Alexander Prugh (born September 1, 1984) is an American

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who has played on the

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and the

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Early years

Prugh was born and raised in

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. He attended

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, where he was a member of the

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team. He later went on to play at the

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, where he was a three-time varsity

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All-Conference.

Professional career

Since turning professional in 2007, Prugh has spent most of his career playing on the second tier Nationwide Tour, where he has one victory, achieved at the 2009

Michael Hill New Zealand Open The New Zealand Open is the premier men's golf tournament in New Zealand. It has been a regular fixture on the PGA Tour of Australasia tournament schedule since the 1970s. The 2019 event was the 100th edition of the tournament. Since 2014 it has ...

. In 2009, he finished 16th on the money list to earn his 2010 PGA Tour card. In his third start of the 2010 season, Prugh started the final round of the

Bob Hope Classic The Desert Classic (currently known as The American Express for sponsorship reasons; previously known as the CareerBuilder Challenge, Palm Springs Golf Classic, the Bob Hope Desert Classic, the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, and the Humana Challen ...

(rain delayed until Monday) tied for the lead and ended up finishing alone in 5th place, earning $200,000. He followed that performance with another 5th place finish at the

Farmers Insurance Open The Farmers Insurance Open is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played in the San Diego, California, area in the early part of the season known as the "West Coast Swing". The tournament was noted for having singer-actor Andy William ...

and a 10th place finish at the

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. Prugh's best finish on the PGA Tour is tied for second at the 2010 Frys.com Open. He finished 11th on the 2013 Web.com Tour regular season money list to earn his 2014 PGA Tour card. In 2013–14, he made only 4 cuts in 16 events and finished 206th on the

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points list and lost his PGA Tour card. However, he finished 41st in the Web.com Tour Finals to earn his PGA Tour card for the 2014–15 season.

Amateur wins

*2005

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, Washington State Amateur

Professional wins (1)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

Nationwide Tour The Korn Ferry Tour is the developmental golf tour, tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour, or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx Cup points to stay at tha ...

Web.com Tour wins (1)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

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Web.com Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

External links

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Alex Prugh
at GoHuskies.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Prugh, Alex American male golfers Washington Huskies men's golfers PGA Tour golfers Korn Ferry Tour graduates Golfers from Washington (state) Sportspeople from Spokane, Washington 1984 births Living people