Rod Pampling

Rodney "Rod" Pampling (born 23 September 1969) is an Australian professional golfer.

Pampling was born in Redcliffe in Queensland. He turned professional in 1994. He began tournament golf career on the PGA Tour of Australasia, where he won the 1999 Canon Challenge and also spent time on the NGA Hooters Tour, a developmental tour in the United States. In 2000 and 2001 he played on the PGA Tour's official developmental tour, then called the Buy.com Tour and did well enough in his second season to win promotion to the PGA Tour.

In 1999, Pampling shot an opening round 71 at Carnoustie during the opening round of the Open Championship, leading the field. However, he shot an 86 in the second round to miss the cut. [http://www.pga.com/openchampionship/2007/news/carnoustie050207.html]

He achieved his first PGA Tour win at The International in 2004 and his second at the 2006 Bay Hill Invitational, which took him into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings. He continues to play a few events in his home country each year during the northern hemisphere winter.

PGA Tour wins (2)

*2004 The International
*2006 Bay Hill Invitational

Other wins (2)

*1999 Canon Challenge (PGA Tour of Australasia)
*2006 Merrill Lynch Shootout (with Jerry Kelly)

Results in major championships

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

External links

* [http://www.pga.org.au/default.aspx?s=pgatourplayerprofiledisplay&pid=353 Profile on the PGA Tour of Australasia's official site]
* [http://www.pgatour.com/players/02/05/72 Profile on the PGA Tour's official site]
* [http://www.officialworldgolfranking.com/players/bio.sps?ID=5668 Results for the last two years from the Official World Golf Rankings site]