Brian Kortan

Has three top 5 finishes on the 2008 Adams Series Pro Golf Tour, earning more than $15,300 in six eventsâ?¦Played on the PGA Tour in 2004, making seven cutsâ?¦At the time was the shortest player on the PGA Tour at 5'3''â?¦Suffered heart attack two years ago while playing golf in South Dakotaâ?¦Plays with a heart monitor under his shirt and a defibrillator in his bagâ?¦Medalist at Littleton, Colo., sectional at Columbine Country Club with a 138.
2004 PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 24; in money - 8; Top-10 finishes - 0; scoring average - 72.28 (ranked 184th); money $159,939 (ranked 59th); best finish T13th, FedEx St. Jude Classic. Finished T102th in Q-School getting him his nationwide Tour card for 2005.
2005 Nationwide Tour Summary: Tournaments entered - 23; in money - 11; Top-10 finishes - 0; scoring average - 71.57 (ranked T92nd); money $32,626 (ranked 59th); best finish T16th, Rheem Classic. Didn't keep his Nationwide Tour card and in August of 2006 suffered a massive coronary in which he was laid up in the hospital for eight days and had a permanent implantable defibrillator placed in his chest. He survived and, eventually, got back to playing golf.