Rod Pampling

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| fullname = Rodney Pampling

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|9|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia

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| residence = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Double Oak, Texas, U.S.

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| yearpro = 1994

| tour = PGA Tour Champions

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European Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Web.com Tour

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| masters = T5: 2005

| usopen = T14: 2008

| open = T27: 2004, 2007

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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.

Golf career

Pampling was born in Redcliffe, Queensland.{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/players/player.20572.html |title=PGA Tour Profile |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=30 November 2014}} He turned professional in 1994. He began his tournament golf career on the PGA Tour of Australasia, where he won the 1999 Canon Challenge,{{cite web |url=http://www.golftoday.co.uk/tours/tours99/canonchall/round4report.html |title=Pampling gets first tour title in Australia |website=Golf Today |access-date=30 November 2014}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSL1870086020070718 |title=Pampling makes a clean cut from the past at Carnoustie |work=Reuters |date=18 July 2007 |access-date=6 March 2009}}

He achieved his first PGA Tour win at The International in 2004{{cite news |last=Stone |first=Peter |date=10 August 2004 |title=Pampling makes it six for Oz |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/09/1092022407644.html |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney}} and his second at the 2006 Bay Hill Invitational,{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/pgachampionship06/columns/story?columnist=verdi_bob&id=2548954 |title=G'days indeed for the Aussie Invasion |last1=Verdi |first1=Bob |date=16 August 2006 |work=ESPN}} which took him into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.{{cite web |url=http://www.owgr.com/news/2006/march/week-11 |title=Rod Pampling wins the Bay Hill Invitational and jumps to number 29 |date=20 March 2006 |publisher=Official World Golf Ranking}} 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.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/7757149.stm |title=Pampling wins Australian Masters |date=30 November 2008 |website=BBC Sport}} 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.{{Cite web |date=21 May 2009 |title=Independence Bowl grabs new title sponsor |url=https://www.ksla.com/story/10406978/independence-bowl-grabs-new-title-sponsor/ |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=ksla.com}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/2011/r/12/27/notebook.ap/index.html |title=Notes: Players thankful for sponsor exemptions |publisher=PGA Tour |date=27 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118172743/http://www.pgatour.com/2011/r/12/27/notebook.ap/index.html |archive-date=18 January 2012}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/17987459/pampling-wins-las-vegas-1st-pga-tour-win-10-years |title=Rod Pampling wins in Las Vegas for 1st PGA Tour title since 2006 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=7 November 2016}} A clerical error allowed Pampling and eleven other golfers entry into the field, increasing the field from 132 to 144.{{cite news |url=http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf-central-blog/clerical-error-results-supersized-vegas-field/ |title=Clerical error results in supersized Vegas field |work=Golf Channel |first=Will |last=Gray |date=31 October 2016}}

Professional wins (9)

=PGA Tour wins (3)=

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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of
victory!!Runner-up

align=center|1

|align=right|8 Aug 2004

|The International

|31 pts (15-7-7-2=31)

|2 points

|{{flagicon|DEU}} Alex Čejka

align=center|2

|align=right|19 Mar 2006

|Bay Hill Invitational

|−14 (70-65-67-72=274)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Greg Owen

align=center|3

|align=right|6 Nov 2016

|Shriners Hospitals for Children Open

|−20 (60-68-71-65=264)

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Brooks Koepka

=European Tour wins (1)=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
victory

!Runner-up

align=center|1

|align=right|30 Nov 2008
(2009 season)

|Sportsbet Australian Masters¹

|−12 (71-68-70-67=276)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Marcus Fraser

¹Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result

style="background:#D0F0C0;"

|align=center|1

|2008

|Sportsbet Australian Masters

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Marcus Fraser

|Won with par on third extra hole

=PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
victory

!Runner-up

align=center|1

|align=right|21 Feb 1999

|Canon Challenge

|−18 (67-66-68-69=270)

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Geoff Ogilvy

align=center|2

|align=right|30 Nov 2008

|Sportsbet Australian Masters¹

|−12 (71-68-70-67=276)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Marcus Fraser

¹Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–0)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result

style="background:#D0F0C0;"

|align=center|1

|2008

|Sportsbet Australian Masters

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Marcus Fraser

|Won with par on third extra hole

=Web.com Tour wins (1)=

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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of
victory!!Runner-up

align=center|1

|align=right|17 May 2015

|BMW Charity Pro-Am

|−25 (63-63-69-66=261)

| 2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Kelly Kraft

Web.com Tour playoff record (0–2)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result

style="background:#F2C1D1;"

|align=center|1

|align=center|2001

|Buy.com Hershey Open

|{{flagicon|USA}} John Rollins

|Lost to birdie on first extra hole

style="background:#F2C1D1;"

|align=center|2

|align=center|2001

|Buy.com Inland Empire Open

|{{flagicon|USA}} D. A. Points, {{flagicon|USA}} Mark Wurtz

|Points won with birdie on third extra hole
Wurtz eliminated by birdie on first hole

=Other wins (1)=

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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of
victory!!Runners-up

align=center|1

|align=right|12 Nov 2006

|Merrill Lynch Shootout
(with {{flagicon|USA}} Jerry Kelly)

|−31 (64-62-59=185)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|USA}} Justin Leonard and {{flagicon|USA}} Scott Verplank

Other playoff record (1–0)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponents!!Result

style="background:#D0F0C0;"

|align=center|1

|2006

|Merrill Lynch Shootout
(with {{flagicon|USA}} Jerry Kelly)

|{{flagicon|USA}} Justin Leonard and {{flagicon|USA}} Scott Verplank

|Won with bogey on first extra hole

=PGA Tour Champions wins (2)=

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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of
victory!!Runner(s)-up

align=center|1

|align=right|22 Aug 2021

|Boeing Classic

|−12 (68-70-66=204)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Furyk, {{flagicon|USA}} Tim Herron,
{{flagicon|USA}} Billy Mayfair

align=center|2

|align=right|15 Oct 2023

|SAS Championship

|−15 (66-68-67=201)

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|NZL}} Steven Alker

Results in major championships

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!Tournament

!1999

!2000

!2001

!2002

!2003

!2004

!2005

!2006

!2007

!2008

!2009

align=left|Masters Tournament

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:yellow;"|T5

|T16

|T37

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|U.S. Open

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|CUT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|CUT

|T32

|CUT

|T14

|CUT

align=left|The Open Championship

|CUT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T27

|T78

|T35

|T27

|CUT

align=left|PGA Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T14

|T55

|CUT

|T42

|CUT

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"

!Tournament

!2010

!2011

!2012

!2013

!2014

!2015

!2016

!2017

align=left|Masters Tournament

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|CUT

align=left|U.S. Open

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|70

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|CUT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|The Open Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|CUT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align=left|PGA Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|CUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

=Summary=

Totals	0	0	0	1	1	4	29	13
class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made
align=left\|Masters Tournament	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	3
align=left\|U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	3
align=left\|The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	4
align=left\|PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	3

Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2003 PGA – 2005 Masters)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in The Players Championship

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!Tournament

!2003!!2004!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009

align=left|The Players Championship

|CUT

|T58

|T27

|CUT

|T44

|CUT

|T79

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"

!Tournament

!2010!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014!!2015!!2016!!2017!!2018

align=left|The Players Championship

|CUT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T56

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T48

|CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!Tournament!! 1999 !! 2000 !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017

align="left"|Championship

|T37

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|NT¹

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T41

|T38

|T28

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|style="background:yellow;"|T9

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align="left"|Match Play

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|R64

|R32

|style="background:yellow;"|R16

|R64

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

align="left"|Invitational

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T14

|T13

|T45

|T14

|T56

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T74

align="left"|Champions

|colspan=10 style="background:#D3D3D3;"|

|T40

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

¹Cancelled 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 in senior major championships

Results not in chronological order.

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!Tournament!!2020!!2021!!2022!!2023!!2024!!2025

align=left|The Tradition

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

|14

|style="background:yellow;"|T3

|T40

|T37

|T46

align=left|Senior PGA Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

|T20

|T39

|T49

|CUT

align=left|Senior Players Championship

|style="background:yellow;"|T5

|style="background:yellow;"|T7

|T11

|T16

|T67

|

align=left|U.S. Senior Open

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

|style="background:yellow;"|4

|T13

|T27

|CUT

|

align=left|Senior British Open Championship

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|

|T48

|T52

|

CUT = missed the halfway cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place

NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

References

External links

{{AustralasiaTour player|006264}}
{{PGATour player|20572}}
{{EuroTour player|1335}}
{{OWGR|5668}}
[http://www.golf.org.au/default.aspx?s=proplayersdisplay&id=72390 Rod Pampling player profile, Golf Australia]

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