Todd Barranger
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Todd Barranger is an American
United States
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 professional golf
Golf
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er who played on the PGA Tour
PGA Tour
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, Asian Tour
Asian Tour
The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. The Asian Tour is administered from offices in Singapore...

 and 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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Barranger joined the PGA Tour in 1994, earning his Tour card through qualifying school
Qualifying school
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 but he wasn't able to retain his card. He played in a limited amount of Nationwide Tour events in 1995 and 1996 due to being diagnosed with testicular cancer
Testicular cancer
Testicular cancer is cancer that develops in the testicles, a part of the male reproductive system.In the United States, between 7,500 and 8,000 diagnoses of testicular cancer are made each year. In the UK, approximately 2,000 men are diagnosed each year. Over his lifetime, a man's risk of...

. After beating the disease, he joined the Nationwide Tour in 1997 but had to take a break form golf in 1998 and 1999 after it reemerged. He returned to golf in 2000, splitting time between the PGA and Nationwide Tour. He played on the Nationwide Tour full time in 2001 and picked up his first victory at the BUY.COM Dayton Open. The following year he recorded seven top-10 finishes including a runner-up and a third place finish en route to a 15th place finish on the money list, earning him his PGA Tour card for 2003. He was diagnosed with cancer for the third time midway through the PGA Tour season and it took a toll on his performance. He returned to the Nationwide Tour in 2004 where he would play until the following year. He played on the Asian Tour for three years and won the Thailand Open
Thailand Open (golf)
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 in 1996.

Results in major championships

Tournament 1994
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

Note: The U.S. Open is the only major that Barranger played in.

DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

Yellow background for top-10.

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