Background
May was born in Lynwood, California.
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He attended Oklahoma State University and was a member of the 1991 United States. Walker Cup team before turning professional later that year.
Career
May joined the Professional Golf Association Tour in 1994. His career was curtailed by a back injury in 2003, and in 2006 he played the Professional Golf Association Tour on a Major Medical Exemption. After the 2007 season he lost his Professional Golf Association Tour card.
From 2008 through 2010, May played primarily on the Nationwide Tour (now the Webcom Tour) along with some Professional Golf Association Tour events.
May lost his status on the minor-league tour after missing 15 of 25 cuts in 2010. He played in only eight tournaments in 2011 and just twice in 2012.
May was once featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking. European Tour wins (1)
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
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1Canceled due to 9/11
DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Northwest Territories = Number Tournament
Yellow background for top-10.
Amateur
Walker Cup: 1991 (winners).
Achievements
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He has not won on the Tour, but he has finished second three times, including a playoff loss to Tiger Woods at the 2000 Professional Golf Association Championship at Valhalla, and most recently at the 2006 British Columbia Open at Turning Stone Resort & Casino, where he lost by one to John Rollins. However he won the 1999 Victor Chandler British Masters on the European Tour.
