Ken Duke

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Ken Duke
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Kenneth Wootson Duke
Born	(1969-01-29) January 29, 1969 Hope, Arkansas
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Palm City, Florida
Career
College	Henderson State University
Turned professional	1994
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Former tour(s)	Nationwide Tour Canadian Tour
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	1
Web.com Tour	2
Other	2
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	T35: 2009
U.S. Open	T23: 2007
The Open Championship	T64: 2013
PGA Championship	T13: 2008
Achievements and awards
Canadian Tour Order of Merit winner	1999
Nationwide Tour leading money winner	2006
Nationwide Tour Player of the Year	2006

Kenneth Wootson Duke (born January 29, 1969) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

Duke was born in Hope, Arkansas. As a seventh grader, he was diagnosed with scoliosis and wore a back brace 23 hours a day. Duke had surgery two years later and had a 16-inch metal rod attached to his spine that still remains. Months later, He won medalist honors in a high school district tournament while wearing a back brace. Duke played his college golf at Division II Henderson State University.

After turning professional in 1994, Duke bounced around the world playing mini-tours and on the Asian Tour, South American Tour, and the Canadian Tour. In 1999, he won twice on the Canadian Tour and led their Order of Merit. Duke first played on what was then the Nike Tour in 1995 and qualified for the PGA Tour in 2004, but failed to keep his card and returned to the Nationwide Tour. In 2006 he finished at the top of the Nationwide Tour money list and won the BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs, which regained his playing rights on the PGA Tour for 2007.

After a slow start to the 2007 season, Duke hit a run of good form in the spring, with four consecutive top 10 finishes, elevating Duke into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

At the 2011 Nationwide Tour Championship, Duke secured his PGA Tour card with a win. He jumped from 36th on the Tour's money list to seventh.

On June 23, 2013, in his 187th start and after three runner-up finishes in his career, Duke broke through to win his maiden event on the PGA Tour at the Travelers Championship. He beat Chris Stroud with a birdie on the second extra hole of a sudden-death playoff. He entered the final round two shots back of the leaders, but shot a final round 66 to take the lead in the clubhouse before Stroud chipped in on the final green to force a playoff. In the playoff, after both players made par on the first extra hole, Duke played his approach to within three feet. Stroud who was about 30 feet away, could not make a birdie, leaving Duke to convert from three feet for his first PGA Tour victory.^[1]

Professional wins (5)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Jun 23, 2013	Travelers Championship	–12 (69-68-65-66=268)	Playoff	Chris Stroud

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2013	Travelers Championship	Chris Stroud	Won with birdie on second extra hole

Nationwide Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Apr 30, 2006	BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs	–13 (69-68-68-68=273)	1 stroke	Jess Daley
2	Oct 30, 2011	Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island	–10 (72-68-70-68=278)	2 strokes	Scott Brown

Canadian Tour wins (2)

1999 Shell Payless Open, Bayer Championship

Results in major championships

Tournament	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T35
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T23	DNP	CUT
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T18	T13	CUT

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	T64
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T62	T57

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

Summary

Tournament	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	1	1
U.S. Open	1	3	1
The Open Championship	0	3	1
PGA Championship	2	5	4
Totals	3	12	7

Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2007 U.S. Open – 2009 Masters)
Longest streak of top-10s – 0

References

↑ "Ken Duke wins PGA Tour's Travelers Championship in playoff over Chris Stroud". ESPN. Associated Press. June 23, 2013. Retrieved June 23, 2013.

External links

Official website
Ken Duke at the PGA Tour official site
Ken Duke at the Official World Golf Ranking 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

Persondata
Name	Duke, Ken
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	January 29, 1969
Place of birth	Hope, Arkansas
Date of death
Place of death

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