Jason Gore

Jason Gore
Personal information
Full name	Jason William Gore
Born	(1974-05-17) May 17, 1974 (age 49) Van Nuys, California
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	245 lb (111 kg; 17.5 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Residence	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Career
College	University of Arizona Pepperdine University
Turned professional	1997
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour (past champion status) Web.com Tour
Professional wins	12
Highest ranking	77 (December 11, 2005) [1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	1
Korn Ferry Tour	7 (1st all time)
Other	4
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	T62: 2006
U.S. Open	T47: 2010
The Open Championship	DNP
Achievements and awards
Nationwide Tour Player of the Year 2005

Jason William Gore (born May 17, 1974) is an American professional golfer.

Amateur career

Gore was born in Van Nuys, California. He grew up playing junior golf with Tiger Woods. ^[2]

Gore attended the University of Arizona, then transferred to Pepperdine University. ^[3] At Pepperdine, he was part of their NCAA Division I Championship team in 1997. He also played on the victorious Walker Cup team that year.

Professional career

Gore turned professional in 1997. In 2005, he played on the PGA Tour after moving from the Nationwide Tour mid-season, after receiving a battlefield promotion, which is given when a player wins three Nationwide Tour events in one season.

Gore has one PGA Tour win, the 84 Lumber Classic in 2005, and is the all-time leader in career wins on what is now the Korn Ferry Tour, with seven. Gore belongs to a small group of players who have shot 59 in their careers. His historic round of 59 happened on Friday of the 2005 Cox Classic at Champions Run in Omaha, Nebraska. He is also one of two golfers to win on both the Korn Ferry Tour and PGA Tour in the same season, following Paul Stankowski in 1996.

Gore played in the final group of the 2005 U.S. Open with Retief Goosen. He shot a 14-over-par 84 to drop all the way to a tie for 49th; Michael Campbell won the event. Gore was not fully exempt on the PGA Tour from 2009 to 2014. Gore had a strong 2015, but a poor 2016 saw him finish outside 150th, limiting him to past champion status for 2017.

During the third round of the 2016 Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, Gore made a double eagle on the par-5 18th hole. ^[4]

After injuries and poor play, Gore went into the insurance business. In 2018, he received his license and is one of the co-founders of Kirkman Gore Insurance Services. ^[5]

As a comeback from his retirement, Gore earned a sponsor exemption for the 2018 RSM Classic on the PGA Tour. After three rounds, he was in second place, a stroke behind leader Charles Howell III after posting scores of 68, 63 and 67. ^[6] In the final round, Gore shot +2 and finished T15 for the tournament. In March 2019, Gore was named the first player relations director for the USGA.

Personal life

Gore resides in Gladstone, New Jersey ^{[7] [8]} with his wife, Megan, his son, Jaxon, and his daughter, Olivia.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

• 1996 Sahalee Players Championship
• 1997 Pacific Coast Amateur, California State Amateur

Professional wins (12)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Sep 18, 2005	84 Lumber Classic	−14 (65-72-67-70=274)	1 stroke	Carlos Franco

Nationwide Tour wins (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Oct 8, 2000	Buy.com New Mexico Classic	−14 (67-69-64-66=266)	3 strokes	Mike Grob
2	Sep 15, 2002	Oregon Classic	−18 (67-67-65-71=270)	3 strokes	Marco Dawson, Jeff Freeman, Patrick Moore, Arron Oberholser, Tag Ridings
3	Sep 22, 2002	Albertsons Boise Open	−15 (66-68-66-73=273)	2 strokes	Emlyn Aubrey, Barry Cheesman
4	Jul 10, 2005	National Mining Association Pete Dye Classic	−17 (69-66-68-68=271)	1 stroke	Doug LaBelle II
5	Jul 17, 2005	Scholarship America Showdown	−14 (67-68-64-67=266)	4 strokes	Bill Haas
6	Aug 7, 2005	Cox Classic	−23 (71-59-68-63=261)	Playoff	Roger Tambellini
7	Oct 17, 2010	Miccosukee Championship	−16 (65-67-65-71=268)	4 strokes	Scott Gutschewski, Kevin Kisner

Nationwide Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2005	Cox Classic	Roger Tambellini	Won with birdie on second extra hole

Other wins (4)

• 1997 (1) California State Open (as an amateur)
• 2004 (1) California State Open
• 2008 (1) Straight Down Fall Classic (with Kevin Marsh)
• 2013 (1) Straight Down Fall Classic (with Kevin Marsh)

Results in major championships

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open	CUT							T49			CUT		T47
The Open Championship
PGA Championship									T62

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
The Players Championship	CUT	T23	WD								CUT

  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2006
Match Play
Championship
Invitational	T36

  Did not play

"T" = Tied

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

• Walker Cup: 1997 (winners)

See also

• 2000 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
• 2002 Buy.com Tour graduates
• 2005 Nationwide Tour graduates
• 2014 Web.com Tour Finals graduates
• List of golfers with most Web.com Tour wins
• Lowest rounds of golf

References

1. "Week 50 2005 Ending 11 Dec 2005" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved October 29, 2019.
2. Crouse, Karen (September 3, 2015). "At 41, Jason Gore Brings a Different Look, and Sensibility, to the FedEx Cup Playoffs". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved September 7, 2015.
3. Yoon, Peter (June 15, 1997). "Greener Pastures : Pepperdine's Jason Gore Is Concentrating on the State Amateur While Contemplating When He Should Join the PGA Tour". Los Angeles Times.
4. "Farmers Insurance Open Notes: Jason Gore has a double eagle on a day of hole-outs". Los Angeles Times. January 30, 2016.
5. Hoggard, Rex (November 16, 2018). "Insurance salesman Gore has another shot at a PGA Tour title". Golf Channel.
6. Strege, John (November 17, 2018). "Jason Gore, a 'retired' professional golfer turned insurance salesman, somehow is one off lead in RSM Classic". Golf Digest. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
7. "Meet Jason". www.jasongoregolf.com.
8. Lopez, Jill Painter. "Where Are They Now? Listening Post", Fore magazine, October 17, 2019. Accessed September 23, 2020. "The Gores love their new Gladstone, N.J., home, on nearly four acres of land with a 1.5-mile commute to the office. Once he had to wait for five Canada geese to cross the road."

External links

• Official website

• Jason Gore at the PGA Tour official site
• Jason Gore at the Official World Golf Ranking official site