"PGA Champion" Stewart Cink Hand Signed 3X5 Card Todd Mueller COA

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"PGA Champion" Stewart Cink Hand Signed 3X5 Card.
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Stewart Ernest Cink
(born May 21, 1973) is an American
professional golfer
who plays on the
PGA Tour
. He won the
2009 Open Championship
, famously defeating 59 year-old
Tom Watson
in a four-hole aggregate playoff. He spent over 40 weeks in the top 10 of the
Official World Golf Ranking
from 2004 to 2009, reaching a career best ranking of 5th in 2008. Cink was born in
Huntsville, Alabama
, and grew up in nearby
Florence
, where he attended Bradshaw High School. After completing high school in 1991, he graduated from
Georgia Tech
in
Atlanta
in 1995 with a degree in Management, where he played golf for the
Yellow Jackets
; he turned professional in 1995. After winning the
Mexican Open
and three events on the
Nike Tour
(now the
Korn Ferry Tour
) in 1996, Cink joined the
PGA Tour
in 1997 and won the
Canon Greater Hartford Open
in his rookie season. Cink performed consistently on the Tour over the next few years, picking up another win at the 2000 MCI Classic. Until his victory in the Open Championship in 2009, 2004 was his most successful season, with a fifth-place finish on the money list and wins at the
MCI Heritage
and at the
WGC-NEC Invitational
, which is one of the
World Golf Championships
events. On February 24, 2008, Cink was the runner-up in the
WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
played in
Marana, Arizona
, falling 8 & 7 in the 36-hole final to top-ranked
Tiger Woods
. In June 2008, he reached his highest ever ranking, sixth, in the
Official World Golf Rankings
with his victory at the
Travelers Championship
in suburban
Hartford
.
On July 19, 2009, Cink won his first major title at the
138th Open Championship
at
Turnberry, Scotland
, defeating 59-year-old, five-time champion
Tom Watson
by six strokes in a four-hole
playoff
. Cink had birdied the 72nd hole while Watson bogeyed, which forced the playoff.
Cink has struggled on the PGA Tour since winning the 2009 Open Championship. He is playing the 2016–17 season using a career money list exemption. Each fall, Cink co-hosts the East Lake Invitational with
Billy Andrade
at
East Lake Golf Club
which benefits the East Lake Foundation.