Scott Piercy

Scott Piercy
Personal information
Full nameScott Piercy
Born (1978-11-06) November 6, 1978 (age 45)
Las Vegas, Nevada[1]
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceLas Vegas, Nevada[1]
SpouseSara
Children3
Career
CollegeSan Diego State University
Turned professional2001
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Nationwide Tour
Professional wins7
Highest ranking25 (July 3, 2016)[2]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour4
Korn Ferry Tour2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT29: 2016
PGA ChampionshipT5: 2013
U.S. OpenT2: 2016
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2013, 2016

Scott Piercy (born November 6, 1978) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

Early life

Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada,[1] Piercy played college golf at San Diego State and turned professional after graduation in 2001.

Career

Piercy started by playing on various mini-tours. In 2007, Piercy won the Ultimate Game at Wynn Las Vegas G&CC, earning $2 million. Piercy became a Nationwide Tour member in 2008. He won two tournaments in August and finished ninth on the money list to earn PGA Tour playing rights for 2009.

Piercy made an encouraging start to his PGA Tour career, recording five top-twenty finishes in his first six starts, and this run of form elevated Piercy into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings in March 2009. He finished the season ranked 90th on the money list to retain his tour card, but slipped to 136th in 2010, and lost some of his tour status for 2011.

In 2011, Piercy won his first PGA Tour event at the Reno-Tahoe Open, an alternate event in early August. His second tour win came in July 2012 at the RBC Canadian Open, one stroke over runners-up Robert Garrigus and William McGirt. As a result, Piercy earned a place in the following week's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and was therefore unable to defend his Reno-Tahoe Open title. In early November, he was a runner-up at the WGC-HSBC Champions in China. The Canadian Open win gained Piercy entry into the Masters in 2013, his first, and made the cut. During the 2013 season, he finished third at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, tied for fifth at the PGA Championship and Byron Nelson Championship, and reached the round of 16 at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.

In the 2014 season, Piercy had an arm injury and was out for five months. In his return, he had a best result of T-12 at the Wyndham Championship.

In the 2015 season, he finished seventh at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, runner-up at the Sony Open in Hawaii, tenth at the Shell Houston Open. In July, he won the inaugural Barbasol Championship in Alabama, an alternate event opposite the Open Championship, for his first victory in three years. At the 2016 U.S. Open At Oakmont, Piercy finished at a tie for second, his best major finish to date. Piercy was unable to defend his title in 2016 because he earned entry into the 2016 Open Championship.

Piercy set a tournament score record through the first 54 holes at the 2022 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota; however, he shot a 76 on the final round and Tony Finau took home the trophy.[3]

Controversy

In March 2020, Piercy shared a meme on his Instagram page of Pepe the Frog and Pete Buttigieg which stated "Peter pulls out early from behind."[4] The post was considered homophobic by Queerty and ESPN, which both reported Piercy is losing multiple sponsorships, including Titleist, FootJoy, and J.Lindeberg, totaling over $2 million in lost sponsorships. Additionally, the PGA Tour stated "We were made aware of Scott's post and are disappointed in the lack of judgment used."[4][5][6]

Professional wins (7)

PGA Tour wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 Aug 7, 2011 Reno–Tahoe Open 72-70-61-70=273 −15 1 stroke United States Pat Perez
2 Jul 29, 2012 RBC Canadian Open 62-67-67-67=263 −17 1 stroke United States Robert Garrigus, United States William McGirt
3 Jul 19, 2015 Barbasol Championship 69-66-65-65=265 −19 3 strokes United States Will Wilcox
4 Apr 29, 2018 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
(with United States Billy Horschel) 		65-73-61-67=266 −22 1 stroke United States Jason Dufner and United States Pat Perez

Nationwide Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 Aug 10, 2008 Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open 64-62-65-71=262 −22 2 strokes United States Hunter Haas, United States Spencer Levin,
United States Daniel Summerhays
2 Aug 24, 2008 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic 66-68-69-64=267 −13 2 strokes Zimbabwe Brendon de Jonge, Australia Cameron Percy

NGA Hooters Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 Mar 19, 2006 Michelob Ultra Classic 70-70-65-69=274 −14 1 stroke United States Jeff Corr, United States Chris Devlin,
United States Jered Gusso

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament T54 T29 CUT
U.S. Open CUT T51 CUT CUT T2 CUT T45
The Open Championship CUT CUT
PGA Championship T26 T48 T5 CUT T48 CUT CUT
Tournament 2019 2020
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship T41 CUT
U.S. Open T52
The Open Championship NT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
PGA Championship 0 0 0 1 1 1 9 5
U.S. Open 0 1 0 1 1 1 8 4
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 0 1 0 2 2 2 22 11
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2015 PGA − 2016 U.S. Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
The Players Championship T22 CUT CUT CUT CUT T23 CUT CUT T56
Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023
The Players Championship C T69 CUT CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Cancelled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Championship T25 T17 T32
Match Play R16 R64 T18 T58
Invitational T19 T59 2
Champions T2 T21 T35 T63
  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "PGA Tour profile". Retrieved April 27, 2012.
  2. ^ "Week 27 2016 Ending 3 Jul 2016" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "Finau wins 3M Open by three with late surge, Piercy collapse". TSN. The Canadian Press. July 24, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Gremore, Graham (March 17, 2020). "Pro golfer Scott Piercy's homophobia cost him $2 million and heavy dose of public humiliation". Queerty. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  5. ^ Harig, Bob (March 5, 2020). "Scott Piercy loses golf endorsements over homophobic post". ESPN. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  6. ^ Bell, Bryan C. (March 16, 2020). "Homophobic Instagram post costs golfer Scott Piercy multiple major sponsors". Out Sports. Retrieved March 18, 2020.