Rod Pampling

Rod Pampling
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Rodney Pampling
Born (1969-09-23) 23 September 1969
Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Nationality  Australia
Residence Brisbane, Australia;
Flower Mound, Texas, U.S.
Career
Turned professional 1994
Current tour(s) PGA Tour (joined 2002)
Former tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
European Tour (2009)
Web.com Tour
Professional wins 7
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 3
European Tour 1
PGA Tour of Australasia 2
Web.com Tour 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T5: 2005
U.S. Open T14: 2008
The Open Championship T27: 2004, 2007
PGA Championship T14: 2003

Rodney Pampling (born 23 September 1969) is an Australian professional golfer.

Golf career

Pampling was born in Redcliffe, Queensland.[1] He turned professional in 1994.[1] He began his tournament golf career on the PGA Tour of Australasia, where he won the 1999 Canon Challenge,[2] 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.[3]

He achieved his first PGA Tour win at The International in 2004[4] and his second at the 2006 Bay Hill Invitational,[5] which took him into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.[6] 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.[7] As a European Tour co-sanctioned event, that win also earned him a two-year exemption on that tour.

After a rough 2010, Pampling played the 2011 season with limited status as a past champion and through sponsor invites. He received a limetime 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.[8] 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.[9] A clerical error allowed Pampling and eleven other golfers entry into the field, increasing the field from 132 to 144.[10]

Professional wins (7)

PGA Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 8 Aug 2004 The International 31 points (15-7-7-2=31) 2 points Germany Alex Čejka
2 19 Mar 2006 Bay Hill Invitational −14 (70-65-67-72=274) 1 stroke England Greg Owen
3 6 Nov 2016 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open −20 (60-68-71-65=264) 2 strokes United States Brooks Koepka

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

Web.com Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 17 May 2015 BMW Charity Pro-Am −25 (63-63-69-66=261) 2 strokes United States Kelly Kraft

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T5 T16 T37 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP CUT T32 CUT T14 CUT DNP DNP 70 DNP CUT DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP T27 T78 T35 T27 CUT CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T14 T55 CUT CUT T42 CUT CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 3
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 3
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 3
Totals 0 0 0 1 1 4 26 13

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "PGA Tour Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Pampling gets first tour title in Australia". Golf Today. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Pampling makes a clean cut from the past at Carnoustie". Reuters. 18 July 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
  4. ↑ Stone, Peter (10 August 2004). "Pampling makes it six for Oz". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney.
  5. ↑ Verdi, Bob (16 August 2006). "G'days indeed for the Aussie Invasion". ESPN.
  6. ↑ "Rod Pampling wins the Bay Hill Invitational and jumps to number 29". Official World Golf Ranking. 20 March 2006.
  7. ↑ "Pampling wins Australian Masters". BBC Sport. 30 November 2008.
  8. ↑ Notes: Players thankful for sponsor exemptions
  9. ↑ "Rod Pampling wins in Las Vegas for 1st PGA Tour title since 2006". ESPN. Associated Press. 7 November 2016.
  10. ↑ Gray, Will (31 October 2016). "Clerical error results in supersized Vegas field". Golf Channel.
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