Graham DeLaet

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Graham DeLaet
Personal information
Full nameGraham Norman DeLaet
Born (1982-01-22) 22 January 1982 (age 42)
Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Residence Boise, Idaho, U.S.
Spouse
Ruby DeLaet
​
(m. 2008)​
Career
College Boise State University
Turned professional2007
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Sunshine Tour
Canadian Tour
Professional wins4
Highest ranking 26 (February 2, 2014) [1]
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour1
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 2014
PGA Championship T7: 2017
U.S. Open CUT: 2014
The Open Championship T68: 2015
Achievements and awards
Canadian Tour
Order of Merit winner 		2009
Sunshine Tour
Rookie of the Year 		2009

Graham Norman DeLaet (born 22 January 1982) is a former Canadian professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour. He currently works as a golf analyst for The Sports Network (TSN) in Canada.

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Early life

DeLaet was born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan and grew up there and in Moose Jaw. He attended Boise State University where he won 10 collegiate tournaments. He was on the Canadian development golf team, organized by the RCGA, from 2005 to 2006, and credited this experience with improving his game. [2] DeLaet finished 2nd as an amateur in the 2005 Edmonton Open, a Canadian Tour event.

Early professional career

DeLaet turned professional in 2007 and played on the Canadian Tour that year. In his 2007 rookie season he made 11 of 14 cuts with seven top-10 finishes. He was awarded the Bob Beauchemin Shield as the Canadian Rookie of the Year.

He got off to a slow start in 2008, in which he missed the cut in five of his first eight events. However, he earned his first victory as a professional in his ninth start of the season at the Desjardins Montreal Open in a playoff, earning the first place prize of $32,000. He followed this up with a 2nd-place finish at the Jane Rogers Championship the following week and finished tied for 2nd at the season ending Tour Championship.

2009 was a successful season for DeLaet in which he spent time playing on the South African-based Sunshine Tour and the Canadian Tour. During the Canadian Tour season he had two victories at the ATB Financial Classic and the Players Cup and six top-10 finishes in only nine events played. He amassed earnings of $94,579 to lead the Canadian Tour Order of Merit and was chosen as the Player of the Year. At the end of the Canadian Tour season, he rejoined the Sunshine Tour and earned his third victory of the year at the BMG Classic. He finished 8th on the 2009 Sunshine Tour order of Merit while competing in only 5 tournaments and earned R 861,323. [3]

DeLaet also played in one Nationwide Tour event in 2009, placing T31 at the Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic, with a score of 279 (6-under-par). He played in the 2009 RBC Canadian Open on the PGA Tour, placing T46 with a score of 282 (6-under-par).

DeLaet represented Canada with Wes Heffernan at the 2008 Omega Mission Hills World Cup. In 2009, he played alongside Stuart Anderson. [4]

PGA Tour

In the fall of 2009, DeLaet began his qualifying run for the PGA Tour at the second of three stages, and qualified through his 72-hole event, advancing to the six-round PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament, set for early December, where the top 25 finishers would obtain their 2010 PGA Tour cards. He finished T8th and was a PGA Tour rookie for the 2010 season.

2010 rookie season

In 2010, after top-25 finishes in his first two events followed by five missed cuts, DeLaet had his best ever finish at the Shell Houston Open, finishing T-3, one stroke out of the playoff between Vaughn Taylor and Anthony Kim. He had his second top-10 finish of the 2010 season in October at the Viking Classic, with a T-5. The next week, DeLaet finished T-25 at the McGladrey Classic, his sixth top-25 finish of the season. He had his third top-10 finish of the season the next week with a T-6 at the Frys.com Open. The finish secured DeLaet his tour card for the 2011 PGA Tour season.

2011 season

DeLaet was injured for much of 2011 with a back injury. He played in two PGA Tour events (T73 at the FedEx St. Jude Classic, missed cut at Travelers Championship) and two Nationwide Tour events (T36 at Melwood Prince George's County Open, missed cut at Albertsons Boise Open).

2012 season

DeLaet played the 2012 season on a Major Medical Exemption with 26 starts to make $657,694 and match D. J. Trahan, the golfer who placed 125th on the 2011 money list. At the Sony Open in Hawaii, the first full-field event of the season, DeLaet led the first round in his first Tour event since June 2011. He finished fourth at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, his best finish of the season. DeLaet satisfied the terms of his exemption in July 2012 with eight starts to spare and kept his Tour card.

2013 season

A fully recovered DeLaet started his season with a missed cut at the Sony Open in Hawaii before making eight of his next nine through March, including two top-10s. He had a third-place finish at the Travelers Championship in June. He gained entry to the 2013 Open Championship (his first major tournament) as an alternate, by virtue of his world ranking and finished 83rd. At The Barclays, DeLaet had a career best PGA Tour finish of tied for 2nd with three other players, one stroke behind Adam Scott. DeLaet climbed to 32nd in the world rankings at the end of the season.

DeLaet's play during the 2013 season earned him a spot on the International Team for the 2013 Presidents Cup. DeLaet impressed captain Nick Price posting a 3–1–1 record, paired with Australian Jason Day for the first four sessions. DeLaet became just the second Canadian to play in the team competition, after Mike Weir.

2013–14 season

DeLaet began the 2013–14 season with a missed cut at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, but then finished T7 at the CIMB Classic, T6 at the WGC-HSBC Champions and T2 at both the Farmers Insurance Open and the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The remainder of DeLaet's season was not as successful. He missed the cut in the Masters, the U.S. Open and the Open Championship. His 15th-place finish at the PGA Championship was the high point for DeLaet's play in the majors. He finished the season with two second-place finishes, seven top-10 finishes, six missed cuts, and a WD at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

Olympics

2016

In 2016, DeLaet qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, marking golf's return to the Olympics for the first time since the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. [5] DeLaet represented Canada. Canada was the defending nation of men's golf at the Olympics as George Lyon won gold in 1904. [6] As DeLaet represented the defending champion nation he was in the first group to tee off at the tournament. Shortly before the games began, his caddie decided to not participate, prompting DeLaet to pick the recently retired NHL player Ray Whitney as his new caddie. [7] DeLaet shot a 66 (5-under-par) in the first Olympic round ever on 11 August 2016, including 6 birdies and 1 bogey. [8] He finished the tournament in 20th place.

Retirement

On 7 June 2022, DeLaet announced his retirement from professional golf and competing on the PGA Tour. He cited ongoing back injuries as the reason for his retirement. [9]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (4)

Sunshine Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
118 Oct 2009 BMG Classic −11 (68-69-68=205)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Jeff Inglis

Canadian Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
117 Aug 2008 Desjardins Montreal Open −10 (70-69-68-67=274)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg George Bradford, Flag of the United States.svg Daniel Im
228 June 2009 ATB Financial Classic −21 (72-64-67-64=267)4 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Byron Smith
319 Jul 2009 Canadian Tour Players Cup −8 (69-72-66-69=276)1 stroke Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryan Horn, Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Lee,
Flag of the United States.svg Byron Smith

Results in major championships

Tournament20132014201520162017
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship 83CUTT68
PGA Championship CUTT15T7
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 00000010
U.S. Open 00000010
The Open Championship 00000032
PGA Championship 00001232
Totals00001285

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament201220132014201520162017
The Players Championship T70T26CUTT56CUTCUT

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament20132014
Match Play R64
Championship T34
Invitational WD
Champions T6
  Did not play

WD = withdrew
"T" = Tied

PGA Tour career summary

YearStartsCuts madeWins2nd3rdTop 10Top 25Earnings ($)Money list
rank [10]
200710000000n/a
2009110000013,872n/a
2010281500138954,011100
2011210000010,472253
20122317000351,051,95195
201326210127122,834,90021
201424180207112,616,51830
2015221500034988,349104
2016211400035908,557112
201725170006101,603,66669
20183300011251,630187
2020520000031,359229
Career*181124033335611,265,285172 [11]
*As of the 2020 season. [12]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

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  5. ↑ "2016 Olympic Golf Final Rankings for 2016". golf.com. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
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