Craig David Bowden (born June 18, 1968) is an American

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

who has played on the

PGA Tour The PGA Tour (stylized as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also known as the PGA Tour, the PGA Tour Champion ...

and the

Web.com Tour The Korn Ferry Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour, or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx Cup points to stay at that level. T ...

Early life and amateur career

Bowden played college golf at the

University of Indianapolis The University of Indianapolis (UIndy) is a private United Methodist Church-affiliated university in Indianapolis, Indiana. It offers Associate, Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees. It was founded in 1902 as Indiana Central University an ...

and in 1989 was a member of the

Great Lakes Valley Conference The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Its fifteen member institutions are located in the U.S. states of Illinois, ...

Championship team.

Professional career

Bowden has gone back and forth between the

and its developmental tour during his career. He was a member of PGA Tour in 1997, 2000–01, 2004, 2007, and 2010 and its developmental tour in 1993, 1996, 1998–1999, 2002, 2003, 2005–06, 2008–09, and 2011–12. He has won three tournaments on the developmental tour and three on the

NGA Hooters Tour The NGA Pro Golf Tour was a developmental golf tour based in the United States. The tour consisted of around 25 professional golf tournaments, making it the third largest series in the United States after the elite PGA Tour and its developmental ...

. At the end of the 2016 season, he ranked 15th on the career

Nationwide Tour The Korn Ferry Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour, or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx Cup points to stay at that level. ...

money list. Bowden's last full season on the Web.com Tour was 2012. On the 2013 Web.com Tour, he played four events and only made one cut at the Brasil Classic, finishing T52. He has not played on the Web.com Tour since 2013 or the PGA Tour since 2010. Bowden regularly competes in Indiana Golf Association events, winning the

Indiana Open The Indiana Open is the Indiana state open golf tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Indiana section of the PGA of America. It has been played annually since 1915 at a variety of courses around the state. ...

in 1994, 1995, and 2014 and the Indiana PGA Championship in 2015. He finished second in the 2016 Indiana PGA Championship.

Professional wins (14)

Nationwide Tour wins (3)

Nationwide Tour playoff record (1–0)

Hooters Tour wins (3)

Sources:

Other wins (8)

*1994

*1995

*2014

*2015 Indiana PGA Championship *2017 Indiana PGA Championship *2019 Indiana PGA Senior Championship *2022 Indiana Senior Open, Indiana PGA Senior Championship

Results in major championships

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

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bowden, Craig American male golfers Indianapolis Greyhounds men's golfers PGA Tour golfers Korn Ferry Tour graduates Golfers from Indiana Bedford North Lawrence High School alumni People from Bedford, Indiana 1968 births Living people 20th-century American sportsmen