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Michael Paul Springer (born November 3, 1965) is an American
professional golfer
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who played on the
PGA Tour and the
Nationwide Tour
The Korn Ferry Tour is the developmental golf tour, 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 tha ...
.
Springer was born in
San Francisco, California. He attended the
University of Arizona. He turned pro in 1988
and joined the PGA Tour in 1991.
Springer began his career in professional
golf on the
Ben Hogan Tour, a predecessor of what later became the Korn Ferry Tour. He won three events in this venue in 1990 (including the tour's very first event in Bakersfield) and one in 1992. His first PGA Tour win came as a wire-to-wire victory in 1994 at the
KMart Greater Greensboro Open
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History
Founded in 1938 as the Greater Greensboro Open, it was usua ...
. His career year was 1994 when he won two PGA Tour events, earned $770,711, and finished 13th on the money list. Springer has 22 top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events.
His best finish in a
major
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is a T-24 at the 1994
British Open.
In the 2000s, Springer split his playing time between the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.
He lives in
Fresno, California.
Amateur wins (1)
''this list may be incomplete''
*1987
California State Amateur
Professional wins (7)
PGA Tour wins (2)
Ben Hogan Tour wins (4)
Other wins (1)
*1993
JCPenney Classic (with
Melissa McNamara
Melissa McNamara Luellen (born May 25, 1966) is the head women's golf coach for Auburn University, and a former American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.
Career
McNamara was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She played college golf at t ...
)
Results in major championships
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
See also
*
1990 Ben Hogan Tour graduates __NOTOC__
This is a list of players who graduated from the Ben Hogan Tour in 1990. The top five players on the Ben Hogan Tour's money list in 1990 earned their PGA Tour card for 1991.
*PGA Tour rookie for 1991.
T = Tied
Green background indicate ...
*
1999 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
__NOTOC__
This is a list of the 40 players who earned their 2000 PGA Tour card through Q School in 1999.
*Players in yellow were 2000 PGA Tour rookies.
2000 Results
*PGA Tour rookie in 2000
T = Tied
Green background indicates the player reta ...
*
List of golfers with most Web.com Tour wins
This is a list of golfers who have won four or more events on the Korn Ferry Tour since it was established in 1990.
Many of the players on the list have won events on other tours and unofficial events.
Players under the age of 50 are shown in bo ...
References
External links
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American male golfers
Arizona Wildcats men's golfers
PGA Tour golfers
Korn Ferry Tour graduates
Golfers from San Francisco
Sportspeople from Fresno, California
1965 births
Living people