Scott Pinckney

Last updated

Scott Pinckney
Scott Pinkney.JPG
Pinckney in 2012
Personal information
Born (1989-03-13) March 13, 1989 (age 34)
Orem, Utah
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Career
College Arizona State University
Turned professional2011
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Web.com Tour
Challenge Tour
Gateway Tour
Professional wins1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2011
The Open Championship CUT: 2012

Scott Pinckney (born March 13, 1989) is an American professional golfer who has played on the European Tour, Challenge Tour, Web.com Tour, and PGA Tour.

Contents

Amateur career

Pinckney was born in Orem, Utah. He attended Boulder Creek High School in Anthem, Arizona and then Arizona State University from 2008 to 2011. He won the 2010 Trans-Mississippi Amateur Championships at Denver Country Club after scoring a 6-under par 204 (69-66-66) and then beating Kevin Tway on the second playoff hole. [1]

As an amateur he played in the 2011 U.S. Open after tying for top spot in sectional qualifying. He scored 79 and 75 and missed the cut.

Professional career

Pinckney turned professional in July 2011. In the remainder of 2011 he played in a number of Challenge Tour events. He also played in the Nordea Masters where he finished tied for 35th and the Irish Open where he missed the cut. He finished tied for 24th in the European Tour Qualifying School and earned his card for the 2012 season. He only just made the cut after the 4th round but a last round 65 lifted him from 66th after round 5 to a final 24th. [2]

His best result in the 2012 season was tied for 19th in the Sicilian Open. He qualified for the 2012 Open Championship through Local Final Qualifying at West Lancashire where he had a final round of 64 that included two chip-ins on his way to a 7-under par back nine. He then had to go through a playoff to secure his spot in The Open. [3] Pinckney fired a 2-under 68 in the first round but followed up with a 7-over 77 and missed the cut.

Pinckney played on the Web.com Tour in 2014 after earning his tour card through qualifying school. He finished 13th (excluding the regular-season Top 25) in the 2014 Web.com Tour Finals to earn his PGA Tour card for the 2014–15 season.

At the 2015 AT&T Byron Nelson, Pinckney put four under-par rounds together which culminated in a final round 66 and a tied for second place in the tournament.

Personal life

Pinckney is a friend of Rory McIlroy, the two having met as eight-year-olds during the Doral Junior Publix, a junior tournament held annually in Miami, Florida. Four years later Rory McIlroy stayed with the Pinckney family in Utah for three months, playing various junior events. [4]

Professional wins (1)

Gateway Tour wins (1)

Playoff record

Web.com Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2018 Wichita Open Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Hagy, Flag of the United States.svg Brady Schnell Schnell won with birdie on second extra hole
Pinckney eliminated by birdie on first hole

Results in major championships

Tournament20112012
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adam Scott (golfer)</span> Australian golfer

Adam Derek Scott is an Australian professional golfer who plays mainly on the PGA Tour. He was the World No. 1 ranked golfer, from mid-May to August 2014. He has won 31 professional tournaments around the world, on many of golf's major tours.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rory McIlroy</span> Northern Irish professional golfer (born 1989)

Rory Daniel McIlroy is a Northern Irish professional golfer who is a member of both the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He is a former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking, and has spent over 100 weeks in that position during his career. He is a four-time major champion, winning the 2011 U.S. Open, 2012 PGA Championship, 2014 Open Championship and 2014 PGA Championship. Along with Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods, he is one of three players to win four majors by the age of 25.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kirk Triplett</span> American professional golfer

Kirk Alan Triplett is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, and PGA Tour Champions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carl Pettersson</span> Swedish professional golfer

Carl Pettersson is a Swedish professional golfer who is a member of the PGA Tour. He has won five times on the PGA Tour, making him one of Sweden's most successful players alongside Jesper Parnevik and Henrik Stenson. Pettersson carries dual citizenship after having become an American citizen in January 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jason Day</span> Australian professional golfer

Jason Anthony Day is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and most notably won the 2015 PGA Championship. He is a former world number one in the World Golf Ranking, having first achieved the ranking in September 2015. Day first broke into the world's top ten in June 2011, rising to world number nine after his runner-up finish at the U.S. Open. In February 2014, Day won his first WGC title, the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and would win it for a second time in 2016. With his 2016 win, he joined Tiger Woods and Geoff Ogilvy as the only multiple winners of the WGC Match Play. He went on to win his first major tournament at the 2015 PGA Championship, scoring a record 20 strokes under par and rising to number three in the world rankings.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">D. A. Points</span> American professional golfer (born 1976)

Darren Andrew "D.A." Points is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rickie Fowler</span> American professional golfer (born 1988)

Rick Yutaka Fowler is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He was the number one ranked amateur golfer in the world for 36 weeks in 2007 and 2008. On January 24, 2016, he reached a career high fourth in the Official World Golf Ranking following his victory in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship. He is one of only 3 golfers to shoot 62 in a major championship, achieving the feat at the 2023 U.S. Open, played at the Los Angeles Country Club.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bernd Wiesberger</span> Austrian professional golfer

Bernd Klaus Wiesberger is an Austrian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and formerly on the LIV Golf League. He finished the 2019 European Tour season in third place on the Race to Dubai standings, his best finish to date.

Russell Chapin Henley is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kevin Kisner</span> American professional golfer

Kevin James Kisner is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gary Woodland</span> American professional golfer

Gary Lynn Woodland is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the U.S. Open in 2019, his first major championship and sixth professional victory. Following a successful college career, he turned professional in 2007 and briefly competed on the Nationwide Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2011 U.S. Open (golf)</span> Golf tournament

The 2011 United States Open Championship was the 111th U.S. Open, played June 16–19 at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb northwest of Washington, D.C. Rory McIlroy won his first major title, eight strokes ahead of Jason Day. He set eleven U.S. Open records on the weekend, including the lowest total 72-hole score (268) and the lowest total under par (−16). McIlroy and Robert Garrigus became the fifth and sixth in U.S. Open history to score under par in all four rounds.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cameron Smith (golfer)</span> Australian professional golfer (born 1993)

Cameron Smith is an Australian professional golfer who currently plays on the LIV Golf League. He won the 2022 Open Championship, and has won five other tournaments on the PGA Tour, including the 2022 Players Championship.

Patrick Rodgers is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

Andrew Dwain Landry is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

Abraham Ancer is a Mexican-American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and is currently playing on the LIV Golf tour. He won the 2018 Emirates Australian Open and the 2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational for his first PGA Tour career victory.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Xander Schauffele</span> American professional golfer (born 1993)

Alexander Victor Schauffele is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, having won seven times since turning professional in 2015. Schauffele's best major finish is tied second at both the 2018 Open Championship and the 2019 Masters. Schauffele won the Olympic gold medal at the men's individual golf event of the 2020 Summer Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scottie Scheffler</span> American professional golfer (born 1996)

Scott Alexander Scheffler is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He is currently the world number one, first reaching the position in the Official World Golf Ranking in March 2022, and has held that ranking for over 50 weeks. He has won one major championship, the 2022 Masters Tournament. He also won the 2023 Players Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wyndham Clark</span> American professional golfer (born 1993)

Wyndham Robert Clark is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. In May 2023, he won the Wells Fargo Championship for his first PGA Tour win; the following month, he won his first major, the 2023 U.S. Open.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Open Championship</span> Golf tournament

The 2022 Open Championship, officially the 150th Open Championship, was a golf tournament played 14–17 July on the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland. The championship was won by Cameron Smith with a score of 268, 20 under par, one stroke ahead of Cameron Young.

References

  1. ↑ "107th Trans-Mississippi Championship" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  2. ↑ "The 2011 Qualifying School Fact File" . Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  3. ↑ "English veterans lead 12 qualifiers to Royal Lytham & St Annes" . Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  4. ↑ "McIlroy and Pinckney: Friends Reunited" . Retrieved July 17, 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.