55 Facts About Jason Dufner

Jason Christopher Dufner was born on March 24,1977 and is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour where he is a five-time winner.

Jason Dufner has won one major championship, the 2013 PGA Championship.

Jason Dufner was runner-up in the 2011 PGA Championship, losing a playoff to Keegan Bradley.

Jason Dufner moved to the Washington, DC area when he was 11 years old, and then to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, when he was 14.

Jason Dufner was a walk-on at Auburn University, where he won three times in his college career and was an Honorable Mention All-American in 1997.

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Jason Dufner graduated from Auburn in 2000 with a degree in economics.

In 1998, Jason Dufner played in the finals of the US Amateur Public Links at Torrey Pines, falling to Trevor Immelman, 3 and 2.

Jason Dufner was a member of the PGA Tour in 2004 and the Nationwide Tour in 2001,2002,2003,2005 and 2006.

Jason Dufner won two events during his time on the Nationwide Tour, the Buy.

Jason Dufner finished in 8th place on the Nationwide Tour money list in 2006 to earn his PGA Tour card for 2007.

Jason Dufner finished 127th in the FedEx Cup standings in 2007, and failed to qualify at the PGA Tour Q-School, where he finished T149.

Jason Dufner retained conditional status for the 2008 PGA Tour season, and then finished T11 at the Q-School that year to earn his card for 2009.

Jason Dufner has been a member of the PGA Tour every year since.

In 2009, Jason Dufner finished in the top-10 on six occasions, including a third-place finish at the RBC Canadian Open, and a runner up place at the Deutsche Bank Championship, part of the FedEx Cup playoffs.

Jason Dufner had a less successful 2010 season, recording only two top-10 finishes.

Jason Dufner finished in a tie for fifth place, two strokes short of the playoff.

Jason Dufner was eliminated in the third FedEx Cup playoff event and did not qualify for The Tour Championship.

Early in 2011, Jason Dufner had a chance to win his first PGA Tour title at the Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale when he finished tied for the lead at 18-under-par after 72 holes, before eventually losing in a playoff to Mark Wilson.

Wilson made a birdie on the second extra hole and the best Jason Dufner could manage there was a par.

Jason Dufner had a good finish in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans where a final-round 66 boosted him to a tie for third place.

Jason Dufner earned entry into the 2011 US Open after Anders Hansen withdrew; previously during a qualifying tournament in Georgia, Jason Dufner had lost in a playoff to Russell Henley.

Jason Dufner played in the 2011 Open Championship as a result of Tiger Woods pulling out due to injury.

Jason Dufner missed the cut in both the US Open and the Open Championship.

At the 2011 PGA Championship in Atlanta, Jason Dufner was in contention to win his first major and maiden PGA Tour title, when he entered the final round in the last group and tied for the lead with Brendan Steele at seven under par.

Jason Dufner completed the front nine in 33, two under par, while playing partner Steele dropped four shots early on and fell out of contention.

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Jason Dufner held the lead for most of the final round and was bogey-free through 14 holes.

Jason Dufner then hit his tee shot on 15 into the water hazard right of the green on the par three.

Jason Dufner got up and down from the drop zone to make bogey, but followed this with bogeys at 16 and 17.

Bradley made his birdie putt, while Jason Dufner missed his birdie, allowing Bradley to take a one-stroke advantage to the 17th.

At the last hole, Bradley's second shot cleared the water by a few yards; Jason Dufner then followed with a shot on the same line and made his birdie putt.

Jason Dufner continued his good form in 2012 by sharing the 36-hole lead at the Masters, but faded on the weekend to finish T24.

Three weeks later at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Jason Dufner won for the first time on the PGA Tour in his 164th start when he defeated Ernie Els on the second hole of a sudden death playoff.

Jason Dufner entered the final round with a two stroke advantage and shot a 70 to finish at 19 under par, a tournament total record, which Els equalled.

Replaying the 18th again, Jason Dufner found the green in two and when Els couldn't get up and down from 100 yards short of the green, Jason Dufner sealed the win with a two putt.

Jason Dufner moved into the world's top 20 as a result of his first victory.

Three weeks later Jason Dufner chalked up his second victory with a win at the HP Byron Nelson Championship by one stroke over Dicky Pride, who was seeking his first win since 1994.

Jason Dufner began the final round with the 54-hole lead, but suffered setbacks when he bogeyed two and three to surrender the lead.

Jason Dufner recovered with birdies at four, five and seven, but remained behind playing partner JJ Henry until the 17th when Henry made double bogey.

Now tied for the lead with Pride, the clubhouse leader, after 71 holes, Jason Dufner sank a 25-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole for the outright victory.

Jason Dufner became only the second multiple winner on the PGA Tour in 2012, alongside Hunter Mahan.

In May 2012, Jason Dufner had an opportunity to win his third PGA Tour title of the year at the Colonial, where he was leading after 36 and 54 holes respectively before being beaten by one stroke by former Masters champion Zach Johnson.

In January 2013, Jason Dufner stated an interest in taking up a membership with the European Tour.

In June 2013, Jason Dufner finished fourth at the US Open at Merion Golf Club, the second year in a row finishing fourth at the tournament.

Jason Dufner entered the final round at +8, but birdied five of the first 14 holes to pull to +3 overall.

Jason Dufner carded five birdies and an eagle, the latter achieved when he holed out from 105 yards on the par-4 2nd hole.

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Jason Dufner had the chance to finish with a 62 and the outright lowest round in a major, but he left his 12-foot putt for birdie at the 18th hole short.

In round three, Jason Dufner shot a one-over round of 71 to fall out of the lead, one stroke behind Jim Furyk.

That marked the second time in three years that Jason Dufner was in the final group of the PGA Championship on Sunday.

Jason Dufner missed a birdie putt on the 10th which would have moved him three strokes ahead and then holed a short putt on the 11th which almost lipped out for par.

Jason Dufner moved back inside the top ten, at 8th in the rankings, after the victory.

In January 2016, Jason Dufner won his fourth PGA Tour title at the CareerBuilder Challenge at PGA West.

Jason Dufner defeated David Lingmerth in a sudden-death playoff after both players finished four shots clear of the field at 25-under-par.

Lingmerth had a chance to win on the first playoff hole, but could not hole his birdie putt from 20 feet and Jason Dufner had to hole a 10-foot putt for par, meaning the players returned to the 18th for the second extra hole.

On May 5,2012, Jason Dufner married his girlfriend Amanda Boyd, whom he had met in 2009 through mutual friends at Auburn.

In November 2017, Jason Dufner got into a Twitter dispute with Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee after Chamblee had reportedly offended Jason Dufner's swing coach Chuck Cook.