Scott Piercy

Professional golfer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroProfessional golfer
PlacesUnited States of America
isAthlete Golfer
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth6 November 1978, Las Vegas
Age46 years
The details

Biography

Scott Piercy (born November 6, 1978) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, Piercy played college golf at San Diego State and turned professional after graduation in 2001. He played on various mini-tours before becoming a Nationwide Tour member in 2008. After a poor start to the season, he won two tournaments in August and finished ninth on the money list to earn PGA Tour playing rights for 2009.
Piercy made an encouraging start to his PGA Tour career, recording five top-twenty finishes in his first six starts, and this run of form elevated Piercy into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings in March 2009. He finished the season ranked 90th on the money list to retain his tour card, but slipped to 136th in 2010, and lost some of his tour status for 2011.
In 2011, Piercy won his first PGA Tour event at the Reno-Tahoe Open, an alternate event in early August. His second tour win came in July 2012 at the RBC Canadian Open, one stroke over runners-up Robert Garrigus and William McGirt. As a result, Piercy earned a place in the following week's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and was therefore unable to defend his Reno-Tahoe Open title. In early November, he was a runner-up at the WGC-HSBC Champions in China. The Canadian Open win gained Piercy entry into the Masters in 2013, his first, and made the cut. During the 2013 season, he finished third at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, tied for fifth at the PGA Championship and Byron Nelson Championship, and reached the round of 16 at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
In the 2014 season, Piercy had an arm injury and was out for five months. In his return, he had a best result of T-12 at the Wyndham Championship.
In the 2015 season, he finished seventh at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, runner-up at the Sony Open in Hawaii, tenth at the Shell Houston Open. In July, he won the inaugural Barbasol Championship in Alabama, an alternate event opposite the Open Championship, for his first victory in three years. Piercy was unable to defend his title in 2016 because he earned entry into the 2016 Open Championship.

Professional wins (5)

PGA Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-up
1Aug 7, 2011Reno-Tahoe Open72-70-61-70=273–151 stroke Pat Perez
2Jul 29, 2012RBC Canadian Open62-67-67-67=263–171 stroke Robert Garrigus, William McGirt
3Jul 19, 2015Barbasol Championship69-66-65-65=265–193 strokes Will Wilcox

Nationwide Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-up
1Aug 10, 2008Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open64-62-65-71=262–222 strokes Hunter Haas, Spencer Levin,
Daniel Summerhays
2Aug 24, 2008Northeast Pennsylvania Classic66-68-69-64=267–132 strokes Brendon de Jonge, Cameron Percy

Results in major championships

Tournament200820092010201120122013201420152016
Masters TournamentDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPT54DNPDNPT29
U.S. OpenCUTDNPDNPT51CUTCUTDNPDNPT2
The Open ChampionshipDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPCUTDNPDNPCUT
PGA ChampionshipDNPDNPDNPT26T48T5CUTT48CUT

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament00000022
U.S. Open01011152
The Open Championship00000020
PGA Championship00011164
Totals010222158
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2015 PGA − 2016 U.S. Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order prior to 2015.

Tournament20122013201420152016
Cadillac ChampionshipDNPT25DNPDNPT17
Dell Match PlayDNPR16R64DNPT18
Bridgestone InvitationalT19T59DNPDNP2
HSBC ChampionsT2T21DNPT35T63

DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Yellow background for top-10.

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