Thomas Francis Johnson (born August 19, 1981) is an American
professional golfer
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.
Johnson was born in
Sacramento, California
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. He turned professional in 2004 after graduating from
Northwestern University
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Charte ...
with a degree in Communication Studies.
Professional career
2004
Johnson enjoyed success right away, winning medalist honors at the 2004
Canadian Tour
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Fall
Qualifying Tournament
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in Ashburn, Ontario (northeast of
Toronto
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). Shortly after, he entered the 2004
PGA Tour
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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
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 ...
in 2005.
2005
On the Nationwide Tour in 2005 Johnson posted one top-10, a T9 finish at the
Mark Christopher Charity Classic
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. At the
Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open
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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
Oregon Classic
The Oregon Classic was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour from 1998 to 2008. It was played at the Shadow Hills Country Club in Junction City, Oregon
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(T6) and the
PalmettoPride Classic
The PalmettoPride Classic was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It was only played in 2006. It was played at the Daniel Island Club in Charleston, South Carolina
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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
Sony Open in Hawaii
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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
Bob Hope Chrysler 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 ...
, 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
Athens Regional Foundation Classic
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and the
Bank of America Open in
Chicago
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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
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 ...
.
2009
Johnson had only conditional status on the
Nationwide Tour
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in 2009. He played only 7 tournaments and earned $10,690, finishing 192nd on the official money list. He has no status on the
PGA Tour
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or
Nationwide Tour
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in 2010.
See also
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2006 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
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This is a list of the 40 players who earned their 2007 PGA Tour card through Q School in 2006.
2007 Results
*PGA Tour rookie in 2007
T = Tied
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External links
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American male golfers
Northwestern Wildcats men's golfers
PGA Tour golfers
Asian Tour golfers
Golfers from Sacramento, California
1981 births
Living people