Brandt Snedeker

Brandt Snedeker (born December 8, 1980) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

Snedeker was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He attended Montgomery Bell Academy and then Vanderbilt University, where he was a member of the Chi Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order. He won the U.S. Amateur Public Links in 2003 before turning professional. He played on the Nationwide Tour from 2004 until 2006, when he finished in the top 10 of the tour money list after victories at the Showdown at Somerby and the Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic, thus earning a PGA Tour spot for 2007. At the 2008 Masters, Snedeker finished four strokes under par to finish tied for 3rd place. Snedeker currently works with Todd Anderson of the Sea Island Golf Club.

2007: PGA Tour Rookie of the Year

Snedeker garnered immediate attention in January after shooting a course record equaling 61 in the first round of the Buick Invitational. He led the tournament by three strokes after 36 holes [cite web|url=http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15101&select=21623|title=Snedeker Surprise 36-Hole Leader at Buick] but due to a 74 in the third round he finished in third place. He made eight consecutive cuts starting at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic in January and ending at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March. In that span he recorded three top 25 finishes. Snedeker did not play as well as he hoped in the month of April. In four tournaments in April, he made two cuts including a finish of T16 at the Verizon Heritage. From May to early June Snedeker made the cut in two of the four tournaments he entered. This included an impressive T12 finish at the prestigious PLAYERS Championship. Snedeker would then go on a hot streak starting at the Stanford St. Jude Championship on June 10. He finished in a tie for fifth at that tournament and by doing so surpassed $1 million in earnings on tour in 2007. He finished in a tie for 23rd at the U.S. Open the following week. He recorded two top ten finishes in early July including a tie for 10th at the Buick Open. This finish put Snedeker into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time. [ [http://dps.twiihosting.net/wgr/doc/content/archive/2007/owgr26f2007.pdf Official World Golf Rankings] - July 1, 2007] Later in July he finished in a tie for 7th at the Canadian Open. Two weeks after the Canadian, Snedeker played in the PGA Championship for the first time. Snedeker finished in an impressive tie for 18th place. Snedeker picked up his first PGA Tour victory the next week at the Wyndham Championship in North Carolina. This win propelled him to a world ranking of 55th. [ [http://dps.twiihosting.net/wgr/doc/content/archive/2007/owgr33f2007.pdf Official World Golf Rankings] - August 19, 2007] The Wyndham Championship was the last regular season event before the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Snedeker entered the playoffs in 9th place in the point standings. He played in all four playoff events. He recorded finishes of missed cut, T47, T14 and T29. Snedeker finished in 20th place in the final points standings and that earned him a bonus check of $225,000. Due to his great performance on tour he was named the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year for 2007. [cite web|url=http://www.pgatour.com/2007/r/12/10/yearend.awards/|title=Woods named PGA TOUR Player of the Year]

Snedeker entered 29 PGA Tour events in 2007. He made 23 cuts including one win, a third place finish, six top ten finishes and thirteen top 25 finishes. [ [http://www.pgatour.com/players/02/76/49/results/ PGA Tour results] Brandt Snedeker - 2007] He earned $2,836,643 which put him in 17th on the final money list. Snedeker will be exempt for every PGA Tour tournament in 2008, and finished 2007 ranked 47th in the world rankings.

Following his third place finish at the 2008 Masters Tournament, Snedeker reached a new high of 32nd in the world rankings.

Amateur wins (1)

*2003 U.S. Amateur Public Links

Professional wins (3)

PGA Tour wins (1)

*2007 Wyndham Championship

Nationwide Tour wins (2)

*2006 (2) Scholarship America Showdown, Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic

Results in major championships

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

References

External links

* [http://www.pgatour.com/players/02/76/49/ Profile on the PGA Tour's official site]