Rhein Gibson

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Rhein Gibson
Personal information
Born (1986-02-01) 1 February 1986 (age 36)
Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
Sporting nationality Australia
ResidenceEdmond, Oklahoma
SpouseNancy Gibson
Career
CollegeOklahoma Christian University
Turned professional2010
Current tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
Korn Ferry Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
OneAsia Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open Championship72nd: 2014

Rhein Gibson (born 1 February 1986) is an Australian professional golfer.

Amateur career[]

Gibson was a four-time NAIA All-American at Oklahoma Christian University.[1]

Professional career[]

Gibson made the cut at the 2014 Open Championship, where in the 3rd round he played in a group with Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth.[2] Gibson ultimately finished in 72nd place.[3]

In December 2014, he finished fourth in the Web.com Tour qualifying tournament to earn a place on the 2015 Web.com Tour. In 2015 he finished 33rd in the regular season, then tenth (excluding the regular season Top 25) in the Web.com Finals to earn a place on the PGA Tour for 2015-16.[4]

Gibson finished 199th on the FedEx Cup and 30th on the Web.com Tour money list, but his PGA Tour season was highlighted by a double eagle on the par-5 18th at the Barracuda Championship, worth eight points under the tournament's Modified Stableford scoring system. The shot was worth $50,000 to a Nevada charity, plus $50,000 to a charity of Gibson's choice. Gibson chose Maximum Chances, the autism charity of tournament winner and countryman Greg Chalmers.[5]

In January 2018, an incident involving Gibson and his temporary caddie Brandon Davis caused controversy. Playing in The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic on the Web.com Tour, Gibson was caught on camera throwing his putter headcover at Davis after the caddie had picked his ball up in a hazard – resulting in a one-stroke penalty.[6]

World record[]

Gibson shot a 55 (−16) for a round of golf on 12 May 2012, at River Oaks Golf Club in Edmond, Oklahoma, setting a Guinness World Record.[1][2][7]

Amateur wins (1)[]

  • 2008 Oklahoma State Amateur

Professional wins (4)[]

Korn Ferry Tour wins (1)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 9 Jun 2019 BMW Charity Pro-Am −21 (66-64-63=193)* 3 strokes United States

*Note: The 2019 BMW Charity Pro-Am was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2016 LECOM Health Challenge United States Dominic Bozzelli, United States Rick Lamb,
Taiwan Pan Cheng-tsung 		Lamb won with birdie on second extra hole

NGA Tour wins (1)[]

  • 2013 Avoca Classic

Other wins (2)[]

Results in major championships[]

Tournament 2014
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship 72
PGA Championship
  Did not play

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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Wall, Jonathan (17 May 2012). "Mini-tour golfer cards incredible 16-under 55 at Oklahoma course". Yahoo Sports.
  2. ^ a b "Rhein Gibson plays Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth in British Open debut". The Courier Mail. 20 July 2014.
  3. ^ Porath, Brendan (20 July 2014). "2014 British Open results: Sergio Garcia, Rickie Fowler push Rory McIlroy but come up short". SBNation.com.
  4. ^ "KFT Finals (Excludes Top 25) | Stat".
  5. ^ PGA Tour golfer ends round with a rare double eagle
  6. ^ Inglis, Martin (25 January 2018). "Pro hurls headcover at caddie after '$15k error'". bunkered.
  7. ^ "Report: Rhein Gibson shoots 55". ESPN. 19 May 2012.

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