John Senden

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John Senden
Personal Information
Birth April 20, 1971 (1971-04-20) (age 37)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 193 lb (88 kg)
Nationality Flag of Australia Australia
College None
Career
Turned Pro 1992
Current tour PGA Tour
Professional wins 5 (PGA Tour: 1, Other: 4)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters CUT: 2008
U.S. Open CUT: 2004
British Open T35: 2006
PGA Championship T4: 2007

John Gerard Senden (born 20 April 1971) is an Australian professional golfer.

Senden was born in Brisbane, Queensland and turned pro in 1992.

Senden has played all over the world. He is a regular competitor on the PGA Tour of Australasia and has spent time playing in Asia. In Europe he won twice on the second tier Challenge Tour in 1998 and was a member of the main European Tour from 1999 to 2001.

In 2002 he joined the PGA Tour in the United States, and he claimed his first PGA Tour title on July 16, 2006 at the John Deere Classic, a one-shot victory over American J. P. Hayes. Later in 2006 he won his national open for the first time.

In 2007, he was the leading Australian at the U.S. PGA Championship which was won by Tiger Woods and reached the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

Contents

[edit] PGA Tour wins (1)

[edit] Other professional wins (4)

  • 1996 Indonesian PGA Championship
  • 1998 Interlaken Open (Challenge Tour), Alliance Open (Challenge Tour)
  • 2006 MFS Australian Open

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
U.S. Open DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP T35 T45
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT T4

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

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