Tim Petrovic (born August 16, 1966) is an American professional golfer. He won one PGA Tour event, and has finished runner-up in four senior major golf championships.
Early life and amateur career Petrovic was born in Northampton, Massachusetts. He played college golf for the Hartford Hawks, and was an NCAA Division I All-American selection in 1988. Petrovic was a teammate of future PGA Tour professional Jerry Kelly.
Professional career Petrovic turned professional in 1988. He played on the PGA Tour's developmental tour in 1993, 1999, and 2001. After a successful season on the Buy.com Tour in 2001 he first earned his PGA Tour card for the 2002 season. Petrovic won one PGA Tour event, the 2005 Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
Petrovic's career high Official World Golf Ranking was 65th in 2005. He earned over 12 million dollars on the PGA Tour, with over $1.7 million in both 2003 and 2005.
After not being fully exempt on the regular tour for five years, Petrovic joined PGA Tour Champions after turning 50 in 2016 and debuted at the Boeing Classic near Seattle in August.
He finished runner-up in the 2018 and 2021 Senior PGA Championship, 2018 U.S. Senior Open, and 2019 Senior Players Championship. He also finished third in the 2019 Senior British Open Championship.
Awards and honors In 1995, Petrovic was inducted into the University of Hartford's Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame In 2017, Petrovic was inducted into the Connecticut Golf Hall of Fame
Amateur wins this list may be incomplete 1986 New England Amateur 1988 Connecticut Amateur
Professional wins (5) PGA Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-up1May 1, 2005Zurich Classic of New Orleans72-69-66-68=275−13Playoff James Driscoll
PGA Tour playoff record (1–1) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result12005Zurich Classic of New Orleans James DriscollWon with par on first extra hole22015Puerto Rico Open Alex Čejka, Jon Curran, Emiliano Grillo, Sam SaundersČejka won with birdie on first extra hole
Golden Bear Tour wins (4) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up1Aug 3, 2000St Andrews Classic 162-71-70=203−13Playoff Patrick Sheehan2Sep 7, 2000Aqua-Fina Classic65-72=137−7Playoff Nick Malinowski, Jamie Neher3Sep 15, 2000HealthSouth Challenge68-67-68-64=267−213 strokes Rodney Butcher4Sep 22, 2000HealthSouth Classic68-66-68=202−14Playoff Jimmy Stobs
Results in major championships Tournament20012002200320042005200620072008200920102011Masters TournamentT41U.S. OpenT62T15T24CUTWDThe Open ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTCUTPGA ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTCUTCUT
"T" = Tied WD = Withdrew CUT = missed the half-way cut
Results in The Players Championship Tournament200320042005200620072008200920102011The Players ChampionshipCUTT53T27T38T15T37CUTCUT
CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament2005Match PlayChampionshipInvitational66
Results in senior major championships Results not in chronological order. Tournament2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Senior PGA ChampionshipT332T48NT2T20CUTT2134T59The TraditionT27T57NTT51T935T30T42T51U.S. Senior OpenT258NTCUTT41WDT9T31Senior Players ChampionshipT14T43T2T33T10T11T72T566T42Senior British Open ChampionshipCUTT28T3NTCUTCUTT48T19T31T26
"T" indicates a tie for a place CUT = missed the halfway cut WD = withdrew NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
See also 2001 Buy.com Tour graduates
References
External links
Charity founded by Tim and Julie Petrovic