Jeff Overton

Started playing golf in middle school, with parents, who weree school teachers, and taught him the value of hard work. . .Winner of eight individual collegiate tournaments. Member of winning 2005 Palmer and Walker Cup teams. Secured the winning point in singles with a two-putt par on the 18th hole to recapture the Walker Cup for the U.S. Made it through all three stages in first attempt at Q-School in 2005. . . After finishing 136th on the money list in 2006 he hasn't finished out of the top-125 and has made a million dollars a year five of his seven years on tour.
In 2010 had a career-best six top-10 finishes, five of which were top-fives within a 10-start stretch beginning with a runnner-up finish at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Made his way into each of the four Playoffs events, where he finished 29th in the FedExCup points standings. Hired Eric Larson (formerly with Anthony Kim and Mark Calcavecchia) as caddie before posting career-best runner-up finish at Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Finished T2nd at the HP Byron Nelson Championship for his second top-10 of the season, his first season with more than one top-10. One week later, finished T3rd at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. Finished the year with six top-tens and ten top-25s. Finished 2-2 in his first appearance at the Ryder Cup. Teamed with Bubba Watson to defeat Luke Donald and Padraig Harrington in the opening four-ball matches. Also claimed a 3-and-2 victory over Ross Fisher in singles matches.
2011 Notes: Made 21 of 26 cuts but was only able to record five top 25s compared to 2010 when he had 10 top 25s in 18 made cuts.
2012 Notes: Had four top-tens on 29 starts, best finish T4th at Shell Houston Open. Finished 44th in the FedEx Cup standings and 52nd on the money list with earnings of $1,563,670.