Brad Fabel

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Brad Fabel
Personal information
Born (1955-11-30) November 30, 1955 (age 69)
Louisville, Kentucky
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight190 lb (86 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Career
College University of Houston
Western Kentucky University
Turned professional1982
Former tours PGA Tour
Nationwide Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship T28: 1987
U.S. Open T34: 1999
The Open Championship DNP

Brad Fabel (born November 30, 1955) is an American professional golfer.

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Early life and amateur career

In 1955, Fabel was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a semifinalist at the 1973 U.S. Junior Amateur [1] and won 1974 Kentucky Amateur. [2] He played college golf first at the University of Houston, [3] then at Western Kentucky University. He graduated from WKU in 1982.

Professional career

In 1982, Fabel turned professional. Fabel played on the PGA Tour from 1985 to 1993 and 1996 to 2001. His best finish on tour was pair of T-2: at the 1990 Canon Greater Hartford Open and the 1997 Buick Open. He also played on the Nationwide Tour from 1994 to 1995 and 2001 to 2005, winning twice: the 1994 Nike Gateway Classic and the 1995 Nike Shreveport Open.

Since retiring in 2005, Fabel has worked as a PGA Tour rules official. [4]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (2)

Nike Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1Jul 24, 1994 Nike Gateway Classic −9 (70-68-71-70=279)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jim Carter, Flag of the United States.svg Chris Perry
2Apr 23, 1995 Nike Shreveport Open −13 (64-67=131) [a] 4 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Chris Smith

Playoff record

Other playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
11985 Chrysler Team Championship
(with Flag of the United States.svg Charlie Bolling)		 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Colbert and Flag of the United States.svg Tom Purtzer,
Flag of the United States.svg Raymond Floyd and Flag of the United States.svg Hal Sutton,
Flag of the United States.svg John Fought and Flag of the United States.svg Pat McGowan,
Flag of the United States.svg Gary Hallberg and Flag of the United States.svg Scott Hoch 		Floyd/Sutton won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament19861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999
U.S. Open CUTCUTCUTCUTT34
PGA Championship T28T33T71
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Note: Fabel never played in the Masters Tournament or The Open Championship

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.

References

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