Zach Johnson
| Zach Johnson | |
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| — Golfer — | |
Johnson in April 2007 at Harbour Town
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Zachary Harris Johnson |
| Born |
February 24, 1976 Iowa City, Iowa, U.S, |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st) |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Residence | St. Simons Island, Georgia, U.S. |
| Spouse | Kim Barclay (m. 2003) |
| Children | Will, Wyatt, Abby Jane |
| Career | |
| College | Drake University |
| Turned professional | 1998 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour (joined 2004) |
| Former tour(s) |
Nationwide Tour Hooters Tour |
| Professional wins | 28 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 12 |
| Web.com Tour | 2 |
| Other | 14 |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 2) |
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| Masters Tournament | Won: 2007 |
| U.S. Open | T8: 2016 |
| The Open Championship | Won: 2015 |
| PGA Championship | T3: 2010 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Nationwide Tour leading money winner |
2003 |
| Nationwide Tour Player of the Year |
2003 |
Zachary Harris Johnson (born February 24, 1976) is an American professional golfer who has 12 victories on the PGA Tour, including two major championships, the 2007 Masters and the 2015 Open Championship.
The son of a chiropractor, Johnson was born in Iowa City, Iowa and raised in Cedar Rapids, the eldest of Dave and Julie Johnson's three children. Playing many sports as a youth (baseball, basketball, football, and soccer), Johnson took up golf at age 10 and developed his skills at Elmcrest Country Club. He played number-two on the Regis High School golf team and led them to an Iowa 3A state championship in 1992, his sophomore year.
Following graduation from high school in 1994, Johnson enrolled at Drake University in Des Moines. As the number-two player on the Drake golf team, he led the Bulldogs to three NCAA regional meets and two Missouri Valley championships. Johnson's uncle, Tom Harris, qualified for the 1975 NAIA national tournament.
Johnson turned professional in 1998 and played on the developmental tour circuit, including the now-defunct Prairie Golf Tour, the Buy.com Tour (later the Nationwide Tour and Web.com Tour), and the Hooters Tour, where he won the final three regular-season events in 2001. In 2003, he topped the money list on the Nationwide Tour with then record earnings of $494,882, earning an automatic promotion to the PGA Tour.
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