Luke Guthrie

Last updated

Luke Guthrie
Personal information
Born (1990-01-31) January 31, 1990 (age 35)
Quincy, Illinois
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Champaign, Illinois
SpouseKaitlyn Guthrie (m. 2016)
Career
College University of Illinois
Turned professional2012
Current tour Korn Ferry Tour
Former tour PGA Tour
Professional wins2
Highest ranking 58 (March 24, 2013) [1]
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship T47: 2013
U.S. Open CUT: 2013, 2014, 2019
The Open Championship CUT: 2013

Luke Guthrie (born January 31, 1990) is an American professional golfer.

Contents

Early life and amateur career

In 1990, Guthrie was born in Quincy, Illinois. He played college golf at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In his time at the university, Guthrie won seven collegiate tournaments, including two Big Ten Conference Championships. [2]

Professional career

In 2012, upon his completion of his senior season at University of Illinois, Guthrie turned professional and began playing on the Web.com Tour while still taking university courses. In his first five professional golf outings, Guthrie secured four top-10 finishes. In his sixth appearance, Luke won the Albertsons Boise Open. [3] Guthrie followed that victory with a second tournament win, just weeks later at the WNB Golf Classic. [4] He also played three events on the PGA Tour in 2012, finishing in the top-20 in each. Guthrie's best finish was a tie for fifth place at the John Deere Classic.

Professional wins (2)

Web.com Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1Sep 16, 2012 Albertsons Boise Open −22 (64-71-62-66=262)4 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Gardiner, Flag of the United States.svg Richard H. Lee,
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Putnam, Flag of the United States.svg Steve Wheatcroft
2Sep 23, 2012 WNB Golf Classic −17 (72-66-67-66=271)1 stroke Flag of New Zealand.svg Danny Lee, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Percy

Web.com Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2012 Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational Flag of the United States.svg Ben Kohles Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUTCUT
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship T47
Tournament2019
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
  Did not play

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

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Week 12 2013 Ending 24 Mar 2013" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Fighting Illini profile". Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  3. ↑ Chemycz, Joe (September 16, 2012). "Guthrie wins Albertsons Boise Open by four strokes". Web.com Tour. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Luke Guthrie wins WNB Golf Classic". ESPN. Associated Press. September 23, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2012.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.