Tiburón Golf Club at
The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples | | DEC. 9 - 13, 2009 | | Day | Schedule & Format | | Wed | Day One Pro-Am (Shamble) | | Thu | Day Two Pro-Am (Best-Ball) | | Fri | First-Round (Modified Alt. Shot) | | Sat | Second-Round (Better Ball) | | Sun | Final-Round (Scramble) | | »more info |
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| Zach Johnson |
 | Full Name: Zach Johnson | | Height: 5-11 | | Weight: 160 | | Birthdate: February 24, 1976 | | Birthplace: Iowa City, IA | | Turned Professional: 1998 |
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| Statistics (through 2008) |
| PGA TOUR Victories | | (4) 2004 BellSouth Classic. 2007 Masters Tournament, AT&T Classic. 2008 Valero Texas Open. |
| International Victories | | None |
| Other Victories | | (1): 2006 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge [w/Stewart Cink and Scott Verplank]. |
| Current Year PGA TOUR Money and Position | | $1,510,933 (55) |
| Career Highlights | | 2006: First top-10 was solo third in second appearance at World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship, defeating Tom Lehman in the consolation final, 3 and 2...Past champion tied for second at BellSouth Classic, 13 shots behind Phil Mickelson. Closed with four consecutive birdies on Sunday (Nos. 15-18) to tie
Jose Maria Olazabal for runner-up honors...Runner-up at the Memorial Tournament, his third runner-up finish since he first won on TOUR in 2004...Finished ninth on the U.S. Ryder Cup team list to make his first Ryder Cup team (1-2-1 record in Ireland). 2005: Posted five top-10s for second straight season, including two top-3s...Finished T3 at the Ford Championship, thanks in part to a then-career-low 8-under 64 on Saturday, which helped him jump 25 spots from T28 to T3 heading into the final round...With four rounds in the 60s, finished T2 at the Buick Open, four strokes behind Vijay Singh. Played with Singh on Sunday and posted a 3-under-par 69...Teamed with Stewart Cink in the Algarve World Cup in Portugal in November, finishing T17. 2004: Became just the second player in TOUR history to surpass $2 million in earnings in his rookie season. Made 24 of 30 cuts and picked up his first TOUR win in just his 13th career tournament. Along with Todd Hamilton, became the first pair of rookies to make THE TOUR Championship since 1999, when Notah Begay III and Carlos Franco finished in the top 30. Began season outside the top 200 on the Official World Golf Ranking (207th) and ended the season at No. 41...Captured BellSouth Classic in April at age 28 years, 1 month and 10 days. Held the 36- and 54-hole leads after opening 69-66-68. Rollercoaster round on Sunday, with birdies on five of first 10 holes, followed by four bogeys in five holes. Converted pars on final three holes to edge Mark Hensby by one stroke. Became the fourth player to win BellSouth Classic for first TOUR victory, joining Tommy Aaron (1970), Paul Stankowski (1996) and Ben Crane (2003). 2003: Earned Nationwide Tour Player of the Year honors after making the cut in 19 of 20 events, including the last 17 and finishing first on the final money list with a then-record $494,882. Produced two wins and a Tour-leading 11 top-10s, including nine top-threes...Victories came at the Rheem Classic and the Envirocare Utah Classic...Tied a Nationwide Tour record with three consecutive runner-up performances, at The Reese's Cup Classic, the Henrico County Open and the Dayton Open...Set the Tour's all-time, single-season money record (surpassed by Troy Matteson in 2005) and became the first player in Tour history to top the $400,000 mark in earnings...Posted 68 of 78 rounds during the season at par or better...Led Tour with a record scoring average of 68.97 and finished first in putting average and all-around ranking. 2002: Won once (Tulsa, OK) on the Hooters Tour. Recorded five top-five finishes, nine top-10s and finished second on the money list. 2001: Won final three regular-season events on Hooters Tour, earning the nickname "Back-to-Back-to-Back-Zach." Finished the season as the tour's leading money winner and Player of the Year. 2000: Rookie on the Nationwide Tour...Missed the first six cuts of the year but rebounded by making four of the final five cuts with T25 at the Tri-Cities Open his best showing. 1999: Finished third on Prairie Golf Tour after winning twice. 1998: Won once on the Prairie Golf Tour and finished sixth on the money list. |
| Personal | | Began playing golf at age 10...Lists his father and mother among his heroes. Father is a chiropractor...Huge Drake University and University of Iowa sports fan...The gallery at BellSouth Classic at first TOUR victory included a group of about 10 men from Iowa who gave him financial support early in
his career. Some were seeing him play as a pro for the first time. "It started out as a business, but it ended up as a business family," Johnson said of his relationship with them. "It's unbelievable having them here." |
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