Jamie Lovemark
Personal information
Born (1988-01-23) January 23, 1988
Rancho Santa Fe, California
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight210 lb (95 kg; 15 st)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceJupiter, Florida
Career
CollegeUniversity of Southern California
Turned professional2009
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Korn Ferry Tour
Professional wins2
Highest ranking77 (May 1, 2016)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT33: 2017
U.S. OpenT18: 2015
The Open ChampionshipT22: 2017
Achievements and awards
Haskins Award2007
Nationwide Tour
money list winner		2010
Nationwide Tour
Player of the Year		2010

Jamie Lovemark (born January 23, 1988) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour.

Amateur career

Lovemark was born in Rancho Santa Fe, California and attended Torrey Pines High School. He won the 2005 Western Amateur and therefore received a special exemption into the Cialis Western Open, where he finished T54. He also played on the 2007 Walker Cup team. He was a two-time AJGA All-American in 2004 and 2005. In 2004 he captured both the AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions and Western Junior in back-to-back weeks.

Lovemark attended the University of Southern California and found success there on the golf team. He was a two-time first-team All-American. He had three top-10 finishes and a scratch handicap. His sophomore season was his most successful. He won the NCAA Individual title. He also won the Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Phil Mickelson awards for individual medalist, national player of the year and outstanding freshman and the Haskins Award.

Lovemark played in two Nationwide Tour events in 2007, losing in a playoff at the Rochester Area Charities Showdown at Somerby.

Lovemark was the number one golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for several weeks in 2007.

Professional career

In October 2009, Lovemark received a sponsor's invitation into the Frys.com Open. It was only his 9th PGA Tour event, and only his fourth as a professional. He finished in a tie for first with Troy Matteson and Rickie Fowler. Lovemark and Fowler were beaten on the second playoff hole after Matteson made birdie. Lovemark made $440,000 for his tie for second finish.

Lovemark began to play full-time on the Nationwide Tour in 2010. He won his first title in June at the Mexico Open Bicentenary, winning in a playoff over B. J. Staten after he eagled the first playoff hole while Staten only could manage par. Lovemark was the money leader on the Nationwide Tour in 2010, earning his 2011 PGA Tour card. He also won the Player of the Year award.

Lovemark's 2011 season did not go well. He missed three cuts in his first four events, with a T58 at the Farmers Insurance Open and withdrawing from the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am due to back problems. Lovemark made two cuts in nine events and after withdrawing from The Players Championship (earning the spot as the Nationwide Tour's money leader), he applied for a medical extension. For 2012, the PGA Tour granted Lovemark 16 starts to earn enough money to keep his tour card. Lovemark could not satisfy his medical exemption and lost his PGA Tour card.

Lovemark played on the Web.com Tour in 2013, winning one event, the Midwest Classic in July.[2] He finished 12th on the 2013 Web.com Tour regular season money list to earn his 2014 PGA Tour card. He finished T-12 at the RBC Canadian Open and T-28 at the Farmers Insurance Open but missed several cuts. He entered the 2014 Web.com Tour Finals, where he finished 14th at the Web.com Tour Championship and lost his PGA Tour card.

In the 2015 Web.com Tour season, he had four top-10 finishes and finished 12th, re-earning his playing rights on the PGA Tour. Also, he played in the U.S. Open, finishing T-18.

Lovemark lost in a playoff at the 2016 Zurich Classic of New Orleans to Brian Stuard. He ended the year 43rd on the FedEx Cup points ranking, keeping his card for the first time. In 2017, he finished 47th.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (2)

Web.com Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 Jun 27, 2010 Mexico Open Bicentenary −12 (65-71-72-68=276) Playoff United States B. J. Staten
2 Jul 21, 2013 Midwest Classic −18 (67-68-65-66=266) 1 stroke United States Mark Anderson

Web.com Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2007 Rochester Area Charities Showdown
(as an amateur)		 United States Chris Riley Lost to par on second extra hole
2 2010 Mexico Open Bicentenary United States B. J. Staten Won with eagle on first extra hole
3 2015 Stonebrae Classic South Korea Kim Si-woo, United States Wes Roach Kim won with birdie on first extra hole

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2009 Frys.com Open United States Rickie Fowler, United States Troy Matteson Matteson won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2016 Zurich Classic of New Orleans South Korea An Byeong-hun, United States Brian Stuard Stuard won with birdie on second extra hole
An eliminated by par on first hole

Results in major championships

Tournament2015201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open T18 T27
The Open Championship CUT T22
PGA Championship CUT T33 CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament00000000
U.S. Open00000122
The Open Championship00000121
PGA Championship00000031
Totals00000274
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2017 U.S. Open – 2017 PGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 201620172018
The Players Championship T64 T75 T17

"T" indicates a tie for a place

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Week 18 2016 Ending 1 May 2016" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Jamie Lovemark wins Midwest by 1". ESPN. Associated Press. July 21, 2013.
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