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Scott Piercy
Personal information
Full nameScott Piercy
Born (1978-11-06) November 6, 1978 (age 45)
Las Vegas, Nevada[1]
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceLas Vegas, Nevada[1]
SpouseSara
Children3 sons
Career
CollegeSan Diego State
Turned professional2001
Current tour(s)PGA Tour (2009– )
Former tour(s)Nationwide Tour (2008)
Professional wins5
Highest ranking25 (July 3, 2016)[2]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour3
Korn Ferry Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT29: 2016
PGA ChampionshipT5: 2013
U.S. OpenT51: 2011
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2013

Scott Piercy (born November 6, 1978) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada,[1] Piercy played college golf at San Diego State and turned professional after graduation in 2001. He played on various mini-tours before becoming a Nationwide Tour member in 2008. After a poor start to the season, he won two tournaments in August and finished ninth on the money list to earn PGA Tour playing rights for 2009.

Piercy made an encouraging start to his PGA Tour career, recording five top-twenty finishes in his first six starts, and this run of form elevated Piercy into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings in March 2009. He finished the season ranked 90th on the money list to retain his tour card, but slipped to 136th in 2010, and lost some of his tour status for 2011.

In 2011, Piercy won his first PGA Tour event at the Reno-Tahoe Open, an alternate event in early August. His second tour win came in July 2012 at the RBC Canadian Open, one stroke over runners-up Robert Garrigus and William McGirt. As a result, Piercy earned a place in the following week's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and was therefore unable to defend his Reno-Tahoe Open title. In early November, he was a runner-up at the WGC-HSBC Champions in China. The Canadian Open win gained Piercy entry into the Masters in 2013, his first, and made the cut. During the 2013 season, he finished third at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, tied for fifth at the PGA Championship and Byron Nelson Championship, and reached the round of 16 at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.

In the 2014 season, Piercy had an arm injury and was out for five months. In his return, he had a best result of T-12 at the Wyndham Championship. Many people believe Scott Piercy's game to be up there with the games best players however, he has received the nickname "3 off" due to him being three off the lead at all times in all major tournaments since 2008.

In the 2015 season, he finished seventh at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, runner-up at the Sony Open in Hawaii, tenth at the Shell Houston Open. In July, he won the inaugural Barbasol Championship in Alabama, an alternate event opposite the Open Championship, for his first victory in three years.

Professional wins (5)

PGA Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 Aug 7, 2011 Reno-Tahoe Open 72-70-61-70=273 –15 1 stroke United States Pat Perez
2 Jul 29, 2012 RBC Canadian Open 62-67-67-67=263 –17 1 stroke United States Robert Garrigus, United States William McGirt
3 Jul 19, 2015 Barbasol Championship 69-66-65-65=265 –19 3 strokes United States Will Wilcox

Nationwide Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 Aug 10, 2008 Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open 64-62-65-71=262 –22 2 strokes United States Hunter Haas, United States Spencer Levin,
United States Daniel Summerhays
2 Aug 24, 2008 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic 66-68-69-64=267 –13 2 strokes Zimbabwe Brendon de Jonge, Australia Cameron Percy

Results in major championships

Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T54 DNP DNP T29
U.S. Open CUT DNP DNP T51 CUT CUT DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP T26 T48 T5 CUT T48

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 0 0 0 2 2
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PGA Championship 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 4
Totals 0 0 0 1 1 1 12 7
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (three times, current)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Cadillac Championship DNP T25 DNP DNP T17
Dell Match Play DNP R16 R64 DNP T18
Bridgestone Invitational T19 T59 DNP DNP
HSBC Champions T2 T21 DNP T35

DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Yellow background for top-10.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "PGA Tour profile". Retrieved April 27, 2012.
  2. ^ "Week 27 2016 Ending 3 Jul 2016" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
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