Aaron John Baddeley (born 17 March 1981) is an Australian

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Early life

Baddeley was born in

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in the United States. However, his family moved to

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when he was two years old. As a teen, Baddeley was perceived as one of the most promising golf talents in the world.

Amateur career

Baddeley was the youngest player ever to represent Australia in the

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. He won the Holden Australian Open as an amateur in 1999.

Professional career

In 2000, Baddeley turned pro. He successfully defended his

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title in 2000. He was awarded the 2000 Australian Young Male Athlete of the Year. In 2001, he won the Greg Norman Holden International in Australia. He won the

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's Order of Merit in 2000/01. In 2002, Baddeley played on the second tier

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in the U.S. and placed tenth on the money list to earn a PGA Tour card for 2003. He had second-place finishes on the PGA Tour in 2003 at the

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and 2004 at the

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. However he struggled for consistency, and after a solid rookie season, when he finished 73rd on the money list, he only just retained his card in 2004, when he came 124th. In 2005 he moved back up the rankings to 78th and in 2006 he won his first PGA Tour title at the

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. Baddeley won his second PGA Tour tournament in early 2007 and reached the top 50 of the world rankings. By September, he had entered the top 20. His career high ranking was 17th in 2008. Baddeley was the leader after the third round of the U.S. Open at

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on 16 June 2007 with a two over par score of 212 (72-70-70). He finished with an 80 and ended T-13. After a lull in form over the following few seasons, where he was finishing only in the lower reaches of the top-125 on the money list, Baddeley returned to the winner's circle when he won the 2011

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. He defended a one-shot third-round lead over

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and veteran

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, completing a steady closing round of 69 to beat another veteran,

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, by two strokes. In October 2011, Baddeley was selected by

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as one of his two wildcard picks for the 2011 Presidents Cup team. He was selected along with fellow Australian

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to compete at Royal Melbourne in November. Statistically speaking, Baddeley frequently ranks as one of the very best putters on the PGA Tour. As of 2010, he has qualified for the Tour's end-of-season statistical rankings 8 times; of those, he finished among the circuit's top 10 in putts per green in regulation five times, and among the top 15 seven times. The only qualified season in which Baddeley was not among the PGA Tour's top 15 putters by that metric came in 2004, when he finished 64th out of 196 players. Baddeley started the 2015–16 season playing out of the Past Champions category after finishing 157th in the FedEx Cup and failing to regain a PGA Tour card through the Web.com Tour Finals. He earned his first win in five years at the 2016 Barbasol Championship, beating

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in a four-hole playoff.

Personal life

Baddeley is a committed

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and has confessed that it was his faith that prevented him from giving up professional golf on numerous occasions. Baddeley's wife Richelle, whom he married on 15 April 2005, sums up Baddeley's faith in God, saying: "It never faltered. He never asked, 'What are you trying to teach me? I want you to be the man you want me to be. I will go through these adtimes if that is Your will'." Richelle has also been pivotal to Baddeley's resurgence. "I had to learn the balance of letting him be alone when he comes home sometimes upset. It's sheer frustration from him. He's played his best, and it just hasn't happened," she said. Baddeley and his wife have six children: Jewell, Jolee, Jeremiah, Josiah, Jaddex and Jedidiah. He has joint U.S. and Australian citizenship. He represents Australia in golf.

Amateur wins

''this list may be incomplete'' *1998 Victorian Amateur Championship, Victorian Junior Masters *1999 Riversdale Cup

Professional wins (8)

PGA Tour wins (4)

PGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

European Tour wins (2)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

European Tour playoff record (2–0)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (4)

¹Co-sanctioned by the

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PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (2–0)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2014 U.S. Open – 2018 U.S. Open) *Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Canceled after the first round due to the

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Results in World Golf Championships

DQ = Disqualified
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

PGA Tour career summary

''* Through the 2024 season.''
''Note: Baddeley did not join the PGA Tour until 2003 so he was not ranked on the money list until then.''

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Australia):

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2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

* Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing Victoria): 1998, 1999 Professional *

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(representing Australia):

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

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(International Team):

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

References

External links

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Aaron Baddeley player profile, Golf Australia
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Early life

Amateur career

Professional career

Personal life

Amateur wins

Professional wins (8)

PGA Tour wins (4)

European Tour wins (2)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (4)

Results in major championships

Summary

Results in The Players Championship

Results in World Golf Championships

PGA Tour career summary

Team appearances

See also

References

External links