Bud Cauley
Bud Cauley | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | William Carl Cauley III |
Born | Daytona Beach, Florida | March 16, 1990
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Weight | 150 lb (68 kg; 11 st) |
Sporting nationality | United States |
Residence | Jacksonville Beach, Florida |
Career | |
College | University of Alabama |
Turned professional | 2011 |
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Professional wins | 1 |
Highest ranking | 53 (September 23, 2012)[1] |
Number of wins by tour | |
Korn Ferry Tour | 1 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | T33: 2017 |
U.S. Open | T63: 2011 |
The Open Championship | T32: 2013 |
William Carl "Bud" Cauley III (born March 16, 1990) is an American professional golfer.
Amateur career
Cauley was born in
home schooled by his parents. He was ranked top-five nationally in junior golf and among top 15 in the world. As a junior golfer, Cauley was a member of the 2006 Junior Ryder Cup, and the 2008 USA Junior World Golf Championships
team. He was also a co-medalist at the 2008 Toyota World Junior Amateur Championships. When Cauley moved up to amateur events he was ranked No. 1 in junior golf.
Cauley chose to play college golf for the
U.S. Amateur; in 2009 Cauley beat the world's No. 1 amateur, Rickie Fowler, in the first round of match play. He also won the Terra Cotta Invitational
in 2008.
Professional career
After finishing his junior year at Alabama, Cauley qualified for the
Viking Classic. He also finished T4 at the Nationwide Tour's Utah Championship. Cauley made the cut at the 2011 U.S. Open, finishing T63 and guaranteeing a bypass to the second stage of Q School.[3]
Cauley also finished third at the 2011
Frys.com Open, earning $340,000. In 2011, Cauley earned $735,150 in eight PGA Tour starts. He finished the equivalent of 116th on the 2011 money list, joining Gary Hallberg, Scott Verplank, Phil Mickelson, Justin Leonard, Ryan Moore, and Tiger Woods
as those who avoided Q school and went directly to the PGA Tour after college.
In 2012, Cauley's had four top-10 finishes; he was in the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking by the end of July of that year.
In 2013, Cauley made only 10 cuts in 24 events. He played in the
Web.com Tour Finals
and finished 18th to retain his PGA Tour card for 2014.
Professional wins (1)
Web.com Tour wins (1)
Legend |
Finals event (1) |
Other Web.com Tour (0) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | Aug 31, 2014 | Hotel Fitness Championship | −20 (66-70-67-65=268) | 1 stroke | Colt Knost |
Results in major championships
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Masters Tournament | ||||||||
U.S. Open | T63 | CUT | ||||||
The Open Championship | T32 | |||||||
PGA Championship | CUT | T33 |
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 |
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Masters Tournament | ||
PGA Championship | T37 | |
U.S. Open | ||
The Open Championship | NT |
Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Results in The Players Championship
Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | T47 |
Did not play
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
U.S. national team appearances
Amateur
- Junior Ryder Cup: 2006
- Palmer Cup: 2009
- Walker Cup: 2009 (winners)
See also
References
- OWGR. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
- ^ Ex-Tide star Bud Cauley making his pro debut today at U.S. Open
- ^ Former Alabama golfer Bud Cauley could skip 'Q' school
External links
- Bud Cauley at the PGA Tour official site
- Bud Cauley at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Profile on University of Alabama's official site