Dicky Pride

Richard Fletcher "Dicky" Pride III (born July 15, 1969) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Web.com Tour.

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Dicky Pride
Personal information
Full nameRichard Fletcher Pride III
Born (1969-07-15) July 15, 1969
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Nationality United States
ResidenceOrlando, Florida
SpouseKim
ChildrenIsabelle, Richard
Career
CollegeUniversity of Alabama
Turned professional1992
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
(past champion status)
Web.com Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 1995
PGA ChampionshipT73: 1994
U.S. OpenT28: 2003
The Open ChampionshipDNP

Early life

Pride was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He attended Tuscaloosa Academy and the University of Alabama, where he was a member of the golf team. Pride was named All-Southeastern Conference his junior and senior years. At Alabama, he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He was a semifinalist at the 1991 U.S. Amateur. He turned professional in 1992 and played in that season's U.S. Open, where he missed the cut.

Professional career

Pride became a full-time PGA Tour member after his finish at the 1993 qualifying school. Pride earned his only win to date at the 1994 Federal Express St. Jude Classic, his 19th PGA Tour start. He won that event with a birdie on the first extra hole of a playoff against Hal Sutton and Gene Sauers. His best finish in a major was a tie for 28th at the 2003 U.S. Open.[1]

Pride developed severe health problems in 2002 (gall bladder, pancreatitis, plantar fasciitis, broken bones) which severely limited his playing time.[2] For the next decade, he split his playing time between the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He lives in Orlando, Florida, but remains an avid Crimson Tide fan.

In 2011, Pride was actively fund-raising for Alabama natives affected by the tornado that hit his hometown of Tuscaloosa. Playing in the past champion category (which is near the bottom of the PGA Tour exemption priority list), Pride started his 2012 season with two consecutive top-ten finishes, a T-5 at the Mayakoba Golf Classic and T7 at the Honda Classic. Pride had his best finish since his only PGA Tour win at the 2012 HP Byron Nelson Championship, finishing second to Jason Dufner. He was tied for the lead on the 72nd hole, but hit his tee shot into the water hazard on the left, but saved par with a 22-foot putt after a good approach shot. Dufner holed a 25-foot birdie putt from a similar position on the green to deny Pride his first victory in almost 18 years (a win would have established a PGA Tour record for longest time between wins, beating Robert Gamez by over two years). Overall, Pride played in 19 events, made 12 cuts, earned $1,259,712, played in three stages of the FedEx Cup, and finished 70th on the 2012 money list, earning a full Tour card for 2013 and entry into invitational tournaments reserved for the top 70 money earners. At age 43, 2013 marked the first time since 1999 that Pride was fully exempt on the PGA Tour.

Pride was unable to follow up on his 2012 season and spent much of 2014 and 2015 on the Web.com Tour. He nearly regained his PGA Tour card during the 2014 Web.com Tour Finals, but missed the cut in the last event and finished outside the Top 50. He won the last regular season event during the 2015 season, jumping from 40th to fifth on the money list for his first professional win in 21 years and earning a PGA Tour card for the 2015–16 season.

Professional wins (2)

PGA Tour wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1 Jul 31, 1994 Federal Express St. Jude Classic −17 (66-67-67-67=267) Playoff Gene Sauers, Hal Sutton

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 1994 Federal Express St. Jude Classic Gene Sauers, Hal Sutton Won with birdie on first extra hole

Web.com Tour wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 Aug 30, 2015 WinCo Foods Portland Open −20 (65-66-66-67=264) 3 strokes Tim Herron

Results in major championships
Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open CUT
PGA Championship T73
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT T28
PGA Championship
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
PGA Championship

Note: Pride never played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

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See also

References
  1. "Golf Major Championships". Retrieved January 21, 2008.
  2. PGA Tour profile
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