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Home > Golf > PGA Tour Players > Ryan Moore
Ryan Moore
Golf is an outdoor sport where player as an individual or from varied teams strike a ball targeting a hole using various clubs. 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.
Ryan Moore was born on December 5, 1982 in Puyallup, Washington. His height is 5 foot 9 inches and weight 165 pounds. His best PGA Tour Finishes in T2-2005 Bell Canadian Open and T2-2006 Buick Championship.
In 2005 season highlights, he was low amateur at the Masters Tournament with his T13 finish and he made the cut at the U.S. Open in his last start as an amateur and finished 57 following week, turned professional at the Barclays Classic, where he finished T51 Finished T2 at the Bell Canadian Open, one stroke behind Mark Calcavecchia. He was only player in field to post four rounds at par or better on the par-70 Shaugnessy Golf and Country Club in Vancouver, British Columbia.
His $440,000 payday pushed him into the Special Temporary Member category with the ability to earn unlimited sponsor exemptions for remainder of year Pushed season non-member earnings to $598,250 with T16 finish at the Michelin Championship at Las Vegas.
In career highlights, as amateur, he was four time All-America and 2005 collegiate player of the year. He was three-time Ben Hogan Award finalist and 2005 Hogan Award winner and Jack Nicklaus collegiate player of the year. In 2005, he was low amateur in the 2005 Masters Tournament, finishing T13 at 1-under par, thereby earning an invitation to the 2006 Masters through a top-16 finish.
His 287 total was the lowest for an amateur in the Masters since Lindy Miller shot 286 in 1978 as reigning United States Amateur champion, earned exemption into U.S. Open at Pinehurst and British Open at St. Andrews. He played in U.S. Open T57, but opted to turn professional at Barclays Classic. In personal, he learned the game from his father as soon as he could walk. He possessed superior approach and dedication to the game which made him stand out from the other players.
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