Ryan Patrick Armour (born February 27, 1976) is an American

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Early life

His father is David Armour and his mother is Jude Armour of

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. His grandfather was Frank Armour Jr. of

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who was president of H.J. Heinz Co.

Amateur career

Armour attended

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. He earned third-team All-American honors in 1998 and was selected to the All-

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squad in 1995 and 1998. He also made it to the 1993 U.S. Junior Amateur Golf Championship final, losing to

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on the first playoff hole.

Professional career

Armour played on the Nationwide Tour, now

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from 2004 to 2006. He also played on the

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in 2002 and 2003 and the

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in 2003. Armour earned his card for the 2007 PGA Tour season by finishing T13 at

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in 2006. He also qualified for the

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in 2007. After finishing 172nd on the PGA Tour money list in 2008, Armour lost his PGA Tour card and had to go back to the Nationwide Tour for 2009, where he played through 2012 and again in 2014. He finished 20th in the Web.com Tour regular season, then 40th in the Web.com Tour Finals to earn his PGA Tour card for the 2014–15 season. In 2014–15, he finished 195th on the FedEx points list: 200th was the cutoff for a place in the Web.com Tour Finals. He then finished 41st (excluding the Top 25) in the Finals, to earn a Web.com Tour card for 2016. In 2016, he won the first event of the Web.com Tour season, the

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. It was his first win on the tour, in his 217th tournament. The next season, he won the

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, his first PGA Tour win in his 105th start.

Professional wins (3)

PGA Tour wins (1)

Web.com Tour wins (1)

Golden Bear Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order before 2019.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to the

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Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
C = Canceled after the first round due to the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Armour, Ryan American male golfers Ohio State Buckeyes men's golfers PGA Tour golfers Korn Ferry Tour graduates Golfers from Ohio Sportspeople from Akron, Ohio 1976 births Living people 21st-century American sportsmen