Ben Crane

Ben Crane
Nation:	United States
Career data
Professional since:	1999
Current tour:	PGA TOUR
Tournament wins:	8th

Benjamin McCully Crane (born March 6, 1976 in Portland , Oregon ) is an American professional golfer of the PGA TOUR .

At the age of five he learned to play golf from his grandfather. After attending the University of Oregon , he became a professional golfer in 1999 and won a tournament on the second-ranked Nationwide Tour in 2000 and 2001 . Crane got the right to play the big PGA TOUR from 2002 and won his first title the following year at the BellSouth Classic . In 2005 he won his second tournament and in February 2006 Crane was the best placed, youngest American in the golf world rankings . At the Open Championship in July 2006, he reached an impressive eleventh place.

In June 2014 he recorded his fifth win on the PGA Tour to date.

Tournament victories

PGA TOUR

• 2003 BellSouth Classic
• 2005 US Bank Championship in Milwaukee
• 2010 Farmers Insurance Open
• 2011 McGladrey Classic
• 2014 FedEx St. Jude Classic

Other

• 2000 Wichita Open ( Nationwide Tour )
• 2001 Gila River Classic at Wild Horse Pass Development (Nationwide Tour)
• 2010 CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia ( Asian Tour )

Results at major championships

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	T25	CUT	T17	DNP	DNP	CUT
US Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	62	DNP	T53	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP
Open Championship	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	T11	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	T48	T9	T40	CUT	DNP	CUT	T43	T39	T37	DNP	DNP	WD

WD = abandoned
DNP = did not participate
CUT = cut failed
"T" split placement
Green background for victories
Yellow background for top 10

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Profile on the PGA Tour (Engl.)
• Tournament results of the last two years on the Official World Golf Ranking Website (English)