Background
Byrd was born in Anderson, South Carolina.
Byrd was born in Anderson, South Carolina.
He attended Clemson University from 1997 to 2000.
During his Clemson career, Byrd was the first four-time First Team All-Administrative Committee on Company-ordination player in Clemson history and was named a First Team All-America in 1999. He represented the United States on the Walker Cup team in 1999. Byrd turned professional in 2000 and played on the Buy.Com Tour (now Webcom Tour), winning the BUY.COM Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs and finishing eighth on the money list.
Byrd had an average season in 2008 with two top-10s and a little over $1,000,000 in earnings.
His best finish in 2009 was at the Memorial Tournament, where he was joint second round leader with Jim Furyk. Byrd would go on to finish T3.
On July 7, 2009, Byrd "s father, James, died aged 65 after a long struggle with brain cancer. On October 24, 2010, Byrd defeated Martin Laird and Cameron Percy in a sudden-death playoff at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open for his fourth Professional Golf Association Tour title. this list may be incomplete Professional Golf Association Tour wins (5) Buy.com Tour wins (1) DNP = did not play CUT = missed the half way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place.
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Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 2 (three times) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 * As of the 2014-2015 season.** Byrd did not join the Professional Golf Association Tour until 2002 so he was not ranked on the money list until then Amateur Palmer Cup: 1999 (winners), 2000 Walker Cup: 1999 Irons - Calloway Fairway – Mizuno MX-700 Fairway Wood 15° Utility – Mizuno MX-700 Hybrid 17° Wedges – Mizuno MPT Series Wedge 56° and 60°.