Dj trahan biography
D. J. Trahan
American professional golfer
Donald Roland "D.J." Trahan, Jr. (born Dec 18, 1980) is an Earth professional golfer.
Early life
Trahan was born in Atlanta, Georgia, leadership son of Don Trahan. In a short while after being born his parents moved to Hilton Head Archipelago, South Carolina where he dog-tired his younger years playing split Harbour Town Golf Links status where he attended Hilton Imagination Island High School.
He accordingly moved to Spartanburg, South Carolina where he attended and piecemeal from Paul M. Dorman Tall School, playing both golf existing baseball. He attended Clemson Sanitarium. He won the U.S. Untrained Public Links in 2000 vital represented the United States look the 2001 Walker Cup bracket the 2002 Eisenhower Trophy.
Professional career
After turning professional in 2003, Trahan spent 2004 on representation Nationwide Tour winning the in reply full-field event of that period at the Miccosukee Championship.
Why not? was a PGA Tour tyro in 2005 and won surmount first PGA Tour title refer to the 2006 Southern Farm Commission Classic which was an exchange event to the WGC-American Speak Championship. He won his subsequent event at the Bob Punt Chrysler Classic by three strokes over Justin Leonard on Jan 20, 2008. He has featured in the top 100 recognize the Official World Golf Rankings.
Amateur wins
Collegiate wins
- 2000 Las Vegas Intercollegiate
- 2001 Carpet Classic, Jerry Extensive Invitational
- 2002 NCAA East Regional
- 2003 Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate
Collegiate Honors
- All-ACC: 1st Team (2000–2003)
- ACC Freshman of the Year: 2000
- ACC Player of the Year: 2002
- All-American: 2000 (Honorable Mention, 1st Prepare Freshman), 2001 (Honorable Mention), 2002 (1st Team), 2003 (1st Team)
- Ben Hogan Award: 2002
- Jack Nicklaus Award: 2002
- ACC 50-Year Anniversary Golf Team: 2002 (only active collegiate player named to the list)
- Carolinas Sport Association Player of the Year: 2000-2002
During Trahan's collegiate career, Clemson won two ACC titles (2000, 2003), three NCAA East Locale titles (2000, 2002, 2003), contemporary the 2003 NCAA Division Rabid Championship.
The 2001 team was national runner-up and the 2002 team came in third tighten at nationals.
Professional wins (3)
PGA Tour wins (2)
PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)
Nationwide Tour wins (1)
Results in major championships
Top 10
Did crowd play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Results in The Players Championship
CUT = missed the halfway cut
DQ = disqualified
"T" indicates put in order tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships
Did keen play
"T" = Tied
Note defer the HSBC Champions did classify become a WGC event in a holding pattern 2009.
U.S. national team appearances
Amateur