Rod Pampling

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Rod Pampling
 Golfer 
Personal information
Full name Rodney Pampling
Born (1969-09-23) 23 September 1969
Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Nationality  Australia
Residence Brisbane, Australia;
Flower Mound, Texas, U.S.
Career
Turned professional 1994
Current tour(s) PGA Tour (joined 2002)
Former tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
European Tour (2009)
Professional wins 5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 2
European Tour 1
PGA Tour of Australasia 2
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament T5: 2005
U.S. Open T14: 2008
The Open Championship T27: 2004, 2007
PGA Championship T14: 2003

Rodney Pampling (born 23 September 1969) is an Australian professional golfer.

Golf career

Pampling was born in Redcliffe, Queensland. He turned professional in 1994. He began his tournament golf career on the PGA Tour of Australasia, where he won the 1999 Canon Challenge, and also spent time on the NGA Hooters Tour, a developmental tour in the United States. In 2000 and 2001 he played on the PGA Tour's official developmental tour, the Buy.com Tour, now called the Web.com Tour, and did well enough in his second season to gain promotion to the full PGA Tour.

In 1999, Pampling shot a 71 at Carnoustie during the opening round of the Open Championship, leading the field. However, he shot an 86 in the second round to miss the cut.[1]

He achieved his first PGA Tour win at The International in 2004 and his second at the 2006 Bay Hill Invitational, which took him into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings. He continues to play a few events in his home country each year during the northern hemisphere winter. He won the Sportsbet Australian Masters at Huntingdale Golf Club, Melbourne in November 2008, beating Marcus Fraser in a 3-hole playoff after the two players tied at a 12-under par 276. As a European Tour co-sanctioned event, that win also earned him a two-year exemption on that tour.

After a rough 2010, Pampling played the 2011 season with limited status as a past champion and through sponsor invites. He received a limetime invitation to the AT&T National from tournament director Greg McLaughlin after personally trying to thank each tournament director that gave him a sponsor exemption during the 2011 season. Pampling clawed his way to 124th on the PGA Tour, regaining his Tour card by just over $2,000.[2] Pampling finished the 2012 season 127th on the money list, just missing a PGA Tour card by two spots and $26,617.

Professional wins

PGA Tour wins

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1 8 Aug 2004 The International 31 points (15-7-7-2=31) 2 points Germany Alex Čejka
2 19 Mar 2006 Bay Hill Invitational −14 (70-65-67-72=274) 1 stroke England Greg Owen

PGA Tour of Australasia wins

  • 1999 Canon Challenge
  • 2008 Sportsbet Australian Masters (co-sanctioned with European Tour – 2009 season)

Other wins

Results in major championships

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T5 T16 T37 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP CUT T32 CUT T14 CUT DNP DNP 70
The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP T27 T78 T35 T27 CUT CUT DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T14 T55 CUT CUT T42 CUT CUT DNP DNP DNP

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

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 3
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 3
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 3
Totals 0 0 0 1 1 4 24 13
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2003 PGA – 2005 Masters)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1

See also

References

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