Paul Goydos
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| Personal Information | |
|---|---|
| Birth | June 20, 1964 Long Beach, California, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Nationality |  United States |
| College | Long Beach State University |
| Career | |
| Turned Pro | 1989 |
| Current tour | PGA Tour (joined 1993) |
| Professional wins | 5 (PGA Tour: 2, Nationwide Tour: 1, Other: 2) |
| Best Results in Major Championships | |
| Masters | CUT: 1996, 2007 |
| U.S. Open | T12: 1999 |
| British Open | DNP |
| PGA Championship | T29: 1997 |
Paul David Goydos (born June 20, 1964) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.
Goydos was born, raised and has lived his entire life in Long Beach, California. He attended Woodrow Wilson Classical High School, Long Beach State University and turned pro in 1989. He started out as a struggling mini-tour player supplementing his income as a substitute teacher. In 1991 and 1992, he played on the Nationwide Tour, earning one victory at the 1992 Ben Hogan Yuma Open. He earned his PGA Tour card for 1993 by going through Qualifying School.
Goydos has won two PGA Tour events – The 1996 Bay Hill Invitational and the 2007 Sony Open. He has amassed more than two dozen top-10 finishes and has more than five million dollars in career earnings. His best finish in a major was a T-12 at the 1999 U.S. Open.[1] He had only two starts in 2004, both coming at the end of the year, because of sinus surgery and hip problems; he played in 2005 under a Major Medical Exemption.
His victory at the Sony Open in Hawaii in 2007 elevated Goydos into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.
Goydos was inducted into the inaugural class of 1996 at the Long Beach State University Athletics Hall of Fame. He has two children, Chelsea and Courtney. He has two older brothers, James Steven Goydos, a surgical oncologist and associate professor of surgery at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and Peter Andrew Goydos, a numismatist in Long Beach, California.
Contents |
[edit] Professional wins (5)
[edit] PGA Tour wins (2)
[edit] Nationwide Tour wins (1)
- 1992 Ben Hogan Yuma Open
[edit] Other wins (2)
- 1990 Long Beach Open
- 1996 EA Sports Challenge Championship
[edit] Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | T44 | T62 | CUT | T28 | DNP | T12 |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | T73 | T29 | T34 | T31 |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT |
| U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT |
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10
[edit] References
- ^ Golf Major Championships. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
