Brian Gay Biographical Info/Check Special Interests
EXEMPT STATUS: 102nd on 2000 money list
FULL NAME: Brian Gay
HEIGHT: 5-10
WEIGHT: 155
BIRTHDATE: December 14, 1971
BIRTHPLACE: Ft. Worth, TX
RESIDENCE: Orlando, FL
FAMILY: Wife, Kimberly; Makinley Kathryn (9/27/99)
COLLEGE: University of Florida
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Stock market, reading
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1994
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CURRENT YEAR PGA TOUR MONEY AND POSITION: $199,298 (85)
CURRENT YEAR PGA TOUR BEST FINISHES: T10 -- Sony Open in Hawaii
CURRENT YEAR PGA TOUR BEST ROUND: 65 at Round 2, Sony Open in Hawaii
BEST PGA TOUR FINISH: T4-- 2000 Honda Classic.
BEST BUY.COM TOUR FINISH: T10-- 1998 NIKE Carolina Classic.
BEST 2000 PGA TOUR FINISH: T4 -- Honda Classic
2000 SUMMARY: Tournaments entered -- 26; in money -- 8; top--10 finishes -- 0
2000 SEASON:On strength of eight top-25 finishes, enjoyed best season so far on PGA TOUR. Finished among top-125 on TOUR Money List for first time...Career best finish was at Honda Classic, where he shot 65-70-67-69 to finish T4 and earned a career high $127,600. At Honda Classic was part of eight-way first-round tie for lead after 7-under-par 65. Stood two strokes back through 54 holes and pulled within one of champion Dudley Hart heading to 17th hole Sunday. Gay's 30-foot birdie putt stopped on the edge of the front lip and fell in, but Gay waited longer than the allowed 10 seconds to tap ball in and was assessed one-stroke penalty (Rule 16-2) on the hole after play was completed, giving him a par. He bogeyed 18th hole and finished two strokes behind Hart. The penalty cost him $88,933. ... Best finished after lone top-10 wereT14 at Greater Milwaukee Open, T18 at B.C. Open, T14 at Buick Challenge and T20 at season-ending Southern Farm Bureau Classic.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Retained PGA TOUR exempt status with T10 at 1999 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament...In first career full PGA TOUR season, played in 26 events and made eight cuts in 1999...Best finish of the season was T24 at the 1999 Reno-Tahoe Open...Member of the Nike Tour in 1998...Lone PGA TOUR event in 1996 was U.S. Open. ... Member of 1993 U.S. Walker Cup team...Medalist at the 1993 U.S. Amateur Championship...Two-time All-America selection and a three-time All-SEC selection of the University of Florida. Only player to win the SEC Championship twice. Also, SEC Freshman of the Year.
PERSONAL:Worked hard on his game through the mini-tours from 1995 through 1997...In 1995, played in 40 tournaments and won nine times, including victories on the Emerald Coast Golf Tour, Gulf Coast Tour, Gary Player Tour and Tommy Armour Tour...In 1996, finished second on Golden Bear Tour money list after winning Golden Bear Tour Championship... In 1997, a three-time winner on Golden Bear Tour, a two-time winner on Sunshine Players Tour and a four-time winner on South Florida Tour.
NATIONAL TEAMS: 1993 Walker Cup
CAREER SUMMARY: Tournaments entered -- 27; in money -- 8; top--10 finishes -- 0
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