Scott Gardiner

Scott Gardiner (born 22 March 1976) is an Australian professional golfer.

Scott Gardiner
Personal information
Born (1976-03-22) 22 March 1976
Liverpool, Australia
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationality Australia
ResidenceCoolangatta, Australia
Career
Turned professional2000
Current tour(s)Web.com Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
European Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other1

Gardiner has played on the PGA Tour of Australasia and its developmental tour, the Von Nida Tour, where he won once. He played on the European Tour from 2001 to 2003. He played on the Nationwide Tour from 2003 to 2012, where he won the 2010 Chattanooga Classic.[1] After the 2012 season, he graduated to the PGA Tour and made his Tour debut at the 2013 Sony Open in Hawaii. He made seven cuts in 23 events and finished 177th on both the money list and the FedEx Cup. He played the Web.com Tour Finals, finishing in eighth place to retain his PGA Tour card for 2014.

Gardiner is the first person of Aboriginal descent to earn a PGA Tour card.[2]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (2)

Nationwide Tour wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1 10 Oct 2010 Chattanooga Classic −19 (69-66-68-66=269) Playoff United States Joe Affrunti, United States David Branshaw

Web.com Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2010 Chattanooga Classic United States Joe Affrunti, United States David Branshaw Won with birdie on fourth extra hole
Branshaw eliminated by birdie on first hole

Von Nida Tour wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 13 Nov 2005 Greater Building Society QLD PGA Championship −23 (63-63-68-67=261) Playoff Australia Jason Day (a)

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References
  1. Chattanooga Classic won by Gardiner in three-man playoff
  2. Way, Peter (12 December 2012). "Liverpool-born Scott Gardiner first indigenous Australian on PGA tour". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 May 2013.


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