Ted Tryba (born January 15, 1967) is an American

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. He has played on the

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and the

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Early life

Tryba was born in

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. When he was four years old, he lost the sight in his left eye as the result of a freak accident. "I was standing in my yard on a windy day watching a big branch fall out of a tree. It got on me quick and hit me in the eye." All he could do was learn to adjust to his vision handicap. "I really had no big adjustments to make," he said. "If there is such a thing as a lucky accident, I guess that was it. If it had happened when I was a teenager or in my 20s, I may have had some problems. I see things a little different than everybody else. Sometimes it makes it difficult to do things, but I've never used it as a crutch." Tryba played golf at

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Professional career

Early in his career, Tryba had three victories on the

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, the name of the PGA Tour's developmental tour at the time. In the late 1990s, he won twice on the

. His best finish in a

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is T-31 at the 1999

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. He has featured in the top 50 of the

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. The last cut he made on the PGA Tour was in 2005. Tryba joined

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as an analyst in October 2007.

Personal life

Tryba lives in

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Professional wins (5)

PGA Tour wins (2)

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

Ben Hogan Tour wins (3)

Ben Hogan Tour playoff record (1–1)

Results in major championships

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

Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tryba, Ted American male golfers Ohio State Buckeyes men's golfers PGA Tour golfers Korn Ferry Tour graduates Golfers from Pennsylvania Golfers from Orlando, Florida Sportspeople from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 1967 births Living people 20th-century American sportsmen