Carl Paulson

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Carl Paulson
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Carl Albert Paulson
Born	(1970-12-29) December 29, 1970 Quantico, Virginia
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 13 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Orlando, Florida
Career
College	University of South Carolina
Turned professional	1994
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	3
Number of wins by tour
Web.com Tour	2
Other	1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT: 1996, 2001, 2004
The Open Championship	CUT: 2001
PGA Championship	CUT: 2001, 2002
Achievements and awards
Nike Tour leading money winner	1999
Nike Tour Player of the Year	1999

Carl Albert Paulson (born December 29, 1970) is an American professional golfer.

Paulson attended the University of South Carolina,^[1] where was an All-America selection and the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Player of the Year in 1993.^[2]

Paulson turned professional in 1994^[1] and won the 1995 PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. He was a member of the PGA Tour in 1995, 1996 and from 2000 to 2008. He was a member of the Nike Tour from 1997 to 1999. He led the Nike Tour's money list in 1999. Paulson did not play in another PGA Tour event until 2011 after sustaining back injuries at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee on July 21, 2005. He withdrew from that event and was sidelined for an extended period. He earned his card for 2006 through a major medical exemption, but did not play in any events due to the chronic nature of his injuries. He returned to competition in 2010 on the Nationwide Tour.^[2]

Paulson wrote the book, Rookie on Tour, with Virginia psychologist Louis Janda. It was published in 1999.^[3]

Professional wins (3)

Nike Tour wins (2)

1999 Nike Utah Classic, Nike Boise Open

Other wins

1995 PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament

Results in major championships

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP

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

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Profile on PGA Tour's official site". Retrieved March 17, 2011.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Biographical information from PGA Tour's official site". Retrieved March 17, 2011.
↑ Amazon.com: Rookie on Tour: Books: Carl Paulson

External links

Carl Paulson at the PGA Tour official site

v t e Web.com Tour Player of the Year

1990 Jeff Maggert 1991 Tom Lehman† 1992 John Flannery 1993 Sean Murphy 1994 Chris Perry 1995 Jerry Kelly 1996 Stewart Cink† 1997 Chris Smith 1998 Bob Burns 1999 Carl Paulson 2000 Spike McRoy 2001 Chad Campbell 2002 Patrick Moore 2003 Zach Johnson† 2004 Jimmy Walker 2005 Jason Gore 2006 Ken Duke 2007 Nick Flanagan 2008 Brendon de Jonge 2009 Michael Sim 2010 Jamie Lovemark 2011 J. J. Killeen 2012 Casey Wittenberg

† indicates won major sometime in their respective golfing careers

Authority control	VIAF: 18967623

Persondata
Name	Paulson, Carl
Alternative names	Paulson, Carl Albert
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	December 29, 1970
Place of birth	Quantico, Virginia
Date of death
Place of death

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