Daniel Berger (golfer)

Daniel Berger
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born (1993-04-07) April 7, 1993
Plantation, Florida
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Nationality  United States
Residence Jupiter, Florida
Career
College Florida State University
Turned professional 2013
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Web.com Tour
Professional wins 1
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T10: 2016
U.S. Open T28: 2014
The Open Championship CUT: 2015
PGA Championship T73: 2016
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour
Rookie of the Year		 2015

Daniel Berger (born April 7, 1993) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

Early years

Berger was born in Plantation, Florida, to Nadia and Jay Berger, a former tennis pro, coach, and head of men's tennis for the United States Tennis Association. Berger lived in Miami for about ten years before moving with his family to Jupiter, where he began taking golf seriously. He graduated from William T. Dwyer High School in 2011 and played college golf at Florida State University in Tallahassee, where he tied for second at the 2013 NCAA championships as a sophomore and then turned pro at age 20.[1]

Professional career

In late 2013, Berger qualified for the Web.com Tour and played four events. The following year, he finished T2 at the TPC Stonebrae Championship[2] and ranked 15th in the season-long Web.com Tour standings, which earned him a promotion to the PGA Tour for the 2014–15 season.[1][3]

In March 2015, Berger shot a 6-under-par 64 in the final round of the Honda Classic to get into a sudden-death playoff, which he lost to Pádraig Harrington. Had Berger won, it would have been the second-largest final round comeback in PGA Tour history; he began the final round nine strokes behind 54-hole leader Ian Poulter.[4] Three weeks later at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Berger made a double eagle at the par-5 sixth hole during the third round.[5] During the 2015 season, Berger made the cut in 17 of 31 events, had six top-10 finishes, including two seconds, and was the only rookie to make the Tour Championship field in late September. He finished 11th in the FedEx Cup rankings, 25th on the money list, and was the tour's rookie of the year.[6][7]

Berger gained his first PGA Tour win in June 2016 at the FedEx St. Jude Classic near Memphis, which moved him to 29th in the Official World Golf Ranking.

Personal life

Berger currently resides in Jupiter, Florida.

Professional wins (1)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runners-up
1 Jun 12, 2016 FedEx St. Jude Classic 67-64-69-67=267 −13 3 strokes United States Brooks Koepka, United States Phil Mickelson,
United States Steve Stricker

Results in major championships

Tournament 2014 2015 2016
Masters Tournament DNP DNP T10
U.S. Open T28 DNP T37
The Open Championship DNP CUT DNP
PGA Championship DNP CUT T73

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Waters, Steve (February 24, 2015). "Berger's golf plan working perfectly". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Tony Finau shoots 66 en route to win". ESPN. Associated Press. August 3, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ Nichols, Beth Ann (February 25, 2015). "Daniel Berger joins succession of Seminoles on Tour". Golfweek. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  4. ↑ Waters, Steve (March 2, 2015). "Padraig Harrington of Ireland wins his second Honda Classic in a playoff". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ Crouse, Karen (March 21, 2015). "Double Eagle Bolsters Daniel Berger, a Rookie, at Bay Hill". The New York Times. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Spieth named PGA Tour Player of the Year: Daniel Berger is selected as the Tour's top rookie". PGA Tour. October 2, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Daniel Berger – Statistics". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
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