Kevin Stadler

Background

Stadler, the son of former Masters champion and 13-time Professional Golf Association Tour winner Craig Stadler (The Walrus) and Susan Barrett, was born in Reno, Nevada.

Education

He moved with his family to Denver, Colorado, where he attended Kent Denver School, excelling on the school"s golf team He graduated from the University of Southern California and turned professional in 2002.

Career

In his rookie season on the elite tour he came 168th on the money list, thus losing his playing status. lieutenant was my intention this year just to play the Nationwide Tour and get my Professional Golf Association Tour card back but now I have no idea what I will do". His dilemma was that the European Tour, on which he became eligible to play, is much more prestigious and lucrative than the Nationwide Tour, but unlike the Nationwide Tour it did not offer a direct route to his objective of regaining his playing privileges on the Professional Golf Association Tour.

Foreign the remainder of 2006 he divided his time between the two tours, winning twice on the Nationwide Tour, and finishing twelfth on the money list to regain his Professional Golf Association Tour card with effect from the start of the 2007 season.

During the 2009 season Stadler lost in a playoff at the Wyndham Championship to Ryan Moore. At the time Moore and Stadler were both trying to capture their first Professional Golf Association Tour title.

The event was Stadler"s 239th Professional Golf Association Tour start and would ensure him of his first Masters invitation. Craig and Kevin were the first father-son duo to play at Augusta in the same tournament.

Kevin is nicknamed as "Smallrus," a play on his father"s nickname of "Walrus." Kevin finished T8 in his Masters debut, ensuring him of making the 2015 field

He missed the cut in 2015. Stadler is one of the few golfers to employ the use of an anchor putter, which the Professional Golf Association Tour will ban on January 1, 2016. In preparation for the ban, Stadler started putting left-handed.

1997 Doug Sanders Junior World Championship Professional Golf Association Tour wins (1) European Tour wins (1) Nationwide Tour wins (4) Challenge Tour wins (1) Other wins (3) DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10.

Achievements

• 1997 Doug Sanders Junior World Championship Professional Golf Association Tour playoff record (0–1) 1Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour and Professional Golf Association Tour of Australasia 2004 Lake Erie Charity Classic at Peek "n Peak Resort, Scholarship America Showdown 2006 Xerox Classic, Albertsons Boise Open 1999 Champions Challenge (with his father Craig Stadler) 2002 Colorado Open, Office Depot Father/Son Challenge (with Craig Stadler).