James Driscoll
| James Driscoll | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born |
October 9, 1977 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Nationality |
 United States
|
| Career | |
| College | University of Virginia |
| Turned professional | 2001 |
| Current tour(s) | Web.com Tour |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Web.com Tour | 2 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | CUT: 2001 |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2005 |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2009, 2012 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
James Driscoll (born October 9, 1977) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour.
Driscoll was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the youngest of seven children. He grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts, outside Boston. He started golf at a young age and won the club championship at his home club of Charles River at age 15. A year later, he won the Massachusetts Junior Championship. He then went on to win the Massachusetts State Amateur Championship in 1996 at the age of 18, becoming the youngest-ever winner of the tournament, and again in 1998. By the summer of 1996 Driscoll was the second-ranked junior in the country, and made the final of the U.S. Junior, losing to Scott Hailes.
Driscoll attended Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts and then attended The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, for a postgraduate year and went on to the University of Virginia where he was named to the Virginia first-team All-State golf team his senior year. He reached the final of the 2000 U.S. Amateur at Baltusrol Golf Club by upsetting Luke Donald in the semifinals. In the final against Jeff Quinney, he came back from three down with three to play to force extra holes, but lost on the 39th hole. His runner-up finish gave him an invitation to the 2001 Masters Tournament. At the Masters Driscoll fired a 68 in the first round, marking the best opening round by an amateur since Ken Venturi's 66 in 1956. His playing partner Tom Watson said, "This was the best round I've seen here by an amateur." Driscoll shot 78 in the second round to miss the cut by one stroke. He was a member of the 2001 Walker Cup team.
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