Ted Potter, Jr.
| Ted Potter, Jr. | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | The Wizard, The Magic Man |
| Born |
November 9, 1983 Ocala, Florida |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States
|
| Residence | Silver Springs, Florida |
| Spouse | Cheri Potter |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2002 |
| Current tour(s) |
Web.com Tour PGA Tour (past champion status) |
| Former tour(s) |
NGA Hooters Tour Moonlight Tour FPG Tour |
| Professional wins | 18+ |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 1 |
| Web.com Tour | 2 |
| Other | 15+ |
| Best results in major championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | CUT: 2013 |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2013 |
| The Open Championship | T60: 2012 |
| PGA Championship | CUT: 2012 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| NGA Hooters Tour Player of the Year |
2006, 2009 |
Ted Potter, Jr. (born November 9, 1983) is an American professional golfer who competes on the PGA Tour. He is a left-handed golfer, but is naturally right-handed.
Potter was born in Ocala, Florida. He began to play golf at a very early age. His father made him a custom set of clubs as soon as he could grip a golf club. His father, Ted Potter, Sr. who is a golf course maintenance professional and low-handicap golfer, was his chief instructor of the game. Ted Potter, Jr. would go on to dominate Florida youth golfing tours. His success continued through his high school career. He won all-district honors three times in high school. He graduated in 2002 from Lake Weir High School in southeastern Marion County, Florida and chose to turn pro instead of attending college.
Potter turned pro at the age of 19 where he first competed on the Central Florida-based Moonlight Tour. He supplemented his income working in the cart barn at Lake Diamond Golf & Country Club in Ocala, Florida. In December 2003, he competed for a spot on the PGA tour via the 2003 PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. He finished tied for 74th place and earned a spot on the 2004 Nationwide Tour (former name of the Web.com Tour), where he did not make a single cut during the season. He again competed on the Nationwide Tour during the 2007 and 2010 seasons. He made his first cut on the Nationwide Tour at the 2007 Movistar Panama Championship where he finished tied for 12th place.
Potter was the 2006 and 2009 NGA Hooters Tour Player of the Year. He has a total of seven regular season wins and five winter series victories on the NGA Tour. He is currently tied for third place all-time in wins. His career winnings on the NGA tour are $595,490.72 (623,000 including winter series events).
2011 was Potter's breakout season as a professional golfer. He started the season on the NGA Tour, but won the South Georgia Classic on what was then the Nationwide Tour, the first time a Monday qualifier won on the tour since 2006. Prior to winning the South Georgia Classic, Potter made six cuts in 55 Web.com Tour events. He was only the fifth left-handed golfer to win an event on the tour and the first since 2008. The win earned Potter $112,500 and full Nationwide Tour status for 2011. He earned his second win of the season at the Soboba Golf Classic in a three-hole playoff. Potter finished in the top 25 (2nd place overall) in earnings on the tour in 2011 and earned his PGA Tour card for the 2012 season. Overall, he entered 18 Nationwide Tour events in 2011 making the cut 12 times with 6 finishes in the top 10.
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