The Shark Shootout
2009 Leaderboard |
| | FINAL ROUND | | Place | Team | Score |
| 1 | Kelly/Stricker | -26 |
| T2 | Holmes/Perry | -25 |
| T2 | Leonard/Verplank | -25 |
| T2 | Campbell/Clark | -25 |
| T5 | Flesch/Johnson | -23 |
| T5 | Fisher/Poulter | -23 |
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| Scott Hoch |
 | Full Name: Scott Hoch | | Height: 5-11 | | Weight: 175 | | Birthdate: November 24, 1955 | | Birthplace: Tampa, FL | | Turned Professional: 1979 | | College: Wake Forest (1978, Communications) |
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| Statistics (through 2009) |
| PGA TOUR Victories | | (11) 1980 Quad Cities Open. 1982 USF&G Classic. 1984 Miller High Life QCO. 1989 Las Vegas Invitational. 1994 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. 1995 Greater Milwaukee Open. 1996 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill. 1997 Greater Milwaukee Open. 2001 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic, Advil
Western Open. 2003 Ford Championship at Doral. |
| Champions Tour Victories | | (3) 2007 FedEx Kinko's Classic. 2008 Allianz Championship, The ACE Group Classic. |
| Other Victories | | (7) 1982 Pacific Masters, Casio World Open. 1986 Casio World Open. 1990 Korean Open. 1991 Korean Open. 1995 Heineken Dutch Open. 2008 Shark Shootout [with Kenny Perry]. |
| Current Year Champions Tour Money and Position | | $409,377 (31) |
| Current Year Highlights | | Shared the first-round lead at the Senior PGA Championship and trailed by two strokes after 36 holes, but fell out of contention after a 6-over-par 76 in the third round. He eventually placed T17 near Cleveland...Shot three straight rounds in the 60s in July to finish in third place
at the 3M Championship near Minneapolis...Was T4 at the Triton Financial Classic at The Hills CC near Austin, TX in June...Returned to the PGA TOUR in July, making the cut for the 16th time in 18 U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee appearances. He T24 at Brown Deer Park GC. |
| Career Highlights | | 2008: Was the first multiple winner in 2008, claiming a pair of titles in Florida in back-to-back starts early in the campaign...Was also among the top-three in three other events and pocketed more than $1.4 million in earnings, his best money-making year since 2002...First win of the season came
at the Allianz Championship in Boca Raton. Birdied three of his final four holes on the Old Course at Broken Sound to prevail by one stroke over Bruce Lietzke and Brad Bryant. Appeared out of contention after being 1-over through 10 holes in his final round but birdied five of his last eight holes to win, including a 22-footer at No. 17 to draw even with Bryant. With Bryant already finished, he two-putted for a birdie from 23 feet at No. 18 to claim the title...Won the following week near Naples at The ACE Group Classic. Trailed by two strokes after 36 holes but a closing, 4-under-par 68 included a critical birdie on the 18th hole that eventually got him into a playoff with Tom Kite, Tom Jenkins and Bryant. Made an 8-foot birdie on the first extra hole to win. Victory gave him multiple wins in a season for the first time since 2001 on the PGA TOUR...Almost won a third Florida title at the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am. Was tied with Tom Watson for the lead standing in the 18th fairway on the last day but eventually missed a 4-foot par putt that dropped him into a T2 with Jay Haas...Also T2 in defense of his FedEx Kinko's Classic crown. Had a chance to join Denis Watson in a playoff but missed a long birdie attempt at the last hole...On the leaderboard during the weekend at the Senior PGA Championship and eventually finished T3 at Oak Hill, two strokes back of Jay Haas...Was also in the final group Sunday at the inaugural Cap Cana Championship but finished T5 in the Dominican Republic...Also was solo fifth at the JELD-WEN Tradition...Made his first appearance on the PGA TOUR since 2005 at The Honda Classic and was T65 at PGA National...Closed his season by teaming with Kenny Perry to win the unofficial Merrill Lynch Shootout by four strokes over Boo Weekley and J.B. Holmes in Naples, FL, site of his Champions Tour win earlier in the year at The ACE Group Classic. 2007: In first full season on the Champions Tour, broke through for victory at the FedEx Kinko's Classic, prevailing by two strokes over D.A. Weibring near Austin, TX. Posted three straight rounds in the 60s and made just one bogey in the 54-hole event. Win came in just his 10th start on the Champions Tour. 2006: Spent majority of the season rehabbing left hand from surgery in October 2005...Made his Champions Tour debut at the Constellation Energy Classic in September and shot 72-70-69 to T27 at Hayfields CC. Appearance in Maryland was his first tournament on any TOUR since March 2005 when he reinjured the same hand during the Bay Hill Invitational and withdrew after the opening round...Two weeks later, was T8 at the rain-shortened SAS Championship near his native Raleigh, NC, shooting rounds of 69-71 at Prestonwood CC.
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| Personal | | Donated $100,000 of 1989 Las Vegas Invitational winnings to Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital in Orlando. Has a floor named after him at the Arnold Palmer Hospital thanks to his family's donations. Although son Cameron was successfully treated elsewhere for rare bone infection in right leg, he and wife Sally
are strong supporters of Orlando facility...Family has also made large donations to area hospitals and churches...Brother Buddy was a professional bowler, while their father won All-American honors in baseball at Wake Forest...Lists Harbour Town GL, Muirfield Village and the CC of North Carolina as his favorite courses...Favorite entertainer is Frank Sinatra, favorite movies include "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Blazing Saddles."...Favorite athlete is Michael Jordan...Has experienced his share of medical issues in recent years...Underwent left-hand surgery during the week of the 2005 FUNAI Classic at Walt Disney World. Doctors removed a couple of pieces of bone and cartilage in his hand and repaired a torn tendon that had snapped in April of that same year...Had played just four PGA TOUR events in 2003 with a nagging wrist injury and then sprained left wrist during the 2004 PGA Championship when, during the second round, he put his hands out to break a fall, after walking off the tee box and ground gave way. |
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