Todd Hamilton

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1 PGA Tour wins (2)
2 Japan Golf Tour wins (11)
3 Other wins (3)
4 Major Championships
- 4.1 Wins (1)
- 4.2 Results timeline
5 Quotes
6 External links

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)

2004 (2) Honda Classic, Open Championship

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] Major Championships

[edit] Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 Holes	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runners Up
2004	The Open Championship	1 shot lead	-10 (71-67-67-69=274)	Playoff ¹	Ernie Els

¹ Defeated Ernie Els in 4-hole playoff: Hamilton (4-4-3-4=15), Els (4-4-4-4=16)

[edit] Results timeline

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	2007
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	40	T39	CUT	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.