Player Bios
Ben Curtis
(USA)
May 25, 1977
Columbus, Ohio
33
5-11
175
Stow, Ohio
Kent State
2000
POSITION: T14STATUS: +7HOLE: F
| ROUND: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | TOTAL |
| SCORES: | 78 | 70 | 75 | 68 | 291 |
U.S. OPEN HISTORY
2004 (Shinnecock Hills)6
R1-68 (2004 Shinnecock Hills)
30 (2004 Shinnecock Hills)
$114,104
CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
| * Calculated on holes #2 and #14 |
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Ben Curtis
Field Average
CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP
| EAGLES | BIRDIES | PARS | BOGEYS | DOUBLE BOGEYS | OTHERS | |||||||||
| Round 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Round 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Round 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Round 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 0 | 12 | 43 | 15 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
PERSONAL NOTES
Shot 69-66 at Columbus, Ohio, sectional to get into the field
Believed to be the first to win a professional major in his first attempt in any major championship since Francis Ouimet at the 1913 U.S. Open, when he triumphed at the 2003 British Open at Royal St. George's in Sandwich, England
Jumped from 396th in World Rankings to 35th, the biggest leap since the rankings began in 1996
A few weeks later, he married fiancee, Candace, after the third round of the World Golf Championship-Bridgestone Invitational in his home state of Ohio
Member of the victorious 2008 U.S. Ryder Cup team
Member of victorious 2000 USA World Amateur Team that competed in Germany
Became interested in golf through grandparents, who own a golf facility in Ostrander, Ohio
STATISTICS
| PGA TOUR | ||||||||||
| DATE | TOURNAMENT NAME | POS | ROUNDS | TOTAL SCORE | TO PAR | OFFICIAL MONEY | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| 1/17/10 | Sony Open in Hawaii | T77 | 70 | 69 | 74 | -- | -- | 213 | +3 | $10,120.00 |
| 1/31/10 | Farmers Insurance Open | T42 | 73 | 69 | 73 | 71 | -- | 286 | -2 | $18,020.00 |
| 2/07/10 | Northern Trust Open | T61 | 73 | 68 | 75 | 70 | -- | 286 | +2 | $13,568.00 |
| 2/28/10 | Waste Management Phoenix Open | CUT | 68 | 74 | -- | -- | -- | 142 | E | -- |
| 3/07/10 | The Honda Classic | CUT | 76 | 71 | -- | -- | -- | 147 | +7 | -- |
| 3/23/10 | **Tavistock Cup | T1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | $160,000.00 |
| 3/28/10 | Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard | 6 | 70 | 67 | 70 | 74 | -- | 281 | -7 | $216,000.00 |
| 4/04/10 | Shell Houston Open | T14 | 73 | 71 | 73 | 65 | -- | 282 | -6 | $89,900.00 |
| 4/11/10 | Masters Tournament | CUT | 73 | 75 | -- | -- | -- | 148 | +4 | -- |
| 4/18/10 | Verizon Heritage | T81 | 69 | 72 | 77 | -- | -- | 218 | +5 | $10,203.00 |
| 5/02/10 | Quail Hollow Championship | CUT | 71 | 77 | -- | -- | -- | 148 | +4 | -- |
| 5/09/10 | THE PLAYERS Championship | T66 | 71 | 68 | 75 | 79 | -- | 293 | +5 | $19,665.00 |
| 5/30/10 | Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial | T50 | 70 | 67 | 69 | 68 | -- | 274 | -6 | $14,838.67 |
| 6/06/10 | the Memorial Tournament presented by Morgan Stanley | T28 | 73 | 72 | 69 | 71 | -- | 285 | -3 | $40,800.00 |
| Bold = scores par or better * = Unofficial Event | ||||||||||
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