Fred Funk
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| Nation: |
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| Career data | |
| Professional since: | 1981 |
| Current tour: | PGA TOUR , Champions Tour |
| Tournament wins: | 21st |
| Major wins : | 3 Senior Major (2008, 2009, 2010) |
Frederick "Fred" Funk (born June 4, 1956 in Takoma Park , Maryland ) is an American professional golfer of the PGA TOUR . He is one of the audience favorites at the great North American tournament series.
Funk graduated from the University of Maryland , became a professional golfer in 1981 and taught golf until 1988 before turning to tournament action on the PGA TOUR in 1989 .
He has had eight victories so far, including the 2005 Players Championship with the highest endowment , which Funk shows as the oldest winner in its history. In the career money list he is in 20th place, in the golf world rankings he was around the top 50 for a long time.
Funk played twice for Team USA in the Presidents Cup and once in the Ryder Cup .
Since June 2006 he has been eligible to participate as a senior on the Champions Tour and recorded his first victory there in October, when he competed for the third time. Funk has announced that he will continue to play mainly on the PGA Tour.
His haircuts are among the shorter on the tour, but when it comes to accuracy, Funk almost always leads the statistics ( driving accuracy ).
PGA Tour victories
- 1992 (1) Shell Houston Open
- 1995 (2) Ideon Classic at Pleasant Valley, Buick Challenge
- 1996 (1) BC Open
- 1998 (1) Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic
- 2004 (1) Southern Farm Bureau Classic
- 2005 (1) Players Championship
- 2007 (1) Mayakoba Classic at Riviera Maya
Champions Tour victories
- 2006 AT&T Championship
- 2007 Turtle Bay Championship
- 2008 MasterCard Championship at Hualalai, JELD-WEN tradition
- 2009 US Senior Open
- 2010 JELD-WEN tradition
Senior majors are in bold .
Other tournament victories
- 1983 Maryland Open
- 1984 Foot-Joy PGA Assistant Professional Championship
- 1987 Maryland Open
- 1993 Mexican Open
- 2005 Merrill Lynch Skins Game (unofficial event of the PGA Tour), CVS Charity Classic (with Chris DiMarco )
- 2009 Wendy's 3 Tour Challenge (with Jay Haas and Nick Price )
Participation in team competitions
- Ryder Cup : 2004
- Presidents Cup : 2003 (draw), 2005 (winner)
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| SURNAME | Funk, Fred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Funk, Frederick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American golfer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4th 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Takoma Park , Maryland , USA |