Greg Kraft
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Greg Kraft is an American
United States
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 professional golfer
Professional golfer
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 who has played 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...

 and the PGA Tour
PGA Tour
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.

Kraft was born in Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
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. He graduated from the University of Tampa
University of Tampa
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 in 1986 and turned professional later that year. He played on the Nationwide Tour in 1990, 1991, and 2005; and on the PGA Tour from 1992 to 2004, and 2006 to 2010. He has one win on each tour.

In 2002, he received some media attention when he filed a lawsuit against the PGA Tour alleging they failed to properly warn golfers of the possibility of contracting Coccidiomycosis (valley fever). The lawsuit was eventually dismissed.

PGA Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner(s)-up
1 Mar 23, 2008
2008 PGA Tour
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Puerto Rico Open
Puerto Rico Open
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-14 (69-66-69-70=274) 1 stroke   Jerry Kelly
Jerry Kelly
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,   Bo Van Pelt
Bo Van Pelt
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Results in major championships

Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open
U.S. Open (golf)
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DNP DNP DNP T68 DNP T53
The Open Championship
The Open Championship
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DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship
PGA Championship
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T47 CUT CUT DNP T23 T61
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 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 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 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...

DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 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...

T69 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP


DNP = did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

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

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