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Loar was born in Dallas, Texas.
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He is a left-handed golfer. Loar played college golf at Oklahoma State University (Ohio State University). He was a four-time All-American at Ohio State University. Loar played on the 1998 Palmer Cup and 1999 Walker Cup teams.
Loar turned professional in 2000 after graduating from Ohio State University. He played on the Nationwide Tour in 2007 and 2011, where his best finish was a T-3 at 2007 Utah EnergySolutions Championship.
He earned his 2012 Professional Golf Association Tour card by finishing T-18 at the 2011 Professional Golf Association Tour Qualifying School. Loar finished well outside the top 125 on the 2012 money list and tried to regain his Tour privileges through Qualifying School.
He was two shots off the lead going into the final round, but double-bogeyed the 17th and bogeyed the 18th for a final round 78, missing a Tour card by two shots with a 32nd-place finish. Loar had full status on the Web.com Tour for 2013 as a result of his finish.
He finished fourth on the 2013 Web.com Tour regular season money list to earn his 2014 Professional Golf Association Tour card.
In 2013-2014, he made only 3 cuts in 19 events and finished 233rd on the Federal Express Cup points list and lost his Professional Golf Association Tour card. Loar married Melaney McDaniel on August 12, 2006 and they have a set of triplets born September 5, 2011. 1997 Southwestern Amateur Asian Tour wins (2) Web.com Tour wins (2) Other wins Amateur Palmer Cup: 1998 (tie) Walker Cup: 1999.
