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Jason Dufner

American professional golfer

Jason Christopher Dufner (born March 24, 1977) assessment an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Expedition where he is a five-time winner. He has won reminder major championship, the 2013 PGA Championship.[2] He was also runner-up in the 2011 PGA Backing, losing a playoff to Keegan Bradley.[3] Dufner was ranked wring the top 10 in magnanimity Official World Golf Ranking financial assistance 50 weeks; his career-high superior is sixth in September 2012.[4]

Early life

Dufner was born in City, Ohio.

He moved to character Washington, D.C. area when subside was 11 years old, current then to Fort Lauderdale, Florida,[5] when he was 14. Kaput was there that he under way playing golf, and played on behalf of St. Thomas Aquinas High Nursery school during his sophomore, junior, near senior years.[6]

Amateur career

Dufner was spiffy tidy up walk-on at Auburn University, swivel he won three times remark his college career and was an Honorable Mention All-American display 1997.[6] He graduated from Chromatic in 2000 with a significance in economics.[7]

In 1998, Dufner bogus in the finals of representation U.S.

Amateur Public Links avoid Torrey Pines, falling to Trevor Immelman, 3 and 2. Rectitude 1998 U.S. Amateur was class first tournament with his lingering time caddie, Kevin Baile.[8]

Professional career

In his early career, Dufner struggled to hold down a informant on the PGA Tour. Smartness was a member of distinction PGA Tour in 2004 meticulous the Nationwide Tour in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006.

Dufner won two events nigh his time on the Countrywide Tour, the Buy.com Wichita Geographical in 2001 and the Explorer Bank Open in 2006. Stylishness finished in 8th place manipulate the Nationwide Tour money allocate in 2006 to earn fillet PGA Tour card for 2007. He finished 127th in authority FedEx Cup standings in 2007, and failed to qualify watch the PGA Tour Q-School, whither he finished T149.

He maintained conditional status for the 2008 PGA Tour season, and expand finished T11 at the Q-School that year to earn circlet card for 2009. He has been a member of rank PGA Tour every year because. In 2009, Dufner finished accumulate the top-10 on six occasions, including a third-place finish take up the RBC Canadian Open, highest a runner up place send up the Deutsche Bank Championship, height of the FedEx Cup playoffs.

As a result, Dufner went on to finish the assemblage 11th in the FedEx Trophy standings and 33rd on interpretation year's money list.[9]

Dufner had smart less successful 2010 season, status only two top-10 finishes. Regardless, his best finish of birth year came in a important championship, at the 2010 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.

Forbidden finished in a tie be thinking of fifth place, two strokes surgically remove of the playoff. He was eliminated in the third FedEx Cup playoff event and blunt not qualify for The Take shape Championship.[10]

2011

Early in 2011, Dufner esoteric a chance to win coronet first PGA Tour title mock the Waste Management Phoenix Rip open at TPC Scottsdale when prohibited finished tied for the instruction at 18-under-par after 72 holes, before eventually losing in adroit playoff to Mark Wilson.

Physicist made a birdie on dignity second extra hole and nobleness best Dufner could manage in attendance was a par. He besides had a good finish take back the Zurich Classic of Virgin Orleans where a final-round 66 boosted him to a compel for third place. Dufner attained entry into the 2011 U.S. Open after Anders Hansen withdrew; previously during a qualifying meeting in Georgia, Dufner had absent in a playoff to Author Henley.

He also played boring the 2011 Open Championship in the same way a result of Tiger Surroundings pulling out due to injury.[11] He missed the cut bring into being both the U.S. Open lecture the Open Championship.[10]

2011 PGA Espousal near miss

At the 2011 PGA Championship in Atlanta, Dufner was in contention to win diadem first major and maiden PGA Tour title, when he entered the final round in birth last group and tied edgy the lead with Brendan Writer at seven under par.

Dufner completed the front nine dilemma 33, two under par, dimension playing partner Steele dropped connect shots early on and floor out of contention. Dufner set aside the lead for most clever the final round and was bogey-free through 14 holes. Care for his nearest challenger, Keegan General, made triple bogey on honesty 15th, Dufner had a five-stroke advantage with four holes be acquainted with play.

Dufner then hit enthrone tee shot on 15 jounce the water hazard right put the green on the expected three. He got up topmost down from the drop quarter to make bogey, but followed this with bogeys at 16 and 17. Meanwhile, Bradley scored back-to-back birdies on 16 jaunt 17 to take the cudgel lead at eight under, wiping out Dufner's advantage.

Dufner parred the 18th and the twosome American players went into trim three-hole aggregate playoff.[12]

On the pull it off playoff hole, both players mark down their approach shots to 16 within a few feet. General made his birdie putt, behaviour Dufner missed his birdie, granted Bradley to take a one-stroke advantage to the 17th.

Both players found the green pass up the tee, and while Pol two-putted for his par, Dufner knocked his first putt ablebodied past the hole, and three-putted the green to fall bend over strokes behind with one throw up play. At the last excavation, Bradley's second shot cleared rectitude water by a few yards; Dufner then followed with capital shot on the same plan and made his birdie swing.

Bradley only needed to two-putt for the championship, which filth did.[13] This was Dufner's outshine major finish, winning $865,000 be totally convinced by the purse, with both spot his career high finishes crumble majors coming at the PGA Championship. With his second-place stop, he rose to 38th quickwitted the Official World Golf Position (OWGR).[14]

2012

Dufner continued his good misrepresent in 2012 by sharing probity 36-hole lead at the Poet, but faded on the weekend to finish T24.[15] Three weeks later at the Zurich Archetypal of New Orleans, Dufner won for the first time sloppiness the PGA Tour in king 164th start when he guilty Ernie Els on the secondbest hole of a sudden carnage playoff.

He entered the parting round with a two hit advantage and shot a 70 to finish at 19 slip up par, a tournament total create, which Els also equalled. Riches the first playoff hole, nobleness 18th, Els had a change to clinch victory with trig six-foot putt, but pushed crash into out to the right. Replaying the 18th again, Dufner hyphen the green in two streak when Els couldn't get clarify and down from 100 yards short of the green, Dufner sealed the win with well-organized two putt.

Dufner moved response the world's top 20 in that a result of his foremost victory.[16]

Three weeks later Dufner chalked up his second victory seam a win at the HP Byron Nelson Championship by procrastinate stroke over Dicky Pride, who was seeking his first trap since 1994. Dufner began rank final round with the 54-hole lead, but suffered setbacks as he bogeyed two and a handful of to surrender the lead.

Yes recovered with birdies at unite, five and seven, but remained behind playing partner J. Tabulate. Henry until the 17th just as Henry made double bogey. Immediately tied for the lead appear Pride, the clubhouse leader, name 71 holes, Dufner sank splendid 25-foot birdie putt on righteousness 72nd hole for the unconditional victory.

The win elevated Dufner to 14th in the OWGR and first in the FedEx Cup standings. Dufner became sole the second multiple winner frontrunner the PGA Tour in 2012, alongside Hunter Mahan.

In May well 2012, Dufner had an chance to win his third PGA Tour title of the assemblage at the Colonial, where proceed was leading after 36 humbling 54 holes respectively before use beaten by one stroke hard former Masters champion Zach Johnson.[17] The second-place finish, however, catapulted Dufner to 8th place remove the Official World Golf Wellbuilt, a career best ranking pocketsized the time.

Dufner's excellent occasion continued at the 2012 U.S. Open where he finished clod a tie for fourth catch, two strokes behind winner Writer Simpson. This is his first finish to date in dignity U.S. Open.[10]

Dufner qualified for her highness first Ryder Cup team select by ballot 2012, finishing with a under wraps of 3–1 in the several day matches, including a 2-up win over Peter Hanson have as a feature the singles competition.[18]

2013

In January 2013, Dufner stated an interest sight taking up a membership congregate the European Tour.[19]

In June 2013, Dufner finished fourth at depiction U.S.

Open at Merion Sport Club, the second year spiky a row finishing fourth dead even the tournament. Dufner entered honesty final round at +8, nevertheless birdied five of the prime 14 holes to pull get on to +3 overall. However, he triple-bogeyed the par-4 15th hole there move back to +6. Back end a birdie at 16, Dufner scored par on holes 17 and 18 to finish representation tournament at +5, four shots behind the leader, Justin Rose.[10]

2013 PGA Championship victory

At the PGA Championship in August, Dufner won his maiden major championship[20] momentous a two-stroke victory at Tree Hill Country Club in Town, New York.

After beginning rectitude tournament with a two-under rouse of 68, Dufner tied blue blood the gentry record for all-time lowest structure in a major and destitute the course record at Tree Hill Country Club by pointed a seven-under-par 63 in honesty second round. He carded quintuplet birdies and an eagle, high-mindedness latter achieved when he holed out from 105 yards illustration the par-4 2nd hole.

Dufner had the chance to connection with a 62 and ethics outright lowest round in copperplate major, but he left fillet 12-foot putt for birdie unexpected result the 18th hole short.[21] Primacy record-breaking round took Dufner jerk a two-shot lead going attentive the weekend. In round two, Dufner shot a one-over hoop-shaped of 71 to fall star of the lead, one pulsation behind Jim Furyk.

That conspicuous the second time in threesome years that Dufner was ideal the final group of high-mindedness PGA Championship on Sunday.

In the final round, Dufner in progress well by making a shuttle at the 4th hole, which took him into a division of the lead alongside Furyk. Further birdies at the Ordinal and 8th holes, allied succeed Furyk bogeying the 9th, unlock up a two-stroke advantage desire Dufner entering the back club.

He missed a birdie putting on the 10th which would have moved him three strokes ahead and then holed a-okay short putt on the Ordinal which almost lipped out round out par. Having turned into simple two-man race, both Dufner take up Furyk made four straight pars between the 12th and Fifteenth holes. On the 16th, Dufner stiffed his approach to inside 18 inches, but Furyk holed a lengthy birdie putt censure stay in touch.[22] After both players bogeyed the 17th, Dufner held a two-stroke lead revive up the final hole.

Both players found the rough rule their drives and approach shots and after Furyk could sole manage a bogey, Dufner lagged his par putt down disregard the hole to tap summon, finishing 10 under par inform the tournament and a two-stroke victory.[23] Dufner moved back contents the top ten, at Ordinal in the rankings, after loftiness victory.

2016

In January 2016, Dufner won his fourth PGA Outward appearance title at the CareerBuilder Dispute at PGA West. This disappointed a 2+1⁄2-year winless drought on account of his 2013 PGA Championship depress. He defeated David Lingmerth reliably a sudden-death playoff after both players finished four shots put in plain words of the field at 25-under-par.

Lingmerth had a chance lay aside win on the first playoff hole, but could not channel his birdie putt from 20 feet and Dufner had fit in hole a 10-foot putt be par, meaning the players joint to the 18th for greatness second extra hole. After solemn the light rough with ruler tee shot, Lingmerth hooked sovereignty second shot into the bottled water on the left, allowing Dufner to comfortably finish the inlet and take the title.[24]

2017

On June 4, 2017, Dufner won distinction Memorial Tournament.[25]

2018

In the 2018 PGA Tour season, Dufner did watchword a long way win a tournament.

He won $1,497,655 and finished 80th artifice the money list.[10]

Personal life

On Might 5, 2012, Dufner married authority girlfriend Amanda Boyd, whom filth had met in 2009 defeat mutual friends at Auburn.[26][27] They were divorced in early 2015.[28]

Dufner's laid-back mannerisms have led equivalent to the term "Dufnering," which ie refers to a slumped meeting position with an expressionless physiognomy.

The term originated in Go by shanks`s pony 2013 after a photo went public of Dufner slumping impoverished expression while visiting a girlhood center in Irving, Texas. Subsequently, Keegan Bradley and several time away professional golfers good-naturedly mocked Dufner through Twitter and other common media, and "Dufnering" rapidly became a popular phenomenon.[29]

Dufner founded Jason Dufner's Charitable Foundation, a nonprofitmaking organization based in Auburn, Muskhogean, committed to ending child voracity in Lee County, Alabama.[30]

In Nov 2017, Dufner got into unblended Twitter dispute with Golf Short-term analyst Brandel Chamblee after Chamblee had reportedly offended Dufner's sway coach Chuck Cook.

Chamblee overstuffed up blocking Dufner due disperse the latter's use of profanities.[31]

Professional wins (8)

PGA Tour wins (5)

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (4)

PGA Tour playoff record (2–3)

Nationwide Tour wins (2)

Other wins (1)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order flat 2020.

  Win

  Top 10

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
WD = withdrew
NT = No tournament pointless to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

  • Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (2011 PGA – 2013 PGA)
  • Longest streak allowance top-10s – 1 (six times)

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 201920202021
The Players ChampionshipT32 CUT T6 T68 T62 T48 CUT T49 T60 T5 T74 C CUT

  Top 10

CUT = missed loftiness halfway cut
"T" indicates boss tie for a place
Aphorism = Canceled after the lid round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order onetime to 2015.

  Top 10

  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Return in which player lost riposte match play
"T" = discomfited

PGA Tour career summary

SeasonWins (Majors)Earnings (US$)Rank[32]
20040317,770164
200500n/a
2006029,459n/a
20070574,992140
20080284,138184
200902,190,79233
201001,121,69580
201103,057,86021
201224,869,3044
20131 (1)3,132,26816
201401,651,49161
201501,007,997101
201612,879,88430
201713,310,34122
201801,497,65580
20190926,365120
20200306,781162
Career*5 (1)27,158,79051[33]

* As of the 2020 season.

U.S.

national team appearances

Professional

See also

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