Joe Durant | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Joseph Scott Durant | ||
Born | Pensacola, Florida, U.S. | April 7, 1964||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) | ||
Sporting nationality | United States | ||
Residence | Molino, Florida, U.S. | ||
Career | |||
College | Huntingdon College | ||
Turned professional | 1987 | ||
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions | ||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Web.com Tour T. C. Jordan Tour | ||
Professional wins | 13 | ||
Highest ranking | 27 (February 4, 2007) [1] | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
PGA Tour | 4 | ||
Korn Ferry Tour | 1 | ||
PGA Tour Champions | 5 | ||
Other | 3 | ||
Best results in major championships | |||
Masters Tournament | CUT: 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007 | ||
PGA Championship | T18: 2007 | ||
U.S. Open | T24: 2001 | ||
The Open Championship | T59: 2002 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Joseph Scott Durant (born April 7, 1964) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He was previously a member of the PGA Tour, where he was a four-time winner.
Durant was born in Pensacola, Florida. He attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama, where he majored in Marketing and graduated in 1987. [2] At Huntingdon, he was a three-time NAIA All-American and won the 1987 NAIA Championship. [3]
Durant turned professional in 1987. [2] He has won four times on the PGA Tour. [3] Durant won the 2001 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic with a score of 324 (-36), setting the tournament record which stands today. [4] He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking. [5] His best finish in a major is T18 at the 2007 PGA Championship. [6] In 2007 and 2008, he finished No. 129 on the PGA Tour official money list, and began playing some on the Nationwide Tour. By 2009, he was down to No. 131 and lost his PGA Tour card; however, he rebounded in 2010 to finish No. 115 on the money list to earn a spot on the Tour for 2011. [3]
Durant began playing on the Champions Tour after turning 50 in April 2014.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Jun 28, 1998 | Motorola Western Open | −17 (68-67-70-66=271) | 2 strokes | Vijay Singh |
2 | Feb 18, 2001 | Bob Hope Chrysler Classic | −36 (65-61-67-66-65=324) | 4 strokes | Paul Stankowski |
3 | Mar 4, 2001 | Genuity Championship | −18 (68-70-67-65=270) | 2 strokes | Mike Weir |
4 | Oct 22, 2006 | Funai Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort | −25 (69-65-64-65=263) | 4 strokes | Frank Lickliter, Troy Matteson |
PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2006 | Southern Farm Bureau Classic | D. J. Trahan | Lost to birdie on third extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | May 12, 1996 | Nike Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic | −15 (67-71-65-70=273) | 1 stroke | Brett Quigley, Dave Rummells |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | May 10, 1992 | Coca-Cola Classic | −15 (70-67-67-65=269) | Playoff | Craig Bowden, Kawika Cotner, Marion Dantzler |
2 | Jul 19, 1992 | Baneberry Classic | −16 (70-69-65-68=272) | 3 strokes | Eric Johnson, Jerry Kelly, Doug Weaver |
3 | Aug 9, 1992 | WWAY Golf Classic | −17 (72-66-69-64=271) | 2 strokes | Todd Barranger |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Apr 26, 2015 | Big Cedar Lodge Legends of Golf (with Billy Andrade) | −19 (63-51-45=159) | 3 strokes | Sandy Lyle and Ian Woosnam |
2 | Aug 7, 2016 | 3M Championship | −19 (70-64-63=197) | Playoff | Miguel Ángel Jiménez |
3 | Feb 18, 2018 | Chubb Classic | −19 (67-63-67=197) | 4 strokes | Steve Stricker, Billy Mayfair, David Toms, Tim Petrovic, Lee Janzen |
4 | Aug 29, 2021 | The Ally Challenge | −17 (65-66-68=199) | 1 stroke | Bernhard Langer |
5 | Mar 10, 2024 | Cologuard Classic | −13 (67-66-67=200) | 2 strokes | Steven Alker, Jerry Kelly, Kevin Sutherland |
PGA Tour Champions playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2016 | 3M Championship | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | Won with eagle on first extra hole |
Tournament | 1998 | 1999 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | |
U.S. Open | T32 | CUT |
The Open Championship | CUT | |
PGA Championship | T40 |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||||||
U.S. Open | T24 | CUT | CUT | CUT | ||||||
The Open Championship | CUT | T59 | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||||
PGA Championship | T51 | T60 | T39 | CUT | T72 | T18 |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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Masters Tournament | |||
U.S. Open | CUT | ||
The Open Championship | |||
PGA Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 9 |
Tournament | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | 76 | T10 | CUT | T62 | T58 | 5 | T36 | T28 | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
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Match Play | R64 | R64 | ||||
Championship | T65 | |||||
Invitational | T14 |
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Results not in chronological order before 2022.
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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The Tradition | T9 | T13 | T57 | T2 | T30 | NT | T35 | T21 | T18 | T39 | |
Senior PGA Championship | T5 | T13 | CUT | T46 | T15 | CUT | NT | T30 | T55 | CUT | T29 |
U.S. Senior Open | T9 | CUT | T14 | T12 | T44 | T24 | NT | CUT | CUT | T12 | CUT |
Senior Players Championship | T6 | T3 | T2 | T6 | T61 | T34 | T14 | T16 | T35 | T25 | T49 |
Senior British Open Championship | T34 | T7 | WD | T43 | T46 | NT | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
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