Guy Donald Boros (born September 4, 1964) is an American
professional golfer
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who currently plays on the
PGA Tour Champions. He previously played on the
PGA Tour
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and 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 ...
. He is the son of Hall of Fame golfer
Julius Boros.
Boros was born in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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. He attended the
University of Iowa
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and was a three-time All-Big Ten member of the
golf
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Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
team. He turned pro in 1986.
Boros has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour in relatively equal amounts over the course of his career recording about a dozen top-10 finishes in each venue. He has one victory in an official PGA Tour event and three wins in Nationwide Tour events. His best finish in a
major championship is a T-36 at the 1995
U.S. Open.
In addition to the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour, Boros played for four years on the
Canadian Tour and two years on the
PGA Tour of Australasia. In 1991, Boros was the leading money winner on the
Canadian Tour with a win at the British Columbia Open. He lives in
Pompano Beach, Florida
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.
Professional wins (6)
PGA Tour wins (1)
Nationwide Tour wins (3)
Nationwide Tour playoff record (0–1)
Canadian Tour wins (2)
*1989 Atlantic Classic
*1991
British Columbia Open
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Results in major championships
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = Tied
''Note: Boros never played in
The Open Championship
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See also
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1993 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates __NOTOC__
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2003 Nationwide Tour graduates __NOTOC__
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The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its official ...
External links
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American male golfers
PGA Tour golfers
PGA Tour Champions golfers
Korn Ferry Tour graduates
Golfers from Florida
Iowa Hawkeyes men's golfers
Sportspeople from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
People from Pompano Beach, Florida
1964 births
Living people