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David Gossett

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 at least five centuries in the British Isles. The two basic forms of playing golf are match play and stroke play. PGA stands for Professional Golfers' Association Tour. The PGA Tour is an organization headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA that operates the USA's main professional golf tours. The PGA Tour since 1968 has been completely separated from the Professional Golfers' Association of America, PGA of America, which is now primarily an association of club professionals.

David Gossett was born April 28, 1979, in Phoenix, Arizona his height is 5-10 and his Weight is 170 lbs. In 2001 he had a successful rookie professional campaign, starting on the Nationwide Tour and ending as a PGA Tour winner. In his fifth start of the year on tour, he won John Deere Classic by one shot to become one of 10 first-time winners on Tour. He had a one-stroke lead after both 36 and 54 holes. He closed with a 66 to become the first sponsor exemption to win on Tour since Tiger Woods at 1996 Las Vegas Invitational. He sank a four-foot par putt on the 18th green at the TPC, Tournament Players Club, at Deere Run to nip Briny Baird by one stroke.

In 2002 he followed up successful rookie year that included first Tour victory with solid sophomore campaign, finishing 100th on money list. He notched best finish of season with a T2 at the Buick Classic, two strokes behind Chris Smith. He is one of the best known golf players in the history of the game. A unique style of game strategy and excellent judgment is what makes this great player one of the best all time golf players. Sheer determination, concentration and self confidence has helped him through out his professional career of playing golf to achieve what other players can only imagine of.

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