Brandt Snedeker
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| Personnel | |
| Nation: |
 United States
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| Career data | |
| Professional since: | 2004 |
| Current tour: | PGA TOUR |
| Tournament wins: | 13 |
| Awards: | PGA Tour Rookie of the Year (2007) |
Brandt Snedeker (born December 8, 1980 in Nashville , Tennessee ) is an American professional golfer of the PGA TOUR .
Career
In 2003 he won the US Amateur Public Links , one of the most important amateur tournaments in the United States, and became a professional golfer the following year and played on the Nationwide Tour . In 2006 he won two tournaments and qualified for the PGA TOUR . Already in the first season Snedeker achieved a tournament victory and finally he was named PGA Tour Rookie of the Year 2007, so as the best newcomer of the year. After a third place at the US Masters 2008, he was able to advance into the top 50 of the golf world rankings, which guarantees him the right to start in majors and the high-value events of the World Golf Championships tournament series.
The greatest success of his career to date was winning the THE TOUR Championship in 2012. At the same time, he secured overall victory in the FedEx Cup and the associated prize money of 10 million US dollars.
Snedeker celebrated victories with the US selection at the Presidents Cup 2013 and the Ryder Cup 2016 .
The game
Brandt Snedeker's greatest strength is his play with the putter: In 2012, Snedeker led the PGA ranking statistic "Strokes Gained" with a value of 0.86 (this number expresses how much the average number of putts is deviates from the average of all players at a given distance to the hole - unlike the absolute number of putts, it is largely independent of other variables such as the quality of the approach). His extremely fast game is noticeable: he only has a short pre-shot routine for all strokes, especially in the last phase, positioning on the ball until the actual stroke, is carried out extremely quickly. During the long game, as part of his routine, he knocks the club head twice on the floor.
PGA Tour victories
- 2007 Wyndham Championship
- 2011 The Heritage
- 2012 Farmers Insurance Open, THE TOUR Championship
- 2013 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am , RBC Canadian Open
- 2015 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
- 2016 Farmers Insurance Open
- 2018 Wyndham Championship
Other tournament victories
- 2006 Scholarship America Showdown, Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic (both Nationwide Tour )
- 2015 Franklin Templeton Shootout (with Jason Dufner )
- 2016 Fiji International ( PGA Tour of Australasia and European Tour )
Participation in team competitions
- World Cup : 2008
- Ryder Cup : 2012 , 2016 (winner)
- Presidents Cup : 2013 (winner)
Results at major championships
| competition | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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| Masters | T41 | DNP | DNP | DNP | T3 | CUT | DNP | T15 | T19 | T6 | T37 | CUT | T10 | T27 | DNP | CUT |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | T18 | T24 | CUT | T39 | CUT | CUT | T66 | T13 | T12 | T56 | DNP | T42 | T16 |
| US Open | DNP | CUT | DNP | T23 | T9 | CUT | T8 | T11 | DNP | T17 | T9 | 8th | CUT | T9 | T48 | 77 |
| Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | CUT | DNP | CUT | T3 | T11 | T58 | CUT | T22 | DNP | CUT | CUT |
DNP = not participated
CUT = Cut not made
"T" split placement
Green background for victories
Yellow background for top 10
Web links
- Player profile at the PGA Tour (English)
- PGA Tour 2012 putt statistics
- Tournament results of the last two years on the Official World Golf Ranking Website (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Snedeker, Brandt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American golfer on the PGA TOUR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nashville , Tennessee , USA |