Brandt Snedeker

Snedeker's older brother, Haymes, who was an All-Southeastern Conference player at Ole Miss, caddied for Brandt at the 2004 Masters and won "Big Break X" on Golf Channel in 2008. Both were introduced to golf by their maternal grandmother, who managed a golf course in West Plains, Mo. Brandt won the 2003 U.S. Amateur Public Links, defeating Dayton Rose, 10 & 9, in the championship match. Brandt played on the U.S. Palmer Cup and Spirit International teams. Spent three years on the Korn Ferry Tour before qualifying for the PGA Tour in 2007, claiming his first career victory as a rookie at the Wyndham Championship. His next win came at the Heritage in 2011, defeating Luke Donald in a playoff. It was only his second start since having right hip surgery in November 2010. At the end of 2011, he had left hip surgery. He won the 2012 Farmers Insurance Open in a playoff over Kyle Stanley. Played on the 2012 and 2016 U.S. Ryder Cup teams and the 2013 U.S. Presidents Cup squad.
2004 Korn Ferry TourSummary: Tournaments Entered - 11; In Money - 8; Top-10 Finishes - 5; Stroke Average - 70.16 (rank 7th); Money - $129,358 (rank 45th); Best Finish - 2nd, Price Cutter Charity Championship.
2005 Korn Ferry TourSummary: Tournaments Entered - 24; In Money - 14; Top-10 Finishes - 4; Stroke Average - 71.20 (rank 68th); Money - $119,288 (rank 45th); Best Finish - T-5th, ING New Zealand PGA Championship.
2006 Korn Ferry TourSummary: Tournaments Entered - 26; In Money - 20; Top-10 Finishes - 3; Stroke Average - 70.86 (rank 44th); Money - $300,918 (rank 9th); Best Finishes - 1st, Scholarship America Showdown at Somerby and Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic.
2011 Notes: Had his best season on the PGA Tour with a career-best seven top-10s and 14 top-25s. His second PGA Tour win propelled him to 8th in the FedExCup standings and 14th on the money list. Had hip surgery at the end of the year.
2012 Notes: Won in just his second event after hip surgery at the Farmers Insurance Open in a playoff with Kyle Stanley. Had two more top-5s at the Volvo World Match Play Championship (T-5th) and the British Open (T-3rd). Entered the FedExCup playoffs 19th, but with a 2nd at The Barclays, 6th at the Deutsche Bank, and T-37th at the BMW Championship, he climbed to 5th place in the standings and controlled his own destiny. With his three-stroke win at the Tour Championship, he overtook Rory McIlroy and won the FedExCup playoffs. He finished 3rd on the money list.
2013 Notes: Between The Barclays at the end of August 2012 and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February 2013, Snedeker compiled earnings of $15,807,720 (including his $10-million FedExCup bonus winnings) in 12 events. He started 2013 with a 3rd-place result at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, then finished T-23rd at the Humana Challenge. Placed T-2nd at the Farmers Insurance Open and 2nd at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. He won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am but started feeling soreness in his left rib cage. After the win, he had the injury examined and was told to rest. He made his return at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and finished T-6th at the Masters. He recorded two more top-10s, with T-8th finishes at The Players Championship and the AT&T National. Got rolling again with a win at the RBC Canadian Open. Finished the year 12th in the FedExCup race and 5th on the money list. Playing in his first Presidents Cup, he compiled a 2-3-0 record for the U.S. in his five matches.
2014 Notes: In his first event of the year in China, he was at a corporate outing and took a tumble on a Segway scooter, injuring his left knee. He was lucky, only suffering a small tear, along with a cracked tibia and a deep bone bruise. It was enough, though, to keep him out of the Australian PGA Championship, the World Challenge in California and the Franklin Templeton Shootout in Florida. He was able to return at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. Earned his first top-10 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, finishing T-8th after shooting eight under par. Also earned a top-10 at the U.S. Open, finishing T-9th, and at the Wyndham Championship, finishing T-5th. Missed the cut ata the first two FedExCup playoff events, which meant he didn't advance to the BMW Championship. Had achieved the latter goal in every FedExCup year and wasn't in the Tour Championship for the first time since 2010. He ranked 86th in the FedExCup standings and 60th on the money list.
2015 Notes: Finally, 100 percent healthy, he finished T-10th in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, the WGC-HSBC Champions, and the Waste Management Phoenix Open. At the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which he won in 2013, he shot an opening-round 64 at Monterey Peninsula to lead the field and maintained the lead with a second-round 67 at Spyglass Hill. He added a pair of 67s over the weekend to win by three strokes. Over 72 holes, he made only one bogey en route to his seventh PGA Tour victory. He was runner-up at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, one stroke behind winner Chris Kirk. The next week, he finished T-6th at the AT&T Byron Nelson. He went into the British Open with a streak of four consecutive top-10s, adding an 8th-place finish at the U.S. Open and a T-10th at the Travelers, along with top-10s at Colonial (T-2nd) and the Byron Nelson (T-6th). The streak came to an end when he missed the cut at St. Andrews. Finished T-12th at the PGA Championship. Played in all four FedExCup playoff events. Finished the year 23rd in the FedExCup standings and 17th on the money list. Ended 2015 by winning the Franklin Templeton Shootout with partner Jason Dufner in December, highlighted by an 11-under-par 61 in the final round.
2016 Notes: Finished T-3rd and nine strokes behind runaway champion Jordan Spieth at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. Lost the following week in a playoff (dropping his playoff record to 2-1) to Fabian Gomez at the Sony Open in Hawaii. In his next start, he won his eighth career PGA Tour event at the Farmers Insurance Open. It was his second win at the tournament, having won previously in 2012. After posting what would be the only under-par final round (three-under 69), he waited nearly 24 hours for the final round to be completed and declared the champion. Despite rain and wind gusts over 45 mph, he carded four birdies against one bogey to post a three-under 69 and was 14-for-14 with the putter from inside 10 feet of the hole. Won his fourth title in California. Marked the first time a player made the cut on the number and went on to win since Carl Pettersson at the 2010 RBC Canadian Open. Made it to the round of 16 (T-9th) at the WGC-Dell Match Play, losing to eventual winner Jason Day. Finished T-10th at the Masters and T-5th at the RBC Canadian Open. Placed 15th in the FedExCup standings, his best finish since he won the FedExCup in 2012. Making his second Ryder Cup appearance, went 3-0 to help the United States to a 17-11 victory over the European team. He was the only American without a loss at Hazeltine, wrapping up the week with a 3 & 1 victory over Andy Sullivan in their singles match. The next week, he battled windy conditions with a closing four-under 68 at the Fiji International, running away from the field by a nine-stroke margin in his first international victory. The win came at the Vijay Singh-designed Natadola Bay in a co-sanctioned event on the European and Australasian tours. Ended his year T-6th at the Hero World Challenge.
2017 Notes: Played 15 PGA Tour events, making 12 cuts. In defense of his Farmers Insurance Open title, he found himself atop the leaderboard through 54 holes at nine-under 207 with Patrick Rodgers. Shot a 1-over 73 in the final round at Torrey Pines, finishing T-9th. Two weeks later, finished T-4th at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, six strokes behind winner Jordan Spieth. Overcame a first-round 75 with rounds of 68-66-65 to finish T-7th at the WGC-Mexico Championship, his best finish in 19 previous World Golf Championships appearances. He finished T-27th at the Masters but hurt his wrist. The injury was described as tenosynovitis, which is inflammation of a tendon. Reports had Snedeker considering surgery at the time, but he decided to rest after finishing T-11th at the RBC Heritage. Took a month off and played at the AT&T Byron Nelson, missing the cut and the Dean & DeLuca Invitational, where he finished T-48th. At the U.S. Open, shot four rounds under par and finished T-9th, eight strokes behind Koepka. The next week, placed T-14th at the Travelers. After that, Snedeker hurt his ribs, and after trying to hit balls at Birkdale, decided not to play. His manager, Mac Barnhardt, told a magazine writer that Snedeker would return home to Nashville and have an MRI. The injury, which was inflamed cartilage between his sternum and rib cage, caused pain on his swing and forced him to withdraw from Canada, Bridgestone and the PGA Championship. He wasn't able to play the remainder of the year. Finished 73rd in the FedExCup standings.
2018 Notes: Played 25 PGA Tour events, making 17 cuts with four top-10 results. Ranked 40th in the FedExCup standings. Came back from the rib injury at the RSM Classic, placing T-29th. Had one of the slowest starts of his 12-year career, earning his first top-10 of the year with a T-6th at the FedEx St. Jude Classic. The last time he didn't have a top-10 before the Masters was back in 2009 when he didn't get one until the AT&T National in July. Was T-3rd at the Military Tribute at The Greenbrier and T-8th at the RBC Canadian Open. Opened the Wyndham Championship with a 59 and won by three strokes in wire-to-wire fashion over C.T. Pan and Webb Simpson. It was his 9th victory on the PGA Tour in his 306th start at the age of 37 years, 8 months, 11 days.
2019 Notes: Played in 27 PGA Tour events, making 24 cuts with six top-10 finishes. Was 24th in the FedExCup standings. In his first start of the season at the Safeway Open, Snedeker was in a three-man playoff with Ryan Moore and Kevin Tway. He was eliminated after the first extra hole, the par-5 18th, with a par. It was Snedeker's 8th runner-up finish on the PGA Tour. Finished T-5th at The Players Championship, three strokes behind winner Rory McIlroy. Was T-4th at the RBC Canadian Open, nine strokes behind winner Rory McIlroy. Was T-5th at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. In the FedExCup playoffs, finished T-6th at the Northern Trust, four strokes behind winner Patrick Reed. Was T-5th at the BMW Championship and T-24th at the Tour Championship.
2020 Notes: Played in 16 PGA Tour events, making 10 cuts with one top-10 finish. Ranked 106th in the FedExCup standings. Was T-3rd at the Farmers Insurance Open, three strokes behind winner Marc Leishman. After the break for COVID-19, Snedeker's best finish was T-41st at the Travelers Championship. In the FedExCup playoffs, missed the cut at the Northern Trust.
2021 Notes: Had his first top-ten finish since the 2020 Farmers when he finished T-6th in the Valero Texas Open. With partner Keith Mitchell the two finished T-4th at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, two shots back of the playoff.