Crane won an event on the second-tier Nationwide Tour in 2000 and 2001. He won a PGA Tour card for 2002, and the following season, he won for the first time on the PGA Tour at the BellSouth Classic. He also had a win in 2005.
Biography
Ben Crane was age 5 when his grandfather taught him how to play golf. Winner of the 1998 Pacific Coast Amateur. . . Was a three-time all-Pac-10 selection. Originally attended Baylor University, but did not play golf. Was the medalist at the 1995 U.S. Amateur. After turning professional, he started Monday qualifying on the Buy.Com tour and it paid off in 2000 when he won the Buy.Com Tour’s Wichita Open, becoming the 12th Monday qualifier to win a tournament with a three-stroke victory. His winning score of 25-under-par was at the time the second-lowest score in Buy.Com Tour history.
Crane won an event on the second-tier Nationwide Tour in 2000 and 2001. He won a PGA Tour card in 2002, and the following season, he 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.
Career Victories
Nationwide Tour
2 – 2000 Buy.Com Wichita Open, 2001 Gila River Classic At Wild Horse Pass Development
PGA Tour
2 – 2003 BellSouth Classic, 2005 U.S. Bank Championship In Milwaukee
Career Summary
2000 Buy.com Tour Summary
Tournaments Entered – 18; in money – 11; Top-10 finishes -1; scoring average 71.57 (ranked 72nd); money $103,651 (ranked 48th); winner Buy.Com Wichita Open
2001 Buy.com Tour Summary
Tournaments entered – 26; in money – 14; Top-10 finishes -4; scoring average 70.83 (ranked 46th); money $147,474 (ranked 23rd); winner Buy.Com Gila River Classic. Earned his PGA Tour card by finishing T5th at the 2001 PGA Tour qualifying tournament. Coming into 2002 he had never played in a PGA Tour event.
2002 Notes
Earned a career-best $518,400 at the Verizon Byron Nelson Classic, six days before his wedding, enough to secure a card for 2003.
2002 PGA Tour Summary
Tournaments Entered – 30; rounds played -89 ; in money -16; top-10 finishes – 2; money $921,076 (ranked 70th); best finish 2nd at the Verizon Byron Nelson Classic
2002 Stats
Scoring – 71.16 / (94th); driving distance – 286.1 / (39th); driving accuracy -65.8% / (138th); GIR – 62.7% / (171st); putting – 1.715 / (4th); birdie average – 3.96 per rd / (22nd) / total birdies – 352; sand saves – 48.0% / (125th); all-around rank – 611 / (51st).
2003 Notes
One of seven first-time winners in 2003.
2003 PGA Tour Summary
Tournaments Entered – 27; Rounds Played – 92; in money – 19; top -10 Finishes – 3; money $1,419,070 Rank (48th); Best finish: Won at the BellSouth Classic
2003 Stats
Scoring – 70.89 / (75th); Driving Distance – 289.2 / (68th); Driving Accuracy – 60.6% / (165th); GIR – 64.1% / (122nd); Putting – 1.750 / (36th); Birdie Average – 3.89 per rd / (33rd) / Total Birdies – 358; Sand Saves – 49.7% / (103rd); All-Around Rank – 751 / (100th).
2004 Notes
Finished in the top 75 on the money list for the third straight season
2004 PGA Tour Summary
Tournaments Entered – 27; Rounds Played – 92; in money – 19; top -10 Finishes – 5; money $1,036,958 Rank (75th); Best finish: T-5th at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
2004 Stats
Scoring – 71.01 / (82nd); Driving Distance – 283.8 / (125th); Driving Accuracy – 64.4% / (93rd); GIR – 64.2% / (115th); Putting – 1.740 / (9th); Birdie Average – 3.73 per rd / (50th) / Total Birdies – 343; Sand Saves – 53.8% / (35th); All-Around Rank – 627 / (53rd).
Professional wins
PGA Tour
2005 U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee
2003 BellSouth Classic
Other
2001 Gila River Classic at Wild Horse Pass Development (Nationwide Tour)
2000 Buy.com Wichita Open (Nationwide Tour)
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Crane
http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2005/scoring/profiles/23541.html
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