Aaron Baddeley

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Aaron Baddeley
Personal Information
Birth 17 March 1981 (1981-03-17) (age 27)
Lebanon, New Hampshire, U.S.
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 182 lb (83 kg)
Nationality  Australia
Residence Scottsdale, Arizona
College None
Career
Turned Pro 2000
Current tour PGA Tour
Professional wins 6 (PGA Tour: 2, PGA Tour of Australasia: 4)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters T52: 2007
U.S. Open T13: 2007
British Open CUT: 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007
PGA Championship T13: 2008
Awards
PGA Tour of Australasia
Order of Merit Winner		 2000, 2001

Aaron John Baddeley (born 17 March 1981) is an American-Australian professional golfer. He was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA and now plays on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, has joint U.S. and Australian citizenship and was raised in Australia from the age of two. He represents Australia in professional golf.

When he was in his late teens, Baddeley was seen as one of the most promising talents in world golf. He was the youngest player ever to represent Australia in the Eisenhower Trophy and he won the Holden Australian Open as an amateur in 1999 and retained his title in 2000, by which time he had turned professional. In 2001, he won the Greg Norman Holden International in Australia. He won the PGA Tour of Australasia's Order of Merit in 2000/01. However of the following few years he came to be overshadowed by his Australian contemporary Adam Scott, who is less than a year older than Baddeley but reached the world top 10 in 2005.

In 2002, Baddeley played on the second tier Nationwide Tour in the U.S. and placed tenth on the money list to earn a PGA Tour card for 2003. He had second place finishes on the PGA Tour in 2003 at the Sony Open in Hawaii and 2004 at the Chrysler Classic of Tucson. However he struggled for consistency, and after a solid rookie season, when he finished 73rd on the money list, he only just retained his card in 2004, when he came 124th. In 2005 he moved back up the rankings to 78th and in 2006 he won his first PGA Tour title at the Verizon Heritage.

Baddeley won his second PGA Tour tournament in early 2007 and reached the top 50 of the world rankings.[1] By September, he had entered the top 20.

Baddeley was the leader after the third round of the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club on 16 June 2007 with a two over par score of 212 (72-70-70). He finished with an 80 and ended T-13.

Contents

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

Professional wins (6)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner up
1. Apr. 16, 2006 Verizon Heritage -15 (66-67-66-70=269) 1 stroke Flag of the United States Jim Furyk
2. Feb. 4, 2007 FBR Open -21 (65-70-64-64=263) 1 stroke Flag of the United States John Rollins

PGA Tour playoff record (0-1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1. 2003 Sony Open in Hawaii Ernie Els Lost to birdie on second hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (4)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
The Masters CUT CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T52 CUT
U.S. Open CUT DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP T13 T29
The Open Championship DNP CUT DNP DNP CUT DNP CUT CUT CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP T57 DNP DNP T55 CUT T13

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

PGA Tour career summary

Year Wins (Majors) Earnings ($) Rank
2001 0 19,435 -
2002 0 16,380 -
2003 0 989,168 73
2004 0 632,876 123
2005 0 1,006,006 78
2006 1 1,516,513 55
2007 1 3,441,119 10
Career* 2 7,621,496 103

* Through end of the 2007 season.
** Baddeley did not join the PGA Tour until 2003 so he was not ranked on the money list until then and his earnings before 2003 are not counted towards his career total.

Personal life

Baddeley is a committed Christian and has confessed that it was his faith that prevented him giving up professional golf on numerous occasions. Baddeley's wife Richelle, whom he married on Easter Sunday 2005, sums up Baddeley's faith in God, saying: "It never faltered. He never asked, 'What are you trying to teach me? I want you to be the man you want me to be. I will go through these [bad] times if that is Your will'." Richelle has also been been pivotal to Baddeley's resurgence. "I had to learn the balance of letting him be alone when he comes home sometimes upset. It's sheer frustration from him. He's played his best, and it just hasn't happened," she said.[2]

References

  1. ^ Official World Golf Ranking site, Week 5 2007 news release
  2. ^ Thank God for that, says Aaron - Golf - Sport - smh.com.au

External links

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