THE TOP 25
13
WEBB SIMPSON
UNITED STATES
14
OLIVER FISHER
ENGLAND
15
DANNY WILLETT
ENGLAND
16
SHANE LOWRY
IRELAND
17
NICK TAYLOR
CANADA
18
BYEONG-HUN AN
KOREA
19
JAMIE LOVEMARK
UNITED STATES
20
ANDREW DODT
AUSTRALIA
21
KEVIN CHAPPELL
UNITED STATES
22
BUD CAULEY
UNITED STATES
23
TROY MERRITT
UNITED STATES
24
VICTOR DUBUISSON
FRANCE
25
LLOYD SALTMAN
SCOTLAND
Became the first amateur to win a European Tour event (two others have since followed), claiming the Estoril Open de Portugal in 2007. ... Struggled for the next two seasons, compiling just a lone top-10 finish on that circuit, but stormed back with a victory at the 2010 season-opening Alfred Dunhill Championship. ... Won the Fred Haskins Award as a member of the Oklahoma State golf team in 2009.
"I've been having a really bad attitude, which I think it came with just not hitting the ball well, and then suddenly when I was hitting the ball better, I still kept that attitude. So I think if you keep hitting good shots, after a while, you're going to get your confidence back."
CAREER BEST FINISH:
Win, 2010 Dunhill Championship; 2007 Estoril Open de Portugal
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