Aaron Baddeley
| Aaron Baddeley | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
April 2007
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Aaron John Baddeley |
| Nickname | "Badds" |
| Born |
17 March 1981 Lebanon, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st) |
| Nationality |
 Australia
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| Residence |
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. |
| Spouse | Richelle (m. 2005) |
| Children | Jewell, Jolee, Jeremiah |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2000 |
| Current tour(s) |
PGA Tour (joined 2003) PGA Tour of Australasia |
| Professional wins | 8 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 4 |
| European Tour | 2 |
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 4 |
| Best results in major championships |
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| Masters Tournament | T17: 2009 |
| U.S. Open | T13: 2007 |
| The Open Championship | T69: 2012 |
| PGA Championship | T13: 2008 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit winner |
2000/01 |
Aaron John Baddeley (born 17 March 1981) is an American Australian professional golfer. He was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA and now plays on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, has joint U.S. and Australian citizenship and was raised in Australia from the age of two. He represents Australia in international golf.
When he was in his late teens, Baddeley was seen as one of the most promising talents in world golf. He was the youngest player ever to represent Australia in the Eisenhower Trophy and he won the Holden Australian Open as an amateur in 1999 and retained his title in 2000, by which time he had turned professional. In 2001, he won the Greg Norman Holden International in Australia. He won the PGA Tour of Australasia's Order of Merit in 2000/01. However of the following few years he came to be overshadowed by his Australian contemporary Adam Scott, who is less than a year older than Baddeley but reached the world top 10 in 2005.
In 2002, Baddeley played on the second tier Nationwide Tour in the U.S. and placed tenth on the money list to earn a PGA Tour card for 2003. He had second-place finishes on the PGA Tour in 2003 at the Sony Open in Hawaii and 2004 at the Chrysler Classic of Tucson. However he struggled for consistency, and after a solid rookie season, when he finished 73rd on the money list, he only just retained his card in 2004, when he came 124th. In 2005 he moved back up the rankings to 78th and in 2006 he won his first PGA Tour title at the Verizon Heritage.
Baddeley won his second PGA Tour tournament in early 2007 and reached the top 50 of the world rankings. By September, he had entered the top 20. His career high ranking was 17th in 2008.
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