John Peterson (golfer)

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John Peterson
Personal information
Full nameJohn Herring Peterson
Born (1989-04-18) April 18, 1989 (age 34)
Fort Worth, Texas
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Residence Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Career
College Louisiana State University
Turned professional2011
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Web.com Tour
Professional wins1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament 60th: 2013
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open T4: 2012
The Open Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Web.com Tour
Finals money list winner 		2013

John Herring Peterson (born April 18, 1989) is an American professional golfer.

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Peterson was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He played college golf at Louisiana State University. At LSU, he was a three-time All-American and won twice, including the 2011 NCAA Division I Championship. [1]

Peterson turned professional in 2011. He played in two Nationwide Tour events: The Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational (T2) and the Children's Hospital Classic (T23) and a number of PGA Tour events through sponsor exemptions.

Peterson qualified for the 2012 U.S. Open through sectional qualifying. In the third round, he was paired with his mentor and fellow LSU alum David Toms, and Peterson also got a hole in one at the par 3 13th hole. He finished the tournament tied for fourth, which earned him exemptions to the 2013 Masters Tournament and U.S. Open. [2] [3]

In 2013, Peterson became the first active Web.com Tour member to compete in the Masters. [4] He earned conditional Web.com Tour status for 2013 based on his 2012 PGA Tour non-member earnings ($327,091), which was equivalent to 172nd on the 2012 PGA Tour money list. He played in the Web.com Tour Finals and finished first to earn a fully exempt PGA Tour card for 2014. He finished seventh in the Web.com Tour Finals to earn his PGA Tour card for the 2014–15 season.

After not regaining his PGA Tour card through the 2018 Web.com Tour Finals, Peterson retired from professional golf. [5] However, he announced his return to golf on April 25, 2019, after watching Tiger Woods and Patrick Cantlay at the Masters. [6]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament20122013
Masters Tournament 60
U.S. Open T4T67
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament2014
The Players Championship T59

"T" indicates a tie for a place

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References

  1. ↑ "2011–12 LSU Men's Golf Media Guide". pp. 38–9, 48, 52. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  2. ↑ "John Peterson". Golf Channel . June 19, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  3. ↑ Gegenheimer, Mike (June 18, 2012). "Peterson, Toms finish top four at US Open". The Daily Reveille . Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  4. ↑ "PGA Tour Media Guide – John Peterson". PGA Tour. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  5. ↑ Lavner, Ryan (September 21, 2018). "After Web.com Tour Finals, Peterson retires ... again". Golf Channel. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  6. ↑ Harig, Bob (April 25, 2019). "Inspired by Tiger, golfer comes out of retirement". ESPN. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
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