Background
Fathauer was born in Stuart, Florida.
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Derek Fathauer
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He attended Martin County High School in Stuart, Florida. In the qualifying stage, he finished ahead of veterans such as Davis Love III and Jesper Parnevik.
Career
Fathauer qualified for the 2008 United States. Open. He qualified by coming in a tie for third, shooting 67-68, in a sectional qualifying event at the Ohio State University golf club, Scarlet Course. In the United States. Open played at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, California, he shot 73-73 to make the cut by 4 strokes.
He was, through two rounds, the lowest amateur score in the field, edging Michael Thompson by one stroke and Rickie Fowler by three strokes.
However, he struggled on the weekend, shooting 78-75 to finish in a tie for 69th at +15 and in third for the amateurs. Fathauer had much success at the United States. Amateur throughout the years.
In 2006, he made the first round of match play at Hazeltine National Golf Club, located in Chaska, Minnesota. In 2007, he made the quarterfinals.
In 2008, he also made the quarterfinals, beating Kevin Tway.
However his road to the quarterfinals was not easy. However, team United States of America lost the event 14-10 to the European squad. Fathauer turned professional on September 17, 2008.
He advanced to the final stage of the 2008 Professional Golf Association Tour Q-School in Louisiana Quinta, California at the Professional Golf Association West Golf Community.
He earned his Tour card for 2009 after finishing in a tie for second. Fathauer finished eight shots behind Harrison Frazar after shooting 70-69-65-67-67-70 for a total score of 408.
Fathauer made his professional Professional Golf Association Tour debut at the Sony Open in Hawaii on January 15, 2009, where he missed the cut by one stroke after shooting a 73-69=142 (+2). He made his first cut on Tour at the American Telephone & Telegraph Company Pebble Beach National Pro-American
He shot 71-71-69=211 to make the cut.
During the tournament, he also recorded his first ace of his professional career at the 15th hole of Spyglass Hill Golf Course, in Pebble Beach, California. He also earned an invitation to the 2015 Players Championship. Web.com Tour wins (1)
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
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Amateur
Palmer Cup: 2008.
Achievements
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He required 20 holes to win in the round of 32 and 22 holes in the round of 16 before losing to runner-up Drew Kittleson in the quarters. During the cup, he won a team high three points. Fathauer earned his first professional win at the 2014 Web.com Tour Championship. The win made Fathauer fully exempt on the Professional Golf Association Tour for the 2014-2015 season for leading the Web.com Tour Finals money list.
Membership
Fathauer was also a member of the United States Palmer Cup team
