Todd Hamilton

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William Todd Hamilton (born October 18, 1965) is an American professional golfer.

Hamilton was born in the small west-central Illinois city of Galesburg. He grew up in an even smaller Henderson County town on the Mississippi called Oquawka. He attended Union High School in Biggsville, IL and played golf regularly on the local 9-hole golf course (now an 18 holes), Hend-Co Hills. He went to the University of Oklahoma for college where he continued to play.

He turned professional in 1987 but was unable to gain entrance to the PGA Tour. Instead he played internationally for many years, primarily on the Japan Golf Tour. When he left the Japan Golf Tour, he was the all-time leading non-Japanese money winner on it, with earnings of over 630 million yen and had won 11 times.

After eight tries, at the age of thirty eight, Hamilton went back to Qualifying School in 2003 where he finally earned his first PGA Card.

Hamilton won his first PGA Tour event at the 2004 Honda Classic. He birdied the final two holes to beat Davis Love III by one stroke at 12 under par. Later that year, Hamilton defeated Ernie Els in a four-hole playoff to win the 133rd Open Championship at the Royal Troon Golf Club.

He lives in McKinney, Texas.

[edit] PGA Tour wins (2)

Major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Japan Golf Tour wins (11)

  • 1992 (1) Maruman Open
  • 1993 (1) Acom International
  • 1994 (2) PGA Philanthropy Tournament, Japan PGA Matchplay Championship
  • 1995 (1) Token Corporation Cup
  • 1996 (1) PGA Philanthropy Tournament
  • 1998 (1) Gene Sarazen Jun Classic
  • 2003 (4) Fujisankei Classic, Diamond Cup Tournament, Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open, Japan PGA Matchplay Championship

[edit] Other wins (3)

  • 1992 (2) Singapore Rolex Masters, Maekyung Open
  • 1994 (1) Thailand Open

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 1988 1989
The Masters DNP DNP
U.S. Open CUT DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP T45 DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP 40 T39 CUT
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT CUT CUT
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP CUT 1 CUT T68
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP T29 T37 T47 CUT

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

[edit] Quotes

  • "There are probably a lot of other golfers who deserve it talent-wise to win this, but I can guarantee you that there is no one that'll appreciate it more than me." -On winning his first PGA tour event the 2004 Honda Classic.
  • "I was trying to look around as much as I could to soak it all in, I've won tournaments around the world before, but nothing on a stage like this, so to be Open champion is very special." - On winning the 133rd Open Championship.

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