Background
Quinn was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and attended Northwestern University where he graduated in 1987 with a degree in Economics.
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He later in the year finished T8 at Q-School, obtaining his Professional Golf Association Tour card for 1992.
Career
He turned professional in 1988. Quinn played his first full season on the Nationwide Tour, then Ben Hogan Tour, in 1991, where he made 13 of 25 cuts. He made only 6 of 18 cuts in 1992 and lost his tour card for 1993.
Quinn played off and on the Professional Golf Association and Nationwide Tour"s from 1993 to 1997, until he shifted his focus mainly to the Nationwide Tour.
He had three top-10s on the season, but it was not enough to earn his Professional Golf Association Tour card for 2000. He finished with $125,000 in season long earnings.
From 2002 to mid-2009, he had played in over 300 events, not winning any of them, finishing in the top-10 only 17 times. Quinn saw his career be resurrected in late 2009 at the Albertsons Boise Open in September.
He went head-to-head in the final round with Blake Adams, who had led after all three rounds.
Quinn found himself tied for the lead at the 18th hole. He hit his approach within 10 feet and knocked in his birdie putt after Adams failed to make his. lieutenant also vaulted him from 92nd to 18th on the 2009 money list.
He finished the year 25th on the money list to earn his 2010 Professional Golf Association Tour card.
Stress fractures limited Quinn to seven Professional Golf Association Tour events in 2010, where he made two cuts. He played the 2011 and 2012 seasons on a Major Medical Exemption, which he was unable to satisfy.
At the 2014 United States. Open, Quinn had to go through local and sectional qualifying just to make the field He ended the first round tied for second.
1986 Massachusetts Amateur Nationwide Tour (4) Asian Tour wins (2) Other (2).
