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Tommy Tolles

Golf is an outdoor sport where player as an individual or from varied teams strike a ball targeting a hole using various clubs. The game basically originated from Scotland and has been played for atleast five centuries in the British Isles. The two basic forms of playing golf are match play and stroke play.

Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S. based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well at the Q-School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level. Those who are on the top 20 of the money list at year's end are given PGA Tour memberships for the next season. The Nationwide Tour is one of the nine tours on which Official World Golf Ranking points are available, and one of only two developmental tours that offer ranking points.

Thomas Louis Jr Tolles nicknamed as Tommy Tolles was born on October 21, 1966 in Florida. His height is 6 foot 2 inches and weight is 185 pounds. He swings to the right. He debuted in 1988 and has completed 17 professional years. He was a member of the Nationwide Tour from 1991 to 1994 and 2003 and the Professional Golfers' Association, PGA Tour from 1995 to 2002 and 2004. He was one stroke off the lead through 54 holes at the 2004 B.C. Open, but a closing 72 dropped him into T13 which was his best effort since finishing T4 at the 2001 Texas Open at LaCantera. He finished No. 20 on the 2003 Nationwide Tour money list, with nine top-25 finishes and two runner-up finishes at the LaSalle Bank Open and the Gila River Golf Classic.

He Finished T12 at the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship, helping him jump to the No. 20 position on the final money list and made the cut in five of eight starts on the 2002 Nationwide Tour, with a T4 at the Arkansas Classic his best finish. He was a two-time winner in four-year from 1991 to 94 at the Nationwide Tour stretch, at 1993 Ozarks Open and 1994 Alabama Classic.

Tommy Tolles with all his dedication and devotion in his play achieved many goals in his overall golf career. He had the ability of defeating the opponent easily by just giving some extra hard work and efforts. He never lost hope in himself and always fought hard to achieve his goal. He is still remembered as one of the best players in the history of golf.

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