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|+<big> '''Zach Johnson'''</big>
'''Jon St. Ables''' a.k.a. Jon Stables (1912 - 1999) was born in [[Ulverston, England]] on December 23rd 1912. Jon Stables left school at 13 to follow his father and older brother to [[Winnipeg]] and become an artist.
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! colspan="2" bgcolor="#4682B4" | '''Personal Information'''
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| '''Birth''' || {{birth date and age|1976|2|24}} <br>[[Iowa City, Iowa]] , [[United States|U.S.]]
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| '''Height''' || 5 [[Foot (unit of length)|ft]] 11 [[Inch|in]] (1.80 [[Metre|m]])
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| '''Weight''' || 160 [[Pound (mass)|lb]] (73 [[Kilogram|kg]])
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| '''Nationality''' || {{USA}}
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| '''Residence''' || [[Lake Mary, Florida]], [[United States|U.S.]]
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| '''College''' || [[Drake University]]
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! colspan="2" bgcolor="E2725B" | Career
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| '''Turned Pro''' || 1998
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| '''Current tour''' || [[PGA Tour]] (joined 2004)
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| '''Professional wins''' || 16 (PGA Tour: 4, Nationwide Tour: 2, Other: 10)
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! colspan="2" bgcolor="#ACE1AF" | Best Results in Major Championships<br>Wins: 1
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| [[The Masters|Masters]]
| '''Won''': [[2007 Masters Tournament|2007]]
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| [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
| T45: 2007
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| [[The Open Championship]]
| T20: 2007
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| [[PGA Championship]]
| T17: 2005
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'''Zachary Harris "Zach" Johnson''' (born [[February 24]], [[1976]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[professional golfer]] on the [[PGA Tour]] and the [[2007 Masters Tournament|2007 Masters]] champion.


==First job==
==Biography==
The son of a [[chiropractor]], Johnson was born in [[Iowa City, Iowa]] and raised in [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa|Cedar Rapids]], the oldest of Dave & Julie Johnson's three children. Playing many sports as a youth ([[baseball]], [[basketball]], [[American football|football]], and [[soccer]]), Johnson took up golf at age 10 and developed his skills at Elmcrest Country Club. He played #2 on the [[Regis High School (Cedar Rapids)|Regis High School]] golf team and led them to an Iowa 3A state championship in 1992, his sophomore year.
With the outbreak of [[World War II]], he ventured west to [[Victoria, British Columbia]] and contributed to the war effort as a painter and sign writer for the shipbuilding industry. It was there he met his wife Esther and the pair were married in May, 1942. Shortly after, Stables was hired by [[Imperial News]] Ltd. to work for [[Maple Leaf Comics]], one of the first "[[golden age]]" publishers of Canadian Comics.


Following graduation from high school in 1994, Johnson enrolled at [[Drake University]] in [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]. As the #2 player on the Drake golf team, he led the Bulldogs to three NCAA regional meets and two [[Missouri Valley Conference|Missouri Valley]] championships. Johnson received early inspiration when his uncle, Tom Harris, qualified for the 1975 [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] national tournament. Johnson has admitted to not being the best player on his high school or college team, but was quoted in his Masters speech saying, "I just kept getting better every year."
==Comic book creations==
Stables worked well with Maple Leaf’s British approach to comics and was considered by many to be its most accomplished artist, signing his work with the [[nom de plume]], St. Ables. His facility with cartooning in the prehistoric [[Piltdown Pete]] and adventure strips like [[Brok Windsor]] and [[Bill Speed]] helped make Maple Leaf titles very prominent in Canadian comics. Soon, Stables took over the art editing chores from [[Vernon Miller]] and became the line’s top cover artist. In 1946, Maple Leaf made an effort to launch several syndicated comic strips based on their features [[Callaghan]] and Bill Speed but were unable to make significant inroads.


Johnson turned professional in 1998 and played on the developmental tour circuit, including the now-defunct [[Prairie Golf Tour]], the [[Nationwide Tour|Buy.com Tour]] (now called the Nationwide Tour), and the [[NGA Hooters Tour|Hooters Tour]], where he won the final three regular-season events in 2001. In 2003, he topped the money list on the [[Nationwide Tour]] with then record earnings of $494,882, earning an automatic promotion to the [[PGA Tour]]. He won his first [[PGA Tour]] event at the 2004 [[BellSouth Classic]] outside of [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]]. Johnson qualified for the 2006 U.S. [[Ryder Cup]] team, finishing 9th on the U.S. points list.
==Later career==
With two sons to support, Stables and Esther opened a studio and briefly produced a line of colouring books. In 1950, the family moved to California where Stables attempted to pitch ideas and artwork to [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]. Eventually Stables settled in [[Seattle]], working in the art department at [[Boeing]] until retiring in 1975. He died in 1999 at the age of 87.


On April 8, 2007, Johnson won the [[2007 Masters Tournament|Masters Tournament]] in [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]] by a margin of 2 strokes over [[Tiger Woods]], [[Retief Goosen]], and [[Rory Sabbatini]]. It was his first major title. His score of 289 (+1) tied [[Sam Snead|Sam Snead (1954)]] and [[Jack Burke, Jr.|Jack Burke Jr. (1956)]] for the highest winning score at the Masters. His victory took him from #56 to #15 in the [[Official World Golf Ranking|world rankings]]; he was the first outside the top 50 in the [[Official World Golf Ranking|world rankings]] to win the [[Masters Tournament|Masters]] in the history of the ranking. After winning, he mentioned his Christian faith and thanked God, saying "This being [[Easter]], I cannot help but believe my Lord and Savior, [[Jesus Christ]] was walking with me. I owe this to him." <ref>Baggs, Mercer. [http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=19039&dv=7163462&select=22222&select2=0 "Zach's Win More than Self Serving"]</ref>
==Awards==

In 2006 Jon St. Ables was inducted into the [[Joe Shuster Awards]] Hall of Fame for his contributions to [[Canadian comics]].
Johnson, his wife Kim, and son, Will, reside in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], [[Florida]]; Johnson and his wife are members of First Baptist Church in Orlando<ref> Roach, Erin. [http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=25361 "Masters winner buoyed by faith, marriage"] ([[April 10]], [[2007]]). [[Baptist Press]]. Retrieved [[April 11]], 2007.</ref>.
Johnson was raised a [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]], but joined his wife's church prior to their marriage in 2003.

On September 4, 2007, Zach Johnson led the singing of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" during the 7th Inning Stretch of the [[Chicago Cubs]] baseball game at [[Wrigley Field]].

==Professional wins (16)==
===PGA Tour wins (4)===
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|'''No.'''
|'''Date'''
|'''Tournament'''
|'''Winning Score'''
|'''Margin of Victory'''
|'''Runners up'''
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|1.
|[[April 4|Apr. 4]], [[2004 PGA Tour|2004]]
|[[BellSouth Classic]]
|<nowiki>-13 (69-66-68-72=275)</nowiki>
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Hensby]]
|-bgcolor="#e5d1cb"
|'''2.'''
|'''[[April 8|Apr. 8]], [[2007 PGA Tour|2007]]'''
|'''[[The Masters]]'''
|<nowiki>+1 (71-73-76-69=289)</nowiki>
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tiger Woods]], {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Rory Sabbatini]],{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Retief Goosen]]
|-
|3.
|[[May 20]], [[2007 PGA Tour|2007]]
|[[AT&T Classic]]
|<nowiki>-15 (71-66-69-67=273)</nowiki>
|Playoff<sup>1</sup>
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ryuji Imada]]
|-
|4.
|[[October 12]], [[2008 PGA Tour|2008]]
|[[Valero Texas Open]]
|<nowiki>-19 (69-66-62-64=261)</nowiki>
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Charlie Wi]], {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mark Wilson (golfer)|Mark Wilson]], {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Tim Wilkinson (golfer)|Tim Wilkinson]]
|}

===Nationwide Tour wins (2)===
*2003 (2) [[Rheem Classic]], [[Envirocare Utah Classic]]

===Other wins (10)===
*1998 1 [[Prairie Golf Tour]] event
*1999 2 Prairie Golf Tour events
*2001 [[Iowa Open]], 3 [[NGA Hooters Tour]] events
*2002 [[Iowa Open]], 1 NGA Hooters Tour event
*2006 [[Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge]] (with [[Stewart Cink]] and [[Scott Verplank]])

==Major Championships==
===Wins (1)===
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|width="145"|'''Winning Score
|width="80"|'''Margin
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|-bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
| [[2007 Masters Tournament|2007]] ||[[The Masters]] ||2 shot deficit ||+1 (71-73-76-69=289) ||2 strokes ||{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Rory Sabbatini]], {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Retief Goosen]], {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tiger Woods]]
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===Results timeline===
{{wikinews|Zach Johnson wins 2007 Masters Golf Tournament}}
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|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T32
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''1'''
|align="center"|T20
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|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
|align="center"|T48
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T45
|align="center"|CUT
|-
|[[The Open Championship]]
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|T20
|align="center"|T51
|-
|[[PGA Championship]]
|align="center"|T37
|align="center"|T17
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|align="center"|CUT
|}

DNP = did not play<br>
WD = withdrew<br>
CUT = missed the half-way cut<br>
"T" = tied <br>
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

==PGA Tour career summary==

{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!Year !! Wins (Majors) !! Earnings ([[United States dollar|$]]) !! Rank
|-
| 2004 || 1 || 2,417,685 || 19
|-
| 2005 || 0 || 1,796,441 || 39
|-
| 2006 || 0 || 2,452,250 || 24
|-
| 2007 || 2 (1) || 3,922,338 || 8
|-
| 2008* || 1 || 1,510,933 || 55
|-
! Career* !! 4 (1) !! 12,156,647 !! [http://www.pgatour.com/r/stats/current/110.html 65]
|}

''* Complete through October 12, 2008''

==United States national team appearances==
*[[Presidents Cup]]: [[2007 Presidents Cup|2007]] (winners)
*[[Ryder Cup]]: [[2006 Ryder Cup|2006]]


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
Biographical information collected for the Joe Shuster Awards from the family of Jon Stables and John Bell's book on Canadian Comics.


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/st-ables_jon.htm Cartoonist Bio]
*[http://www.pgatour.com/players/02/40/24 PGA Tour.com] - profile - Zach Johnson
*[http://www.augusta.com/stories/040608/mas_193307.shtml Augusta.com] - ''Out of the Ordinary'' - profile - 06-April-2008
*[http://www.shusterawards.com Joe Shuster Awards website].
*[http://www.golf.com/golf/special/article/0,28136,1718697,00.html Golf.com] - ''Zach Johnson is the talk of the town'' - April 2008
*[http://www.xavierfoundation.org/Downloads/ZachJohnson.pdf Xavier Foundation.org] - Zach Johnson - Fall 2004

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{{Ryder Cup Squad 2006 America}}

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Revision as of 05:37, 13 October 2008

For other people named Zach Johnson, see Zach Johnson (disambiguation).
Zach Johnson
Personal Information
Birth (1976-02-24) February 24, 1976 (age 48)
Iowa City, Iowa , U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 160 lb (73 kg)
Nationality  United States
Residence Lake Mary, Florida, U.S.
College Drake University
Career
Turned Pro 1998
Current tour PGA Tour (joined 2004)
Professional wins 16 (PGA Tour: 4, Nationwide Tour: 2, Other: 10)
Best Results in Major Championships
Wins: 1
Masters Won: 2007
U.S. Open T45: 2007
The Open Championship T20: 2007
PGA Championship T17: 2005

Zachary Harris "Zach" Johnson (born February 24, 1976) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour and the 2007 Masters champion.

Biography

The son of a chiropractor, Johnson was born in Iowa City, Iowa and raised in Cedar Rapids, the oldest of Dave & Julie Johnson's three children. Playing many sports as a youth (baseball, basketball, football, and soccer), Johnson took up golf at age 10 and developed his skills at Elmcrest Country Club. He played #2 on the Regis High School golf team and led them to an Iowa 3A state championship in 1992, his sophomore year.

Following graduation from high school in 1994, Johnson enrolled at Drake University in Des Moines. As the #2 player on the Drake golf team, he led the Bulldogs to three NCAA regional meets and two Missouri Valley championships. Johnson received early inspiration when his uncle, Tom Harris, qualified for the 1975 NAIA national tournament. Johnson has admitted to not being the best player on his high school or college team, but was quoted in his Masters speech saying, "I just kept getting better every year."

Johnson turned professional in 1998 and played on the developmental tour circuit, including the now-defunct Prairie Golf Tour, the Buy.com Tour (now called the Nationwide Tour), and the Hooters Tour, where he won the final three regular-season events in 2001. In 2003, he topped the money list on the Nationwide Tour with then record earnings of $494,882, earning an automatic promotion to the PGA Tour. He won his first PGA Tour event at the 2004 BellSouth Classic outside of Atlanta. Johnson qualified for the 2006 U.S. Ryder Cup team, finishing 9th on the U.S. points list.

On April 8, 2007, Johnson won the Masters Tournament in Augusta by a margin of 2 strokes over Tiger Woods, Retief Goosen, and Rory Sabbatini. It was his first major title. His score of 289 (+1) tied Sam Snead (1954) and Jack Burke Jr. (1956) for the highest winning score at the Masters. His victory took him from #56 to #15 in the world rankings; he was the first outside the top 50 in the world rankings to win the Masters in the history of the ranking. After winning, he mentioned his Christian faith and thanked God, saying "This being Easter, I cannot help but believe my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ was walking with me. I owe this to him." [1]

Johnson, his wife Kim, and son, Will, reside in Orlando, Florida; Johnson and his wife are members of First Baptist Church in Orlando[2]. Johnson was raised a Catholic, but joined his wife's church prior to their marriage in 2003.

On September 4, 2007, Zach Johnson led the singing of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" during the 7th Inning Stretch of the Chicago Cubs baseball game at Wrigley Field.

Professional wins (16)

PGA Tour wins (4)

Legend
Major Championship (1)
Other PGA Tour (3)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runners up
1. Apr. 4, 2004 BellSouth Classic -13 (69-66-68-72=275) 1 stroke Australia Mark Hensby
2. Apr. 8, 2007 The Masters +1 (71-73-76-69=289) 2 strokes United States Tiger Woods, South Africa Rory Sabbatini,South Africa Retief Goosen
3. May 20, 2007 AT&T Classic -15 (71-66-69-67=273) Playoff1 Japan Ryuji Imada
4. October 12, 2008 Valero Texas Open -19 (69-66-62-64=261) 2 strokes South Korea Charlie Wi, United States Mark Wilson, New Zealand Tim Wilkinson

Nationwide Tour wins (2)

Other wins (10)

Major Championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship 54 Holes Winning Score Margin Runners Up
2007 The Masters 2 shot deficit +1 (71-73-76-69=289) 2 strokes South Africa Rory Sabbatini, South Africa Retief Goosen, United States Tiger Woods

Results timeline

Wikinews has related news:
Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
The Masters DNP CUT T32 1 T20
U.S. Open T48 CUT CUT T45 CUT
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT T20 T51
PGA Championship T37 T17 CUT CUT CUT

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

PGA Tour career summary

Year Wins (Majors) Earnings ($) Rank
2004 1 2,417,685 19
2005 0 1,796,441 39
2006 0 2,452,250 24
2007 2 (1) 3,922,338 8
2008* 1 1,510,933 55
Career* 4 (1) 12,156,647 65

* Complete through October 12, 2008

United States national team appearances

References

  1. ^ Baggs, Mercer. "Zach's Win More than Self Serving"
  2. ^ Roach, Erin. "Masters winner buoyed by faith, marriage" (April 10, 2007). Baptist Press. Retrieved April 11, 2007.

External links

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