Pat Bates
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Patrick Alfred Bates |
| Born | Script error: No such module "person date". St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
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| Career | |
| College | University of Florida |
| Turned professional | 1991 |
| Former tourTemplate:Pluralize from text | PGA Tour Nationwide Tour |
| Professional wins | 6 |
| Highest ranking | Template:Infobox golfer/highest ranking |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Korn Ferry Tour | 5 (Tied 7th all time) |
| Other | 1 |
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Patrick Alfred Bates (born July 26, 1969) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and who served as the head men's golf coach at the University of Central Oklahoma from 2011 to 2016.[1]
Early life and amateur career
Bates was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Buddy Alexander's Florida Gators men's golf team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1988 to 1991.[2] He received first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) honors and was an All-American in 1989, 1990 and 1991.[2][3] Bates graduated from Florida with a bachelor's degree in communications process and disorders.
Professional career
Bates played on the Nike Tour in 1994. He earned a promotion to the PGA Tour by finishing third on the money list. He played poorly on the 1995 PGA Tour and returned to the Nike Tour. He played on the PGA Tour's developmental tour 1996 to 2001. In 2001, Bates won three events on the Buy.com Tour which gave him an immediate promotion to the PGA Tour.[4] He returned to the PGA Tour for the 2002, 2003, and 2004 seasons. His best finish in a PGA Tour event was a tie for fifth at the Bank of America Colonial in 2003.
Personal life
His wife, Kristine Tewell, is the daughter of former PGA Tour professional Doug Tewell.
Professional wins (6)
Buy.com Tour wins (5)
| Legend |
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| Tour Championships (1) |
| Other Buy.com Tour (4) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 7, 1994 | Nike Dakota Dunes Open | −12 (74-68-69-65=276) | 2 strokes | Template:Flagicon Rex Caldwell, Template:Flagicon Gary Webb |
| 2 | Sep 7, 1997 | Nike Colorado Classic | −17 (71-66-64-66=267) | 1 stroke | Template:Flagicon J. L. Lewis |
| 3 | Jul 22, 2001 | Buy.com Siouxland Open | −15 (66-67-70-70=273) | 1 stroke | Template:Flagicon Matt Kuchar, Template:Flagicon Eric Meeks |
| 4 | Oct 21, 2001 | Buy.com Shreveport Open | −20 (66-68-67-67=268) | 1 stroke | Template:Flagicon Brian Kamm |
| 5 | Oct 28, 2001 | Buy.com Tour Championship | −4 (71-72-72-69=284) | 3 strokes | Template:Flagicon Tom Carter, Template:Flagicon Brenden Pappas |
Buy.com Tour playoff record (0–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1994 | Nike Shreveport Open | Template:Flagicon Omar Uresti | Lost to birdie on sixth extra hole |
| 2 | 2000 | Buy.com Ozarks Open | Template:Flagicon Mike Heinen, Template:Flagicon Pat Perez | Perez won with birdie on first extra hole |
Other wins (1)
- 1993 Massachusetts Open
See also
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- 1994 Nike Tour graduates
- 2001 Buy.com Tour graduates
- List of Florida Gators men's golfers on the PGA Tour
- List of golfers with most Web.com Tour wins
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bates Steps Down As UCO Coach". University of Central Oklahoma Athletics. June 13, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
- ^ a b Florida Men's Golf 2011 Media Supplement Script error: No such module "webarchive"., University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 28, 34, 39, 41 (2010). Retrieved July 11, 2011.
- ^ 2008–09 Florida Gators Men's Golf Media Guide Script error: No such module "webarchive"., University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 36 (2008). Retrieved July 14, 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gilder Glides to win: Big day for Bates". Orlando Sentinel. October 29, 2001.
External links
- Pat Bates at the PGA Tour official siteTemplate:EditAtWikidata
- Pat Bates at the Official World Golf Ranking official siteTemplate:EditAtWikidata
