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I'm wondering who the best current professional golfer from your state is.  I live in Tennessee, so my vote is going to be Brandt Snedeker, winner of the 2012 FedEx Cup and a member of the Mr. 59 club, which he shot in 2018 at the Wyndham Championshp.

What state do you live in, and who is the best current professional golfer from there?

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Not much to pick from in North Dakota! Only one option on the PGA, in fact, and he wasn't even born here!

Tom Hoge was born in North Carolina but grew up in Fargo. No tour wins for him yet, but he was racking up top 10s before this year's season was postponed.

On the LPGA, ND's claim to fame is Amy Olson--she also grew up in Fargo and went to college in North Dakota too. 

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According to wikipedia, I believe Stacey Lewis is best active from Ohio. Multi major winner and former world #1. Men's would be Dufner, Jason Kokrak, or Ryan Armour. But we got Jack so....

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It was probably Fred Funk but only pro option on a tour is Vicky Hurst but the best golfer is Kyle Berkshire 

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On 4/17/2020 at 4:17 PM, Retrop said:

Not much to pick from in North Dakota! Only one option on the PGA, in fact, and he wasn't even born here!

Tom Hoge was born in North Carolina but grew up in Fargo. No tour wins for him yet, but he was racking up top 10s before this year's season was postponed.

On the LPGA, ND's claim to fame is Amy Olson--she also grew up in Fargo and went to college in North Dakota too. 

I spent my sophomore year in H.S. at Fargo Central in 1962-63.  Then my parents got smart and we moved back to Oregon.

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Best is Freddie Couples.  

Also on the senior circuit, I always liked Kirk Triplett.  

Others currently playing on tour are Ryan Moore, Luke List, Kyle Stanley.  

Most notable on the Golf Channel is Paige Mackenzie.

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Not sure if Oregon even has a current golfer on any major tour. Peter Jacobsen would be the most well known. 

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Currently, Sam Burns, I guess, but David Toms, Hal Sutton, Miller Barber, and Gary Koch are the biggest names from Louisiana.

Calvin Peete from my home State of Michigan!!!


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50 minutes ago, pulledabill said:

Not sure if Oregon even has a current golfer on any major tour. Peter Jacobsen would be the most well known. 

Well, there's Mr. SlowPoke Ben Crane...  a Duck.

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1 hour ago, Kenny B said:

Best is Freddie Couples.  

Also on the senior circuit, I always liked Kirk Triplett.  

Others currently playing on tour are Ryan Moore, Luke List, Kyle Stanley.  

Most notable on the Golf Channel is Paige Mackenzie.

Agree on Freddie. Apparently my dad knew him and played with him in Freddie's younger days. Unfortunately my dad passed away when I was too young to have asked about it.

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6 minutes ago, dlow206 said:

Agree on Freddie. Apparently my dad knew him and played with him in Freddie's younger days. Unfortunately my dad passed away when I was too young to have asked about it.

He has such a sweet swing.  It's too bad that he has fought back issues his whole career.  If he stayed healthy, he would have been a multiple major winner.

Oh yeah, there's this... My wife has said that she wouldn't throw him out for eating crackers in bed.  😆

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Currently either Kevin Kinser or Lucas Glover

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On 4/17/2020 at 8:08 PM, RickyBobby_PR said:

It was probably Fred Funk but only pro option on a tour is Vicky Hurst but the best golfer is Kyle Berkshire 

What has happened to her lately? Seems she has dropped off the radar. for some reason I always liked her with her little Ben Hogan hat. And her legs ain't bad either😇

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Marc Leishman for me, I think he's the only Victorian on the PGA tour at the moment.

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4 hours ago, BIG STU said:

What has happened to her lately? Seems she has dropped off the radar. for some reason I always liked her with her little Ben Hogan hat. And her legs ain't bad either😇

I can’t figure it out. She’s lost her card a few times, goes back to Symmetra tour gets her status again and rinse and repeat. I’ve seen hit hit balls and watched some videos from her coach and nothing looks different in her game.

i agree on the legs 😜

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For as many golf courses as we have in Michigan, we have a low number of golfers playing professionally at the highest levels.

Currently: Brian Stuard. 

All time: Walter Hagen and Calvin Peete.

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Since nobody has gotten there yet, I live on the Virginia border with North Carolina, and this is an interesting topic, I will list North Carolina as well.

All time......

  • Raymond Floyd
  • Harvie Ward
  • Davis Love III
  • Scott Hoch
  • Charlie Sifford
  • Jim Thorpe
  • Peggy Kirk Bell

More recent....

  • Webb Simpson
  • Doc Redman
  • JT Poston
  • Chesson Hadley
  • Johnson Wagner
  • Will MacKenzie
  • Grayson Murray
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For Indiana, there aren't a ton, but currently would probably be: 

Current: Patrick Rodgers, although he has fallen off in the past couple years.

10 years ago would have been Jeff Overton

All time would be Fuzzy Zoeller

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5 hours ago, BIG STU said:

Currently either Kevin Kinser or Lucas Glover

Dustin Johnson!? would have to be the best current in South Carolina right now.  Now on likability, it would have to be Kevin Kisner for me, but in terms of record - DJ has to be the pick for South Carolina.

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Virginia has a bunch! 
All time..... 
  • Sam Snead
  • Curtis Strange
  • Lanny Wadkins
  • Lew Worsham
  • Donna Andrews
  • Vinny Giles
  • Chandler Harper
  • JC Snead
  • Ed Sneed
More recently.......
  • Lanto Griffin
  • Steve Marino
  • Billy Hurley III
  • John Rollins

Was hoping someone would provide Virginia’s list; didn’t want to do the research.

Your list did remind if of the couple of times I got to play with Chandler Harper back in the 90s.

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4 minutes ago, cnosil said:

Was hoping someone would provide Virginia’s list; didn’t want to do the research.

Your list did remind if of the couple of times I got to play with Chandler Harper back in the 90s.

"Old Bones" was an amazing man.  He saw combat during WWII as well.  He wasn't one of the "celebrity" golfers who gave lessons to officers and did USO missions to entertain the soldiers.  He actually served on a naval warship from 1942 through 1945.  Mr. Harper won the Virginia State Open in 1970 at the age of 56 and finished second in 1977 (age 63) and 1979 (age 65) with Lanny and Bobby Wadkins and Allan and Curtis Strange in he field.  Finishing ahead of all of them in '77 and '79. 

When I have friends who aren't from Virginia look over the list of winners of the VIrginia State Open, they are all fascinated.  Tom McKnight is from my hometown.  He gave me my first job in high school.  You will see him several times in the second link.  He beat Sergio Garcia in the 1998 US Amateur semifinal and lost ot Hank Kuehne in the final.  Mr. McKnight finished T-43 in the 1999 Masters just behind Sergio as low amateur.

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https://web.archive.org/web/20130604211329/http://vsga.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/suntrust-open.pdf

 

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Tony Finau - raised in Salt Lake City.

Others with strong ties to Utah:

Daniel Summerhays (native, I believe)

Jay Don Blake

Dan Forsman

Mike Reid

Mike Weir (college golfer)

Johnny Miller (college golfer)

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Annie Park

Who won the Long Island County High School Men’s Championship, while she was on High School 

Annie shot either 6 or 8 Under over two rounds at the Bethpage Red course, playing the same tees as the guys!

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On 4/17/2020 at 8:08 PM, RickyBobby_PR said:

It was probably Fred Funk but only pro option on a tour is Vicky Hurst but the best golfer is Kyle Berkshire 

Did you forget Billy Hurly III lives just down the road from you 🙂

 

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