Dave Rummells is an American professional golfer

Professional golfer

In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;...

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Rummells was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Cedar Rapids is the second largest city in Iowa and is the county seat of Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, north of Iowa City and east of Des Moines, the state's capital and largest city...

 and raised in West Branch, Iowa

West Branch, Iowa

West Branch is a city in Cedar and Johnson counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 2,342 as of July 2009, a 7% growth since the 2000 census...

. He played college golf at the University of Iowa

University of Iowa

The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...

. He turned professional in 1981.

Rummells played on the PGA Tour

PGA Tour

The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...

 from 1986 to 1994. His best finish was 2nd at the 1993 Buick Invitational of California. He twice finished in the top-10 in a major

Men's major golf championships

The men's major golf championships, commonly known as the Major Championships, and often referred to simply as the majors, are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf...

: 5th at the 1989 PGA Championship

1989 PGA Championship

The 1989 PGA Championship was the 71st PGA Championship held from August 10-13 at Kemper Lakes Golf Club in Long Grove, Illinois. Payne Stewart won his first major championship by one stroke over Andy Bean, Mike Reid, and 1989 U.S. Open champion, Curtis Strange.-Final leaderboard:-External links:*...

 and T-6 at the 1988 PGA Championship

1988 PGA Championship

The 1988 PGA Championship was the 70th PGA Championship held from August 11-14 at Oak Tree Golf Club in Edmond, Oklahoma. Jeff Sluman won his first major championship by three strokes over Paul Azinger.-Final leaderboard:-External links:*...

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Rummells played on both the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour

Nationwide Tour

The Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level...

 from 1995 to 2007. He won two events on the Nationwide Tour: the 1996 Nike South Carolina Classic and the 1997 Nike Knoxville Open. In 2008, after he turned 50, he began playing on the Champions Tour

Champions Tour

The Champions Tour, a golf tour run by the PGA Tour, hosts a series of events annually in the United States and the United Kingdom for golfers 50 years of age and older. Many of the PGA Tour's most successful golfers have gone on to play on the Champions Tour.The Senior PGA Championship, founded in...

. His best finish came in his first event: T-20 at the 2008 Regions Charity Classic

Regions Charity Classic

The Regions Charity Classic, formerly known as the Bruno's Memorial Classic, was an American golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It was held at Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa, one of ten courses on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, located in Hoover, Alabama . The tournament was founded in...

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Results in major championships

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	T31	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	CUT	77	WD	DNP	T47	T31	DNP	DNP	T60
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...	DNP	DNP	T6	5	T31	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP

DNP = did not play

CUT = missed the half way cut

WD = withdrew from tournament

"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Yellow background for top-10.

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