Todd Hamilton
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | William Todd Hamilton |
| Born |
October 18, 1965 Galesburg, Illinois |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Residence | Westlake, Texas |
| Children | Tyler, Kaylee, Drake |
| Career | |
| College | University of Oklahoma |
| Turned professional | 1987 |
| Current tour(s) | Champions Tour |
| Former tour(s) |
PGA Tour (2004–12) Japan Golf Tour (1992–2003) |
| Professional wins | 17 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 2 |
| Japan Golf Tour | 11 |
| Other | 4 |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 1) |
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| Masters Tournament | T15: 2009 |
| U.S. Open | T36: 2008, 2009 |
| The Open Championship | Won: 2004 |
| PGA Championship | T29: 2003 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| PGA Tour Rookie of the Year |
2004 |
William Todd Hamilton (born October 18, 1965) is an American professional golfer.
Hamilton was born in the small west-central Illinois city of Galesburg. He grew up in an even smaller town, Oquawka, in Henderson County on the Mississippi River. He attended Union High School in Biggsville, Illinois. He attended the University of Oklahoma, where he played collegiately.
Hamilton turned professional in 1987 but was unable to gain entrance to the PGA Tour. Instead he played internationally for many years, primarily on the Japan Golf Tour. When he left the Japan Golf Tour after 12 seasons, he was the tour's 2nd all-time leading non-Japanese money winner (to USA's David Ishii), with earnings of over 630 million yen (about $6.18 million in 2014 US dollars) with 11 tour wins.
After eight tries, at the age of 38, Hamilton went back to Qualifying School in 2003, where he finally earned his first PGA Tour card.
Hamilton won his first PGA Tour event at the 2004 Honda Classic. He birdied the final two holes to beat Davis Love III by one stroke at 12 under par. Later that year, Hamilton won a major championship in one of golf's all-time upsets when he defeated Ernie Els in a four-hole playoff to win The Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club. After shooting an opening round 71, Hamilton fired a second round 67 to move to -4 and a fifth-place tie with future World Golf Hall of Famers Els, Vijay Singh and Colin Montgomerie as well as Michael Campbell. Hamilton again shot a 67 in the third round to take a one-shot lead over Els. Entering the tournament's 72nd hole, Hamilton held a one-shot lead over Els, but Hamilton bogeyed the 18th hole, leaving Els with a 12-foot birdie putt for the win, which he missed. Els and Hamilton headed for the four-hole aggregate playoff, in which Hamilton carded four pars while Els managed three pars and a bogey, and Hamilton took the win.
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