List of Florida Gators men's golfers on the PGA Tour

This List of Florida Gators men's golfers on the PGA Tour includes notable athletes who played for the Florida Gators men's golf team that represents the in Gainesville, Florida, and who play or have played golf professionally. These University of Florida alumni played on the PGA Tour and/or on the affiliated Web.com Tour or Champions Tour. The table lists their wins on these tours and other notable golfing achievements. The first PGA Tour win of North's career came at the 1977 American Express Westchester Classic. He was 28 years old when he won the 1978 U.S. Open at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado. He moved into the lead after the second round, and was one shot ahead going into Sunday, but an erratic final round left him needing to make a five on the last hole to take the championship. He struggled up the 18th, finding the rough twice and then landing in a greenside bunker, but he made a four-foot putt to win by one stroke over J. C. Snead and Dave Stockton. List of Florida Gators men's golfers on the PGA Tour. List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins. List of University of Florida alumni. Reference Links For This Wiki. These University of Florida alumni played on the PGA Tour and/or on the affiliated Web.com Tour or Champions Tour. The table lists their wins on these tours and other notable golfing achievements. Name. data-sort-type="number". PGA wins. data-sort-type="number". Web.com wins. Aaron won the 1973 ; was the runner-up in the 1958 U.S. Amateur and the 1972 PGA Championship. Wally Armstrong. â“ â“ â“ Armstrong was a PGA Tour member (1973â“1983), and the winner of the 1973 Indiana Open. Pat Bates. â“ 5. n/a. Bates was a three-time All-American who won five tournaments on the Nationwide Tour. Andy Bean. 11. â“ 3. Bean finished second twice in the PGA Championship and once in the British Open. Deleted Wikipedia articles, American male golfers, Florida Gators men's golfers, and 10 more. PGA Tour golfers. Champions Tour golfers. Ryder Cup competitors for the United States. Golfers from Texas. He topped the PGA Tour money list in 1969 with earnings of $175,223.[5] He has eleven wins on the tour including victories in the Tournament of Champions in 1967 and 1970. He was a member of the U.S. team in the Ryder Cup in 1969 and 1971 and had a 2â“3â“3 win-loss-half record. His best finishes in a major tournament were a third-place finish and a tie for third in the 1965 and 1975 U.S. Opens. After turning 50 years old, he played on the Senior PGA Tour (now the Champions Tour), where he won the 1990 Murata Reunion Pro-Am. David Roy Peoples (born January 9, 1960) is an American who has played on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour. Peoples was born in Augusta, Maine. He accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach John Darr and Coach Lynn Blevins' Florida Gators men's golf team in National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) competition in 1980 and 1981. Main article: List of Florida Gators men's golfers on the PGA Tour. The Gators men's golf team host its home matches at the Mark Bostick Golf Course, located on 110 acres (0.45 km2) of the university's campus in Gainesville, Florida.[12] The university course was originally designed by noted Scottish golfer and golf course architect Donald Ross in 1921,[13] it was partially redesigned and rebuilt by noted golf architect Bobby. These University of Florida alumni played on the PGA Tour and/or on the affiliated Web.com Tour or Champions Tour. The table lists their wins on these tours and other notable golfing achievements. For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for List of Florida Gators men's golfers on the PGA Tour. Home. News. Gay turned pro in 1994 and joined the PGA Tour in 1999. He picked up his first win on tour at the Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun in 2008 after 293 PGA Tour starts, with his second win coming at the Verizon Heritage in 2009.[6] He won the event by ten strokes, finishing at 20-under par. The ten stroke victory is one of the biggest wins in the PGA Tour's history. His best position on the year-end money list is 13th in 2009. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking, ranking as high as 35th in 2009. Gay was not exempt to play in the 2009 U.S. Open heading... List of Florida Gators men's golfers on the PGA Tour. List of University of Florida alumni. List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members. References.