Bob Heintz
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Bob Heintz is an American
professional golf
er who plays on the Nationwide Tour
.
Heintz was born in Syosset, New York
. He was a three-time Ivy League champion at Yale University
.
Heintz turned professional in 1992 and joined the Nike Tour (now Nationwide Tour) in 1994, then took a hiatus and did not return to the Tour until 1999 where he won two events, the NIKE Shreveport Open and the NIKE Tour Championship, en route to finishing 6th on the money list and earning his PGA Tour
card for 2000. After a poor rookie year on Tour, he returned to the Nationwide Tour in 2001 but got back to the PGA Tour in 2002 through qualifying school
. He did not earn his PGA Tour card for 2003 and returned to the Nationwide Tour that year where he played for two years before getting back his PGA Tour card in qualifying school for 2005. Again he was not able to retain his card and returned to the Nationwide Tour in 2006. He went through qualifying school for the third time and returned to the PGA Tour in 2007 where he had his best year on tour, recording two fifth place finishes and finishing 136th on the money list, earning him partial status on tour for 2008. He split time between the PGA and Nationwide Tour in 2008 and earned his PGA Tour card for 2009 through qualifying school for the fourth time. He returned to the Nationwide Tour in 2010 and has been playing on it since.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
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professional golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
er who plays on the Nationwide Tour
Nationwide Tour
The Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level...
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Heintz was born in Syosset, New York
Syosset, New York
Syosset is a hamlet in Nassau County, New York, in the northeastern section of Town of Oyster Bay near the North Shore of Long Island. The population was 18,829 at the 2010 census...
. He was a three-time Ivy League champion at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
.
Heintz turned professional in 1992 and joined the Nike Tour (now Nationwide Tour) in 1994, then took a hiatus and did not return to the Tour until 1999 where he won two events, the NIKE Shreveport Open and the NIKE Tour Championship, en route to finishing 6th on the money list and earning his PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
card for 2000. After a poor rookie year on Tour, he returned to the Nationwide Tour in 2001 but got back to the PGA Tour in 2002 through qualifying school
Qualifying school
In professional golf the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S. based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the tour for the following season, otherwise known as a...
. He did not earn his PGA Tour card for 2003 and returned to the Nationwide Tour that year where he played for two years before getting back his PGA Tour card in qualifying school for 2005. Again he was not able to retain his card and returned to the Nationwide Tour in 2006. He went through qualifying school for the third time and returned to the PGA Tour in 2007 where he had his best year on tour, recording two fifth place finishes and finishing 136th on the money list, earning him partial status on tour for 2008. He split time between the PGA and Nationwide Tour in 2008 and earned his PGA Tour card for 2009 through qualifying school for the fourth time. He returned to the Nationwide Tour in 2010 and has been playing on it since.
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1999 |
|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP |
| U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour... |
CUT |
| The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico... |
DNP |
| PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship... |
DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
See also
- 2001 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates2001 PGA Tour Qualifying School GraduatesThis is a list of the 36 players who earned their 2002 PGA Tour card through Q School in 2001.*Players in yellow were 2002 PGA Tour rookies.-2002 Results:T = Tied...
- 2004 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates2004 PGA Tour Qualifying School GraduatesThis is a list of the 35 players who earned their 2005 PGA Tour card through Q School in 2004.*Players in yellow are 2005 PGA Tour rookies.-2005 Results:T = Tied...
- 2006 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates2006 PGA Tour Qualifying School GraduatesThis is a list of the 40 players who earned their 2007 PGA Tour card through Q School in 2006.-2007 Results:T = Tied Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2008 ....
- 2008 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates2008 PGA Tour Qualifying School GraduatesThis is a list of the 28 players who earned their 2009 PGA Tour card through Q School in 2008.*Players in yellow are 2009 PGA Tour rookies.-2009 Results:T = Tied...