Wil Collins is an American

United States

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 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;...

 who currently plays on the PGA Tour

PGA Tour

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. He earned his PGA Tour card for the 2009 season by finishing T-18th in the 2008 version of Q-school

Career

Collins was born in Rapid City, South Dakota

Rapid City, South Dakota

Rapid City is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota, and the county seat of Pennington County. Named after Rapid Creek on which the city is established, it is set against the eastern slope of the Black Hills mountain range. The population was 67,956 as of the 2010 Census. Rapid...

. He played college golf at the University of New Mexico

University of New Mexico

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 from 1998–2002, where he played with fellow PGA Tour professionals Michael Letzig

Michael Letzig

Michael Richard Letzig is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Letzig was born in Richmond, Missouri...

 and Spencer Levin

Spencer Levin

Spencer Joseph Levin is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Levin was born in Sacramento, California. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles before transferring to the University of New Mexico, where he was a two-time All-American...

. He turned professional in 2002. He won the 2005 Colorado Open

Colorado Open

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 by six strokes, which to this day remains his only professional victory. Later that year he qualified for the 2005 U.S. Open

2005 U.S. Open Golf Championship

The 2005 United States Open Championship was the 105th U.S. Open, played from June 13 to June 19 at Pinehurst Resort course No. 2. The U.S. Open returned to Pinehurst No. 2 for the first time since 1999 when Payne Stewart won his second U.S. Open four months before his death. Six years was the...

, where he missed the cut.

Collins made a 20-foot par putt at the last hole of 2008 Q-School

2008 PGA Tour Qualifying School Graduates

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 to win his 2009 PGA Tour

2009 PGA Tour

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 card. He later said of it: "I finally have a home to play, and it's on the greatest tour in the world. It's going to take a while to sink in."

Personal

Collins says that his father was his inspiration to take up the game.

Collins married his spouse, Shelly, in March 2009.

Results in major championships

Tournament	2005
The Masters	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
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
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 = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

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