Chris DiMarco
USA
Christian Dean DiMarco (born August 23, 1968) is an American golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, and was in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings for over fifty weeks between 2002 and 2006.
Personal information
Full name Christian Dean DiMarco
Born August 23, 1968 (1968-08-23) (age 43)
Huntington, New York
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 13 st)
Nationality United States
Residence Heathrow, Florida
Career
College University of Florida
Turned professional 1990
Current tour(s) PGA Tour (joined 1994)
Professional wins 7
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 3
European Tour 1
Nationwide Tour 1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament 2nd: 2005
U.S. Open T9: 2004
The Open Championship 2nd: 2006
PGA Championship T2: 2004
DiMarco was born in Huntington, New York in 1968. He received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Lynn Blevins and coach Buddy Alexander's Florida Gators men's golf teams in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1987 to 1990. He was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection and a first-team All-American in 1989 and 1990.
DiMarco turned professional in 1990. He won the Canadian Tour's order of merit in 1992 and finished ninth on the second tier Nike Tour in 1993 to earn his PGA Tour card. However, he was not always able to maintain his place on the PGA Tour, and his first professional win came back on the Nike Tour at the 1997 Nike Ozarks Classic. As he moved into his thirties, he continued to improve, capturing his first trophy on the PGA Tour at the 2001 SEI Pennsylvania Classic. Further PGA Tour wins followed at the 2001 Buick Challenge and the 2002 Phoenix Open. The Phoenix win featured an infamous moment—as DiMarco was addressing a pressure putt at TPC's Scottsdale's infamous sixteenth hole, one of the raucous fans yelled "Noonan!" (a reference from the movie Caddyshack). DiMarco made the putt, then pointed at the fan and ordered him ejected. By 2004 he had finished in the top twenty on the PGA Tour money list for five straight seasons, and had finished tied second in the PGA Championship, losing the title to Vijay Singh in a three-way playoff. In 2005, DiMarco lost a sudden death playoff with Tiger Woods to finish second in The Masters. This result was good enough to move him into the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings. DiMarco finished as runner up in a major for the third time at the 2006 Open Championship at Hoylake. Yet again Tiger Woods was his nemesis, beating him by two shots. DiMarco's 70–65–69–68 (272, -16) came less than three weeks after the death of his mother, Norma. Woods, playing alongside Sergio Garcia in the final pairing one group behind DiMarco, was himself recovering from the death of his father, Earl.
DiMarco was a member of the U.S. team in the 2003 and 2005 Presidents Cups and the 2004 and 2006 Ryder Cup. DiMarco sank the clinching putt in the 2005 Presidents Cup, but performed poorly in the 2006 Ryder Cup.
Chris also hosts his own golf tournament at his local course, the Country Club of Heathrow, Florida. The "Norma DiMarco Tee Up For Life Golf Tournament," named in honor of his mother who died July 4, 2006, is held annually in aid of R.O.C.K (Reaching Out to Cancer Kids) and features celebrities and amateurs. His nephew, Patrick, plays fullback for the University of South Carolina.
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