Ben Crane
| Ben Crane | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Benjamin McCully Crane |
| Born | March 6, 1976 Portland, Oregon |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Career | |
| College | University of Oregon |
| Turned professional | 1999 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 6 |
| Highest ranking | 30 (November 27, 2005)[1] |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 3 |
| Asian Tour | 1 |
| Korn Ferry Tour | 2 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T25: 2010 |
| PGA Championship | T9: 2004 |
| U.S. Open | T53: 2008 |
| The Open Championship | T11: 2006 |
Benjamin McCully Crane (born March 6, 1976) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
Amateur Career
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Crane was born in Portland, Oregon. He was age 5 when his grandfather taught him how to play golf, and he grew up playing at the nearby Portland Golf Club where Ben Hogan won the 1945 Portland Open. He graduated from Beaverton High School in 1994 and went on to attend a Christian College in Texas. He later graduated from the University of Oregon and turned professional in 1999. Crane won an event on the second tier Nationwide Tour in both 2000 and 2001.
Professional career
Crane won a PGA Tour card for 2002, and the following season won for the first time on the PGA Tour at the BellSouth Classic. He also had a win in 2005. In February 2006, just before he turned thirty, he was the highest ranked American golfer under that age in the Official World Golf Rankings.
Crane has said that he does not like to know with whom he will be paired, saying, "I looked up to a lot of these guys who I'm now playing with. So, I didn't want to have to go to sleep thinking about it."
Crane is also considered one of the slowest players in the tour. On at least two occasions his extremely slow progress through a course has become a media issue, including one in which a fellow tour player Rory Sabbatini played out of turn[2] and then was cited for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Crane missed the majority of the 2007 season due to back problems, and played on the PGA Tour in 2008 on a major medical extension. He finished 64th on the money list to retain his card for 2009.
In January 2010, Crane carded a final-round 70 to win the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines by a single stroke.[3] In October 2010, he won the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia, an event co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour (but unofficial money) and Asian Tour.[4]
Personal
Ben Crane is currently one of four golfers in the PGA exclusive boy band "Golf Boys". (The other three golfers are Rickie Fowler, Bubba Watson & Hunter Mahan.) The Golf Boys currently have a popular youtube video for the song "Oh Oh Oh". Farmers Insurance will donate $1,000 for every 100,000 views of the video. The charitable proceeds will support both Farmers and Ben Crane charitable initiatives.[5]
Incorrect quotation about Tiger Woods
In early December 2009, Life & Style magazine reported that Crane had called Tiger Woods a "fake and a phony" due to Woods's recently publicized marital infidelity. Crane denied making the remarks, stating that he was not even at Q-school where the magazine said he was interviewed.[6] “My wife and I have prayed for Tiger and Elin and we want nothing but the best for them,” Crane said.[7] In January 2010, the magazine retracted its story, stating that the evidence indicated that the comments were made by someone impersonating Crane.[8]
Amateur wins
this list may be incomplete
Professional wins (5)
PGA Tour (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 6, 2003 | BellSouth Classic | -16 (73-73-64-63=272) | 4 strokes |  Bob Tway
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| 2 | Jul 24, 2005 | U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee | -20 (62-65-64-69=260) | 4 strokes | Scott Verplank
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| 3 | Jan 31, 2010 | Farmers Insurance Open | -13 (65-71-69-70=275) | 1 stroke |  Marc Leishman, Michael Sim, Brandt Snedeker
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Nationwide Tour (2)
Asian Tour wins (1)
- 2010 CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia (co-sanctioned by PGA Tour, unofficial)
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | CUT | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | 62 | DNP | T53 | CUT |
| The Open Championship | DNP | CUT | DNP | DNP | T11 | DNP | DNP | CUT |
| PGA Championship | DNP | T48 | T9 | T40 | CUT | DNP | CUT | T43 |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| The Masters | T25 | CUT |
| U.S. Open | CUT | |
| The Open Championship | CUT | |
| PGA Championship | T39 |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
See also
References
- ^ "Week 48 2005 Ending 27 Nov 2005" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
- ^ "Sabbatini apologizes to Crane after snapping". ESPN. June 14, 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
- ^ "Ben Crane claims Farmers Open win at Torrey Pines". BBC Sport. January 31, 2010. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
- ^ Ben Crane gets by with 69 for victory
- ^ "Golf Boys - Oh Oh Oh (Official Video)". Jun 13, 2011. Retrieved Jun 17, 2011.
- ^ "PGA pros deny making inflammatory quotes about Tiger". Yahoo! Sports. December 10, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2009.
- ^ A new season for the Daly Show - Mistaken identity
- ^ "Life & Style correction". Life & Style. January 13, 2010. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
External links
- Ben Crane at the PGA Tour official site
- Ben Crane at the Official World Golf Ranking official site