"PGA Champion" David Toms Hand Signed 3X5 Card Todd Mueller COA

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David Wayne Toms
(born January 4, 1967) is an American
professional golfer
, who currently plays on the
PGA Champions Tour
. From 1992 to 2017, Toms was a member of the
PGA Tour
, where he won 13 events, including one
major
, the
2001 PGA Championship
. He was in the top 10 of the
Official World Golf Ranking
for 175 weeks between 2001 and 2006,
[2]
and ranked as high as fifth in 2002 and 2003. Toms was born in
Monroe
in northeastern
Louisiana
. He is the son of Thomas Edward "Buster" Toms of
Minden
in northwestern Louisiana. Toms won the 15-17 Boys' event at the 1984
Junior World Golf Championships
. Toms also played little league baseball with future
Major League Baseball
players
Albert Belle
and
Ben McDonald
. After graduating from Airline High School in
Bossier City, Louisiana
, he attended
Louisiana State University
in
Baton Rouge
, where he was a member of the golf team.
In 1991, Toms finished T23 at the
PGA Tour
qualifying school
to earn his first full tour card for the 1992 season. Toms made his first three cuts on tour including a third-place finish at the
Northern Telecom Open
, although this was the only top 10 he would earn all season. The following season was also a struggle for Toms as he made just 12 of 32 cuts for the season, of which three were top-10 finishes. In 1994, Toms' lack of success continued on the PGA Tour and he lost his playing rights for the 1995 season. In 1995, Toms played the entire season on the
Nike Tour
(now Web.com Tour) with greater success, winning two tournaments, the Greater Greenville Classic and the Wichita Open. This success earned Toms his PGA Tour card for the 1996 season. Upon his return to the PGA Tour in 1996, Toms had a disappointing season with just two top 10s. However, he did manage to qualify for his first major championship of his career at the 1996 U.S. Open, where he missed the cut. In 1997, Toms won his first PGA Tour event at the
Quad City Classic
, winning by three strokes over
Brandel Chamblee
. He followed this success in the 1998 season with a runner-up finish at the
Tucson Chrysler Classic
. At his first visit to
Augusta National
, he recorded his best finish in a major championship at the time with a T-6 at the
Masters
. In his defense of the Quad City Classic title, Toms finished fourth. In 1999, Toms enjoyed seven top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour. In September, he won his second title at the
Sprint International
, by three strokes over
David Duval
. Toms almost added another title the following week when he narrowly missed out at the
Reno-Tahoe Open
, finishing in T-2 behind
Notah Begay III
. Toms did, however, win his third PGA Tour title a month later at the
Buick Challenge
, defeating
Stuart Appleby
by three strokes. In 2000, Toms made 26 of 31 cuts, including a tie for fourth at
The Open Championship
. He won the
Michelob Championship at Kingsmill
, defeating Canadian
Mike Weir
in a sudden-death playoff, giving Toms his fourth Tour victory. The standout year of Toms' career came in 2001. He had nine top-10 finishes and three wins on tour, one of which was his first
major championship
.
[5]
Toms won the
Compaq Classic of New Orleans
by two strokes over
Phil Mickelson
for his fifth PGA Tour title. That summer, Toms won a major, the PGA Championship, by one stroke over Mickelson. His winning score of 265 in the
2001 PGA Championship
was the lowest absolute 72-hole score ever recorded in a major championship, until
Henrik Stenson
shot 264 in the
2016 Open Championship
. Toms followed up his first major win by successfully defending his title at the Michelob Championship at Kingsmill.
[6]
At the last event of the year, Toms entered a four-man playoff at
The Tour Championship
where he,
Sergio García
and
Ernie Els
lost on the first extra hole to
Mike Weir
.