Brandt Snedeker | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Personal information | |||||||
Full name | Brandt Newell Snedeker | ||||||
Nickname | Sneds | ||||||
Born | [1] Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.[1] | December 8, 1980||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1] | ||||||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)[1] | ||||||
Sporting nationality | United States | ||||||
Residence | Nashville, Tennessee[1] | ||||||
Spouse |
Mandy Snedeker (m. 2008) | ||||||
Children | 2 | ||||||
Career | |||||||
College | Vanderbilt University[1] | ||||||
Turned professional | 2004[1] | ||||||
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour | ||||||
Professional wins | 13 | ||||||
Highest ranking | 4 (February 10, 2013)[2] | ||||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||||
PGA Tour | 9 | ||||||
European Tour | 1 | ||||||
PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 | ||||||
Korn Ferry Tour | 2 | ||||||
Other | 1 | ||||||
Best results in major championships | |||||||
Masters Tournament | T3: 2008 | ||||||
PGA Championship | T12: 2015 | ||||||
U.S. Open | 8th/T8: 2010, 2015 | ||||||
The Open Championship | T3: 2012 | ||||||
Achievements and awards | |||||||
|
Brandt Newell Snedeker (born December 8, 1980) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2012 FedEx Cup with a victory in the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club. Following this victory, he moved into the top ten of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time in his career. In February 2013, after winning the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, he moved to a career high of number four in the world. On August 16, 2018, he shot the tenth sub-60 round in the history of the PGA Tour, firing an opening round 59 at the Wyndham Championship.