Stewart Cink
| Stewart Cink | |
|---|---|
| Personnel | |
| Nation: |
 United States
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| Career data | |
| Professional since: | 1995 |
| Current tour: | PGA TOUR |
| Tournament wins: | 13 |
| Major wins : | 1 (2009) |
Stewart Cink (born May 21, 1973 in Huntsville , Alabama ) is an American professional golfer of the PGA TOUR .
Career
He became a professional golfer in 1995 and after winning the Mexican Open and another three tournaments on the Nike Tour in the 1996 season, he was promoted to the PGA TOUR . There he won his first big title, the Canon Greater Hartford Open , in his first season . Cink continued to play very consistently and won the MCI Classic in 2000 . His most successful year to date was 2004 with a fifth place in the Money List and victories at the MCI Heritage and the WGC-NEC Invitational , an event of the highly endowed and best-staffed World Golf Championships tournament series. In July 2009 Cink won the most important golf tournament in the world, The Open Championship in the jump-off against the almost 60-year-old Tom Watson .
Cink has represented his country four times in the Ryder Cup and in the Presidents Cup , as well as once in the World Cup .
He is married to his wife Lisa, has two children, and is a resident of Duluth , Georgia .
PGA Tour victories
- 1997 Canon Greater Hartford Open
- 2000 MCI Classic
- 2004 MCI Heritage, WGC-NEC Invitational
- 2008 Travelers Championship
- 2009 The Open Championship
Major championships are in bold .
Results at major championships
| competition | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | CUT | T23 | T27 | T28 | CUT | T24 | DNP | T17 | T20 | 10 | T17 | T3 | CUT | CUT |
| US Open | T16 | T13 | T10 | T32 | T8 | 3 | CUT | T28 | CUT | T15 | T37 | CUT | T14 | T27 | T40 |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | T66 | CUT | T41 | T30 | T59 | T34 | T14 | CUT | CUT | T6 | CUT | 1 | T48 |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | CUT | T3 | T15 | T59 | T10 | CUT | T17 | T28 | T24 | T32 | CUT | T67 | T18 |
| competition | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | CUT | T50 | T25 | T14 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT |
| US Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | T54 | DNP | DNP | T46 | DNP | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T30 | CUT | T26 | T47 | T20 | DNP | CUT | T24 | T20 |
| PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | T4 | DNP |
DNP = not started
WD = withdrawn
CUT = failed at the cut
"T" = shared rank
Green background for victories. Yellow background for top ten results.
Other tournament victories
- 1996 Mexican Open
- 1996 NIKE Ozarks Open, NIKE Colorado Classic, NIKE TOUR Championship (all Nike Tour )
- 1999 Mexican Open
- 2006 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Zach Johnson and Scott Verplank )
- 2007 CVS Caremark Charity Classic (with JJ Henry )
Participation in team competitions
- Presidents Cup : 2000 (winner), 2005 (winner), 2007 (winner), 2009 (winner)
- Ryder Cup : 2002, 2004 , 2006 , 2008 (winner), 2010
- World Cup : 2005
Web links
- Player profile at the PGA Tour (English)
- Tournament results of the last two years on the Official World Golf Ranking Website (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cink, Stewart |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American golfer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Huntsville , Alabama, USA |