Woody Austin

Woody Austin
Woody Austin
Personal information
Full name	Albert Woody Austin II
Born	January 27, 1964 (age 60); Tampa, Florida
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Residence	Derby, Kansas
Career
College	University of Miami
Turned professional	1986
Current tour(s)	Champions Tour
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	9
Highest ranking	29 (October 28, 2007)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	4
PGA Tour Champions	3
Other	2
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	CUT: 1996, 2008
PGA Championship	2nd: 2007
U.S. Open	T23: 1996
The Open Championship	T39: 2008
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour; Rookie of the Year
PGA Tour; Rookie of the Year	1995

Albert Woody Austin II (born January 27, 1964) is an American professional golfer who played the majority of his career on the PGA Tour, but now plays on the Champions Tour.

Austin was born in Tampa, Florida. He attended the University of Miami, where he was a member of the golf team coached by Norman C. Parsons Jr. He graduated in 1986 with a degree in Business Administration and turned professional later that year.

Austin won PGA Tour Rookie of the Year honors in 1995. He has won four times on tour: the 1995 Buick Open, the 2004 Buick Championship, the 2007 Stanford St. Jude Championship shooting a final round 62, and the 2013 Sanderson Farms Championship (where he became the 8th oldest winner in Tour history, just younger than Raymond Floyd).

During the 1997 Verizon Heritage, Austin intentionally struck his head with his putter five times. He hit his head so hard that the shaft bent.^[2]

After the second round of the 2007 PGA Championship, Austin joked that he was named after actor Woody Harrelson (Harrelson being only three years older than Austin). He went on to finish 2nd behind Tiger Woods, his best major finish. This achievement moved Austin into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings. During the 2007 Presidents Cup, Austin fell into a pond while attempting to hit a shot with one foot in the water.^[3] During his singles match against 2007 U.S. Open Champion Ángel Cabrera, he wore a pair of swimming goggles.^[2]

After struggling for years to maintain his PGA Tour Status, Austin won the 2013 Sanderson Farms Championship, his first PGA Tour win in six years. In that season's PGA Championship, Austin was given a four-stroke penalty for having fifteen clubs in his bag; he would miss the cut by one stroke. Although Austin didn't do well enough to earn entry into the FedEx Cup (137th after making two cuts in eight events, plus the win was an alternate event only worth 300 FedEx Cup points rather than 500), his win earned him a tour card through 2015. Despite his exemption, Austin decided to focus on the Champions Tour.

In March 2016, Austin won his maiden title on the Champions Tour with a one stroke victory at the Tucson Conquistadores Classic; he followed that victory up with two additional Champions Tour wins in 2016.

Austin was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame at its 40th Annual Banquet held February 13, 2008 at Miami's Jungle Island. He resides in Derby, Kansas.

Professional wins (9)

PGA Tour wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Aug 6, 1995	Buick Open	−18 (63-68-72-67=270)	Playoff	Mike Brisky
2	Aug 29, 2004	Buick Championship	−10 (68-70-66-66=270)	Playoff	Tim Herron
3	Jun 10, 2007	Stanford St. Jude Championship	−13 (72-66-67-62=267)	5 strokes	Brian Davis
4	Jul 21, 2013	Sanderson Farms Championship	−20 (69-65-67-67=268)	Playoff	Cameron Beckman, Daniel Summerhays

PGA Tour playoff record (3–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1995	Buick Open	Mike Brisky	Won with par on second extra hole
2	2003	MCI Heritage	Davis Love III	Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole
3	2004	Buick Championship	Tim Herron	Won with birdie on first extra hole
4	2013	Sanderson Farms Championship	Cameron Beckman, Daniel Summerhays	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (2)

1993 Waterloo Open Golf Classic
2007 Merrill Lynch Shootout (with Mark Calcavecchia)

Champions Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Mar 20, 2016	Tucson Conquistadores Classic	−16 (65-70-65=200)	1 stroke	Jim Carter
2	Apr 17, 2016	Mitsubishi Electric Classic	−11 (72-69-64=205)	Playoff	Wes Short, Jr.
3	Apr 24, 2016	Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf (with Michael Allen)	−23 (49-59-48=156)	1 stroke	David Frost & Roger Chapman

Champions Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2016	Mitsubishi Electric Classic	Wes Short, Jr.	Won with par on second extra hole
1	2016	Boeing Classic	Bernhard Langer, Kevin Sutherland	Langer won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	T23	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T23	T69	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP
U.S. Open	T37	DNP	CUT	T48	DNP	DNP	T32	CUT	T71	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T39	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	T27	T62	T66	T16	2	CUT	T36

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT

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

Summary

Tournament	2nd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	2	0
U.S. Open	0	0	0	1	7	5
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	2	1
PGA Championship	1	1	1	3	10	8
Totals	1	1	1	4	21	14

Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2003 U.S. Open – 2006 PGA)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in World Golf Championship events

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Accenture Match Play Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	QF	DNP
CA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	T44	DNP
Bridgestone Invitational	T36	DNP	T56	T52	T15

DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
NT = No Tournament
Yellow background for top-10.

U.S. national team appearances

Presidents Cup: 2007 (winners)

References

^ "Week 43 2007 Ending 28 Oct 2007" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
^ ^a ^b PGATour.com - Summer of Woody: Austin becomes household name in span of weeks
^ PGATour.com - Austin takes a highlight-reel dive, then rallies his team

External links

Woody Austin at the PGA Tour official site
Woody Austin at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame

[w200743-1] "Week 43 2007 Ending 28 Oct 2007" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 3, 2019.

[summer-2] PGATour.com - Summer of Woody: Austin becomes household name in span of weeks

[3] PGATour.com - Austin takes a highlight-reel dive, then rallies his team

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