Omar David Uresti (born August 3, 1968) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour.
Early life Uresti was born in Austin, Texas. He attended the University of Texas in Austin and graduated in 1991 with a degree in organizational communication. He turned professional immediately after graduating.
Professional career Uresti has two wins on the Web.com Tour: one in 1994 at the Nike Shreveport Open, and one in 2007 at the Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship. Uresti went winless in over 350 PGA Tour starts, with two third-place finishes. He says his biggest accomplishment as a golfer was making a professional record nine consecutive birdies in a round on the Nationwide Tour. After his PGA Tour career ended, he became a life member of the Southern Texas chapter of the PGA.
Uresti has had success in the PGA Professional Championship, winning it twice, in 2017 and 2021, and finishing in the top 20 in 2015, 2016, and 2018, thus qualifying for the PGA Championship in those years. A number of club professionals criticized Uresti after his 2017 win because he was a former touring professional and he did not work full-time as a golf professional. The PGA responded that Uresti was eligible as an A-3 member with more than 20 years of PGA Tour membership.
Professional wins (9) Sunshine Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up1Feb 6, 1994Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic−14 (65-73-68-68=274)2 strokes Andrew Pitts
Nationwide Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up1Apr 24, 1994Nike Shreveport Open−18 (65-71-63-71=270)Playoff Pat Bates2Apr 1, 2007Livermore Valley Wine Country ChampionshipE (69-69-74-76=288)2 strokes Skip Kendall, Aron Price
Nationwide Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult11994Nike Shreveport Open Pat BatesWon with birdie on sixth extra hole
Canadian Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up1Mar 20, 2005Barton Creek Austin Challenge−16 (63-73-63-65=264)5 strokes Derek Gillespie, Rob McMillan
Other wins (4) 2015 Southern Texas PGA Championship 2017 PGA Professional Championship 2018 Southern Texas PGA Championship 2021 PGA Professional Championship
Senior wins (1) 2020 Senior PGA Professional Championship
Results in major championships Tournament19951996199719981999U.S. OpenT45T101CUTCUTPGA Championship Tournament2000200120022003200420052006200720082009U.S. OpenCUTT75PGA Championship Tournament201020112012201320142015201620172018U.S. OpenPGA ChampionshipCUTCUTT73CUT Tournament201920202021PGA ChampionshipCUTU.S. Open
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied for place Note: Uresti only played in the PGA Championship and the U.S. Open.
Results in senior major championships Tournament20192020202120222023202420252026Senior PGA ChampionshipT72NTCUTT50CUTT51The TraditionNTU.S. Senior OpenNTT55T4259Senior Players ChampionshipSenior British Open ChampionshipNTCUTCUT
"T" indicates a tie for a place CUT = missed the halfway cut NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
U.S. national team appearances PGA Cup: 2015, 2017, 2022 (winners)
See also 1994 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates 1995 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates 2003 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates 2004 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates 2007 Nationwide Tour graduates 2009 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates List of male golfers
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