Derek Lamely

Derek Lamely
Personal information
Born	July 12, 1980 (1980-07-12) (age 31) Belleville, Illinois
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Nationality	United States
Career
College	Florida Gulf Coast University McNeese State University
Turned professional	2004
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Former tour(s)	Nationwide Tour
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	1
Nationwide Tour	1
Other	3
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT: 2010
The Open Championship	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT: 2010

Derek Lamely (born July 12, 1980) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.

Lamely was born in Belleville, Illinois. He was a member of the Texas State Championship team at Montgomery High School. He played college golf at Florida Gulf Coast University before transferring to McNeese State University. He turned professional in 2004.

Lamely began his career on mini tours. He won the Iowa Open in 2004. He played on the Egolf Tarheel Tour in 2008. Lamely won the 2008 Waterloo Open Golf Classic which is the largest golf tournament in Iowa. Lamely went to PGA Tour qualifying school for the first time in 2008 but did not did not earn his card. Lamely joined the Nationwide Tour in 2009. He did not find much success until August when he won the Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational in a playoff over Rickie Fowler. Lamely began the final round eight strokes behind the leader but his final round of 65 (-6) was enough to force a playoff. He finished 4th on the money list and earned his 2010 PGA Tour card.

In March 2010, he won his first PGA Tour event, the Puerto Rico Open by two strokes.^[1] The win earned Lamely $630,000 and a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour.

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner-up
1	Mar 15, 2010	Puerto Rico Open	-19 (69-71-63-66=269)	2 strokes	Kris Blanks

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner-up
1	Aug 2, 2009	Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational	-11 (71-69-68-65=273)	Playoff	Rickie Fowler

Other wins (3)

• 2004 Iowa Open
• 2008 Waterloo Open Golf Classic, Greater Cedar Rapids Open Golf Classic

Results in major championships

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

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

See also

• 2009 Nationwide Tour graduates

References

1. ^ "Lamely wins the third annual Puerto Rico Open". msnbc.com. 2010-03-15. http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/31157935/ns/sports-player_news/. Retrieved 2010-03-20. 

External links

• Derek Lamely at the PGA Tour official site
• Derek Lamely at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

Persondata
Name	Lamely, Derek
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	July 12, 1980
Place of birth	Belleville, Illinois
Date of death
Place of death