Nate Lashley

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Nate Lashley
Personal information
Full nameNathan Clark Lashley
Born (1982-12-12) December 12, 1982 (age 41)
Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight190 lb (86 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Scottsdale, Arizona
Career
College University of Arizona
Turned professional2005
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Web.com Tour
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Gateway Tour
Professional wins15
Highest ranking 70 (February 2, 2020) [1]
(as of March 17, 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other13
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 2020
PGA Championship T37: 2020
U.S. Open T28: 2019
The Open Championship CUT: 2019
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Order of Merit winner 		2016

Nathan Clark Lashley (born December 12, 1982) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

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Early life

Lashley was born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. [2] He played college golf at the University of Arizona. During his junior year, his parents and girlfriend died in a plane crash in Wyoming while flying from Sunriver, Oregon, where they had watched Lashley compete in the NCAA West Regional, to Nebraska. [3] [4]

Professional career

Lashley turned professional after graduating in 2005. He played on the Nationwide Tour (now Korn Ferry Tour) in 2006 but made only two cuts in 14 events. He spent the next several years playing mini-tours and selling real estate before qualifying for the PGA Tour Latinoamérica in 2015. [3] He finished 8th on the money list in 2015 with five top-10 finishes. In 2016, he won three events, led the money list and won the Player of the Year award. [2] His placement on the money list earned him a Web.com Tour card for 2017.

On the Web.com Tour in 2017, Lashley won the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship and finished 11th on the money list to earn his PGA Tour card for 2018. In 2018, he made eight cuts in 17 events before a knee injury ended his season. He started the 2019 PGA Tour on a minor medical extension, but did not fully meet the terms and spent that part of the season playing out of the 126-150 category. [2]

In June 2019, Lashley earned his first PGA Tour win at the 2019 Rocket Mortgage Classic. Lashley failed to Monday qualify for the event, but gained entry as the third alternate and final man in the field. He was ranked 353rd in the world at the start of the week. He shot 63-67-63-70 to win by six strokes and earned $1,314,000 with the victory. In addition, his card PGA Tour card was now good until the end of the 2021–22 season and he was invited to play in the 2019 Open Championship, The Players Championship, Masters Tournament and the Sentry Tournament of Champions in 2020. The win moved him to 101st in the Official World Golf Ranking. [5] [6]

Professional wins (15)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Jun 30, 2019 Rocket Mortgage Classic −25 (63-67-63-70=263)6 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Doc Redman

Web.com Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1May 7, 2017 Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship −20 (70-65-67-66=268)1 stroke Flag of Argentina.svg Augusto Núñez

PGA Tour Latinoamérica wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1Sep 11, 2016 San Luis Championship −7 (69-70-72-70=281)Playoff Flag of Colombia.svg Andrés Echavarría, Flag of the United States.svg Robert Rohanna,
Flag of Colombia.svg Daniel Vanegas
2Sep 18, 2016 Copa Diners Club International −15 (68-67-67-67=269)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Case Cochran, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Ruffels
3Dec 4, 2016 Shell Championship −19 (69-64-65-67=265)10 strokes Flag of Argentina.svg Augusto Núñez

Gateway Tour wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1Jun 27, 2008 Desert Summer 4−14 (67-67-68=202)2 strokes Flag of Mexico.svg Óscar Fraustro
2Jun 19, 2009Desert Summer 3−15 (67-67-67=201)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Chris Kamin, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake Younan-Wise
3Mar 10, 2011Arizona Series 7−20 (60-70-66=196)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jason Allred
4May 13, 2011Arizona Series 14−12 (66-68-67=201)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg James Drew

Other wins (6)

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament20192020
Masters Tournament CUT
PGA Championship T37
U.S. Open T28
The Open Championship CUTNT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament2021202220232024
The Players Championship 71T60T13
  Did not play

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2019
Championship
Match Play
Invitational T20
Champions
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 5 2020 Ending 2 Feb 2020" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Nate Lashley". PGA Tour. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  3. 1 2 Sobel, Jason (June 7, 2017). "After unthinkable tragedy and years of doubt, Nate Lashley perseveres". ESPN.
  4. ↑ Cooke, Sarah (May 26, 2004). "Three killed in plane crash near Gannett Peak". Casper Star-Tribune. Associated Press.
  5. ↑ Gray, Will (June 30, 2019). "Lashley on cusp of OWGR top 100 after Rocket Mortgage win". Golf Channel. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  6. ↑ Purcell, Jared (June 30, 2019). "See the final scores from the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit". MLive.com. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
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