Brett Milton Wetterich (born August 9, 1973) is an American professional golfer.
Early life Wetterich was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Oak Hills High School and Wallace State Community College.
Professional career In 1994, Wetterich turned professional. Wetterich was a PGA Tour rookie in 2000, but injury truncated his season and he spent the next few seasons playing mainly on the Nationwide Tour, where he won in 2003 and 2004. He returned to the PGA Tour in 2005 and in 2006, and he won the EDS Byron Nelson Championship. This win helped him secure a place in the 2006 U.S. Ryder Cup team by finishing tenth on the points list. He became the first (and as of 2018, the only) player to go from Q-School to making the Ryder Cup team in the following year. He also finished tenth on the 2006 year-end PGA Tour money list with earnings of $3,023,185.2006 PGA Tour Money Leaders
Wetterich led the 2007 Masters Tournament at the mid-way point, but collapsed on Saturday, shooting an 83, the highest score posted by any weekend leader in the storied tournament's history. He finished the tournament T37.
Shoulder injuries cut Wetterich's 2008 season short, kept him off the course in 2009, and cost him significant Tour status in 2010 after he failed to satisfy his medical exemption. He finished 156th on the money list and was demoted to the Past Champions category, among the lowest priority rankings on Tour. He won his third event on the Nationwide Tour in 2011, but finished 29th on the money list, four places short of a PGA Tour card. Wetterich has not played a full PGA Tour season since 2010.
Wetterich has been featured in the top 25 of the Official World Golf Ranking, reaching a career high of 21st in 2007.
Professional wins (4) PGA Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up1May 14, 2006 EDS Byron Nelson Championship−12 (66-64-70-68=268)1 stroke Trevor Immelman
Nationwide Tour wins (3) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up1Mar 30, 2003 Chitimacha Louisiana Open−24 (62-68-64-70=264)3 strokes Ken Duke2Aug 29, 2004 Envirocare Utah Classic−16 (67-69-65-71=272)1 stroke Ryuji Imada, Franklin Langham3Mar 27, 2011 Chitimacha Louisiana Open (2)−13 (67-65-70-69=271)1 stroke Andrés Echavarría (a)
Results in major championships Tournament19981999200020012002200320042005200620072008Masters TournamentT37CUTU.S. OpenCUTCUTThe Open ChampionshipCUTCUTPGA ChampionshipCUTT32
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Results in The Players Championship Tournament20072008The Players ChampionshipT52CUT CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament200620072008Match PlayR64ChampionshipT62T61InvitationalT36T30
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = Tied
U.S. national team appearances Ryder Cup: 2006
See also 1999 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates 2001 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates 2004 Nationwide Tour graduates 2005 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
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