Stewart Cink

Stewart Ernest Cink (born May 21, 1973) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2009 Open Championship, famously defeating 59 year-old Tom Watson in a four-hole aggregate playoff. He spent over 40 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking from 2004 to 2009, reaching a career best ranking of 5th in 2008.[2][3]

Stewart Cink
Cink at the 2017 Valero Texas Open
Personal information
Full nameStewart Ernest Cink
Born (1973-05-21) May 21, 1973
Huntsville, Alabama
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st)
Nationality United States
ResidenceDuluth, Georgia
Career
CollegeGeorgia Tech
Turned professional1995
Current tour(s)PGA Tour (joined 1997)
Professional wins13
Highest ranking5 (July 6, 2008)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour6
European Tour2
Korn Ferry Tour3
Other4
Best results in major championships
(wins: 1)
Masters TournamentT3: 2008
PGA ChampionshipT3: 1999
U.S. Open3rd: 2001
The Open ChampionshipWon: 2009
Achievements and awards
Nike Tour
leading money winner		1996
Nike Tour
Player of the Year		1996
PGA Tour
Rookie of the Year		1997
Payne Stewart Award2017

Early years and education

Cink was born in Huntsville, Alabama, and grew up in nearby Florence, where he attended Bradshaw High School. After completing high school in 1991, he graduated from Georgia Tech in Atlanta in 1995 with a degree in Management, where he played golf for the Yellow Jackets; he turned professional in 1995.

Professional career

After winning the Mexican Open and three events on the Nike Tour (now the Korn Ferry Tour) in 1996, Cink joined the PGA Tour in 1997 and won the Canon Greater Hartford Open in his rookie season. Cink performed consistently on the Tour over the next few years, picking up another win at the 2000 MCI Classic. Until his victory in the Open Championship in 2009, 2004 was his most successful season, with a fifth-place finish on the money list and wins at the MCI Heritage and at the WGC-NEC Invitational, which is one of the World Golf Championships events.

On February 24, 2008, Cink was the runner-up in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship played in Marana, Arizona, falling 8 & 7 in the 36-hole final to top-ranked Tiger Woods. In June 2008, he reached his highest ever ranking, sixth, in the Official World Golf Rankings with his victory at the Travelers Championship in suburban Hartford.[4]

On July 19, 2009, Cink won his first major title at the 138th Open Championship at Turnberry, Scotland, defeating 59-year-old, five-time champion Tom Watson by six strokes in a four-hole playoff. Cink had birdied the 72nd hole while Watson bogeyed, which forced the playoff.[5]

Cink has struggled on the PGA Tour since winning the 2009 Open Championship. He is playing the 2016–17 season using a career money list exemption.

Each fall, Cink co-hosts the East Lake Invitational with Billy Andrade at East Lake Golf Club which benefits the East Lake Foundation.

Personal life

Cink and his wife, Lisa, have two sons, Connor and Reagan. Cink is a Christian.[6][7] Cink has a home in Duluth, Georgia.[8] Cink is a Republican.[9]

Professional wins (13)

PGA Tour wins (6)
Legend
Major championships (1)
World Golf Championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (4)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 Jul 27, 1997 Canon Greater Hartford Open −13 (69-67-65-66=267) 1 stroke Tom Byrum, Brandel Chamblee,
Jeff Maggert
2 Apr 16, 2000 MCI Classic −14 (71-68-66-65=270) 2 strokes Tom Lehman
3 Apr 18, 2004 MCI Heritage (2) −10 (72-69-69-64=274) Playoff Ted Purdy
4 Aug 22, 2004 WGC-NEC Invitational −11 (63-68-68-70=269) 4 strokes Rory Sabbatini, Tiger Woods
5 Jun 22, 2008 Travelers Championship (2) −18 (66-64-65-67=262) 1 stroke Tommy Armour III, Hunter Mahan
6 Jul 19, 2009 The Open Championship −2 (66-72-71-69=278) Playoff Tom Watson

PGA Tour playoff record (2–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 1998 Canon Greater Hartford Open Olin Browne, Larry Mize Browne won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2004 MCI Heritage Ted Purdy Won with birdie on fifth extra hole
3 2006 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Tiger Woods Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole
4 2009 The Open Championship Tom Watson Won four-hole aggregate playoff;
Cink: −2 (4-3-4-3=14),
Watson: +4 (5-3-7-5=20)

Nike Tour wins (3)
Legend
Tour Championships (1)
Other Nike Tour (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 Jun 23, 1996 Nike Ozarks Open −16 (68-67-69-68=272) Playoff R. W. Eaks
2 Sep 8, 1996 Nike Colorado Classic −16 (67-68-67-66=268) 1 stroke David Berganio Jr., Michael Christie
3 Oct 20, 1996 Nike Tour Championship −7 (66-71-71-73=281) 4 strokes David Berganio Jr.

Nike Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 1996 Nike San Jose Open Bobby Elliott, Larry Silveira Silveira won with birdie on first extra hole
2 1996 Nike Ozarks Open R. W. Eaks Won with birdie on third extra hole

Latin American wins (2)

Other wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 Jun 19, 2007 CVS Caremark Charity Classic
(with J. J. Henry)		 –20 (60-62=122) 1 stroke Brad Faxon and Zach Johnson
1 Dec 15, 2013 PNC Father-Son Challenge
(with son Connor Cink)		 –22 (61-61=122) 3 strokes Steve Elkington and son Sam Elkington,
Vijay Singh and son Qass Singh

Other playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2002 CVS Charity Classic
(with David Toms)		 Chris DiMarco and Dudley Hart Lost to birdie on third extra hole

Major championships

Wins (1)
YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner-up
2009The Open Championship3 shot deficit−2 (66-72-71-69=278)Playoff1 Tom Watson

1Defeated Watson in a four-hole aggregate playoff; Cink (4-3-4-3=14), Watson (5-3-7-5=20).

Results timeline
Tournament 1996 1997 1998 1999
Masters Tournament CUT T23 T27
U.S. Open T16 T13 T10 T32
The Open Championship T66 CUT
PGA Championship CUT T3
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Masters Tournament T28 CUT T24 T17 T20 10 T17 T3 CUT
U.S. Open T8 3 CUT T28 CUT T15 T37 CUT T14 T27
The Open Championship T41 T30 T59 T34 T14 CUT CUT T6 CUT 1
PGA Championship T15 T59 T10 CUT T17 T28 T24 T32 CUT T67
Tournament201020112012201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament CUT CUT T50 T25 T14
U.S. Open T40 CUT CUT CUT T54 T46
The Open Championship T48 T30 CUT T26 T47 T20 CUT T24
PGA Championship T18 CUT CUT CUT CUT T4
Tournament 2019
Masters Tournament CUT
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T20
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament0011291812
PGA Championship0012361811
U.S. Open0011372014
The Open Championship1001262115
Totals103510287752
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (1999 Masters – 2000 PGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (ten times)

Results in The Players Championship
Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
The Players Championship T42 CUT T33 CUT CUT T39 T22 T32 CUT T3 T21 T76 CUT T19 T64 CUT T38 CUT CUT CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

World Golf Championships

Wins (1)
YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunners-up
2004 WGC-NEC Invitational 5 shot lead −11 (63-68-68-70=269) 4 strokes Rory Sabbatini, Tiger Woods

Results timeline
Tournament1999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011
Match Play R16 R64 R64 R64 R32 QF R64 R16 2 3 QF R32
Championship T4 NT1 T23 T46 T13 T45 T20 T59 T37
Invitational 7 T13 T47 T61 1 T41 2 T56 T43 T6 T19 T45
Champions T51

1Cancelled due to 9/11

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
NT = No Tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

U.S. national team appearances

Professional

See also

References
  1. "Week 27 2008 Ending 6 Jul 2008" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
  2. "69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking" (PDF). Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  3. "Players who have reached the Top Ten in the Official World Golf Ranking since 1986". European Tour Official Guide 09 (38th ed.). PGA European Tour. 2009. p. 558.
  4. "Week 25 – Stewart Cink Wins the Travelers Championship and Climbs to Career High World Number Six". Official World Golf Ranking. Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  5. Orlovac, Mark (July 19, 2009). "Cink dashes Watson's Open dreams". BBC Sport. Retrieved July 19, 2009.
  6. "Putting First Things First".
  7. "Golf helps men share faith".
  8. https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/stewart-cinks-house/view/bing/ Cink House
  9. https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=stewart+cink
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