Brendon Todd

Brendon Todd
Brendon Todd
Personal information
Born	July 22, 1985; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 13 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Atlanta, Georgia
Spouse	Rachel
Career
College	University of Georgia
Turned professional	2007
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Former tour(s)	Web.com Tour
Professional wins	7
Highest ranking	40 (July 27, 2014)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	3
Korn Ferry Tour	2
Other	2
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2015
PGA Championship	72nd: 2014
U.S. Open	T17: 2014
The Open Championship	T12: 2015

Brendon Todd (born July 22, 1985) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the Web.com Tour.

Early career

Todd played his junior golf at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary, North Carolina and Green Hope High School. He won the North Carolina High School 4A classification individual championship in his freshman, junior, and senior seasons at Green Hope, including winning the title as a freshman in 2000, the first year of the school being open after a fire destroyed its campus in 1963.

Todd attended the University of Georgia, where he was part of the 2005 team that won the National Championship.[2] He was a four-time All-American at the university.[3]

Professional career

Todd joined the Nationwide Tour in 2008. That year he won the Utah Championship, and finished 19th on the money list, earning him a spot on the PGA Tour in 2009.

At the 2009 Athens Regional Foundation Classic on the Nationwide Tour, Todd became the first player on the Tour to ace the same hole twice in the same tournament. On April 16, during the first round, his ace on the 157 yard, par-3, 17th hole, came with a 7-iron. The next day, the ace came with an 8-iron from 147 yards.[4] In his rookie season on the PGA Tour in 2009, he made only 5 of 21 cuts, and did not earn a tour card for 2010.

Todd rejoined the Nationwide Tour in 2010. In 2011, he had a steady season on that tour, and was medalist at the season-ending qualifying school to return to the PGA Tour. In 2012, he was the final person to retain any status on the PGA Tour. His finish of 150th on the PGA Tour's money list meant that he retained conditional status and avoided the second round of Q School. As a member of the 126-150 category on the PGA Tour, Todd also had full Web.com Tour status.[5]

In 2013, Todd won his second Web.com Tour event, the 2013 Stadion Classic at UGA.[6] He finished 20th on the 2013 Web.com Tour regular season money list, earning him a 2014 PGA Tour card.

On May 18, 2014, Todd won his first PGA Tour event, in his 77th start at the HP Byron Nelson Championship. Todd shot a bogey free round of 66 on the final day to finish two strokes ahead of Mike Weir. The victory earned Todd a two-year tour exemption and ensured a first visit to The Masters in 2015.[7] He followed up his win with a T5 at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial to move inside the Top 60 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Therefore, he earned entry into his first major, the U.S. Open, where he ended 17th.

Todd placed as high as 40th in the world rankings in 2014, but a string of bad finishes and missed cuts cost him his PGA Tour card after the 2015–16 season.

On November 3, 2019, Todd shot a nine-under 62, including seven straight front-nine birdies, to win the Bermuda Championship on the PGA Tour by four shots over 54-hole leader Harry Higgs. "A year ago, I wasn't sure if I was going to keep playing," Todd said after the round. "So it's really special to get this win this soon." In September 2018, Todd had missed the cut in 37 of his last 40 starts. At that point, Todd had dropped outside the top 2000 golfers in the world and failed to get through the second stage of Q School. He was planning on retiring after the season and going into restaurant franchise ownership. "It was basically the ball-striking yips," Todd told Golf Channel in June 2019. "Every time I played, I would hit a 4-iron or a 3-wood 50 yards right, and I knew why but I couldn't really fix it. When the misses get so big that it's an automatic double bogey, narrowing that miss up is hard."[8] On November 18, Todd won the Mayakoba Golf Classic for his second straight win.[9]

Professional wins (7)

PGA Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	May 18, 2014	HP Byron Nelson Championship	68-64-68-66=266	−14	2 strokes	Mike Weir
2	Nov 3, 2019	Bermuda Championship	68-63-67-62=260	−24	4 strokes	Harry Higgs
3	Nov 18, 2019	Mayakoba Golf Classic	63-68-65-68=264	−20	1 stroke	Adam Long, Carlos Ortiz, Vaughn Taylor

Web.com Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Sep 8, 2008	Utah Championship	64-66-65-67=262	−22	6 strokes	Ryan Hietala, Jeff Klauk, Won Joon Lee, Marc Leishman, Brian Smock, Kyle Thompson
2	May 4, 2013	Stadion Classic at UGA	66-70-69=205*	−8	1 stroke	Tim Wilkinson

*Note: The 2013 Stadion Classic at UGA was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

NGA Hooters Tour wins (1)

2007 Dothan Classic

eGolf Professional Tour wins (1)

2007 Musgrove Mill Classic

Results in major championships

Tournament	2014	2015
Masters Tournament		CUT
U.S. Open	T17	CUT
The Open Championship	T39	T12
PGA Championship	72	CUT

Tournament	2019
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open	CUT
The Open Championship

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament	2015	2016
The Players Championship	T51	CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament	2014	2015	2020
Championship		T23	T37
Match Play		T52	NT¹
Invitational	T45	T61
Champions	T60

¹Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic