Player Bios
Tyson Alexander
(USA)
July 12, 1988
Gainesville, Fla.
20
6-1
165
Gainesville, Fla.
Florida
POSITION: T108STATUS: +8HOLE: F*
| ROUND: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | TOTAL |
| SCORES: | 73 | 75 | 148 |
U.S. OPEN HISTORY
2009 (Bethpage)0
CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
| * Calculated on holes #10 and #13 |
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Tyson Alexander
Field Average
CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP
| EAGLES | BIRDIES | PARS | BOGEYS | DOUBLE BOGEYS | OTHERS | |||||||||
| Round 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Round 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 0 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
PERSONAL NOTES
Carded rounds of 71-66—137 to finish second at the Orlando, Fla., sectional qualifier at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club
Became the third generation of this family to earn a berth in a U.S. Open, following his father Buddy Alexander, the head coach at Florida, and his grandfather, Skip Alexander
Skip played in the U.S. Open five times between 1946 and 1950, finishing as high as 11th (1948), and was a two-time member of the USA Ryder Cup team
Buddy won the U.S. Amateur in 1986 to qualify for his first U.S. Open; he also qualified for the 1994 Open at Oakmont and was a member of the winning 1987 USA Walker Cup team
Won the 2009 Azalea Invitational
Finished third at the SunTrust Gator Invitational in 2008
Three-time U.S. Amateur participant (2004, 2007, 2008)
Runner-up at the 2006 Florida Junior Championship
Named the 2004 Gainesville Sun Player of the Year.
