Scott Alexander Langley (born April 28, 1989) is an American

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. Langley is notable for making the cut at the 2010 U.S. Open as an

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. Langley is the first alumnus of

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to make it on the

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. He turned professional in 2011. He earned his

card for 2013 at

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Amateur accomplishments

*Won the 2006 Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach *Won the 2007 AJGA Midwest Junior Players Championship *Placed second at the 2007 Metropolitan Amateur Championship *Placed fourth at the Missouri State High School Championship for Parkway South High School *Finished tied for 16th and was low amateur (tied with

Russell Henley Russell Chapin Henley (born April 12, 1989) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Amateur career Born in Macon, Georgia, Henley attended Stratford Academy in Macon. He played college golf for four years at the University ...

) at 2010 U.S. Open. *Quarter-finalist at 2010

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*Qualified for match play at 2009

*Qualified for stroke play at 2008

*Won the 2008 Metropolitan Open Championship (St. Louis) *Won the 2009 Metropolitan Open Championship (St. Louis) *Won the 2010 Metropolitan Amateur Match Play Championship *Won the 2010 NCAA individual championship *Two-time

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Professional career

Langley turned professional in 2011. In his first event as a PGA Tour member, Langley carded an –8 (62) and led in the first round of the 2013

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. In the second round, he carded a –4 (66) positioning him into second. Langley ended the third round with a 65, tied for the lead with

, another PGA Tour rookie. Langley finished T3, seven strokes behind Henley. He ended the PGA Tour Season 124th in FedEx Cup points and retained his card for the 2014 season. On February 4, 2018, Langley won the Panama Championship on the

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by two strokes. On November 16, 2021, Langley announced on Twitter his retirement from professional golf.

Professional wins (1)

Web.com Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

LA = Low amateur
"T" = tied for place

Results in The Players Championship

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

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur *

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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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(winners)

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