Todd Hamilton

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William Todd Hamilton (born October 18, 1965) is an American professional golfer.

Hamilton was born in the small west-central Illinois city of Galesburg. He grew up in an even smaller Henderson County town on the Mississippi called Oquawka. He attended Union High School in Biggsville, IL and played golf regularly on the local 9 hole golf course (now a 18 holes), Hend-Co Hills. He went to the University of Oklahoma for college where he continued to play.

He turned professional in 1987 but was unable to gain entrance to the PGA TOUR. Instead he played internationally for many years, primarily on the Japan Golf Tour. When he left the Japan Golf Tour he was the all-time leading non-Japanese money winner on it, with earnings of over 630 million yen and had won 11 times.

After eight tries, at the age of thirty eight, Hamilton went back to Qualifying School in 2003 where he finally earned his first PGA Card. He lives in McKinney, Texas.

1 Tournament wins
- 1.1 2004 Honda Classic
- 1.2 2004 Open Championship
2 Results in major championships
3 Quotes
4 External links

[edit] Tournament wins

[edit] 2004 Honda Classic

Hamilton won his first PGA event when he won the 2004 Honda Classic on March 14, 2004. He birdied the final two holes to beat Davis Love III by one stroke at 12 under par. The tournament was held at The Country Club at Mirasol in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

His prize for winning the tournament was $900,000.

[edit] 2004 Open Championship

Hamilton defeated Ernie Els in a four-hole playoff on July 18, 2004 to win the 133rd Open Championship at the Royal Troon Golf Club.

His prize for winning the tournament was £720,000 ($1,348,272).

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament	1988	1989
The Masters	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T45	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	40	T39	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	1	CUT	T68
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	T29	T37	T47	CUT

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

[edit] Quotes

"There are probably a lot of other golfers who deserve it talent-wise to win this, but I can guarantee you that there is no one that'll appreciate it more than me." -On winning his first PGA tour event the 2004 Honda Classic.

"I was trying to look around as much as I could to soak it all in, I've won tournaments around the world before, but nothing on a stage like this, so to be Open champion is very special." - On winning the 133rd Open Championship.