Bryan DeCorso is a Canadian professional golf

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DeCorso was born in Guelph

Guelph

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, Ontario

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. He got started in golf with his father, playing at the Victoria Park East course in Guelph. He earned a golf scholarship to Kent State University

Kent State University

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. He finished as runner-up to Warren Sye

Warren Sye

Warren Sye is a Canadian amateur golfer who has won several important championships.-Biography:Sye was born Toronto, Ontario. He began playing at a young age at the Weston Golf Club in Toronto, where his father, a low-handicap player, had a membership. He attended the University of Houston on a...

 at the 1994 Canadian Amateur Championship

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. He turned professional late in 1994, and won an event during his 1996 rookie season on the Canadian Professional Golf Tour

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Struggles with his form led DeCorso to take a job as an on-course commentator during Canadian Tour coverage on The Golf Channel

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 from 2001 to 2003, and he left golf altogether for nine months in 2004, working with his father as a building contractor. He returned to pro golf on mini-tours based in Florida

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, and gradually regained his form and interest.

DeCorso earned full 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...

 playing privileges in the 2007 PGA Tour

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 qualifying process. Working with a new instructor, Greg Towne, he finished fourth at the Henrico County Open

Henrico County Open

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 in late April 2008, and then won the 2008 South Georgia Classic

South Georgia Classic

The South Georgia Classic is a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It is played at Kinderlou Forest Golf Club in Valdosta, Georgia.The 2011 purse was $625,000, with $112,500 going to the winner.-Winners:...

 the next week. He had a good chance to qualify for the 2009 PGA Tour, but finished 50th in the Nationwide Tour Championship, and failed to make it into the top 25. The top 25 money leaders on the Nationwide Tour money list at the end of the season automatically receive PGA Tour cards.

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runners-up
1	May 5, 2008 2008 Nationwide Tour The 2008 Nationwide Tour season ran from January 24 to November 9. The season consisted of 30 official money golf tournaments; five of which were played outside of the United States...	South Georgia Classic South Georgia Classic The South Georgia Classic is a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It is played at Kinderlou Forest Golf Club in Valdosta, Georgia.The 2011 purse was $625,000, with $112,500 going to the winner.-Winners:...	-14 (68-69-68-69=274)	4 strokes	Bryce Molder Bryce Molder Bryce Wade Molder is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.-Early life:Molder was born in Harrison, Arkansas and attended public school in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Conway, Arkansas... ,   Greg Owen Greg Owen Gregory Clive Owen is an English professional golfer.Owen was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He turned professional in 1992 and gained his European Tour card at the 1997 qualifying school...

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