James Edward Loar III (born November 15, 1977) is an American professional golfer.
Early life and amateur career In 1977, Loar was born in Dallas, Texas. He is a left-handed golfer.
Loar played college golf at Oklahoma State University (OSU). He won five college tournaments and his team won the NCAA Division I Championship in 2000.PGA Tour Media Guide He was a four-time All-American at OSU. He also won four amateur events outside of college: the Southwest Amateur in 1997, the Southern Amateur in 1999, and the Sunnehanna Amateur in 1999 and 2000. Loar played on the 1998 Palmer Cup and 1999 Walker Cup teams.
Professional career In 2000, Loar turned professional after graduating from Oklahoma State. He played on the Asian Tour from 2002 to 2006 and won twice: the 2003 Thailand Open and the 2004 Kolon Korean Open. He played on the Nationwide Tour in 2007 and 2011, where his best finish was a T-3 at 2007 Utah EnergySolutions Championship. He earned his 2012 PGA Tour card by finishing T-18 at the 2011 PGA Tour Qualifying School. He won the 2012 Panama Claro Championship on the Nationwide Tour.
Loar finished well outside the top 125 on the 2012 money list and tried to regain his Tour privileges through Qualifying School. He was two shots off the lead going into the final round, but double-bogeyed the 17th and bogeyed the 18th for a final round 78, missing a Tour card by two shots with a 32nd-place finish; Loar had full status on the Web.com Tour for 2013 as a result of his finish. He finished fourth on the 2013 Web.com Tour regular season money list to earn his 2014 PGA Tour card. In 2013–14, he made only 3 cuts in 19 events and finished 233rd on the FedEx Cup points list and lost his PGA Tour card.
Personal life Loar married Melaney McDaniel on August 12, 2006 and they have a set of triplets born September 5, 2011.
Amateur wins 1997 Southwestern Amateur 1999 Sunnehanna Amateur, Southern Amateur 2000 Sunnehanna Amateur
Professional wins (12) Asian Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up1Apr 6, 2003Thailand Open−19 (67-66-67-69=269)5 strokes Jason Dawes2Sep 12, 2004Kolon Korea Open1−2 (73-69-73-71=286)3 strokes Simon Yates 1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour
Asian Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12002London Myanmar Open Thongchai JaideeLost to par on first extra hole
Web.com Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up1Mar 4, 2012Panama Claro Championship−4 (66-68-68-74=276)1 stroke Ryan Armour, Luke List, Cameron Percy, Brian Smock2Mar 24, 2013Chitimacha Louisiana Open−17 (68-66-64-69=267)2 strokes Morgan Hoffmann
Gateway Tour wins (6) 2008 DFW Series 2, Mid Summer Championship, DFW Series 7, DFW Series 9 2009 DFW Summer 1, DFW Summer 8
Other wins (2) 2003 Straight Down Fall Classic (with John Pate) 2006 Straight Down Fall Classic (with Don Woodward)
Results in major championships Tournament 2012 2013Masters TournamentU.S. OpenCUTT32The Open ChampionshipPGA Championship
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
U.S. national team appearances Amateur Palmer Cup: 1998 (tie) Walker Cup: 1999
See also 2011 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates 2013 Web.com Tour Finals graduates
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