William McGirt

William McGirt
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born (1979-06-21) June 21, 1979
Lumberton, North Carolina
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st)
Nationality  United States
Residence Boiling Springs, South Carolina
Spouse Sarah McGirt (m. 2004)
Children 2
Career
College Wofford College
Turned professional 2004
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Nationwide Tour
Professional wins 2
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 1
Other 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2016
The Open Championship CUT: 2016
PGA Championship T10: 2016

William McGirt (born June 21, 1979) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

College career

Born in Lumberton, North Carolina, McGirt grew up playing both baseball and golf, receiving scholarship offers from colleges in North Carolina and South Carolina. After being recruited by multiple colleges for both sports, McGirt decided to play college golf at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He was the 1998 Southern Conference Freshman of the Year and won three collegiate events for the Terriers, including the 2001 conference championship. He graduated in 2001 and was a 2010 inductee of the Wofford College Athletic Hall of Fame.

Professional career

McGirt turned professional in 2004 and spent several years playing on mini-tours.[1] His first break came by reaching the final stage of the 2009 PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament (Q-School), allowing him to play on the Nationwide Tour in 2010. He ended 2010 at 34th on that tour's money list, then finished runner-up at Q-School to earn his PGA Tour card for 2011. McGirt qualified for the FedEx Cup Playoffs in his rookie season, advancing as far as the Deutsche Bank Championship and finishing 83rd in the FedEx Cup standings. He finished 141st on the 2011 PGA Tour money list. Unfortunately, it was the money list that mattered at the time and McGirt had to go back to Q School to regain his Tour privileges or be relegated to the conditional category. He qualified for the tour in 2012 by finishing T13 in the 2011 Q-School.[2]

McGirt's first appearance in a major was at the PGA Championship in 2012, but he missed the cut. He had three runner-up finishes before his first win at age 36 in June 2016 at the Memorial Tournament in Ohio. It was his 165th start on the PGA Tour, and he won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff with Jon Curran.[3] It was McGirt's first professional win of any kind since his mini-tour victory nine years earlier in 2007. He earned $1.53 million for winning the Memorial, almost 100 times more than the $16,000 prize for his mini-tour win.[4] The win earned him a three-year PGA Tour exemption,[5] moved him to 44th in the Official World Golf Ranking, and qualified him for the U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and the Masters.[4] McGirt also qualified for the 2016 Open Championship based on his FedEx Cup position.

McGirt is sponsored by Srixon, Cleveland Golf, TaylorMade-Adidas, Scotty Cameron Putters, and Young Adjustment Company.[6]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (2)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner-up
1 Jun 5, 2016 Memorial Tournament 70-68-64-71=273 −15 Playoff United States Jon Curran

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2016 Memorial Tournament United States Jon Curran Won with par on second extra hole

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
PGA Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP T10

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

FedEx Cup final standing

YearRank
2011 83
2012 50
2013 100
2014 61
2015 69
2016 24

See also

References

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