Thomas Francis Johnson (born August 19, 1981) is an American

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. Johnson was born in

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. He turned professional in 2004 after graduating from

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with a degree in Communication Studies.

Professional career

2004

Johnson enjoyed success right away, winning medalist honors at the 2004

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Fall

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in Ashburn, Ontario (northeast of

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). Shortly after, he entered the 2004

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Qualifying Tournament and was successful in advancing through the first and second stages. By getting to the final stage, Johnson received conditional status on the

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in 2005.

2005

On the Nationwide Tour in 2005 Johnson posted one top-10, a T9 finish at the

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. At the

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he had a hole-in-one on No. 8 during the second round. He finished the season 105th on the money list. He then entered the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament where he finished tied for 33rd, missing his PGA Tour card by just one stroke. However that was good enough to earn him fully exempt status on the Nationwide Tour in 2006.

2006

Johnson started 2006 with very little success, missing the cut 13 times in his first 20 tournaments. However he played much better at the end of the year, making 5 out of 6 cuts including Top-10 finishes at the

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(T6) and the

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(T4). He then entered the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament playing the best golf of his young career. Not surprisingly he finished tied for 8th at the final stage of qualifying, earning his PGA card for 2007.

2007

As a rookie on the PGA Tour in 2007, Johnson played his first ever PGA Tour event at the

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. He played well in the first round but was disqualified in the second round for signing an incorrect scorecard. In his second tournament, the

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, he made his first PGA Tour cut and finished tied for 18th, earning himself $56,667. That was his only Top 25 finish of the year however. He ended up in 196th spot on the final PGA Tour money list with $190,926. Only the top 125 players on the final money list remained fully exempt members of the PGA Tour in 2008. At the PGA Tour qualifying tournament in November Johnson failed to keep his card for 2008 as he finished outside the Top 25. However he placed high enough to be fully exempt on the Nationwide Tour in 2008.

2008

Johnson started off the year on a high note finishing 3rd at the Mexico Open earning him $42,500. He had another two Top 10 finishes at the

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and the Bank of America Open in

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. He finished with $90,270 and outside the Top 60 on the money list, thereby losing his exempt status for 2009 on the

2009

Johnson had only conditional status on the

in 2009. He played only 7 tournaments and earned $10,690, finishing 192nd on the official money list. He has no status on the

in 2010.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Tom American male golfers Northwestern Wildcats men's golfers PGA Tour golfers Asian Tour golfers Golfers from Sacramento, California 1981 births Living people