Casey Wittenberg

Casey Wittenberg born November 30, 1984 is an American professional golfer who had a successful amateur career

Wittenberg was born in Memphis, Tennessee He played collegiately at Oklahoma State University He lost to Nick Flanagan in the finals of the 2003 US Amateur

In 2004, he finished 13th at the Masters Tournament, the lowest amateur finish in 41 years He was the only player in the field to improve his score each round Additionally, he registered the lowest Sunday back 9 score 31 of any amateur in Masters history

At the 2004 US Open at Shinnecock Hills, he shot a four round total of 296, which was the second best of any amateur in the tournament that year1

Wittenberg turned professional in 2004 and has played on the PGA Tour, Webcom Tour formerly Nationwide Tour, and mini-tours since In 2012, Wittenberg won his first title on a major golf tour, the Nationwide Tour's Chitimacha Louisiana Open He followed it up three months later with his second win of the season at the Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open, one week after finishing T10 at the US Open

Wittenberg was the leading money winner on the Webcom Tour in 2012, earning him his 2013 PGA Tour card, and was named Webcom Tour Player of the Year In 2013, he made only eight cut in 27 tournaments and finished 150th on the money list and 164th on the FedEx Cup points list, losing his PGA Tour card

1 Amateur wins 4
2 Professional wins 6
- 21 Webcom Tour wins 3
- 22 Other wins 3
3 Results in major championships
4 US national team appearances
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Amateur wins 4edit

this list may be incomplete

2001 Azalea Invitational
2003 Southern Amateur, Porter Cup, Terra Cotta Invitational

Professional wins 6edit

Webcom Tour wins 3edit

No	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	Mar 25, 2012	Chitimacha Louisiana Open	−24 66-66-63-65=260	8 strokes	Paul Claxton, Fabián Gómez, Chris Riley
2	Jun 24, 2012	Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open	−18 63-70-67-66=266	2 strokes	Jim Herman, Justin Hicks
3	Mar 26, 2017	Chitimacha Louisiana Open 2	−21 65-64-65-69=263	3 strokes	Zhang Xinjun

Other wins 3edit

2006 Pearl River Resort Golf Classic NGA Hooters Tour
2007 Kandy Waters Memorial Classic, Flora Bama Lounge Classic both NGA Hooters Tour

Results in major championshipsedit

Tournament	2004	2005	2008	2009	2012	2013	2014
Masters Tournament	T13 LA	T33
US Open	T36	CUT	CUT	CUT	T10	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship

Top 10 Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

US national team appearancesedit

Amateur

Junior Ryder Cup: 2002
Walker Cup: 2003

Referencesedit

^ Callaway Golf Signs Rising Young Star Casey Wittenberg to Endorse Company's Golf Clubs and Golf Balls Archived January 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

External linksedit

Casey Wittenberg at the PGA Tour official site
Casey Wittenberg at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
Results and statistics on the NGA Hooters Tour's official site

Webcom Tour Player of the Year

1990 Jeff Maggert
1991 Tom Lehman†
1992 John Flannery
1993 Sean Murphy
1994 Chris Perry
1995 Jerry Kelly
1996 Stewart Cink†
1997 Chris Smith
1998 Bob Burns
1999 Carl Paulson
2000 Spike McRoy
2001 Chad Campbell
2002 Patrick Moore
2003 Zach Johnson†
2004 Jimmy Walker†
2005 Jason Gore
2006 Ken Duke
2007 Nick Flanagan
2008 Brendon de Jonge
2009 Michael Sim
2010 Jamie Lovemark
2011 J J Killeen
2012 Casey Wittenberg
2013 Michael Putnam
2014 Carlos Ortiz
2015 Patton Kizzire
2016 Wesley Bryan

† indicates won major sometime in their respective golfing careers