Grant Waite | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Grant Osten Waite |
Born | Palmerston North, New Zealand | 11 August 1964
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st) |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Residence | Ocala, Florida, U.S. |
Career | |
College | University of Oklahoma |
Turned professional | 1987 |
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour PGA Tour of Australasia Nationwide Tour Canadian Tour Champions Tour |
Professional wins | 4 |
Highest ranking | 92 (18 March 2001) [1] |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour | 1 |
PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 |
Other | 2 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | CUT: 1994, 2001 |
PGA Championship | T59: 2001 |
U.S. Open | T36: 1997 |
The Open Championship | DNP |
Grant Osten Waite (born 11 August 1964) is a New Zealand professional golfer.
Waite was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand. He has one PGA Tour victory, the Kemper Open in 1993, and finished second to Tiger Woods at the 2000 Bell Canadian Open.
Waite won the New Zealand Open and the Trafalgar Capital Classic in 1992, and the Utah Open in 1993. In 1996, Waite shot a final round 60 in the Phoenix Open.
Waite qualified for the 2015 Champions Tour by finishing second at qualifying school in 2014. [2]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 23 May 1993 | Kemper Open | −9 (66-67-72-70=275) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 1997 | Michelob Championship at Kingsmill | ![]() ![]() | Duval won with birdie on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | 23 Feb 1992 | AMP New Zealand Open | −16 (70-63-66-69=268) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 1993 | Ford Australian PGA Championship | ![]() ![]() | Baker-Finch won with birdie on second extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 9 Aug 1992 | Trafalgar Capital Classic | −13 (71-68-68-68=275) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | CUT | |||||||||
U.S. Open | T72 | DQ | T36 | CUT | CUT | ||||||
PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | T59 |
Note: Waite never played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = Disqualified
"T" = tied
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