played his final 61 holes at Elm Ridge CC bogey-free. Shot a 64 Saturday and that led to a solo-third-place performance, his best Mackenzie Tour finish of the season.
• 1932byBateman Open: Played three rounds in the 60s for the third time in his past four events, finishing T6 at Edmonton CC, alongside Jorge Garcia, Stoney Crouch and Zach Cabra.
• Osprey Valley Open presented by Votorantim Cimentos CBM Aggregates: Propelled his way up the leaderboard at TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley due to a third-round, bogey-free 64, which included an eagle on the final hole. Playing jn the second-to-last group Sunday, shot a final-round 69 to finish alone in fourth place.

2018 Season

Made the cut in all four events played but was barely edged out of 2019 Mackenzie Tour status with a 61st-place Order of Merit finish.

• Players Cup: Jumped a tournament-best 53 spots on the Order of Merit after carding a T5, moving to No. 63 from No. 116. The result was his best Mackenzie Tour finish since winning the 2016 Niagara Championship. Was inside the top five on the leaderboard after all four rounds in Winnipeg, including a tie for second after both Thursday and Friday, when he shot 7-under 65 and 5-under 67, respectively.

2017 Season

In five Mackenzie Tour starts, made two cuts and finished the season 138th on the Order of Merit.

2016 Season

Missed the first seven events of the season due to a wrist injury.

• Niagara Championship: In third start after returning from injury, secured first professional win at the Niagara Championship, outlasting Order of Merit leader Dan McCarthy by one stroke with rounds of 66-67-71-66--270. Shared the 54-hole lead and ultimately birdied the 72nd hole for the title, earning a start in the season-ending Freedom 55 Financial Championship jumping from outside the top 100 to No. 13 in the Order of Merit.

2015 Season

Made the cut in all nine starts on the Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada. Had four top 10s and seven top 25s. Was 31st on the final Order of Merit. Made two Korn Ferry Tour starts, missing the cut at the United Leasing Championship and T36 at the Nova Scotia Open. Prior to 2015 had not made any starts in PGA TOUR-sanctioned events. Finished T10 three times in next four starts.

• Staal Foundation Open presented by Tbaytel: Posted four top-10 finishes, with his best finish a T9 at the Staal Foundation Open in July.

2014 Season

• Web.com Tour Q-School: Finished T64 at the Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament in December.

Q SCHOOL GRADUATE

• Korn Ferry Tour: 2019