Webb Simpson
| Webb Simpson | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
Simpson at the 2012 RBC Heritage
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | James Frederick Webb Simpson |
| Born |
August 8, 1985 Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Residence | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Spouse | Taylor Dowd Simpson (née Keith) (m. 2010) |
| Children | James, Willow Grace, Wyndham Rose, Mercy Dowd |
| Career | |
| College | Wake Forest University |
| Turned professional | 2008 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Nationwide Tour |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 4 |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 1) |
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| Masters Tournament | T28: 2015 |
| U.S. Open | Won: 2012 |
| The Open Championship | T16: 2011 |
| PGA Championship | T13: 2016 |
James Frederick Webb Simpson (born August 8, 1985) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour who is most notable for winning the 2012 U.S. Open. As an amateur, he was a member of the United States' victorious 2007 Walker Cup and 2007 Palmer Cup teams. In college, Simpson played on the Wake Forest University golf team on the Arnold Palmer scholarship. After turning professional, Simpson played on the Nationwide Tour where he finished in second place twice. Simpson qualified for the PGA Tour after his tie for seventh at the 2008 PGA Tour Qualifying School. In 2011, Simpson had his first two victories on the PGA Tour, which came at the Wyndham Championship and at the FedEx Cup playoff event, the Deutsche Bank Championship. These wins helped him finish in second on the Tour's money list. He was also a member of the United States' victorious 2011 Presidents Cup team.
Simpson was born on August 8, 1985, in Raleigh, North Carolina, to Evander Samuel "Sam" Simpson III and Debbie Webb Simpson, the fifth of six children.
Simpson married Taylor Dowd Keith (like Webb, Dowd goes by her middle name) on January 2, 2010, in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 2011, the couple had their first child, a son named James. On July 28, 2012, Webb and his wife had their second child, a daughter called Willow Grace. On May 15, 2014, the Simpsons had their third child, a daughter named Wyndham Rose, named after the first PGA Tour event Simpson won. On Thursday, May 12, 2016, Simpson was forced to withdraw from the 2016 Players Championship due to the birth of his fourth child, a daughter named Mercy Dowd.
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