Scott Gordon (golfer)
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Scott Gordon is an American
professional golf
er who plays on the PGA Tour
.
Gordon graduated from the University of California, Davis
in 2004 and turned professional that year. In 2008, he qualified for the Nationwide Tour
, playing in 26 tournaments and making four cuts. Gordon made it to the final stage of qualifying school
for the PGA Tour
in 2010, and earned his playing rights for the following year by a single stroke. This made him the first ever UC Davis Aggie
golfer to make it to the PGA Tour
.
United States
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professional golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
er who plays 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...
.
Gordon graduated from the University of California, Davis
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment...
in 2004 and turned professional that year. In 2008, he qualified for the 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...
, playing in 26 tournaments and making four cuts. Gordon made it to the final stage of qualifying school
Qualifying school
In professional golf the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S. based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the tour for the following season, otherwise known as a...
for 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...
in 2010, and earned his playing rights for the following year by a single stroke. This made him the first ever UC Davis Aggie
UC Davis Aggies
The UC Davis Aggies compete in NCAA Division I sports in the Big West Conference. For football, the Aggies compete in Division I FCS , and are members of the Great West Conference, granting UC Davis the distinction of being one of only three UC campuses to field a football team...
golfer to make it to 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...
.