91 on the money list, with $1,127,575 in 27 events - in part because of improved putting. 148 on the money list as of April 25th, but he's played better since then - he's up to No. Merritt didn't get off to a great start in the 2020-21 season. In July of 2018, he won again, at the Barbisol Championship.
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He played his way back to full status, and he earned his first PGA Tour victory at the Quicken Loans National in August of 2015. It was at about that time when he decided to go back to his old - and more reliable - hook. He lost his full status on the PGA Tour after finishing 225th on the money list in 2012. Yet despite all the success he had at Winona State and Boise State, he decided to change his swing - and hit a fade, rather than the hook he had used to win 21 college tournaments. In 2009, he earned on victory on what was then the Web.com Tour (now the Korn Ferry), at the Mexico Open, and he led the old PGA Tour Q-School Final Stage (six rounds) wire to wire. In his senior year at Boise State, he won seven tournaments, including an NCAA-record five in a row to end the 2007-08 college golf regular season. But he transferred to Boise State following his sophomore year. He was a star for the basketball and golf teams at Spring Lake Park HS, and after that, was an NCAA Division II All-American in golf at Winona State. Born in Osage, Iowa, he moved with his family to Idaho, but then moved again, this time to Fridley, before his freshman year of high school. The 35-year-old Merritt took a rather circuitious route to the PGA Tour. Right behind him, there is a six-way tie for sixth that includes Jason Kokrak, who has won twice during the 2020-21 season. That was also the score turned in by Brandon Hagy, who is alone in fifth at 204. One stroke behind and tied for third at 203 are left-hander Hank Lebioda, who shot 66, and Cam Davis, who got around in 68. There are 24 players within five shots of the lead. Niemann, who started the day tied for the lead, played his third consecutive round without a bogey and shot 68 to claim his share of first.īut there isn't much separation at the top of the leaderboard. Merritt played the last seven holes in 1 over, but still shot a 5-under 67 and posted a three-round total of 202 (minus 14). The three strokes he gained on par while playing the par-3's Saturday helped him grab a share of the 54-hole lead, along with with Joaquin Niemann. About an hour and a half later, he one-hopped a 5-iron into the hole at the the 11th. He nearly made an ace on the par-3 fifth hole at Detroit Golf Club, his tee shot stopping within 6 inches of the cup. DETROIT - At the beginning of Saturday's third round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic, Troy Merritt had two victories to his credit but no holes in one during his 10-plus seasons on the PGA Tour.
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