Sean Murphy (golfer)

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Sean Murphy
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Sean Patrick Murphy
Born	(1965-08-17) August 17, 1965 Des Moines, Iowa
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Scottsdale, Arizona
Career
College	University of New Mexico
Turned professional	1988
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Nike Tour
Professional wins	6
Number of wins by tour
Web.com Tour	6
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	T32: 1996
The Open Championship	CUT: 1996
PGA Championship	DNP
Achievements and awards
Nike Tour leading money winner	1993
Nike Tour Player of the Year	1993

Sean Patrick Murphy (born August 17, 1965) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.

Amateur career

Murphy was born in Des Moines, Iowa.^[1] His father got him started with golf at age 6. He was the New Mexico High School Champion in 1982 and 1984, and American Junior Golf Association Southwest Champion in 1983. He attended the University of New Mexico and was the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 1988.

Professional career

Murphy turned professional in 1988.^[1] He was the first player to win on the Nike Tour (now the Web.com Tour) four times in one year. He shared the Web.com Tour record for most career victories at six^[2] with Kevin Johnson, Matt Gogel and Jason Gore, until Gore earned his seventh win in 2010. Murphy was the Nike Tour Player of the Year and money leader in 1993.

Murphy has more than $1 million in career earnings. He has played in five major championships: 1993 U.S. Open at Baltusrol, 1996 U.S. Open at Oakland Hills, 1996 Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Anns, 1997 U.S. Open at Congressional, and 2003 U.S. Open at Olympia Fields. His best finish in a major championship was T-32 at Oakland Hills.^[3]

Murphy lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Professional wins (6)

Nike Tour wins (6)

1992 Ben Hogan Louisiana Open
1993 Nike Central Georgia Open, Nike Greater Greenville Classic, Nike Utah Classic, Nike Sonoma County Open
1995 Nike Philadelphia Classic

Results in major championships

Tournament	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	T32	CUT	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

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

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Biographical information from ESPN.com". Retrieved 26 January 2008.
↑ "Biographical information from PGA Tour's official site". Retrieved March 17, 2011.
↑ "Golf Major Championships". Retrieved 2008-01-26.

External links

Sean Murphy 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

Persondata
Name	Murphy, Sean
Alternative names	Murphy, Sean Patrick
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	August 17, 1965
Place of birth	Des Moines, Iowa
Date of death
Place of death

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