Jonathan Byrd (golfer)
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox golfer Jonathan Currie Byrd (born January 27, 1978) is an American professional golfer. He was the 2002 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, and has won five times on the PGA Tour.
Amateur career
Byrd was born in Anderson, South Carolina. He attended Clemson University from 1997 to 2000. During his Clemson career, Byrd was the first four-time First Team All-ACC player in Clemson history and was named a First Team All-America in 1999. He represented the United States on the Walker Cup team in 1999.
Professional career
Byrd turned professional in 2000 and played on the Buy.com Tour (now Korn Ferry Tour), winning the Buy.com Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs and finishing eighth on the money list.
In his first season on the PGA Tour in 2002, Byrd won the Buick Challenge and was named PGA Tour Rookie of the Year.[1] Byrd won the B.C. Open in 2004 and the John Deere Classic in 2007.
Byrd had an average season in 2008 with two top-10s and a little over $1,000,000 in earnings. His best finish in 2009 was at the Memorial Tournament, where he was joint second round leader with Jim Furyk. Byrd would go on to finish T3.[2]
On October 24, 2010, Byrd defeated Martin Laird and Cameron Percy in a sudden-death playoff at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open for his fourth PGA Tour title. Byrd made a hole-in-one on the fourth hole of the playoff, the par-3 17th, to win the championship.[3] On January 9, 2011, Byrd defeated Robert Garrigus on the second hole of a playoff to win the PGA Tour season opener the Hyundai Tournament of Champions.[4]
On October 2, 2017, Byrd won the 2017 Web.com Tour Championship by four strokes, securing his full PGA Tour card for the first time since 2014.[5]
Personal life
On July 7, 2009, Byrd 's father, James, died aged 65 after a long struggle with brain cancer.[6] The death of his father caused Byrd to withdraw from the John Deere Classic, an event he won in 2007.
Awards and honors
In 2002, Byrd earned the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year award.
Amateur wins
this list may be incomplete
- 1999 Northeast Amateur
Professional wins (7)
PGA Tour wins (5)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oct 27, 2002 | Buick Challenge | −27 (67-66-65-63=261) | 1 stroke | Template:Flagicon David Toms |
| 2 | Jul 18, 2004 | B.C. Open | −20 (67-65-68-68=268) | 1 stroke | Template:Flagicon Ted Purdy |
| 3 | Jul 15, 2007 | John Deere Classic | −18 (67-68-65-66=266) | 1 stroke | Template:Flagicon Tim Clark |
| 4 | Oct 24, 2010 | Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open | −21 (66-63-66-68=263) | Playoff | Template:Flagicon Martin Laird, Template:Flagicon Cameron Percy |
| 5 | Jan 9, 2011 | Hyundai Tournament of Champions | −24 (69-63-69-67=268) | Playoff | Template:Flagicon Robert Garrigus |
PGA Tour playoff record (2–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2010 | Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open | Template:Flagicon Martin Laird, Template:Flagicon Cameron Percy | Won with eagle on fourth extra hole |
| 2 | 2011 | Hyundai Tournament of Champions | Template:Flagicon Robert Garrigus | Won with par on second extra hole |
| 3 | 2011 | Wells Fargo Championship | Template:Flagicon Lucas Glover | Lost to par on first extra hole |
Web.com Tour wins (2)
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| Finals events (1) |
| Other Web.com Tour (1) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 29, 2001 | Buy.com Charity Pro-Am | −18 (67-70-66-66=269) | 1 stroke | Template:Flagicon Brenden Pappas |
| 2 | Oct 2, 2017 | Web.com Tour Championship | −24 (64-65-64-67=260) | 4 strokes | Template:Flagicon Sam Saunders, Template:Flagicon Shawn Stefani |
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T8 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T27 | |||||
| U.S. Open | T15 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T56 | |||||
| The Open Championship | T23 | CUT | CUT | |||||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | T20 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
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CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Summary
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 6 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (three times)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1
Results in The Players Championship
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | T32 | CUT | T16 | T32 | T37 | CUT | T41 | T12 | CUT | CUT |
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CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match Play | R16 | R64 | R64 | |||||||
| Championship | T65 | T10 | T35 | |||||||
| Invitational | T71 | T59 | T55 | |||||||
| Champions | T23 | |||||||||
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QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
PGA Tour career summary
| Season | Wins | Earnings ($) | Rank[7] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0 | 14,130 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | 8,400 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | 1,462,713 | 39 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1,430,538 | 47 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1,133,165 | 70 |
| 2005 | 0 | 726,023 | 111 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1,408,418 | 63 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1,854,906 | 42 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1,039,584 | 101 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1,316,771 | 67 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1,534,981 | 55 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2,938,920 | 22 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1,616,789 | 50 |
| 2013 | 0 | 428,966 | 146 |
| 2014 | 0 | 617,014 | 133 |
| 2015 | 0 | 446,732 | 163 |
| 2016 | 0 | 58,655 | 219 |
| 2017 | 0 | 328,337 | 176 |
| 2018 | 0 | 267,055 | 186 |
| 2019 | 0 | 550,547 | 162 |
| 2020 | 0 | 166,222 | 198 |
| Career* | 5 | 19,348,865 | 87[8] |
* As of the 2020 season.
** Byrd did not join the PGA Tour until 2002 so he was not ranked on the money list until then.
U.S. national team appearances
Amateur
- Palmer Cup: 1999 (winners), 2000
- Walker Cup: 1999
Professional
- Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (representing PGA Tour): 2011
See also
References
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