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Player Profile
Rory Sabbatini
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| Rory Sabbatini started playing golf at age 4.
Although he showed talent in many sports, he chose to concentrate on golf from age 12 and
at age 18 was recruited to the University of Arizona. In 1998, the year he turned
professional, he won the Southern Arizona Open and earned his PGA Tour card at his first
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| BIOGRAPHY |
FULL NAME: Rory Sabbatini
HEIGHT: 5-10 (178cm)
WEIGHT: 160 (72kg)
BIRTHDATE: April 2, 1976
BIRTHPLACE: Durban, South Africa
RESIDENCE: Southlake, Texas
FAMILY: Wife, Amy; Harley Aiden (8/28/03)
EDUCATION: University of Arizona
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Fast cars, playing cards, movies
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1998
JOINED TOUR: 1999
EXEMPT STATUS: 2003 tournament winner (through 2005) |
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2003 WGC-World Cup.
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Since joining the PGA Tour in 1999 at age 22,
he has won twice; 2000 Air Canada Championship and 2003 FBR Capital Open, recorded 21 top
ten finishes and earned $6,584,192, putting him 82nd on the all-time PGA Career Money
List. He has twice represented South Africa in the WGC-World Cup, emerging victorious in
2003 with Trevor Immelman. |
| Despite not having won a tournament yet this year, Rory
Sabbatini has accumulated prize money of $1,360,381 and currently stands at 20th in the
PGA Tour 2004 Money List. He has been cut from only three events from seventeen starts in
2004 and finished in the top ten four times including his tied second place last week in
the Buick Classic where he was edged out in a playoff with Sergio Garcia (winner) and
Padraig Harrington. |
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| At 28 years old, Rory Sabbatini is certainly one from his
generation to look out for in the years to come. As he becomes more consistent, it is not
inconceivable that he could achieve the levels of success achieved by his fellow South
African PGA Tour players, Ernie Els and Retief Goosen or all-time great, Gary Player. |
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| For more information about Rory Sabbatini, read
his PGA Tour bio. |
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