Kevin Sutherland | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Kevin John Sutherland |
Born | Sacramento, California, U.S. | July 4, 1964
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st) |
Sporting nationality | United States |
Residence | Sacramento, California, U.S. |
Career | |
College | Fresno State University |
Turned professional | 1987 |
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions |
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Professional wins | 8 |
Highest ranking | 32 (February 24, 2002) [1] |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour | 1 |
European Tour | 1 |
PGA Tour Champions | 5 |
Other | 2 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | T33: 2003 |
PGA Championship | T9: 2007 |
U.S. Open | T28: 2003 |
The Open Championship | T9: 2001 |
Kevin John Sutherland (born July 4, 1964) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions.
Sutherland was born in Sacramento, California and graduated from Christian Brothers High School. He attended Fresno State University and made the golf team as a walk-on freshman. Teased by his teammates for his unorthodox swing and unusual grip, he silenced his peers as he gained All-American status twice in his four years at Fresno State and became the most successful player ever to have spent time there. His younger brother David also attended Fresno while Kevin was there and followed in his brother's footsteps as an All-American golfer.
As a professional, Sutherland qualified for the PGA Tour in 1992. He won the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in 2002 in his 184th start. It was his only PGA Tour win in 447 starts. He had an exceptional 2008 season that included 6 top ten finishes, including playoff losses to Vijay Singh at the 2008 Barclays and Cameron Beckman at the 2008 Frys.com Open. This runner-up finish vaulted Sutherland well inside the top thirty on the 2008 PGA Tour money list, and secured him a spot in the 2009 Masters Tournament.
He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings, peaking at 32nd in 2002. Back and neck injuries forced Sutherland to limit his PGA Tour career in 2011 and 2012. Sutherland returned to playing full-time in 2013. He fell short of satisfying his medical extension, but earned enough to remain on the PGA Tour with conditional status for the remainder of 2013.
On Saturday, August 16, 2014, at the second round of the Dick's Sporting Goods Open, Sutherland became the first person on the Champions Tour to shoot a 59, going −13 on the par-72 course. [2]
On November 12, 2017, Sutherland earned his first PGA Tour Champions win at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship and overcame the seven wins of Bernhard Langer to win the Charles Schwab Cup. [3]
On April 1, 2019, Sutherland won his second PGA Tour Champions tournament at the Rapiscan Systems Classic in Mississippi. Sutherland won in a seven-hole playoff over Scott Parel. The playoff was held over two days because play had to be suspended on Sunday March 31, 2019 due to darkness. [4] Sutherland and Parel faced off in a playoff again in June at the Principal Charity Classic with Sutherland winning on the second extra hole. [5]
In November 2020, Sutherland won the Charles Schwab Cup Championship for the second time. Sutherland won in a Monday finish on the ninth playoff hole over Paul Broadhurst. [6] On February 28, 2021, Sutherland won the Cologuard Classic in Tucson, Arizona. He won by two strokes over Mike Weir. [7]
Legend |
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World Golf Championships (1) |
Other PGA Tour (0) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | Jan 15, 2002 | WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship | 1 up | Scott McCarron |
PGA Tour playoff record (0–3)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 1997 | Shell Houston Open | Phil Blackmar | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 2008 | The Barclays | Sergio García, Vijay Singh | Singh won with birdie on second extra hole Sutherland eliminated by birdie on first hole |
3 | 2008 | Frys.com Open | Cameron Beckman | Lost to par on second extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | Nov 20, 2000 | Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational | −13 (69-67-70-69=275) | 1 stroke | Don Pooley |
2 | Nov 24, 2019 | TaylorMade Pebble Beach Invitational (2) | −12 (72-70-67-67=276) | 3 strokes | Martin Flores |
Legend |
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Charles Schwab Cup playoff events (1) |
Other PGA Tour Champions (4) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | Nov 12, 2017 | Charles Schwab Cup Championship | −15 (69-63-66=198) | 1 stroke | Vijay Singh |
2 | Apr 1, 2019 | Rapiscan Systems Classic | −7 (65-69-75=209) | Playoff | Scott Parel |
3 | Jun 2, 2019 | Principal Charity Classic | −17 (72-65-62=199) | Playoff | Scott Parel |
4 | Nov 9, 2020 | Charles Schwab Cup Championship (2) | −15 (65-64-69=198) | Playoff | Paul Broadhurst |
5 | Feb 28, 2021 | Cologuard Classic | −15 (68-67-69=204) | 1 stroke | Mike Weir |
PGA Tour Champions playoff record (3–2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2015 | Regions Tradition | Jeff Maggert | Lost to par on first extra hole |
2 | 2016 | Boeing Classic | Bernhard Langer, Woody Austin | Langer won with birdie on first extra hole |
3 | 2019 | Rapiscan Systems Classic | Scott Parel | Won with birdie on seventh extra hole |
4 | 2019 | Principal Charity Classic | Scott Parel | Won with birdie on second extra hole |
5 | 2020 | Charles Schwab Cup Championship | Paul Broadhurst | Won with birdie on ninth extra hole |
Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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Masters Tournament | ||||
U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | ||
The Open Championship | ||||
PGA Championship | T76 | T44 | CUT |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | T33 | T46 | |||||||
U.S. Open | T44 | T37 | T28 | CUT | T58 | T33 | ||||
The Open Championship | T9 | CUT | T60 | |||||||
PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | T43 | T18 | CUT | 77 | T9 | T63 | T32 |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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Masters Tournament | |||||
U.S. Open | T67 | CUT | |||
The Open Championship | |||||
PGA Championship | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 18 |
Tournament | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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The Players Championship | T42 | CUT | CUT | T58 | CUT | T48 | T6 | T68 | CUT | T58 | CUT | T32 | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
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2002 | WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship | n/a | 1 up | Scott McCarron |
Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Match Play | R64 | 1 | R16 | R64 | |||||
Championship | NT1 | T27 | T61 | ||||||
Invitational | T58 | ||||||||
Champions |
1Canceled due to 9/11
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Results not in chronological order before 2022.
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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The Tradition | 2 | T17 | T13 | 12 | T37 | NT | 20 | T28 | T22 | ||
Senior PGA Championship | T13 | T19 | T17 | T10 | NT | T29 | T20 | ||||
U.S. Senior Open | T38 | T7 | T6 | T29 | T38 | T8 | NT | T5 | T28 | CUT | |
Senior Players Championship | T10 | T13 | T9 | T17 | T13 | T8 | T7 | T44 | T23 | ||
Senior British Open Championship | T19 | T12 | T24 | NT |
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
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