Omar Uresti

Omar Uresti
Personal information
Full nameOmar David Uresti
NicknameO-man
Born (1968-08-03) August 3, 1968 (age 56)
Austin, Texas
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceAustin, Texas
Career
CollegeUniversity of Texas
Turned professional1991
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Nationwide Tour
Professional wins9
Number of wins by tour
Sunshine Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour2
Other6
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT73: 2017
U.S. OpenT45: 1995
The Open ChampionshipDNP

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.[1]

Professional wins (9)

Sunshine Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 Feb 6, 1994 Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic −14 (65-73-68-68=274) 2 strokes United States Andrew Pitts

Nationwide Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 Apr 24, 1994 Nike Shreveport Open −18 (65-71-63-71=270) Playoff United States Pat Bates
2 Apr 1, 2007 Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship E (69-69-74-76=288) 2 strokes United States Skip Kendall, Australia Aron Price

Nationwide Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1994 Nike Shreveport Open United States Pat Bates Won with birdie on sixth extra hole

Canadian Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 Mar 20, 2005 Barton Creek Austin Challenge −16 (63-73-63-65=264) 5 strokes Canada Derek Gillespie, Canada Rob McMillan

Other wins (4)

Senior wins (1)

  • 2020 Senior PGA Professional Championship

Results in major championships

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
U.S. Open T45 T101 CUT CUT
PGA Championship
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
U.S. Open CUT T75
PGA Championship
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
U.S. Open
PGA Championship CUT CUT T73 CUT
Tournament 2019 2020 2021
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open
  Did not play

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

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
The Tradition NT
Senior PGA Championship T72 NT CUT T50
U.S. Senior Open NT T55 T42
Senior Players Championship
Senior British Open Championship NT CUT CUT
  Did not play

"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

References

  1. ^ Strege, John (June 26, 2017). "Omar Uresti understands criticism from win in club pro championship, but is disappointed by it". Golf Digest.