Pat Bates

Pat Bates
Pat Bates
Personal information
Full name	Patrick Alfred Bates
Born	July 26, 1969 (age 52); St. Louis, Missouri
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Career
College	University of Florida
Turned professional	1991
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour ; Nationwide Tour
Professional wins	6
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour	5 (Tied 7th all time)
Other	1

Last updated November 23, 2021

Patrick Alfred Bates (born July 26, 1969) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and who served as the head men's golf coach at the University of Central Oklahoma from 2011-2016.^[1]

Bates was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Buddy Alexander's Florida Gators men's golf team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1988 to 1991.^[2] He received first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) honors and was an All-American in 1989, 1990 and 1991.^[2]^[3] Bates graduated from Florida with a bachelor's degree in communications process and disorders.

Bates played on the Nationwide Tour in 1994, from 1996 to 2001 and 2005 to 2007. He played on the PGA Tour in 1995 and from 2002 to 2004. His best finish in a PGA Tour event was a tie for fifth at the Bank of America Colonial in 2003.

In 2001 Bates won three events on the Nationwide Tour which gave him an immediate promotion to the PGA Tour.

His wife, Kristine Tewell, is the daughter of Champions Tour golfer Doug Tewell.

Professional wins (6)

Buy.com Tour wins (5)

Legend
Tour Championships (1)
Other Buy.com Tour (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Aug 7, 1994	Nike Dakota Dunes Open	−12 (74-68-69-65=276)	2 strokes	Rex Caldwell, Gary Webb
2	Sep 7, 1997	Nike Colorado Classic	−17 (71-66-64-66=267)	1 stroke	J. L. Lewis
3	Jul 22, 2001	Buy.com Siouxland Open	−15 (66-67-70-70=273)	1 stroke	Matt Kuchar, Eric Meeks
4	Oct 21, 2001	Buy.com Shreveport Open	−20 (66-68-67-67=268)	1 stroke	Brian Kamm
5	Oct 28, 2001	Buy.com Tour Championship	−4 (71-72-72-69=284)	3 strokes	Tom Carter, Brenden Pappas

Buy.com Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1994	Nike Shreveport Open	Omar Uresti	Lost to birdie on sixth extra hole
2	2000	Buy.com Ozarks Open	Mike Heinen, Pat Perez	Perez won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

1993 Massachusetts Open

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References

↑ "Bates Steps Down As UCO Coach". University of Central Oklahoma Athletics. June 13, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
1 2 Florida Men's Golf 2011 Media Supplement Archived April 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 28, 34, 39, 41 (2010). Retrieved July 11, 2011.
↑ 2008–09 Florida Gators Men's Golf Media Guide Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 36 (2008). Retrieved July 14, 2011.

External links

Pat Bates at the PGA Tour official site
Pat Bates at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

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[1] "Bates Steps Down As UCO Coach". University of Central Oklahoma Athletics. June 13, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.

[ufmediasupplement-2] 1 2 Florida Men's Golf 2011 Media Supplement Archived April 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 28, 34, 39, 41 (2010). Retrieved July 11, 2011.

[3] 2008–09 Florida Gators Men's Golf Media Guide Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 36 (2008). Retrieved July 14, 2011.

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