Rod Pampling
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Rodney Pampling |
| Born | 23 September 1969 Redcliffe, Queensland |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Nationality |  Australia |
| Residence | Brisbane, Australia; Flower Mound, Texas, U.S. |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1994 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour (joined 2002) European Tour (joined 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 |
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| 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.
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[edit] Golf career
Pampling was born in Redcliffe in Queensland. He turned professional in 1994. He began 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 Nationwide Tour, and did well enough in his second season to gain promotion to the full PGA Tour.
In 1999, Pampling shot an opening round 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].
[edit] Professional wins
[edit] PGA Tour wins
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory |
Runner-up |
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| 1 | 8 Aug 2004 | The International | 31 points (15-7-7-2=31) | 2 points |  Alex Čejka |
| 2 | 19 Mar 2006 | Bay Hill Invitational | -14 (70-65-67-72=274) | 1 stroke |  Greg Owen |
[edit] PGA Tour of Australasia wins
- 1999 Canon Challenge
- 2008 Sportsbet Australian Masters (co-sanctioned with European Tour - 2009 season)
[edit] Other wins
- 2006 Merrill Lynch Shootout (with Jerry Kelly)
[edit] Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T5 | T16 | T37 | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP | CUT | T32 | CUT | T14 | CUT |
| The Open Championship | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T27 | T78 | T35 | T27 | CUT | CUT |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T14 | T55 | CUT | CUT | T42 | CUT | CUT |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Pampling makes a clean cut from the past at Carnoustie". Reuters. July 18, 2007. http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSL1870086020070718. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
- ^ Notes: Players thankful for sponsor exemptions
[edit] External links
- Rod Pampling at the PGA Tour of Australasia official site
- Rod Pampling at the PGA Tour official site
- Rod Pampling at the European Tour official site
- Rod Pampling at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
