Nicholas Thompson (golfer)

Nicholas Thompson
Nicholas Thompson
Personal information
Born	December 25, 1982 (age 41); Georgia Tech
Turned professional	2005
Current tour(s)	Korn Ferry Tour
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	1
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia	1
Korn Ferry Tour	1
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	T24: 2008
U.S. Open	T51: 2012
The Open Championship	DNP

Nicholas Thompson (born December 25, 1982) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Korn Ferry Tour.

Thompson was born in

Georgia Tech in 2005 with a degree in business management and was a member of the 2002 ACC

championship team. He turned professional after graduating.

Thompson won his

Fall Series event, behind Ryan Palmer

. He has now earned over five million dollars since turning professional in 2005.

In 2009, Thompson recorded only one top-10 finish, at the

Frys.com Open, and kept his Tour card by just two places on the final money list. His next top-10 finish came in 2010 at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans

.

Since then, Thompson has played on the PGA Tour as a full status member from 2013 to the present, having returned to the Web.com Tour in 2011 and 2012. In 2013, he made 20 of 29 cuts on the PGA Tour, with seven top-25 finishes, including a tie for sixth at the

Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial

.