Marty Jertson

PGA Classification: A-19
PGA Section: Southwest
PGA Membership: 2010

Facility: PING Golf, Inc., Phoenix, Ariz.

Notes: Gets 10th career start in the PGA Professional Championship, fifth straight dating to 2017...Has four top-10 PPC finishes in nine starts to date (T-5/2011; T-7/2012; T-9th/2018; T-8/2019)...Has played in five PGA Championships: 2011/Atlanta Athletic Club; 2012/The Ocean Course, 2018/Bellerive, 2019/Bethpage Black, 2020/Harding Park...Made the cut in 2019 at Bethpage Black after posting a 69 on Friday (finished 82nd)...played in the 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot Golf Club (after finishing top-three in the 2019 Professional Player of the Year Standings)...Finished 1-3-0 in the 2019 PGA Cup at the Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin, Texas, but more importantly for the victorious U.S. Team, secured the decisive point in the event's final match, a 4 and 2 win over Craig Lee of GB&I...He also played for a victorious U.S. Team in the 2011 PGA Cup and finished a perfect 4-0-0...Winner, 2020 Southwest PGA Section Professional Championship; 2010 Southwest PGA Section Professional Championship; 2008 Southwest PGA Section Assistant Championship...2017 Southwest PGA Section Player of the Year...Member of the Colorado School of Mines Athletic Hall of Fame... As Vice President of Fitting & Performance for PING (previously the Chief Engineer 2013-2018, and Senior Designer), is credited with the design of the G30, Anser, i20, and i25 drivers, along with a variety of fairway metal, hybrid, and iron designs...Helped create the iPING putting App... Named as an inventor for more than 125 patents.