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Boo Weekley
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Brent Weekley
Nickname	Boo
Born	July 23, 1973 (1973-07-23) (age 36) Milton, Florida
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	210 lb (95 kg; 15 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Jay, Florida
Career
College	Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Turned professional	1997
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour (joined 2002) European Tour (joined 2009)
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	2
Best results in Major Championships
The Masters	T20: 2008
U.S. Open	T26: 2007, 2008
Open Championship	T13: 2009
PGA Championship	T9: 2007

Thomas Brent "Boo" Weekley (born July 23, 1973) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

Weekley was born in Milton, Florida. He turned professional in 1997 and played on mini-tours until 2002, when he qualified for the PGA Tour. He made the cut in only five of 24 events that year, and lost his tour card. From 2003 through 2006, he played on the Nationwide Tour, finishing well enough in 2006 to again qualify for the PGA Tour. His first victory came at the Verizon Heritage in April 2007.

Weekley's good form at the start of the 2007 season included two top 10 finishes before his victory, after which he reached a new career high of 55 in the Official World Golf Rankings.^[1] Later in 2007, he entered the top 50 of the rankings. He represented the United States at the 2007 Omega Mission Hills World Cup with Heath Slocum and finished in 2nd place.

In 2008, Weekley successfully defended his title at the Verizon Heritage, and rose into the top 25 of the rankings.^[2] Weekley shot to prominence at the 2008 Ryder Cup, with a succession of virtuoso displays of superb golf including an emphatic 4&2 victory over Oliver Wilson in final day Singles play. The final day was also notable however when Weekley was filmed riding his driver "cowboy horse" style down the first fairway.

Weekley's nickname comes from Yogi Bear's sidekick, Boo Boo Bear.^[3]

He failed out of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College where he studied turfgrass science. After only one year at Baldwin, where he played on the golf team, Weekley returned home. He was hired as a hydroblaster at the Monsanto chemical plant in Pensacola, Fla. where he would be lowered into large ammonia tanks to clean them.

Weekley began his professional career on the Developmental Players Tour (DP Tour) in Atlanta, Ga., a tour co-founded by Jack Slocum, father of fellow PGA golfer and friend Heath Slocum. Weekley attended high school with Slocum and they played together on the golf team.

He is sponsored by the outdoors apparel company Mossy Oak, which specializes in camouflage apparel and other outdoor/hunting gear. He lists Ben Hogan as his hero.

Professional wins (2)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner-up
1	Apr 16, 2007	Verizon Heritage	-14 (67-69-66-68=270)	1 stroke	Ernie Els
2	Apr 20, 2008	Verizon Heritage	-15 (69-64-65-71=269)	3 strokes	Anthony Kim, Aaron Baddeley

Results in major championships

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

United States national team appearances

• World Cup: 2007
• Ryder Cup: 2008 (winner)

See also

• 2006 Nationwide Tour Graduates

References

External links

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• Official site
• Profile on the PGA Tour's official site
• Profile on the European Tour's official site
• Pensacola News Journal: Trio of Milton High Grads Bound for Masters

v â€¢ d â€¢ e United States Ryder Cup team – 2008 Chad Campbell Â· Stewart Cink Â· Ben Curtis Â· Jim Furyk Â· J. B. Holmes Â· Anthony Kim Â· Justin Leonard Â· Hunter Mahan Â· Phil Mickelson Â· Kenny Perry Â· Steve Stricker Â· Boo Weekley Â· Paul Azinger (non-playing captain)