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Tim Thelen

Tim Thelen
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born (1961-06-14) June 14, 1961 (age 55)
Albany, Minnesota
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st)
Nationality  United States
Residence Pasadena, Texas
Career
College Foothills Junior College
Houston Baptist University
Turned professional 1985
Current tour(s) European Senior Tour
Champions Tour
Professional wins 13
Number of wins by tour
European Senior Tour 5
Other 8
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship DNP
PGA Championship CUT: 1999-2003, 2005, 2007-08, 2010

Tim Thelen (born June 14, 1961) is an American professional golfer.

Thelen was born in Albany, Minnesota. He played college golf at Foothills Junior College and Houston Baptist University where he was a teammate of Colin Montgomerie. He worked as a club professional winning the PGA Club Professional Championship in 2000 and 2003 and the 2009 PGA Assistant Professional Championship. He played in nine PGA Championships but failed to make the cut in any of them. He won the 2001 PGA Professional Player of the Year award.

After turning 50, Thelen won the European Senior Tour qualifying school in 2010. He finished 24th on the Tour's Order of Merit in 2011 and won his first Tour event at the 2012 Berenberg Bank Masters in Germany. He won his second event the following week at the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open. He would win his third event on the tour later in the season, when he took the Fubon Senior Open in November. Thelen would win his fourth event on the European Senior Tour in September 2014, when he won the Senior Open de Portugal.



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