Jim Renner (born October 31, 1983) is an American

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Early life and amateur career

Renner was born in

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. He attended Bishop Feehan High School in

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for high school. For college, he attended the

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and Florida's

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where he won the 2005 NAIA Championship.

Professional career

Renner earned his 2011

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card by finishing T-22 at 2010 PGA Tour Qualifying School. He made the cut in 11 in 22 tournaments in 2011. He was demoted to the

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. He finished 17th on the 2013 Web.com Tour regular season money list to earn his 2014 PGA Tour card. In 2016, he was medalist at the Web.com Tour

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to regain his Web.com Tour card for 2017.

Amateur wins

*2005 New England Amateur

Professional wins

''this list may be incomplete''

Hooters Tour wins (2)

*2009 Dothan Classic *2010 Sunset Hills NGA Classic

Other wins (4)

*2008

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*2009 Maine Open

References

External links

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Profile on University of Oklahoma's athletic site
American male golfers Oklahoma Sooners men's golfers PGA Tour golfers Korn Ferry Tour graduates Johnson & Wales University alumni Golfers from Boston People from Plainville, Massachusetts 1983 births Living people {{US-golf-bio-stub