"PGA Champion" Zach Johnson Hand Signed 3X5 Card Todd Mueller COA

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Zachary Harris Johnson
(born February 24, 1976) is an American
professional golfer
who has 12 victories on the
PGA Tour
, including two
major championships
, the
2007 Masters
and the
2015 Open Championship
. Johnson turned professional in 1998 and played on the developmental tour circuit, including the now-defunct
Prairie Golf Tour
, the
Buy.com Tour
(later the Nationwide Tour and Web.com Tour), and the
Hooters Tour
, where he won the final three regular-season events in 2001. In 2003, he topped the money list on the
Nationwide Tour
with then record earnings of 4,882, earning an automatic promotion to the
PGA Tour
. Johnson won his first
PGA Tour
event at the 2004
BellSouth Classic
outside of
Atlanta
when he finished one stroke ahead of
Mark Hensby
. In 2006, Johnson recorded a number of impressive results including two runner-up places and finishing third at the
WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
. As a result of this, he qualified for the U.S.
Ryder Cup
team for the first time in 2006, finishing 9th on the U.S. points list. On April 8, 2007, Johnson won his first major title at the
Masters Tournament
in
Augusta
by a margin of two strokes over
Tiger Woods
,
Retief Goosen
, and
Rory Sabbatini
. Johnson's score of 289 (+1) tied
Sam Snead (1954)
and
Jack Burke Jr. (1956)
for the highest winning score at the Masters. His victory took him from #56 to #15 in the
world rankings
; he was the first outside the top 50 in the
world rankings
to win the
Masters
in the history of the rankings. After winning, he mentioned his Christian faith and thanked God, saying: "This being
Easter
, I cannot help but believe my Lord and Savior,
Jesus Christ
was walking with me. I owe this to Him."
Six weeks after winning the Masters, Johnson won for the third time on tour at the 2007
AT&T Classic
in a playoff over
Ryuji Imada
. Following the win, Johnson moved to 13th in the world rankings. His next PGA Tour victory, and first outside the state of
Georgia
, came at the 2008
Valero Texas Open
, where he finished with rounds of 62 and 64 over the weekend to finish two strokes ahead of a chasing pack of players. Johnson won the
Sony Open in Hawaii
in January 2009 for his fifth victory on the PGA Tour, and successfully defended his title at the
Valero Texas Open
in May with a playoff victory over
James Driscoll
.
With a third-round 60, Johnson became the first player to shoot 60 twice on the PGA Tour, having done so previously at the 2007
Tour Championship
. The win was Johnson's sixth on tour. Other highlights in 2009 include a tie for 2nd place at the
John Deere Classic
and a solo 3rd-place finish at the
Arnold Palmer Invitational
. He finished the season ranked a career best fourth on the money list. In 2010, Johnson started the season solidly on the PGA Tour, making ten of his first eleven cuts without any significant results. Then in June 2010, Johnson won the
Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial
, his seventh PGA Tour victory. Johnson only missed two cuts all year en route to qualifying for the season ending Tour Championship and the 2010 U.S. Ryder Cup team, his second appearance in the event.
In 2012, Johnson won the
Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial
for the second time in his career. He made a five-foot putt on the last hole for what appeared to be a three shot victory, but a ruling on the final hole resulted in a two-stroke penalty. It did not affect the outcome of the tournament, with the only difference being Johnson signing for a 6 instead of a 4 on the final hole, with Johnson winning by a single stroke over
Jason Dufner
. He jumped to 3rd in the FedEx Cup standings and returned to the world top 20 with this victory. Johnson moved to second in the FedEx Cup standings with a playoff win on July 15, 2012, at the
John Deere Classic
. Johnson defeated
Troy Matteson
, who started the day up four shots on Johnson and had led the tournament since the first round, with a birdie on the second hole of their playoff. Johnson also started the day behind three-time defending champion
Steve Stricker
, who was three shots behind Matteson. It was Johnson's second win on the year after winning at Colonial Country Club. Mike Bender, Johnson's swing coach, also caddied for the week while usual caddie Damon Green played in the
U.S. Senior Open
.
At the
2012 Open Championship
, played at
Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
in Lancashire, England, Johnson finished at even par for the tournament (280), tied for ninth, seven shots behind winner
Ernie Els
. In 2013, Johnson, in defense of his
John Deere Classic
title, lost in a three-man sudden-death playoff to
Jordan Spieth
at the fifth extra hole, after he bogeyed the final hole of regulation play with a one shot lead. In the playoff, all three players, Johnson, Spieth and
David Hearn
, had chances to win with Johnson's coming at the second extra hole, but he failed to convert the putt. Spieth won with par at the fifth extra hole after Johnson hit his second shot into the water and could only make bogey. The following week, Johnson opened up the
2013 Open Championship
at
Muirfield
, with a five-under-par round of 66 to hold the lead by one stroke over
Rafael Cabrera-Bello
and
Mark O'Meara
. He finished the tournament in a tie for 6th place.