Sean Crocker

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Sean Crocker
Personal information
Born (1996-08-31) August 31, 1996 (age 28)
Harare, Zimbabwe
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. [1]
Career
College University of Southern California
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s) European Tour
Korn Ferry Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2022
The Open Championship T47: 2018

Sean Crocker (born August 31, 1996) is an American professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.

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Early life and amateur career

Crocker was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. [2] His father, Gary, was a test cricketer, who played for Zimbabwe from 1992 to 1993. They moved from Zimbabwe to California when Crocker was five due to political issues. [3] He played collegiate golf for the University of Southern California, after transitioning from baseball to golf at the age of thirteen. [3] In 2014, Crocker was co-medalist in the U.S. Junior Amateur and was a quarter finalist in the match play portion of the same tournament. In 2015, Crocker reached the semifinals of the U.S. Amateur, but lost to the overall winner, Bryson DeChambeau. [3] Crocker was also a two-time All-American (2015 and 2017). [4]

Professional career

Crocker turned professional in September 2017. [2] After finishing in a joint 6th place in the 2018 SMBC Singapore Open, he earned an invite to his first major, the 2018 Open Championship. During this tournament, Crocker made the cut. At one stage, he was on the leaderboard in 6th place halfway through the third round and ultimately finished tied for 47th after a tough last round in windy conditions. [3]

The following week he had his best finish as a professional, tied for third in the Euram Bank Open on the Challenge Tour. He followed that up with a T3 at the Kazakhstan Open (with a course record 62), 3rd at the Hainan Open, 3rd at the Foshan Open and 5th at the Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final (tied course record 63), to finish in the top-15 ranked players (11th) and secured his 2019 European Tour card in his rookie year as a professional. He needed just 11 starts in the season to secure his 2019 playing rights.

In July 2022, Crocker won his first European Tour event at the Hero Open in Fairmont St Andrews, Scotland. He won wire-to-wire to beat Eddie Pepperell by one shot. [5]

Amateur wins

Source: [6]

Professional wins (1)

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Jul 31, 2022 Hero Open −22 (63-66-69-68=266)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Eddie Pepperell

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological before 2019 and 2020.

Tournament2018201920202021202220232024
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship T47NTT50
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = no tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Sean Crocker". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Sean Crocker". PGA Tour. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Sean Crocker". The Open. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  4. ↑ "2018 USC Men's Golf" (PDF). USC Trojans. p. 23. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  5. ↑ Livie, Alex (July 31, 2022). "'Don't start cyring' - Sean Crocker fends off Eddie Pepperell for first career win with victory at Hero Open". Eurosport. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Sean Crocker". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
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