Jonathan Byrd (golfer)

Jonathan Currie Byrd (born January 27, 1978) is an American professional golfer. He was the 2002 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, and has won five times on the PGA Tour.

Jonathan Byrd
Personal information
Full name	Jonathan Currie Byrd
Born	(1978-01-27) January 27, 1978 (age 47) Anderson, South Carolina, U.S.
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	160 lb (73 kg; 11 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Residence	Sea Island, Georgia, U.S.
Spouse	Amanda Byrd ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	3
Career
College	Clemson University
Turned professional	2000
Current tour(s)	Korn Ferry Tour PGA Tour (past champion status)
Professional wins	7
Highest ranking	39 (June 5, 2011)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	5
Korn Ferry Tour	2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T8: 2003
PGA Championship	T20: 2006
U.S. Open	T15: 2003
The Open Championship	T23: 2007
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour Rookie of the Year 2002

Amateur career

Byrd was born in Anderson, South Carolina. He attended Clemson University from 1997 to 2000. During his Clemson career, Byrd was the first four-time First Team All-ACC player in Clemson history and was named a First Team All-America in 1999. He represented the United States on the Walker Cup team in 1999.

Professional career

Byrd turned professional in 2000 and played on the Buy.com Tour (now Korn Ferry Tour), winning the Buy.com Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs and finishing eighth on the money list.

In his first season on the PGA Tour in 2002, Byrd won the Buick Challenge and was named PGA Tour Rookie of the Year.^[2] Byrd won the B.C. Open in 2004 and the John Deere Classic in 2007.

Plaque commemorating Jonathan Byrd's sudden-death playoff win at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on October 24, 2010

Byrd had an average season in 2008 with two top-10s and a little over $1,000,000 in earnings. His best finish in 2009 was at the Memorial Tournament, where he was joint second round leader with Jim Furyk. Byrd would go on to finish T3.^[3]

On October 24, 2010, Byrd defeated Martin Laird and Cameron Percy in a sudden-death playoff at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open for his fourth PGA Tour title. Byrd made a hole-in-one on the fourth hole of the playoff, the par-3 17th, to win the championship.^[4] On January 9, 2011, Byrd defeated Robert Garrigus on the second hole of a playoff to win the PGA Tour season opener the Hyundai Tournament of Champions.^[5]

On October 2, 2017, Byrd won the 2017 Web.com Tour Championship by four strokes, securing his full PGA Tour card for the first time since 2014.^[6]

Personal life

On July 7, 2009, Byrd 's father, James, died aged 65 after a long struggle with brain cancer.^[7] The death of his father caused Byrd to withdraw from the John Deere Classic, an event he won in 2007.

Awards and honors

In 2002, Byrd earned the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year award.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

• 1999 Northeast Amateur

Professional wins (7)

PGA Tour wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Oct 27, 2002	Buick Challenge	−27 (67-66-65-63=261)	1 stroke	David Toms
2	Jul 18, 2004	B.C. Open	−20 (67-65-68-68=268)	1 stroke	Ted Purdy
3	Jul 15, 2007	John Deere Classic	−18 (67-68-65-66=266)	1 stroke	Tim Clark
4	Oct 24, 2010	Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open	−21 (66-63-66-68=263)	Playoff	Martin Laird, Cameron Percy
5	Jan 9, 2011	Hyundai Tournament of Champions	−24 (69-63-69-67=268)	Playoff	Robert Garrigus

PGA Tour playoff record (2–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2010	Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open	Martin Laird, Cameron Percy	Won with eagle on fourth extra hole
2	2011	Hyundai Tournament of Champions	Robert Garrigus	Won with par on second extra hole
3	2011	Wells Fargo Championship	Lucas Glover	Lost to par on first extra hole

Web.com Tour wins (2)

Legend
Finals events (1)
Other Web.com Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Apr 29, 2001	Buy.com Charity Pro-Am	−18 (67-70-66-66=269)	1 stroke	Brenden Pappas
2	Oct 2, 2017	Web.com Tour Championship	−24 (64-65-64-67=260)	4 strokes	Sam Saunders, Shawn Stefani

Results in major championships

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Masters Tournament	T8	CUT				CUT			CUT	T27
U.S. Open	T15	CUT				CUT			CUT	T56
The Open Championship					T23				CUT	CUT
PGA Championship	CUT	CUT		T20	CUT	CUT			CUT	CUT

  Top 10

  Did not play

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

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	2
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1
PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	1
Totals	0	0	0	0	1	4	20	6

• Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (three times)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
The Players Championship	CUT	CUT	T32	CUT	T16	T32	T37	CUT	T41	T12	CUT	CUT

  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Match Play						R16			R64	R64
Championship						T65			T10	T35
Invitational	T71								T59	T55
Champions									T23

  Top 10

  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

PGA Tour career summary

Season	Wins	Earnings ($)	Rank[8]
2000	0	14,130	–
2001	0	8,400	–
2002	1	1,462,713	39
2003	0	1,430,538	47
2004	1	1,133,165	70
2005	0	726,023	111
2006	0	1,408,418	63
2007	1	1,854,906	42
2008	0	1,039,584	101
2009	0	1,316,771	67
2010	1	1,534,981	55
2011	1	2,938,920	22
2012	0	1,616,789	50
2013	0	428,966	146
2014	0	617,014	133
2015	0	446,732	163
2016	0	58,655	219
2017	0	328,337	176
2018	0	267,055	186
2019	0	550,547	162
2020	0	166,222	198
Career*	5	19,348,865	87[9]

* As of the 2020 season.
** Byrd did not join the PGA Tour until 2002 so he was not ranked on the money list until then.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

• Palmer Cup: 1999 (winners), 2000
• Walker Cup: 1999

Professional

• Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (representing PGA Tour): 2011

See also

• 2001 Buy.com Tour graduates
• 2017 Web.com Tour Finals graduates