Nick Watney
| Nick Watney | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Nicholas Alan Watney |
| Born |
April 25, 1981 Sacramento, California |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 13 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States
|
| Residence | Henderson, Nevada |
| Career | |
| College | Fresno State University |
| Turned professional | 2003 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Former tour(s) |
Canadian Tour Nationwide Tour |
| Professional wins | 10 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 5 |
| Asian Tour | 1 |
| Web.com Tour | 1 |
| Other | 3 |
| Best results in major championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | 7th: 2010 |
| U.S. Open | T21: 2012 |
| The Open Championship | T7: 2010 |
| PGA Championship | T12: 2011 |
Nicholas Alan Watney (born April 25, 1981) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. The highlight of Watney's career to date is his victory at the 2011 WGC-Cadillac Championship. In July 2011, Watney broke into the top ten of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time in his career, after his victory at the AT&T National, placing him tenth in the world.
Watney was born in Sacramento, California. He played his high school golf at Davis Senior High School in Davis, California. He played collegiate golf under his uncle Mike Watney at Fresno State University, where he was a three-time All-America golfer. Mike did not offer his nephew a scholarship to Fresno State; Nick had to walk on to the team. He turned professional in 2003, following in the footsteps of his uncle, who played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s.
In 2003, Watney's first professional victory came at the Lewis Chitengwa Memorial on the Canadian Tour. The next year he played on the Nationwide Tour, and after winning the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship, Watney earned qualification for the PGA Tour.
In 2007, after two years of slow progress, Watney won his first PGA Tour title at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. This victory took Watney into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time. He got his second tour win at the 2009 Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, with a one-stroke victory over John Rollins, taking him to his highest position yet in the World Golf Rankings, number 76.
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