Darren Andrew "D.A." Points (born December 1, 1976) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.
Early years and amateur career Born and raised in Pekin, Illinois, Points attended Pekin High School, and the University of Illinois, where he was a third team All-American. Points won the Illinois State Amateur Championship in 1995, 1998, and 1999. He lost to Tiger Woods in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur in 1996. Points turned professional in 1999.
Professional career Points played on the Buy.com Tour (later Web.com Tour) from 2001 to 2004 and won three events: the 2001 Buy.com Inland Empire Open, the 2004 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic and the 2004 Pete Dye West Virginia Classic. He earned his PGA Tour card by finishing second on the Nationwide Tour money list in 2004. He played on the PGA Tour in 2005 and 2006, but dropped back to the Nationwide Tour for 2007 and 2008. At the Miccosukee Championship in 2008, he holed his second shot from the fairway on the last hole on Sunday with a wedge and ended up winning in a playoff over Matt Bettencourt for his fourth career win. He finished 16th on the money list to earn his PGA Tour card for 2009.
Points had his first successful year on the PGA Tour in 2009. He recorded four top-10 finishes, including a third-place finish at the HP Byron Nelson Championship en route to a 66th-place finish on the money list.
In February 2011, Points won his first PGA Tour title at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. He finished two strokes ahead of American Hunter Mahan, aided by an approach shot on the par-five 14th, which he holed for an eagle. He also won the pro-am portion with amateur partner Bill Murray. The victory helped him finish 37th on the money list, his best career finish to date. Points led the 2012 Wells Fargo Championship by one stroke over Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler going into the final hole of the tournament. He bogeyed the hole and they went to a sudden death playoff. Fowler won the playoff on the first extra hole with a birdie.
He won his second title on the PGA Tour in 2013 at the Shell Houston Open, sinking a putt on the 72nd hole to save par and win by a stroke. Points won again in 2017 at the Puerto Rico Open starting the last round with five straight birdies and shooting a final round 66 to take his third PGA Tour title.
Points has been featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking.
Amateur wins 1992 Junior PGA Championship 1995 Illinois Amateur 1998 Illinois Amateur, Legends of Indiana Intercollegiate 1999 Illinois Amateur
Professional wins (7) PGA Tour wins (3) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up1Feb 13, 2011AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am63-70-71-67=271−152 strokes Hunter Mahan2Mar 31, 2013Shell Houston Open64-71-71-66=272−161 stroke Billy Horschel, Henrik Stenson3Mar 26, 2017Puerto Rico Open64-69-69-66=268−202 strokes Bryson DeChambeau, Retief Goosen, Bill Lunde
PGA Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12012Wells Fargo Championship Rickie Fowler, Rory McIlroyFowler won with birdie on first extra hole
Nationwide Tour wins (4) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up1Sep 30, 2001Buy.com Inland Empire Open65-66-68-68=267−21Playoff Rod Pampling, Mark Wurtz2Jun 20, 2004Northeast Pennsylvania Classic67-66-71-66=270−14Playoff James Driscoll3Jul 18, 2004Pete Dye West Virginia Classic65-62-68-70=265−235 strokes Nick Cassini4Oct 26, 2008Miccosukee Championship73-70-62-67=272−12Playoff Matt Bettencourt
Nationwide Tour playoff record (3–0) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result12001Buy.com Inland Empire Open Rod Pampling, Mark WurtzWon with birdie on third extra holeWurtz eliminated by birdie on first hole22004Northeast Pennsylvania Classic James DriscollWon with par on first extra hole32008Miccosukee Championship Matt BettencourtWon with birdie on first extra hole
Results in major championships Tournament2008200920102011201220132014201520162017Masters TournamentCUTT38CUTU.S. OpenT69CUTCUTCUTCUTT58The Open ChampionshipCUTCUTT32PGA ChampionshipT16T10CUTT40T54
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 4Totals 0 0 0 0 1 2 17 8 Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2014 Open Championship – 2017 PGA, current) Longest streak of top-10s – 1
Results in The Players Championship Tournament201020112012201320142015201620172018The Players ChampionshipCUTCUTT48CUTCUTCUT
CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament2011201220132014Match PlayChampionshipT45T62InvitationalT19T59ChampionsT66T68
"T" = Tied
See also 2004 Nationwide Tour graduates 2005 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates 2008 Nationwide Tour graduates 2016 Web.com Tour Finals graduates List of golfers with most Web.com Tour wins
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