Dennis Jay Paulson is an American

United States

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 professional golf

Golf

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Paulson was born in San Gabriel, California

San Gabriel, California

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. He had a PGA Tour

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 victory in 2000. His tour nickname is The Chief.

Paulson has been featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings

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PGA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner-up
1	Jun 11, 2000 2000 PGA Tour The 2000 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to November 12. The season consisted of 49 official money events. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments, nine, and there were nine first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.-Tournament results:The...	Buick Classic	-8 (65-68-75-68=276)	Playoff	David Duval David Duval David Robert Duval is an American professional golfer and former World No. 1 who competes on the PGA Tour.-Early years:...

PGA Tour playoff record (1-2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1999 1999 PGA Tour The 1999 PGA Tour season was played from January 7 to November 7. The season consisted of 47 official money events. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments, eight, and there were nine first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.-Tournament results:The...	Buick Classic	Duffy Waldorf Duffy Waldorf James Joseph "Duffy" Waldorf, Jr. is an American professional golfer.Waldorf was born in Los Angeles, California. He attended UCLA where he was on the golf team from 1982-1985...	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2	2000 2000 PGA Tour The 2000 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to November 12. The season consisted of 49 official money events. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments, nine, and there were nine first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.-Tournament results:The...	Buick Classic	David Duval David Duval David Robert Duval is an American professional golfer and former World No. 1 who competes on the PGA Tour.-Early years:...	Won with par on fourth extra hole
3	2001 2001 PGA Tour The 2001 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 4. The season consisted of 47 official money events and two events were cancelled due to the terrorist attacks on September 11. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments, five, and there were 10 first-time winners...	Nissan Open Nissan Open The Northern Trust Open, is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, first played in 1926. Formerly known as the Nissan Open and originally known as the Los Angeles Open, it is played annually in February in Pacific Palisades, California. The tournament has been contested at the Riviera...	Robert Allenby Robert Allenby Robert Allenby is an Australian professional golfer.Allenby was born in Melbourne, Australia. His father was from Leeds, England and emigrated to Australia as a young man.-Professional career:... ,   Brandel Chamblee Brandel Chamblee Brandel Eugene Chamblee is an American professional golfer.Chamblee was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended the University of Texas where he was an All-American. He has a home in Phoenix, Arizona and has three children: sons Brandel Jr., Brennen, and a daughter, Bergen... ,   Toshi Izawa,   Jeff Sluman Jeff Sluman Jeffrey George Sluman is an American professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments including six PGA Tour victories.-Early years:... ,   Bob Tway Bob Tway Robert Raymond Tway IV is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments including eight PGA Tour victories. He spent 25 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings in 1986-87....	Allenby won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (5)

• 1990 California State Open
  California State Open
  The California State Open is the California state open golf tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Southern California section of the PGA of America. It was first played in 1900 and has been played at a variety of courses around the state...
  
  , Philippine Open
  Philippine Open (golf)
  The Philippine Open is one of the world's longest running men's golf tournaments. First held in 1913, it is also Asia's oldest golf tournament and Asia's oldest national golf open...
  
  
• 1993 Utah Open
  Utah Open
  The Utah Open is the Utah state open golf tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Utah section of the PGA of America. It was first played in 1926 and has been played at a variety of courses around the state...
  
  
• 1996 California State Open
  California State Open
  The California State Open is the California state open golf tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Southern California section of the PGA of America. It was first played in 1900 and has been played at a variety of courses around the state...
  
  
• 1997 Straight Down Fall Classic
  Straight Down Fall Classic
  The Straight Down Fall Classic is a professional golf team tournament. It is played at San Luis Golf and Country Club near San Luis Obispo, California the weekend after the PGA Tour's final tournament of a season. It pairs a professional with an amateur who play as a team over two days. The...
  
   (with Ed Cuff, Jr.
  Ed Cuff, Jr.
  Ed Cuff, Jr. is an American amateur golfer.-Early life:Cuff was born in Temecula, California. He attended San Jose State University and was a member of the golf team until he graduated in 1984. Cuff turned professional right out of college in 1984, but did not find much success...
  
  )

Results in major championships

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
The Masters	DNP	T14	CUT	DNP	DNP	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...	DNP	WD	CUT	DNP	DNP	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...	T58	T11	CUT	DNP	DNP	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...	CUT	T58	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

WD = Withdrew

"T" = tied

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

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