Cliff Kresge

Cliff Kresge
Personal information
Full name	Clifford Terry Kresge
Born	October 3, 1968 (1968-10-03) (age 43) Lakewood Township, New Jersey
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Kingsport, Tennessee Heathrow, Florida
Career
College	University of Central Florida
Turned professional	1991
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	4
Number of wins by tour
Nationwide Tour	3
Other	1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	T10: 2003
The Open Championship	CUT: 2003
PGA Championship	CUT: 2008

Clifford Terry Kresge (born October 3, 1968) is an American professional golfer. He has played on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour since 1997.

Kresge was born in Lakewood Township, New Jersey.^[1] He graduated from the University of Central Florida with a liberal arts degree in 1991 and turned professional. He played mainly on mini-tours until 1997 when he joined the Nationwide Tour. He has three wins on the Nationwide Tour. His best finishes on the PGA Tour are a pair of T-3 at the 2002 B.C. Open and the 2008 Arnold Palmer Invitational (an event he grew up attending after his family moved to Orlando, Florida).

Kresge won a 2011 NGA Hooters Tour event; the Bridgestone Winter Series at Deer Island GC in a four-hole playoff.

Kresge currently resides in Heathrow, Florida and Kingsport, Tennessee.

Kresge has gone public, along with Ernie Els, about both of their sons being diagnosed with autism. Kresge was the Honorary Walk Chair for the November 15, 2008 Orlando Walk Now For Autism, a fundraiser for Autism Speaks.^[2] In September 2009, Kresge along with Els and 18 other PGA Tour players held a charity Pro-Am at Ridgefields Country Club in Kingsport for his Autism Charity: Kresge's Krew.^[3] The foundation again held their annual tournament at Ridgefields in 2010. Ernie Els returned to headline a field of 15 PGA Tour players

Professional wins

Nationwide Tour wins

• 2002 Virginia Beach Open, Hershey Open
• 2006 Oregon Classic

Other wins

• 2011 Bridgestone Winter Series at Deer Island GC (NGA Hooters Tour)

See also

• 2000 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
• 2002 Buy.com Tour graduates

References

1. ^ Ducibella, Jim. "Beach Open", The Virginian-Pilot, May 5, 2002. Accessed February 9, 2011. "Kresge, a Lakewood, NJ, native, worked short-game magic the entire back nine..."
2. ^ Orlando Walk Now for Autism Raises Highest Total in Four Year History, Autism Speaks, e-Speaks, November 21, 2008
3. ^ Golfers, community join up with Kresge's Krew in show of support for families touched by autism

External links

• Official website
• Cliff Kresge at the PGA Tour official site

Persondata
Name	Kresge, Cliff
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	October 3, 1968
Place of birth	Lakewood Township, New Jersey
Date of death
Place of death