Born - December 5 1982
Home - Puyallup, WA
Height - 5'9"
Weight - 179 lbs
College - University of Nevada Las Vegas
2010 Results
FedEx Cup Rank: 21st
OWGR: 42nd
World Money List- 35th
Top Finishes of 2010
2nd- AT&T National
T-3rd- BMW Championship
T-5th The Memorial Chamiopnship
T-6th- SBS Championship
T-9th The Tour Championship
T-10th Bob Hope Classic
T-13th The Travelers Championship
T-14th The Masters
T-14th Waste Management Phoenix Open
T-15th WGC- Bridgestone
Ryan David Moore is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the PGA Tour. He became known for having one of the most successful Amateur carreers in the history of golf, only rivaled with the late Bobby Jones himself; before coming out onto the PGA tour in 2006 after skipping Q-school by earning enough money to rank in the top 125 on the money list in only 7 sponsors exemptions. Since Moore has kept his card for five consective years, at times ranking as high on the money list as thirtieth, and reaching as high as 42nd in the world golf rankings. His brother Jason has been his primary caddie over the last five years, but has now implemented a shared system between brother Jason and JD Rastovski.
Amateur career
Moore was born in Tacoma, Washington and grew up in nearby Puyallup. He is a 2001 graduate of Cascade Christian High School, a small Class 1A school which did not have a golf team. Moore competed for Class 4A Puyallup High School, where he lettered all four years. He was the runner-up in the U.S. Junior Championship in 2000, and won the Washington high school individual championship in 2001, beating fellow UNLV golfer and Capital High School alumni Andres Gonzalez for the championship. After taking several world class junior tournament titles, including several AJGA Championships, he reached the world number one junior ranking, and held the title for nearly a year. He accepted a scholarship to UNLV, where he lettered for four seasons for the Rebels and graduated in 2005.
During the summer before his senior year of college, Moore had one of the most impressive seasons in the modern era of amateur golf. He captured multiple titles in 2004, including the U.S. Amateur, the Western Amateur, the U.S. Amateur Public Links (which he also won in 2002), the NCAA individual championship before finishing the year with a individual title at the World Amateur tournament. His win at the U.S. Amateur in 2005, earned Ryan a spot in the 2006 Masters tournament, where he finished as the top Amateur in a T-13th Finish.
Professional career
[edit]2005
Moore won the Haskins Award in 2005 as the outstanding collegiate golfer in the nation. He placed 13th at the 2005 Masters, winning low amateur and a spot in the 2006 field. (In 2003, he also made the cut at the Masters, finishing 45th at age 20.)
Moore's final tournament as an amateur was the 2005 U.S. Open at Pinehurst, which concluded on June 19th. He made the cut and finished tied for 57th, then turned professional, playing the next tournament at Westchester, New York, on a sponsor's exemption, where he finished in a tie for 51st. Turning professional meant that he had to forfeit his slot (as reigning U.S. Amateur champion) in the 2005 British Open, played at the home of golf, St Andrews. In August, Moore earned a special temporary exemption to the PGA Tour with an impressive tie for second at the 2005 Canadian Open in Vancouver.
In 2005, playing on sponsors' exemptions, Moore earned a total of $686,250 in just 14 official PGA Tour events. This placed him the equivalent of 113th on the money list, making him the first player since Tiger Woods in 1996 to go from college to the PGA Tour in the same season without going to Q School. The only other players to do that since 1980 were Gary Hallberg, Phil Mickelson, and Justin Leonard. As a non-member, Moore needed to collect more than the 125th place finisher on the 2005 money list in order to earn his card for the 2006 season.[2]During 2005, Moore's world ranking improved from 718 to 142.[3]
[edit]2006
In 2006, Moore played on the PGA Tour as a regular member, and his best outing was a tie for second at the Buick Championship inConnecticut. He was sidelined for two months in the spring following surgery on his left wrist, which kept him from competing in the Masters. He returned to the tour in late May and finished 81st on the 2006 money list with $1,222,118. With a top ten finish (tied for ninth) at the PGA Championship at Medinah on August 20, he broke into the top 100 in the world rankings for the first time, vaulting from 110th to 79th. He climbed as high as 68th in early September, and finished the year at 79th in the world.[4]
2007
In 2007, Moore finished solo second place at the Memorial Tournament, hosted by Jack Nicklaus in early June. He entered the event as an alternate and earned $648,000, the largest paycheck of his brief pro career. With six holes to play, he birdied five consecutive holes (13-17), but scored a par on the 72nd hole to finish one stroke back. Following this runner-up finish, his third as a professional, he climbed from 87th to 33rd on the PGA Tour money list, and his world ranking improved from 110th to 59th. Two days later, he qualified to play in the 2007 U.S. Open at Oakmont near Pittsburgh, where he shot 8-over in the first round and 3-over in the second. He missed the cut by one stroke. He finished the year with $1,544,901 in winnings, ranking him 59th on the PGA Tour money list and 51st in the FedEx Cup standings. Moore finished the year at 74th in the world rankings.[5]
2008
Moore reached the first playoff of his career in the EDS Byron Nelson Championship, which he lost to Adam Scott on the third playoff hole. Moore began the day three shots behind Scott in a four-way tie for second place, but took the lead as Scott dropped three strokes on the front nine. The lead changed hands multiple times before Scott forced the playoff with a birdie on the 72nd hole. On the third playoff hole, Scott beat Moore with a 48-foot birdie putt; Moore then missed his tying birdie putt from the fringe.[6] Moore picked up his largest check of his career, winning $691,200 for second place. It was his fourth runner-up finish on the PGA Tour in as many seasons.
Moore continued to have pain in his surgically-repaired wrist and took time off at different points in the 2008 season because of a sore shoulder and to improve his fitness, particularly in preparation for the FedEx Cup.[6] He ended the year with $1,214,900 in winnings, ranking him 88th on the PGA Tour money list and 87th in the FedEx Cup standings; his world ranking fell to 158.[7]
2009
Moore's inconsistent golf continued in the first half of 2009 due to an injury that he had been fighting through and was now finally recovering from after 3 years. In his first 16 tournaments, Moore missed the cut eight times, including four times by a single stroke. In March and April, Moore made four consecutive cuts, with two top-20 finishes. In May, Moore only managed one made cut in The Players Championship.
After missing the cut at the Memorial Tournament, Moore qualified for the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black with a tie for seventh place at sectional qualifying in Columbus, Ohio. He made a strong showing, finishing in a tie for tenth place at 2-over par 282. As a result, his world golf ranking rebounded from 193rd to 152nd.[10]
On August 23, Moore won his first career PGA Tour event at the Wyndham Championship, defeating Kevin Stadler and Jason Bohn in a sudden-death playoff, earning $936,000.[11] He finished the season having reached the top 50 of the world rankings and in 31st place on the PGA Tour money list.
He Finished off the year with a strong finish at the HSBC World Golf Championship, finishing in solo 3rd, only 2 strokes behind the champion.
2010
Moore has gotten off to a great start in 2010, finally feeling recovered from his injury in mid 2009, has continued outstanding play. He started off the season with three consecutive top 10 finishes including a T-6th finish at the SBS Championship. He has continued his strong play through the Phoenix Waste Management Championship finishing a T-14th. The rest of his season includes appearances in the Masters, U.S. Open, as well as other fine championships. It should be a fun season to be a Ryan Moore fan!
