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Rod Pampling
Personal information
Full nameRodney Pampling
Born (1969-09-23) 23 September 1969 (age 56)
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationality Australia
ResidenceBrisbane, Queensland, Australia
Double Oak, Texas, U.S.
Career
Turned professional1994
Current tourPGA Tour Champions
Former toursPGA Tour
European Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Web.com Tour
Professional wins9
Highest ranking22 (4 June 2006)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour3
European Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia2
Korn Ferry Tour1
PGA Tour Champions2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT5: 2005
PGA ChampionshipT14: 2003
U.S. OpenT14: 2008
The Open ChampionshipT27: 2004, 2007

Rodney Pampling (born 23 September 1969) is an Australian professional golfer. He currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions, and was a three-time winner on the PGA Tour.

Golf career

[edit]

Pampling was born in Redcliffe, Queensland.[2] He turned professional in 1994.[2] He began his tournament golf career on the PGA Tour of Australasia, where he won the 1999 Canon Challenge,[3] and also spent time on the NGA Hooters Tour, a developmental tour in the United States. In 2000 and 2001 he played on the PGA Tour's official developmental tour, the Buy.com Tour, now called the Web.com Tour, and did well enough in his second season to gain promotion to the full PGA Tour.

In 1999, Pampling shot a 71 at Carnoustie during the opening round of the Open Championship, leading the field. However, he shot an 86 in the second round to miss the cut.[4]

He achieved his first PGA Tour win at The International in 2004[5] and his second at the 2006 Bay Hill Invitational,[6] which took him into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.[7] He continues to play a few events in his home country each year during the northern hemisphere winter. He won the Sportsbet Australian Masters at Huntingdale Golf Club, Melbourne in November 2008, beating Marcus Fraser in a 3-hole playoff after the two players tied at a 12-under par 276.[8] As a European Tour co-sanctioned event, that win also earned him a two-year exemption on that tour. Pampling then became an endorser for AdvoCare, which produces weight management, nutritional supplement, and personal care products.[9]

After a rough 2010, Pampling played the 2011 season with limited status as a past champion and through sponsor invites. He received a lifetime invitation to the AT&T National from tournament director Greg McLaughlin after personally trying to thank each tournament director that gave him a sponsor exemption during the 2011 season. Pampling clawed his way to 124th on the PGA Tour, regaining his Tour card by just over $2,000.[10] Pampling finished the 2012 season 127th on the money list, just missing a PGA Tour card by two spots and $26,617. From 2013 to 2015, Pampling alternated between the PGA Tour and Web.com Tour.

Pampling won the Web.com Tour's BMW Charity Pro-Am in 2015 and regained his PGA Tour card through the Web.com Tour Finals in 2015 and 2016. He earned his first PGA Tour win in ten years at the 2016 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.[11] A clerical error allowed Pampling and eleven other golfers entry into the field, increasing the field from 132 to 144.[12]

Professional wins (9)

[edit]

PGA Tour wins (3)

[edit]
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
18 Aug 2004The International31 pts (15-7-7-2=31)2 pointsGermany Alex Čejka
219 Mar 2006Bay Hill Invitational−14 (70-65-67-72=274)1 strokeEngland Greg Owen
36 Nov 2016Shriners Hospitals for Children Open−20 (60-68-71-65=264)2 strokesUnited States Brooks Koepka

European Tour wins (1)

[edit]
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
130 Nov 2008
(2009 season)
Sportsbet Australian Masters1−12 (71-68-70-67=276)PlayoffAustralia Marcus Fraser

1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12008Sportsbet Australian MastersAustralia Marcus FraserWon with par on third extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

[edit]
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
121 Feb 1999Canon Challenge−18 (67-66-68-69=270)3 strokesAustralia Geoff Ogilvy
230 Nov 2008Sportsbet Australian Masters1−12 (71-68-70-67=276)PlayoffAustralia Marcus Fraser

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12008Sportsbet Australian MastersAustralia Marcus FraserWon with par on third extra hole

Web.com Tour wins (1)

[edit]
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
117 May 2015BMW Charity Pro-Am−25 (63-63-69-66=261)2 strokesUnited States Kelly Kraft

Web.com Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
12001Buy.com Hershey OpenUnited States John RollinsLost to birdie on first extra hole
22001Buy.com Inland Empire OpenUnited States D. A. Points, United States Mark WurtzPoints won with birdie on third extra hole
Wurtz eliminated by birdie on first hole

Other wins (1)

[edit]
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
112 Nov 2006Merrill Lynch Shootout
(with United States Jerry Kelly)
−31 (64-62-59=185)PlayoffUnited States Justin Leonard and United States Scott Verplank

Other playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
12006Merrill Lynch Shootout
(with United States Jerry Kelly)
United States Justin Leonard and United States Scott VerplankWon with bogey on first extra hole

PGA Tour Champions wins (2)

[edit]
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
122 Aug 2021Boeing Classic−12 (68-70-66=204)1 strokeUnited States Jim Furyk, United States Tim Herron,
United States Billy Mayfair
215 Oct 2023SAS Championship−15 (66-68-67=201)2 strokesNew Zealand Steven Alker

Results in major championships

[edit]
Tournament19992000200120022003200420052006200720082009
Masters TournamentT5T16T37
U.S. OpenCUTCUTT32CUTT14CUT
The Open ChampionshipCUTT27T78T35T27CUTCUT
PGA ChampionshipT14T55CUTCUTT42CUTCUT
Tournament20102011201220132014201520162017
Masters TournamentCUT
U.S. Open70CUT
The Open ChampionshipCUTCUT
PGA ChampionshipCUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

[edit]
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament00011243
U.S. Open00000183
The Open Championship00000094
PGA Championship00000183
Totals0001142913
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2003 PGA – 2005 Masters)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in The Players Championship

[edit]
Tournament2003200420052006200720082009
The Players ChampionshipCUTT58T27CUTT44CUTT79
Tournament201020112012201320142015201620172018
The Players ChampionshipCUTT56T48CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

[edit]

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament1999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017
ChampionshipT37NT1T41T38T28T9
Match PlayR64R64R32R16R64
InvitationalT14T13T45T14T56T74
ChampionsT40

1Cancelled due to 9/11

  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Results in senior major championships

[edit]

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament202020212022202320242025
The TraditionNT14T3T40T37T46
Senior PGA ChampionshipNTT20T39T49CUTCUT
Senior Players ChampionshipT5T7T11T16T67T33
U.S. Senior OpenNT4T13T27CUTT22
Senior British Open ChampionshipNTT48T52CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Week 22 2006 Ending 4 Jun 2006" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "PGA Tour Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Pampling gets first tour title in Australia". Golf Today. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Pampling makes a clean cut from the past at Carnoustie". Reuters. 18 July 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
  5. ^ Stone, Peter (10 August 2004). "Pampling makes it six for Oz". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney.
  6. ^ Verdi, Bob (16 August 2006). "G'days indeed for the Aussie Invasion". ESPN.
  7. ^ "Rod Pampling wins the Bay Hill Invitational and jumps to number 29". Official World Golf Ranking. 20 March 2006.
  8. ^ "Pampling wins Australian Masters". BBC Sport. 30 November 2008.
  9. ^ "Independence Bowl grabs new title sponsor". ksla.com. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Notes: Players thankful for sponsor exemptions". PGA Tour. 27 December 2011. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012.
  11. ^ "Rod Pampling wins in Las Vegas for 1st PGA Tour title since 2006". ESPN. Associated Press. 7 November 2016.
  12. ^ Gray, Will (31 October 2016). "Clerical error results in supersized Vegas field". Golf Channel.
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    Rod Pampling
    Personal information
    Full nameRodney Pampling
    Born (1969-09-23) 23 September 1969 (age 56)
    Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
    Weight175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
    Sporting nationality Australia
    ResidenceBrisbane, Queensland, Australia
    Double Oak, Texas, U.S.
    Career
    Turned professional1994
    Current tourPGA Tour Champions
    Former toursPGA Tour
    European Tour
    PGA Tour of Australasia
    Web.com Tour
    Professional wins9
    Highest ranking22 (4 June 2006)[1]
    Number of wins by tour
    PGA Tour3
    European Tour1
    PGA Tour of Australasia2
    Korn Ferry Tour1
    PGA Tour Champions2
    Best results in major championships
    Masters TournamentT5: 2005
    PGA ChampionshipT14: 2003
    U.S. OpenT14: 2008
    The Open ChampionshipT27: 2004, 2007

    Rodney Pampling (born 23 September 1969) is an Australian professional golfer. He currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions, and was a three-time winner on the PGA Tour.

    Golf career

    Pampling was born in Redcliffe, Queensland.[2] He turned professional in 1994.[2] He began his tournament golf career on the PGA Tour of Australasia, where he won the 1999 Canon Challenge,[3] and also spent time on the NGA Hooters Tour, a developmental tour in the United States. In 2000 and 2001 he played on the PGA Tour's official developmental tour, the Buy.com Tour, now called the Web.com Tour, and did well enough in his second season to gain promotion to the full PGA Tour.

    In 1999, Pampling shot a 71 at Carnoustie during the opening round of the Open Championship, leading the field. However, he shot an 86 in the second round to miss the cut.[4]

    He achieved his first PGA Tour win at The International in 2004[5] and his second at the 2006 Bay Hill Invitational,[6] which took him into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.[7] He continues to play a few events in his home country each year during the northern hemisphere winter. He won the Sportsbet Australian Masters at Huntingdale Golf Club, Melbourne in November 2008, beating Marcus Fraser in a 3-hole playoff after the two players tied at a 12-under par 276.[8] As a European Tour co-sanctioned event, that win also earned him a two-year exemption on that tour. Pampling then became an endorser for AdvoCare, which produces weight management, nutritional supplement, and personal care products.[9]

    After a rough 2010, Pampling played the 2011 season with limited status as a past champion and through sponsor invites. He received a lifetime invitation to the AT&T National from tournament director Greg McLaughlin after personally trying to thank each tournament director that gave him a sponsor exemption during the 2011 season. Pampling clawed his way to 124th on the PGA Tour, regaining his Tour card by just over $2,000.[10] Pampling finished the 2012 season 127th on the money list, just missing a PGA Tour card by two spots and $26,617. From 2013 to 2015, Pampling alternated between the PGA Tour and Web.com Tour.

    Pampling won the Web.com Tour's BMW Charity Pro-Am in 2015 and regained his PGA Tour card through the Web.com Tour Finals in 2015 and 2016. He earned his first PGA Tour win in ten years at the 2016 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.[11] A clerical error allowed Pampling and eleven other golfers entry into the field, increasing the field from 132 to 144.[12]

    Professional wins (9)

    PGA Tour wins (3)

    No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
    victory
    Runner-up
    18 Aug 2004The International31 pts (15-7-7-2=31)2 pointsGermany Alex Čejka
    219 Mar 2006Bay Hill Invitational−14 (70-65-67-72=274)1 strokeEngland Greg Owen
    36 Nov 2016Shriners Hospitals for Children Open−20 (60-68-71-65=264)2 strokesUnited States Brooks Koepka

    European Tour wins (1)

    No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
    victory
    Runner-up
    130 Nov 2008
    (2009 season)
    Sportsbet Australian Masters1−12 (71-68-70-67=276)PlayoffAustralia Marcus Fraser

    1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

    European Tour playoff record (1–0)

    No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
    12008Sportsbet Australian MastersAustralia Marcus FraserWon with par on third extra hole

    PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

    No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
    victory
    Runner-up
    121 Feb 1999Canon Challenge−18 (67-66-68-69=270)3 strokesAustralia Geoff Ogilvy
    230 Nov 2008Sportsbet Australian Masters1−12 (71-68-70-67=276)PlayoffAustralia Marcus Fraser

    1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

    PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–0)

    No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
    12008Sportsbet Australian MastersAustralia Marcus FraserWon with par on third extra hole

    Web.com Tour wins (1)

    No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
    victory
    Runner-up
    117 May 2015BMW Charity Pro-Am−25 (63-63-69-66=261)2 strokesUnited States Kelly Kraft

    Web.com Tour playoff record (0–2)

    No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
    12001Buy.com Hershey OpenUnited States John RollinsLost to birdie on first extra hole
    22001Buy.com Inland Empire OpenUnited States D. A. Points, United States Mark WurtzPoints won with birdie on third extra hole
    Wurtz eliminated by birdie on first hole

    Other wins (1)

    No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
    victory
    Runners-up
    112 Nov 2006Merrill Lynch Shootout
    (with United States Jerry Kelly)
    −31 (64-62-59=185)PlayoffUnited States Justin Leonard and United States Scott Verplank

    Other playoff record (1–0)

    No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
    12006Merrill Lynch Shootout
    (with United States Jerry Kelly)
    United States Justin Leonard and United States Scott VerplankWon with bogey on first extra hole

    PGA Tour Champions wins (2)

    No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
    victory
    Runner(s)-up
    122 Aug 2021Boeing Classic−12 (68-70-66=204)1 strokeUnited States Jim Furyk, United States Tim Herron,
    United States Billy Mayfair
    215 Oct 2023SAS Championship−15 (66-68-67=201)2 strokesNew Zealand Steven Alker

    Results in major championships

    Tournament19992000200120022003200420052006200720082009
    Masters TournamentT5T16T37
    U.S. OpenCUTCUTT32CUTT14CUT
    The Open ChampionshipCUTT27T78T35T27CUTCUT
    PGA ChampionshipT14T55CUTCUTT42CUTCUT
    Tournament20102011201220132014201520162017
    Masters TournamentCUT
    U.S. Open70CUT
    The Open ChampionshipCUTCUT
    PGA ChampionshipCUT
      Top 10
      Did not play

    CUT = missed the half-way cut
    "T" = tied

    Summary

    TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
    Masters Tournament00011243
    U.S. Open00000183
    The Open Championship00000094
    PGA Championship00000183
    Totals0001142913
    • Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2003 PGA – 2005 Masters)
    • Longest streak of top-10s – 1

    Results in The Players Championship

    Tournament2003200420052006200720082009
    The Players ChampionshipCUTT58T27CUTT44CUTT79
    Tournament201020112012201320142015201620172018
    The Players ChampionshipCUTT56T48CUT
      Did not play

    CUT = missed the halfway cut
    "T" indicates a tie for a place

    Results in World Golf Championships

    Results not in chronological order before 2015.

    Tournament1999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017
    ChampionshipT37NT1T41T38T28T9
    Match PlayR64R64R32R16R64
    InvitationalT14T13T45T14T56T74
    ChampionsT40

    1Cancelled due to 9/11

      Top 10
      Did not play

    QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
    "T" = tied
    NT = No tournament
    Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

    Results in senior major championships

    Results not in chronological order.

    Tournament202020212022202320242025
    The TraditionNT14T3T40T37T46
    Senior PGA ChampionshipNTT20T39T49CUTCUT
    Senior Players ChampionshipT5T7T11T16T67T33
    U.S. Senior OpenNT4T13T27CUTT22
    Senior British Open ChampionshipNTT48T52CUT
      Top 10
      Did not play

    CUT = missed the halfway cut
    "T" indicates a tie for a place
    NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

    See also

    References

    1. ^ "Week 22 2006 Ending 4 Jun 2006" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
    2. ^ a b "PGA Tour Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
    3. ^ "Pampling gets first tour title in Australia". Golf Today. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
    4. ^ "Pampling makes a clean cut from the past at Carnoustie". Reuters. 18 July 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
    5. ^ Stone, Peter (10 August 2004). "Pampling makes it six for Oz". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney.
    6. ^ Verdi, Bob (16 August 2006). "G'days indeed for the Aussie Invasion". ESPN.
    7. ^ "Rod Pampling wins the Bay Hill Invitational and jumps to number 29". Official World Golf Ranking. 20 March 2006.
    8. ^ "Pampling wins Australian Masters". BBC Sport. 30 November 2008.
    9. ^ "Independence Bowl grabs new title sponsor". ksla.com. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
    10. ^ "Notes: Players thankful for sponsor exemptions". PGA Tour. 27 December 2011. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012.
    11. ^ "Rod Pampling wins in Las Vegas for 1st PGA Tour title since 2006". ESPN. Associated Press. 7 November 2016.
    12. ^ Gray, Will (31 October 2016). "Clerical error results in supersized Vegas field". Golf Channel.
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