Boo Weekley

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**Boo Weekley**
Personal Information
Birth	July 23, 1973 (1973-07-23) (age 34) Milton, Florida, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Jay, Florida, U.S.
College	Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Career
Turned Pro	1997
Current tour	PGA Tour (joined 2002)
Professional wins	2 (PGA Tour: 2)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters	T20: 2008
U.S. Open	T26: 2007
British Open	T35: 2007
PGA Championship	T9: 2007

Thomas Brent "Boo" Weekley (born July 23, 1973) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

Weekley was born in Milton, Florida. He turned professional in 1997 and played on mini-tours until 2002, when he qualified for the PGA Tour. He made the cut in only five of 24 events that year, and lost his tour card. From 2003 through 2006, he played on the Nationwide Tour, finishing well enough in 2006 to again qualify for the PGA Tour. His first victory came at the Verizon Heritage in April 2007.

Weekley's good form at the start of the 2007 season included two top 10 finishes before his victory, after which he reached a new career high of 55 in the Official World Golf Rankings.^[1] Later in 2007, he entered the top 50 of the rankings. He represented the United States at the 2007 OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup with Heath Slocum and finished in 2nd place.

In 2008, Weekley successfully defended his title at the Verizon Heritage, and rose into the top 25 of the rankings.^[2]

Weekley's nickname comes from Yogi Bear's sidekick, Boo Boo Bear.^[3]

After failing out of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College after one year on the golf team, Weekley returned home and was hired as a hydroblaster at the Monsanto chemical plant in Pensacola, Fla. where he would be lowered into large ammonia tanks to clean them. Weekley began his professional career on the Developmental Players Tour (DP Tour) in Atlanta, Ga., a tour co-founded by Jack Slocum, Heath Slocum's father.</ref>