Rod Pampling

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Rod Pampling
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Personal information
Full nameRodney Pampling
Born (1969-09-23) 23 September 1969 (age 54)
Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Brisbane, Australia
Double Oak, Texas, U.S.
Career
Turned professional1994
Current tour(s) PGA Tour Champions
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Web.com Tour
Professional wins9
Highest ranking 22 (4 June 2006) [1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour3
European Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia2
Korn Ferry Tour1
PGA Tour Champions2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T5: 2005
PGA Championship T14: 2003
U.S. Open T14: 2008
The Open Championship T27: 2004, 2007

Rodney Pampling (born 23 September 1969) is an Australian professional golfer. He currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions, and was a three-time winner on the PGA Tour.

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Golf career

Pampling was born in Redcliffe, Queensland. [2] He turned professional in 1994. [2] He began his tournament golf career on the PGA Tour of Australasia, where he won the 1999 Canon Challenge, [3] and also spent time on the NGA Hooters Tour, a developmental tour in the United States. In 2000 and 2001 he played on the PGA Tour's official developmental tour, the Buy.com Tour, now called the Web.com Tour, and did well enough in his second season to gain promotion to the full PGA Tour.

In 1999, Pampling shot a 71 at Carnoustie during the opening round of the Open Championship, leading the field. However, he shot an 86 in the second round to miss the cut. [4]

He achieved his first PGA Tour win at The International in 2004 [5] and his second at the 2006 Bay Hill Invitational, [6] which took him into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings. [7] He continues to play a few events in his home country each year during the northern hemisphere winter. He won the Sportsbet Australian Masters at Huntingdale Golf Club, Melbourne in November 2008, beating Marcus Fraser in a 3-hole playoff after the two players tied at a 12-under par 276. [8] As a European Tour co-sanctioned event, that win also earned him a two-year exemption on that tour. Pampling then became an endorser for AdvoCare, which produces weight management, nutritional supplement, and personal care products. [9]

After a rough 2010, Pampling played the 2011 season with limited status as a past champion and through sponsor invites. He received a lifetime invitation to the AT&T National from tournament director Greg McLaughlin after personally trying to thank each tournament director that gave him a sponsor exemption during the 2011 season. Pampling clawed his way to 124th on the PGA Tour, regaining his Tour card by just over $2,000. [10] Pampling finished the 2012 season 127th on the money list, just missing a PGA Tour card by two spots and $26,617. From 2013 to 2015, Pampling alternated between the PGA Tour and Web.com Tour.

Pampling won the Web.com Tour's BMW Charity Pro-Am in 2015 and regained his PGA Tour card through the Web.com Tour Finals in 2015 and 2016. He earned his first PGA Tour win in ten years at the 2016 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. [11] A clerical error allowed Pampling and eleven other golfers entry into the field, increasing the field from 132 to 144. [12]

Professional wins (9)

PGA Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
18 Aug 2004 The International 31 pts (15-7-7-2=31)2 points Flag of Germany.svg Alex Čejka
219 Mar 2006 Bay Hill Invitational −14 (70-65-67-72=274)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Greg Owen
36 Nov 2016 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open −20 (60-68-71-65=264)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Brooks Koepka

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
130 Nov 2008
(2009 season)		 Sportsbet Australian Masters 1−12 (71-68-70-67=276)Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marcus Fraser

1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2008 Sportsbet Australian Masters Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marcus Fraser Won with par on third extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
121 Feb 1999 Canon Challenge −18 (67-66-68-69=270)3 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Ogilvy
230 Nov 2008 Sportsbet Australian Masters 1−12 (71-68-70-67=276)Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marcus Fraser

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2008 Sportsbet Australian Masters Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marcus Fraser Won with par on third extra hole

Web.com Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
117 May 2015 BMW Charity Pro-Am −25 (63-63-69-66=261)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Kraft

Web.com Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2001 Buy.com Hershey Open Flag of the United States.svg John Rollins Lost to birdie on first extra hole
22001 Buy.com Inland Empire Open Flag of the United States.svg D. A. Points, Flag of the United States.svg Mark Wurtz Points won with birdie on third extra hole
Wurtz eliminated by birdie on first hole

Other wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
112 Nov 2006 Merrill Lynch Shootout
(with Flag of the United States.svg Jerry Kelly)		−31 (64-62-59=185)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Justin Leonard and Flag of the United States.svg Scott Verplank

Other playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
12006 Merrill Lynch Shootout
(with Flag of the United States.svg Jerry Kelly)		 Flag of the United States.svg Justin Leonard and Flag of the United States.svg Scott Verplank Won with bogey on first extra hole

PGA Tour Champions wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
122 Aug 2021 Boeing Classic −12 (68-70-66=204)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jim Furyk, Flag of the United States.svg Tim Herron,
Flag of the United States.svg Billy Mayfair
215 Oct 2023 SAS Championship −15 (66-68-67=201)2 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Alker

Results in major championships

Tournament19992000200120022003200420052006200720082009
Masters Tournament T5T16T37
U.S. Open CUTCUTT32CUTT14CUT
The Open Championship CUTT27T78T35T27CUTCUT
PGA Championship T14T55CUTCUTT42CUTCUT
Tournament20102011201220132014201520162017
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open 70CUT
The Open Championship CUTCUT
PGA Championship CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 00011243
U.S. Open 00000183
The Open Championship 00000094
PGA Championship 00000183
Totals0001142913

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament2003200420052006200720082009
The Players Championship CUTT58T27CUTT44CUTT79
Tournament201020112012201320142015201620172018
The Players Championship CUTT56T48CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament1999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017
Championship T37NT1T41T38T28T9
Match Play R64R64R32R16R64
Invitational T14T13T45T14T56T74
Champions T40

1Cancelled due to 9/11

  Top 10
  Did not play

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 in senior major championships

Tournament20202021202220232024
The Tradition NT14T3T40T37
Senior PGA Championship NTT20T39T49CUT
U.S. Senior Open NT4T13T27
Senior Players Championship T5T7T11T16
Senior British Open Championship NTT48
  Did not play
  Top 10

"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 22 2006 Ending 4 Jun 2006" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 "PGA Tour Profile". PGA Tour . Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Pampling gets first tour title in Australia". Golf Today . Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Pampling makes a clean cut from the past at Carnoustie". Reuters. 18 July 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
  5. ↑ Stone, Peter (10 August 2004). "Pampling makes it six for Oz". The Sydney Morning Herald . Sydney.
  6. ↑ Verdi, Bob (16 August 2006). "G'days indeed for the Aussie Invasion". ESPN .
  7. ↑ "Rod Pampling wins the Bay Hill Invitational and jumps to number 29". Official World Golf Ranking. 20 March 2006.
  8. ↑ "Pampling wins Australian Masters". BBC Sport . 30 November 2008.
  9. ↑ "Independence Bowl grabs new title sponsor". www.ksla.com. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  10. ↑ Notes: Players thankful for sponsor exemptions
  11. ↑ "Rod Pampling wins in Las Vegas for 1st PGA Tour title since 2006". ESPN. Associated Press. 7 November 2016.
  12. ↑ Gray, Will (31 October 2016). "Clerical error results in supersized Vegas field". Golf Channel.
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