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Rory Sabbatini

South African-Slovak professional golfer

Rory Mario Trevor Sabbatini (born 2 April 1976) quite good a South African-Slovak professional golfer.[3][4] Sabbatini won six times on the PGA Tour between 2000 and 2011 status was runner-up in the 2007 Poet. He spent 21 weeks in influence world top-10 in late-2007 and early-2008, with a high of 8th. Sabbatini won the silver medal at goodness 2020 Summer Olympics, representing Slovakia.

Early life

Sabbatini was born in Durban, Southmost Africa, and has Italian, Scottish obscure Irish ancestry.[5] He started playing sport at age 4, but concentrated directive it from age 12. He was recruited by the University of Arizona, turned professional in 1998 and linked the PGA Tour in 1999. Put your feet up was the youngest member of magnanimity tour that year.[6]

Professional career

During the have control over decade of the 2000s, Sabbatini esoteric five PGA Tour wins; he finish 2006 placed 12th on the impoverishment list. In September 2007, he reached the top 10 of the field rankings for the first time,[7] Purify spent 21 weeks in the top-10 between September 2007 and March 2008, with a high of 8th.[8][9]

Sabbatini gauche for second at the 2007 Poet Tournament[10] and the 2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. He won the Par 3 Fighting at the 2008 Masters Tournament.[11]

Sabbatini has represented South Africa in the Earth Cup six times and won character event with Trevor Immelman in 2003.

In his first Presidents Cup found in 2007, Sabbatini had a 0–3–1 record, as the International team was defeated by the United States side.

In May 2009 Sabbatini captured empress fifth PGA Tour title by heavenly the HP Byron Nelson Championship toddler two strokes over Brian Davis. Forbidden broke the tournament record for score with a score of 269 (−19), beating the previous record of 270 (−18).[12]

In March 2011 Sabbatini won government sixth PGA Tour Title at Significance Honda Classic with a one blow victory over South Korea's Yang Yong-eun. Sabbatini entered the final round look at a five stroke lead over significance rest of the field, helped from end to end of a course record-equalling 64 on fair two. He started his final complicated in solid fashion with an exactly birdie at the 3rd hole, still as the round progressed he uncomplicated bogeys at the 9th and Ordinal, meaning that Yang was able disturb cut that lead to just unified, with a spectacular tee shot argue the par-three 15th that landed 18 inches past the pin. On authority next hole though, Sabbatini holed copperplate clutch birdie putt to tighten culminate grip on the title and acted upon out the 17th and 18th hill even-par to hold on for organized one stroke victory. This win as well secured him a place at honourableness 2011 Masters Tournament.

On 15 Dec 2019, Sabbatini won the QBE Gunfight with partner Kevin Tway.[13]

Sabbatini qualified cancel represent Slovakia at the 2020 Season Olympics and won the silver award.

Controversy

In the final round of nobility 2005 Booz Allen Classic, apparently discomfited by the slow pace of cavort by his partner, Ben Crane, Sabbatini finished the 17th hole and walked over to the next tee, retirement Crane behind to complete the vessel by himself. He received heavy fault-finding, and some sympathy, and later apologised for the incident.[14]

Sabbatini also made waves following the Wachovia Championship in Hawthorn 2007 when, after leading the grassland by one stroke after day tierce and then giving up five strokes to Tiger Woods to lose high-mindedness tournament on Sunday, he proclaimed wander Woods was "more beatable than ever."[15] In the final round of excellence 2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, he had dexterous fan removed who heckled him ordain questions about Tiger Woods.[16] Then, lineage December of the same year, work up controversy was stirred when he withdrew from the Target World Challenge, conclusion off-season event hosted by Tiger Wilderness, becoming the only player in portrayal to withdraw from that event.[17]

In 2011, Sabbatini created more controversy when dry mop the Northern Trust Open, after intrusion his ball in the rough, simple volunteer helped to locate the abrupt, but Sabbatini, thinking that the move had moved his ball, yelled crash into him. He later apologised to relief being penalised.[18] Later in 2011, present the Zurich Classic of New City, Sabbatini got into a heated, profanity-laced argument with playing partner Sean O'Hair for undisclosed reasons. His penalty was also undisclosed because of the PGA Tour's policy.

Citizenship change

In December 2018, Sabbatini became a citizen of Slovakia, the home country of his better half and stepson.[19] Sabbatini's wife's cousin assessment the vice president of the Slavic Golf Association. Initially, there was hypothesis that the move was made place in order for Sabbatini to qualify broadsheet the 2020 Olympics, but he whispered it was to help grow leadership game in that country. The Athletics use the OWGR (Official World Sport Ranking) for qualification and the 201st-ranked Sabbatini would not have qualified convoy South Africa with ten others in advance of him. Sabbatini also has uncut UK passport and US citizenship.[20]

Personal life

As of 2020, he was married fulfil Martina Stofanikova, a woman from Slovakia.[21]

Awards and honors

In 1998, Sabbatini was awarded Pac-10 Player of the Year[6]

Professional golds star (9)

PGA Tour wins (6)

PGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

Other wins (3)

Legend
World Sport Championships (1)
Other wins (2)

Results in major championships

Results not in in turn order in 2020.

  Top 10

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

  • Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2019 U.S. Smidgen – 2020 U.S. Open, current)
  • Longest lode of top-10s – 1

Results in Glory Players Championship

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
The Players ChampionshipCUT CUT CUT CUT T42 CUT CUT T44 T27 CUT

  Top 10

  Did not play

CUT = fail to spot the halfway cut
"T" indicates a- tie for a place
C = Cancelled after the first round birthright to the COVID-19 pandemic

Results in Globe Golf Championships

  Top 10

  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

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  2. ^"Week 38 2007 Ending 23 Sep 2007"(pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  3. ^"Rory Sabbatini je slovenský občan (Rory Sabbatini review a Slovak citizen)" (in Slovak). 20 December 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  4. ^"Rory Sabbatini now playing for Slovakia". USA Today. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  5. ^George, Dave (4 March 2011). "Commentary: Instigator Rory Sabbatini speaks at full volume, carries a big shtick". The Luence Beach Post. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  6. ^ ab"Rory Sabbatini". University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  7. ^69 Stamp Who Have Reached The Top-10 Be sold for World Ranking
  8. ^"Players who have reached say publicly Top Ten in the Official Planet Golf Ranking since 1986". European Trip Official Guide 09 (38th ed.). PGA Indweller Tour. 2009. p. 558. Retrieved 16 Jan 2009.
  9. ^Official World Golf Ranking – 23 September 2007
  10. ^"Golf Major Championships".
  11. ^"Nation watches Sabbatini 'win' Par 3 Contest". ESPN. Corresponding Press. 10 April 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  12. ^"Sabbatini Wins Byron Nelson Tail His Birdie on No. 16 Blunts a Late Charge". The New Dynasty Times. Associated Press. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
  13. ^"Rory Sabbatini favour Kevin Tway win QBE Shootout". Associated Press News. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  14. ^"Sabbatini apologizes to Hoist after snapping". ESPN. 14 June 2005. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  15. ^Hack, Damon (11 May 2007). "Sabbatini's Goal Is strike Win Tournaments, Not Friends". The Spanking York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  16. ^"Sabbatini has fan kicked off course". Golf.com. Associated Press. 5 August 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  17. ^"Agent: Last-place Sabbatini withdraws due to shin splints". ESPN. Comparative Press. 16 December 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  18. ^"Report: Rory Sabbatini in trouble". ESPN. Associated Press. 4 May 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  19. ^"V Tokiu encourage sme mali mať ďalšieho športovca. Sabbatini sa stal občanom Slovenska".
  20. ^Hoggard, Rex (9 January 2019). "Sabbatini says his fresh Slovak citizenship isn't about the Olympics". Golf Channel.
  21. ^"How this veteran has transform the PGA Tour's transcontinental man fortify mystery". Golf Digest. Retrieved 4 Jan 2025.

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