Todd Hamilton

Residence:
   McKinney, Texas
Birthplace:
   Galesburg, Ill.
Turned Pro:
   1987

Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 195
Birthdate:
October 17, 1965
Age: 37
College:
Galesburg, Ill.

Player Notes
Started playing golf at the age of seven. Member of the Canadian Tour from 1988-89...Member of the Asian Tour from 1992-2002. 1992 Asian Tour Order of Merit champion...Winner of the 1992 Thailand Open, Singapore Rolex Masters and Korean Open. Hamilton joined Japan Golf Tour after winning Asian Tour Order of Merit in 1992, before that he was thinking of quitting the game but didn't and gained eligibility to the Japan Tour. Three-time NCAA All-American.
Career Victories
Japan PGA Tour 10 - 1992 Maruman Open, 1993 Acom International, 1994 PGA Philanthropy, PGA Match Play, 1995 Token Corporation Cup, 1996 PGA Philanthropy, 1998 Jun Classic, 2003 Fujisankei Classic, Diamond Cup, Mizuno Open.
Career Summary
1992 Japan PGA Tour Summary Tournaments entered - 20; in money - 17; top-10 finishes: 9; Scoring average: 71.61 (ranked 4th); Money 62,866,532 (ranked 13th); Winner, Maruman Open. 1993 Japan PGA Tour Summary Tournaments entered - 28; in money - 24; top-10 finishes: 14; Scoring average: 71.15 (ranked 4th); Money 91,494,648 (ranked 6th); Winner, Acom International. 1994 Japan PGA Tour Summary Tournaments entered - 27; in money - 24; top-10 finishes: 11; Scoring average: 71.73 (ranked 13th); Money 86,960,890 (ranked 6th); Winner, PGA Philanthropy, PGA Match Play, 1995 Japan PGA Tour Summary Tournaments entered - 23; in money - 20; top-10 finishes: 7; Scoring average: 70.53 (ranked 8th); Money 54,302,567 (ranked 19th); Winner, Token Corporation Cup. 1996 Japan PGA Tour Summary Tournaments entered - 25; in money - 22; top-10 finishes: 8; Scoring average: 70.84 (ranked 14th); Money 63,073,138 (ranked 10th); Winner, PGA Philanthropy. 1997 Japan PGA Tour Summary Tournaments entered - 24; in money - 21; top-10 finishes: 5; Scoring average: 71.07 (ranked 24th); Money 32,554,520 (ranked 37th); Best finish, 2nd, Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup 1998 Japan PGA Tour Summary Tournaments entered - 23; in money - 17; top-10 finishes: 3; Scoring average: 71.34 (ranked 38th); Money 36,998,300 (ranked 28th); Winner, Gene Sarazen Jun Classic. 1999 Japan PGA Tour Summary Tournaments entered - 22; in money - 18; top-10 finishes: 5; Scoring average: 71.30 (ranked 47th); Money 22,975,600 (ranked 47th); Best finish, T5th PGA Championship & Aiful Cup. 2000 Japan PGA Tour Summary Tournaments entered - 19; in money - 11; top-10 finishes: 0; Scoring average: 71.97 (ranked 65th); Money 10,951,255 (ranked 78th); Best finish, T11th, Dydo-Drinco Shizuoka Open. 2001 Japan PGA Tour Summary Tournaments entered - 20; in money - 11; top-10 finishes: 5; Scoring average: 71.75 (ranked 60th); Money 24,695,582 (ranked 44th); Best finish, 4th,UBE Kosan Open. 2002 Japan PGA Tour Summary Tournaments entered - 18; in money - 14; top-10 finishes: 4; Scoring average: 71.06 (ranked 24th); Money 25,471,318 (ranked 42nd); Best finish, T2nd Munsingwear Open KSB Cup. 2003 Japanese Tour Summary Token Homemate Cup T29 287 +3 70-67-74-76 720,000; Tsuruya Open 61 292 +8 67-75-71-79 227,000; The Crowns T33 280 Even 69-71-68-72 684,000; Fujisankei Classic Win 267 -17 67-67-65-68 22,000,000; PGA Championship 8 277 -11 68-70-69-70 3,355,000; Munsingwear Open KSB Cup T18 285 -3 67-71-74-73 1,512,000; Diamond Cup Tournament Win 276 -16 67-72-72-65 22,000,000; Mandom Lucido Yomiuri Open T11 208 -8 69-68-71 1,665,000; Gateway To The Mizuno Open Win 278 -10 70-66-73-69 20,000,000; JGT Championship Shishido Hills Cup T19 281 -3 68-73-73-67 1,326,857; Hamilton has earned 73,489,857 and is presently 1st on the Japan Golf Tour

Campbell disappointed but pleased at outcome (08/17/03) — Chad Campbell, voted by his peers in a recent Sports Illustrated article as the next star-in-the-making, almost proved them right in a big way.
Tiger leaves Oak Hill haunted by his performance (08/17/03) — It is sure to be a long, long time before Tiger Woods can erase the nightmare that was his showing in the 85th PGA Championship.
Steely Micheel seals deal at PGA Championship (08/17/03) — Move over John Daly. Make room Jeff Sluman. Ben Curtis and Rich Beem, meet fellow shocker Shaun Micheel.
PGA Championship Notebook (08/16/03) — Not only has a European not won a major in 16 tournaments, one hasn't won the PGA Championship since 1930.
Major opportunity knocks for Micheel, Campbell (08/16/03) — With Woods out of the way at 9-over par, the 85th PGA Championship is there for anyone to win.
Tiger anything but tickled at Oak Hill (08/15/03) — Walter Hagen's record appears safe for at least five more years. Tiger Woods' hopes of joining Hagen as the only men to win a major in five straight seasons took a serious hit after a third-round 73.
Minnesota's Berry nearly makes cut at Oak Hill (08/15/03) — PGA club professional misses weekend by two after suffering crippling double-bogey on final hole
The cut that stings (08/15/03) — Ben Curtis didn't seem to mind missing the cut at the 85th PGA Championship, but several others were dismayed at having the weekend off.

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Todd Hamilton

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