Daniel Summerhays (born December 2, 1983) is an American

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. His brother Boyd Summerhays played on the

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as well as the PGA Tour, and is currently the coach of the

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. He is the nephew of

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player Bruce Summerhays and cousin of former

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golfer Carrie Roberts and her brothers Joe Summerhays and Bruce Summerhays Jr., who are both PGA Club Professionals. In June 2020, Summerhays announced that he was ending his professional golf play, to teach and be the golf coach at Davis High School in

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, from which he had graduated.

Amateur career

Summerhays was born in

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. He attended

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for three years where he was a first-team

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as a Junior. He won the Utah State Amateur Championship in 2000 and 2001 while he was still in high school. He became the first amateur to win a

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event on July 15, 2007. After winning the

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he immediately turned professional and joined the Nationwide Tour. Summerhays would have made $108,000 by winning the Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational but he did not get any prize money because he was an amateur when he entered the tournament. He decided to forgo his senior year at BYU to turn pro. His victory earned him exempt status on tour through the 2008 season.

Professional career

Nationwide Tour

Summerhays began playing on the Nationwide Tour full-time two weeks after winning the

. In 2007, he played in 12 events and made 10 cuts while recording a top ten finish and four top 25 finishes. He earned $46,926 and finished 113th on the money list. 2008 was Summerhays first full year on tour. He made 16 of 28 cuts while recording four top tens and 10 top 25s. His best performances came at the

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where he finished in a tie for second. He earned $177,845 and finished 35th on the money list. Summerhays struggled in 2009, making only 12 of 26 cuts while recording two top-10 finishes. He earned $70,540 and finished 81st on the money list. Summerhays had a breakthrough year in 2010, recording seven top-10 finishes including three runner-up finishes while earning $391,742 en route to a fifth-place finish on the money list, good enough for a PGA Tour card for 2011.

PGA Tour

Summerhays struggled during his rookie year on Tour, making only 8 cuts in 29 events. He finished 171st on the money list and had to go through

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to earn his card for 2012. Summerhays began to find success in 2012. In February at the

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he finished in a tie for fifth and two weeks later, he finished in a tie for seventh at the

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. He recorded his best PGA Tour finish to date in June at the

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, finishing in a tie for fourth. In July he lost a sudden-death playoff to

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at the

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. In 2016, Summerhays earned an entry into the

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by being fourth alternate, after going through sectional qualifying, he would finish the tournament T-8 to earn an exemption into the 2017 U.S. Open. Later in the year, at the

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, Summerhays finished in solo 3rd after birdieing six out of his last 10 holes in the final round. His finish earned him an invitation into the

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and the

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Amateur wins

*2000 Utah State Amateur Championship *2001 Utah State Amateur Championship *2007

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Professional wins (1)

Korn Ferry Tour wins (1)

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (0–1)

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2014 PGA − 2017 PGA, current) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

"T" = Tied

References

External links

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