Omar Uresti

Omar Uresti
Omar Uresti
Personal information
Full name	Omar David Uresti
Nickname	O-man
Born	August 3, 1968; Austin, Texas
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Residence	Austin, Texas
Career
College	University of Texas
Turned professional	1991
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour; Nationwide Tour
Professional wins	9
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour	1
Korn Ferry Tour	2
Other	6
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	T73: 2017
U.S. Open	T45: 1995
The Open Championship	DNP

Omar David Uresti (born August 3, 1968) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour.

Early life

Uresti was born in Austin, Texas. He attended the University of Texas in Austin and graduated in 1991 with a degree in organizational communication. He turned professional immediately after graduating.

Professional career

Uresti has two wins on the Web.com Tour: one in 1994 at the Nike Shreveport Open, and one in 2007 at the Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship. Uresti went winless in over 350 PGA Tour starts, with two third-place finishes. He says his biggest accomplishment as a golfer was making a professional record nine consecutive birdies in a round on the Nationwide Tour. After his PGA Tour career ended, he became a life member of the Southern Texas chapter of the PGA.

Uresti has had success in the PGA Professional Championship, winning it twice, in 2017 and 2021, and finishing in the top 20 in 2015, 2016, and 2018, thus qualifying for the PGA Championship in those years. A number of club professionals criticized Uresti after his 2017 win because he was a former touring professional and he did not work full-time as a golf professional. The PGA responded that Uresti was eligible as an A-3 member with more than 20 years of PGA Tour membership.[1]

Professional wins (9)

Sunshine Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Feb 6, 1994	Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic	−14 (65-73-68-68=274)	2 strokes	Andrew Pitts

Nationwide Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Apr 24, 1994	Nike Shreveport Open	−18 (65-71-63-71=270)	Playoff	Pat Bates
2	Apr 1, 2007	Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship	E (69-69-74-76=288)	2 strokes	Skip Kendall, Aron Price

Nationwide Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1994	Nike Shreveport Open	Pat Bates	Won with birdie on sixth extra hole

Canadian Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	Mar 20, 2005	Barton Creek Austin Challenge	−16 (63-73-63-65=264)	5 strokes	Derek Gillespie, Rob McMillan

Other wins (4)

Senior wins (1)

2020 Senior PGA Professional Championship

Results in major championships

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
U.S. Open	T45	T101		CUT	CUT
PGA Championship

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
U.S. Open					CUT	T75
PGA Championship

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
U.S. Open
PGA Championship						CUT	CUT	T73	CUT

Tournament	2019	2020	2021
PGA Championship			CUT
U.S. Open

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
Note: Uresti only played in the PGA Championship and the U.S. Open.

Results in senior major championships

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
The Tradition		NT
Senior PGA Championship	T72	NT	CUT	T50
U.S. Senior Open		NT		T55
Senior Players Championship
Senior British Open Championship		NT			CUT