As of late 2009, veteran golfer Lu Wen-Teh was 336th in the World Golf Ranking, with 10 professional victories and $1,318,253 in earnings since turning pro in 1992. In 2008, he had finished 18th in the Order of Merit and had four top-10 finishes. ...
Published: 8/10/2009 3:01:03 AM
English professional Richard McEvoy chose golf after showing talent at tennis, badminton, and soccer as a junior. He was born on June 13, 1979, in Shoeburyness, Essex. He has split time between the Challenge and European tours throughout his ...
Published: 8/10/2009 3:01:04 AM
In the short amount of time that South Korean golfer Noh Seung-yul has been playing professionally, he has already made a tremendous name for himself. Only 18 years old, Noh was one of the biggest success stories in the 2008 golfing season. While ...
Published: 8/11/2009 3:01:05 AM
Hideto Tanihara is a professional golfer from Japan. He turned professional in 2001 and has been victorious in eight tournaments since doing so (as of August 2009). He primarily plays on the Japan Golf Tour, but also has played in three of the ...
Published: 8/11/2009 3:01:06 AM
Kenichi Kuboya is a Japanese golfer who primarily plays on the Japan Golf Tour. He turned professional in 1995 and as of August 2009 had carded four tournament victories; two in 1997 and two in 2002. He played on the PGA Tour for one season in ...
Published: 8/11/2009 3:01:06 AM
Brad Adamonis is an American golfer who plays on the PGA Tour (as of 2009). A relatively late bloomer, he did not earn his PGA card until 2008, which was 12 years after turning pro. As of 2009, he has not won a PGA tournament, although he did win ...
Published: 8/11/2009 3:01:06 AM
Shintaro Kai is professional golfer from Japan. He primarily plays on the Japan Golf Tour, but also has played some tournaments on the PGA Tour. He has won one tournament, the Vana H Cup KBC Augusta in 2008.
Published: 8/11/2009 3:01:06 AM
Spanish golfer Jose Manuel Lara was born in Valencia on May 21, 1977. He was introduced to the sport of golf when he caddied for his father at 10 years old. Lara was a member of Spain's youth golf teams along with fellow professional Sergio ...
Published: 8/11/2009 3:01:06 AM
Taichi Teshima is a Japanese golfer who plays primarily on the Japan Golf Tour. He played on the PGA European Tour in 2007 and in a number of PGA Tour events, including the British Open Championship and the PGA Championship. He has won six ...
Published: 8/11/2009 3:01:07 AM
Tomohiro Kondo is a professional golfer who plays primarily on the Japan Golf Tour, where he has notched four career victories. Kondo also has played in PGA Tour and European Tour events, but has not been a factor in any of them.
Published: 8/11/2009 3:01:07 AM
David Drysdale is a Scottish golfer who plays on the European and the European Challenge Tours. As of August 2009 his career earnings were $1,526,710 according to Fanhouse.com. He has yet to win a European Tour event in his career, although he ...
Published: 8/11/2009 3:01:07 AM
New Zealand professional golfer Mark Brown turned pro in 1996 but it wasn't until 12 years later that he had his breakout year. In 2008, Brown won on back-to-back weeks in March, once each on the European and Asian tours. Both events were ...
Published: 8/11/2009 3:01:08 AM
South African golfer Branden Grace made his professional debut in 2007 at the Telkon PGA Championship on the second-tier Sunshine Tour in Australia. He played only a handful of events on the Sunshine and European tours in 2008 before joining ...
Published: 8/11/2009 3:01:08 AM
Born on November 4, 1986 in Guildford, England, Seve Benson was born to be a professional golfer. He is named after legendary Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros. Benson was successful in golf from a young age, playing on the English Golf Union's ...
Published: 8/11/2009 3:01:09 AM
Jason Bohn has been a professional golfer since 1992, working his way up through the Canadian and Nationwide tours before earning his PGA Tour card. Born on April 24, 1973 in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Bohn graduated from the University of Alabama ...
Published: 8/11/2009 3:01:10 AM
Australian professional golfer Brett Rumford was born in Perth on July 27, 1977. During his career he has spent time on the PGA Tour of Australasia, European Tour and PGA Tour. Rumford played exclusively on the European Tour in 2009, with 15 cuts ...
Published: 8/11/2009 3:01:10 AM
Hiroshi Iwata is a Japanese golfer who became a professional player in 2004. Iwata usually competes on the Japan Golf Tour, however he did take part in two PGA Tour events--one in 2008 and one in 2009. Iwata failed to make the cut in either of ...
Published: 8/11/2009 3:01:10 AM
Kim Kyung-Tae is a professional golfer that competes mainly on the Japan Golf Tour and the Asian Tour. He was born Sept. 2, 1986, in Seoul, South Korea, where he currently resides. He turned pro in 2007 and has two pro victories in his career.
Published: 8/11/2009 3:01:12 AM
Yang Yong-eun is a professional golfer from South Korea who plays primarily on the Japan Golf Tour, where he has won four tournaments. He also has played in and won tournaments on the PGA Tour, the European Tour, the Asian Tour and the Korean Tour.
Published: 8/11/2009 3:01:14 AM
Chapchai Nirat is a professional golfer that competes on the PGA European and Asian tours. He is nicknamed "King Kong" because of his long drives. He was born June 5, 1983, in Bangkok, Thailand, where he currently resides, and he turned pro in ...
Published: 8/11/2009 3:01:14 AM
John Mallinger is an American golfer on the PGA Tour. As of 2009, he was in his third year on the tour but still was looking for his first victory. He joined the PGA Tour in 2007 after playing on a variety of tours for several years. Mallinger ...
Published: 8/11/2009 3:01:15 AM
Hur Suk-ho is a professional golfer from South Korea. He plays primarily on the Japan Golf Tour, where he has been victorious in eight events since he began playing it in 2001. He has played in two of the four major golf tournaments.
Published: 8/12/2009 3:00:54 AM
South African professional golfer James Kamte was born on July 20, 1982, in Queenstown. He was given the nickname "Cobra" as a soccer-playing youth. Kamte played amateur golf for Gauteng in the Under-23 and Senior divisions, winning the 2002 ...
Published: 8/12/2009 3:00:55 AM
Markus Brier is a professional golfer on the PGA European Tour. He was born July 5, 1968, in Vienna, Austria, where he still resides. He was the first Austrian to win on the European Tour, and the European Tour website calls him "undoubtedly one ...
Published: 8/12/2009 3:00:55 AM
Rafael Cabrera Bello is a professional golfer on the PGA European Tour. He was born May 25, 1984, in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain, and turned pro in 2005. As of August 2009, he was ranked 190th in the World Golf Ranking. He resides in ...
Published: 8/12/2009 3:00:59 AM