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John Mallinger
Web.com Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins1
Highest ranking85 (August 2, 2009)[1]
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT60: 2008, 2009
U.S. OpenT22: 2010
The Open ChampionshipDNP

John Charles Mallinger (born September 25, 1979) is an American professional golfer.

Early life

Mallinger was born in Escondido, California, and is the youngest of four children. He graduated from Escondido High School.

Amateur career

Mallinger attended California State University, Long Beach. He earned a bachelor's degree in marketing from the university.

Professional career

Early in his professional career, Mallinger played on the minitours and developmental tours. Before playing on the PGA Tour, Mallinger won two events on the

U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee where he lost a sudden death playoff to Bo Van Pelt. He finished in the top 50 of the money list for the first time.[2]

In 2011, Mallinger played in only 15 PGA Tour events due to his conditional status. He did not make the FedEx Cup and played on the Nationwide Tour during his time off the PGA Tour. He regained his PGA Tour card with a 14th-place finish on the Nationwide Tour money list, despite playing in only nine events, but earning six consecutive top-10 finishes.

Mallinger finished in a tie for 2nd place in his second start of the 2012 PGA Tour season at the

Humana Challenge, two strokes behind Mark Wilson
. This was the second time that Mallinger had been a runner-up on the PGA Tour and remains tied for his best finish to date.

Personal life

Mallinger resides in Long Beach, California, and plays out of Virginia Country Club, along with pros John Merrick and Peter Tomasulo.

Professional wins (1)

Other wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 Nov 21, 2010
Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational
 −15 (70-65-70-68=273) 2 strokes United States Jason Gore

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2009
U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee
 United States Bo Van Pelt Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
U.S. Open T67 CUT T65 T45 T22
PGA Championship T60 T60
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Note: Mallinger never played in the Masters Tournament or The Open Championship.

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
The Players Championship T64 CUT T3 CUT CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

See also

References

  1. OWGR
    . Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  2. ^ Bo Van Pelt wins PGA Milwaukee title playoff

External links

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