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David Toms
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 Toms was born on 4th Jan 1967 in Monroe, Los Angeles. His height is 5 feet 10 inches and weighs 160 pounds. He turned towards Professional golf career in the year 1989. His PGA Tour victories include 1997 Quad City Classic, 1999 Sprint International, Buick Challenge, 2000 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill, 2001 Compaq Classic of New Orleans, PGA Championship, Michelob Championship at Kingsmill, 2003 Wachovia Championship, FedEx St. Jude Classic, 2004 FedEx St. Jude Classic 2005 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and 2006 Sony Open in Hawaii.
He earned his 12th career PGA Tour victory with a five-stroke victory at the Sony Open in Hawaii. He tied with Chad Campbell heading into the final round after shooting a PGA Tour career-best 9-under-par 61 in the third round. He also managed to birdie two of the first three holes on Sunday and won going away with a final-round 65, topping Campbell and Rory Sabbatini by five strokes. He finished T9 at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and defeated Ian Poulter and Jose Maria Olazabal before losing to Tom Lehman in the third round. One week later, he finished T2 at the Ford Championship at Doral, one stroke behind champion Tiger Woods.
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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