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Brad Fabel
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| Brad Fabel | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | November 30, 1955 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Career | |
| College | University of Houston Western Kentucky University |
| Turned professional | 1982 |
| Former tours | PGA Tour Nationwide Tour |
| Professional wins | 2 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Korn Ferry Tour | 2 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | T28: 1987 |
| U.S. Open | T34: 1999 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
Brad Fabel (born November 30, 1955) is an American professional golfer.
Early life and amateur career
[edit]In 1955, Fabel was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a semifinalist at the 1973 U.S. Junior Amateur[1] and won 1974 Kentucky Amateur.[2] He played college golf first at the University of Houston,[3] then at Western Kentucky University. He graduated from WKU in 1982.
Professional career
[edit]In 1982, Fabel turned professional. Fabel played on the PGA Tour from 1985 to 1993 and 1996 to 2001. His best finish on tour was pair of T-2: at the 1990 Canon Greater Hartford Open and the 1997 Buick Open. He also played on the Nationwide Tour from 1994 to 1995 and 2001 to 2005, winning twice: the 1994 Nike Gateway Classic and the 1995 Nike Shreveport Open.
Since retiring in 2005, Fabel has worked as a PGA Tour rules official.[4]
Amateur wins
[edit]- 1974 Kentucky Amateur
Professional wins (2)
[edit]Nike Tour wins (2)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jul 24, 1994 | Nike Gateway Classic | −9 (70-68-71-70=279) | 1 stroke |  Jim Carter, Chris Perry
|
| 2 | Apr 23, 1995 | Nike Shreveport Open | −13 (64-67=131)[a] | 4 strokes | Chris Smith
|
Playoff record
[edit]Other playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1985 | Chrysler Team Championship (with Charlie Bolling)
|
Jim Colbert and Tom Purtzer, Raymond Floyd and Hal Sutton, John Fought and Pat McGowan, Gary Hallberg and Scott Hoch
|
Floyd/Sutton won with birdie on first extra hole |
Results in major championships
[edit]| Tournament | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | T34 | |||||||||
| PGA Championship | T28 | T33 | T71 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Note: Fabel never played in the Masters Tournament or The Open Championship
See also
[edit]- 1984 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
- 1986 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
- 1989 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
- 1995 Nike Tour graduates
Notes
[edit]- ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.
References
[edit]- ^ 1973 U.S. Junior Amateur
- ^ Kentucky State Amateur Championship - Past Champions
- ^ 2011–12 Houston Golf Archived 2016-01-14 at the Wayback Machine. University of Houston. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
- ^ Fabel discusses fabled past at TPC Sawgrass' 17th hole
External links
[edit]- Brad Fabel at the PGA Tour official site