Bud Cauley

Bud Cauley
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	William Cauley
Born	(1990-03-16) March 16, 1990 Daytona Beach, Florida
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	150 lb (68 kg; 11 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Hobe Sound, Florida
Career
College	University of Alabama
Turned professional	2011
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	T63: 2011
The Open Championship	T32: 2013
PGA Championship	CUT: 2012

William "Bud" Cauley (born March 16, 1990) is an American professional golfer.

Amateur career

Cauley was born in Daytona Beach, Florida where he was home schooled by his parents. He was ranked top-five nationally in junior golf and among top 15 in the world. As a junior golfer, Cauley was a member of the 2006 Junior Ryder Cup, and the 2008 USA Junior World Golf Championships team. He was also a co-medalist at the 2008 Toyota World Junior Amateur Championships. When Cauley moved up to amateur events he was ranked No. 1 in junior golf.

Cauley chose to play college golf for the University of Alabama golf team, where he became one of the best in the program's history. He was a three-time first-team Golfweek All-American during his three years at Alabama. He was also a finalist for the Hogan Award, given to the best college golfer, all three years at Alabama. Cauley was a member of the 2009 U.S. Walker Cup team, where he posted a 3-0-1 record. In 2009, Cauley was the Southeastern Conference's Freshman of the Year. That year he captured his first collegiate victory at the United States Collegiate Championship. In 2008 he won the Players Amateur, qualifying him for the 2010 Verizon Heritage on the PGA Tour. He played in the 2009 and 2010 U.S. Amateur; in 2009 Cauley beat the world's No. 1 amateur, Rickie Fowler, in the first round of match play. He also won the Terra Cotta Invitational in 2008.

Professional career

After finishing his junior year at Alabama, Cauley qualified for the 2011 U.S. Open and decided to turn professional, foregoing his senior season.^[1] In his short professional career, Cauley did not miss a cut in the first four PGA Tour events he played. which included a T4 at the Viking Classic. He also finished T4 on the Nationwide Tour's Utah Championship. Cauley made the cut at the U.S. Open, finishing T63 and guaranteeing himself a bypass to the second stage of Q School.^[2]

Cauley also finished third at the 2011 Frys.com Open, earning himself $340,000 and a start at the McGladrey Classic, since Cauley used his last exemption and non-members who finish in the top ten in a PGA Tour event are guaranteed a start in the next tournament. During his limited time on the PGA Tour, Cauley earned $735,150 in eight starts. He finished the equivalent of 116th on the 2011 money list, joining Gary Hallberg, Scott Verplank, Phil Mickelson, Justin Leonard, Ryan Moore, and Tiger Woods as those who avoided Q school and went directly to the PGA Tour after college.

In 2012, Cauley's consistent play led to four top-10 finishes and he had entered the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking by the end of July.

In 2013, he made only 10 cuts in 24 events. He played in the Web.com Tour Finals and finished 187th to retain his PGA Tour card for 2014.

Sponsorships

Cauley currently has an endorsement with the following companies: Footjoy, Mutual of Omaha, Titleist, Audemars Piguet, IJP Design ^[3]

Results in major championships

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

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

• Palmer Cup: 2009
• Walker Cup: 2009 (winners)

See also

• 2013 Web.com Tour Finals graduates

References

External links

• Bud Cauley at the PGA Tour official site
• Bud Cauley at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
• Profile on University of Alabama's official site