Brad Faxon
| Brad Faxon | |
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| — Golfer — | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Bradford John Faxon, Jr. |
| Born |
August 1, 1961 Oceanport, New Jersey |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 13 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Residence | Barrington, Rhode Island |
| Career | |
| College | Furman University |
| Turned professional | 1983 |
| Current tour(s) |
PGA Tour Champions Tour |
| Professional wins | 21 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 8 |
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 |
| PGA Tour Champions | 2 |
| Other | 11 |
| Best results in major championships |
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| Masters Tournament | T9: 1993 |
| U.S. Open | T33: 1989, 1994 |
| The Open Championship | 7th: 1994 |
| PGA Championship | 5th: 1995 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Payne Stewart Award | 2005 |
Bradford John Faxon, Jr. (born August 1, 1961) is an American professional golfer. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour.
Faxon was born in Oceanport, New Jersey and raised in Barrington, Rhode Island. He attended Furman University, and earned a Bachelor of Economics degree in 1983.
At Furman, Faxon was a two-time All-American (1982, 1983) as a member of the golf team. He played on the 1983 Walker Cup team. Faxon won the Haskins Award for the most outstanding collegiate golfer in the United States in 1983. He also received that same year's Golf Magazine and NCAA Coaches Awards as the nation's outstanding amateur golfer. He turned professional in 1983.
Faxon has won eight times on the PGA Tour and played on two Ryder Cup teams. While admittedly not a great driver of the golf ball or a great ball-striker, Faxon has built a reputation as one of the best pure putters in golf history. He led the PGA Tour in Putting Average in 1996, 1999, and 2000 (when he set the single-season record with only 1.704 putts/greens in regulation), and finished 13th in 2005 at the age of 44. Faxon explains his success on the greens thus: "My only secret is confidence... I just try to hit every putt as if I've just made a million in a row."
Faxon had been one of the most successful players on the PGA Tour throughout the 1990s, a mainstay in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings, but a knee injury began to hamper his effectiveness in 2003, causing him to suffer through his worst season in 14 years in 2004. Faxon bounced back in 2005, though, winning his first tournament in four years and finishing 45th on the PGA Tour Money List. On September 19, 2005, he underwent surgery to repair torn ligaments in his right knee. Faxon returned to competition for the 2006 season, in which he earned over $500,000.
Faxon made his Champions Tour debut at the 2011 3M Championship, where he finished T-31. He won his first title in October at the Insperity Championship.
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