Jason Dufner

Jason Dufner
Jason Dufner (2012)
Personnel
Nation:	United States
Career data
Professional since:	2000
Current tour:	PGA TOUR
Tournament wins:	8th
Major wins :	1 (2013)

Jason Christopher Dufner (born March 24, 1977 in North Olmsted , Ohio ) is an American professional golfer of the PGA TOUR .

From 2001 to 2003 and from 2005 to 2006 Dufner played on the second ranked Nationwide Tour , in between he was able to qualify for the 2004 PGA TOUR .

Since 2007 he has been able to assert himself continuously in the leading tournament series. At the PGA Championship 2011 he was only defeated in the jump-off and reached the top 50 of the golf world rankings for the first time . In April 2012 he won his first tournament on the PGA Tour, the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, and four weeks later Dufner had the next success at the HP Byron Nelson Championship . By far the greatest success of his career he achieved with winning the PGA Championship 2013. Here he was able to set a new course and tournament record in the second round with 63 strokes and set the major round record. In the world rankings, Dufner made it into the top ten for the first time with 8th place, but was unable to maintain this position in the following years.

PGA Tour victories

• 2012 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, HP Byron Nelson Championship
• 2013 PGA Championship
• 2016 CareerBuilder Challenge
• 2017 Memorial Tournament

Major championships are in bold .

Other tournament victories

• 2001 BUY.COM Wichita Open ( Nationwide Tour )
• 2006 LaSalle Bank Open (Nationwide Tour)
• 2015 Franklin Templeton Shootout (with Brandt Snedeker )

Results at major championships

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Masters	T30	DNP	T24	T20	CUT	T49	CUT	T33	CUT	DNP
PGA Championship	T5	2	T27	1	WD	T68	T60	T58	CUT	CUT
US Open	T30	CUT	T4	T4	CUT	T18	8th	CUT	T25	T35
Open Championship	CUT	CUT	T31	T26	T51	T58	T22	T14	T51

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

Participation in team competitions

• Ryder Cup : 2012
• Presidents Cup : 2013 (winner)

Trivia

Dufner is known for his eye-catching pre-shot routine, the “Dufner Waggle”. While standing on the ball, he “wags” the club several times from his wrists over and behind the ball before briefly touching down the club head and then quickly striking.

The “Dufnering”, which goes back to a photo that Dufner took during a sponsorship appointment in a primary school, has become famous. He's sitting next to some children on the floor, leaning against a wall, his legs stretched out and his hands tucked under his thighs, the whole thing combined with a not very interested expression on his face. This picture animated many other golfers to imitate this position and to publish photos that were taken in this way.

Web links

• Player profile at the PGA Tour (English)
• Tournament results of the last two years on the Official World Golf Ranking Website (English)
• Report and photos for "Dufnering" (English)