Rick Fehr | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Richard Elliott Fehr |
Born | Seattle, Washington, U.S. | August 28, 1962
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 13 st) |
Sporting nationality | United States |
Career | |
College | Brigham Young University |
Turned professional | 1984 |
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Professional wins | 3 |
Highest ranking | 45 (January 15, 1995)[1] |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour | 2 |
Other | 1 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | T25: 1984 |
PGA Championship | T18: 1992 |
U.S. Open | T9: 1985 |
The Open Championship | DNP |
Richard Elliott Fehr (born August 28, 1962) is an American former professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.
Fehr was born in Seattle, Washington and grew up in the state of Washington. As a teenager, Fehr won the Washington State Junior and PGA National Junior tournaments in 1979. He attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah and was a member of the golf team. He was a two-time All-American while at BYU and won numerous amateur tournaments, including the 1982 Western Amateur. He was the low amateur at both the Masters Tournament and the U.S. Open in 1984. Fehr turned professional in 1984 after earning his degree in finance; he joined the PGA Tour in 1985.
Fehr won two PGA Tour events: the 1986 B.C. Open and the 1994 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic. He finished runner-up in a PGA Tour event (2nd or T-2) nine times and had 41 top-10 finishes. His best finish in a major championship was a T-9 at the 1985 U.S. Open.[2]
Fehr now earns his living as a golf instructor/coach at The Golf Club at Newcastle near Bellevue, Washington. He is the owner of Rick Fehr Coaching.