Background
Gore was born in Van Nuys, California. He grew up playing junior golf with Tiger Woods.
Gore was born in Van Nuys, California. He grew up playing junior golf with Tiger Woods.
Gore attended the University of Arizona, then transferred to Pepperdine University.
At Pepperdine, he was part of their National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Championship team in 1997. He also played on the victorious Walker Cup team that year. Gore turned professional in 1997.
In 2005, he played on the Professional Golf Association Tour after moving from the Nationwide Tour midseason, after receiving a battlefield promotion, which is given when a player wins three Nationwide Tour events in one season.
Gore belongs to a small group of players who have shot 59 in their careers. His historic round of 59 happened on Friday of the 2005 Cox Classic at Champions Run in Omaha, Nebraska.
Gore played in the final group of the 2005 United States. Open with Retief Goosen. Gore was not fully exempt on the Professional Golf Association Tour from 2009 to 2014. this list may be incomplete Professional Golf Association Tour wins (1) Nationwide Tour wins (7) Other wins (4) DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10.
Amateur Walker Cup: 1997 (winners).
This list may be incomplete 1996 Sahalee Players Championship 1997 Pacific Coast Amateur, California State Amateur 2000 (1) BUY.COM New Mexico Classic 2002 (2) Oregon Classic, Albertsons Boise Open 2005 (3) National Mining Association Pete Dye Classic, Scholarship America Showdown, Cox Classic 2010 (1) Miccosukee Championship 1997 (1) California State Open (as an amateur) 2004 (1) California State Open 2008 (1) Straight Down Fall Classic (with Kevin Marsh) 2013 (1) Straight Down Fall Classic (with Kevin Marsh).