David Toms
USA
David Wayne Toms (born January 4, 1967) is an American professional golfer.
Personal information
Full name David Wayne Toms
Born January 4, 1967 (1967-01-04) (age 45)
Monroe, Louisiana
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight United States
Residence Shreveport, Louisiana
Career
College Louisiana State University
Turned professional 1989
Current tour(s) PGA Tour (joined 1992)
Professional wins 17
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 13
Nationwide Tour 2
Best results in Major Championships
(Wins: 1)
Masters Tournament T6: 1998
U.S. Open T5: 2003, 2007
The Open Championship T4: 2000
PGA Championship Won: 2001
Toms plays on the PGA Tour. He has spent a considerable amount of time in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings (over 175 weeks between 2001 and 2006[1]) and ranked as high as 5th in 2002 and 2003.
Toms was born in Monroe, the seat of Ouachita Parish, in northeastern Louisiana, and resides in Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish, in northwestern Louisiana. He is the son of Thomas E. "Buster" Toms (born 1946) of Minden, the seat of Webster Parish, in northwestern Louisiana. Toms also played little league baseball with former Major League Baseball All-Star Albert Belle.
He won the 15-17 Boys' event at the 1984 Junior World Golf Championships. After graduating from Airline High School in Bossier City, Louisiana, he attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge before he joined the PGA Tour in 1992. He has won one major championship, the 2001 PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club, and a total of twelve events on the PGA Tour.
His winning score of 265 in the 2001 PGA Championship is the lowest absolute 72-hole score ever recorded in a major championship.
Toms started the 2011 season well with a tied fifth finish at the Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun and a tied third finish at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Toms then came close to his first PGA Tour win in five years at The Players Championship where he eventually lost out on the first extra hole to South Korean K. J. Choi. This came despite leading the tournament for the majority of rounds two, three and four. Toms held the lead for the entire final round until he reached the par five 16th hole where he found the water with his second shot. This enabled Choi to take a one shot lead down the 18th hole, however Toms would make a birdie to Choi's par to take the event into a sudden death playoff. At the first extra hole, the 17th, both players found the green with their tee shots. They would both go on to run their birdie attempts past the hole, however Toms would also see his par putt lip out from four feet, allowing Choi to make a three foot putt for the victory.
Toms bounced back the week after his playoff loss to win the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial by one shot over Charlie Wi. Toms tied the PGA Tour scoring record for 36 holes after shooting a pair of 8-under-par 62s for a seven shot lead at the halfway stage. Toms' lead disappeared after a third round 74 when he trailed Wi by one stroke entering the final round. However in the final round he shot a 67, which included a holed out eagle from the fairway on the 11th hole for a one stroke victory. This was Toms first win in over five years on the PGA Tour. The win guaranteed Toms of a place in the U.S. Open and moved him up to 28th in the Official World Golf Rankings.
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