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BERTSCH, Shane
SECTION PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES
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BEST PGA TOUR CAREER FINISH:
T5—1996 Greater Vancouver Open.
NATIONWIDE TOUR VICTORIES (2):
2000 Upstate Classic. 2005 BMW Charity Pro-Am at The
Cliffs.
BEST 2007 PGA TOUR FINISHES:
T39—Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.
2007 SEASON:
Limited to just four starts due to vertigo. Did not play after
THE PLAYERS Championship. Granted Major Medical
Extension and has 28 events in 2008 to earn $774,164 (combined
with 2007 earnings of $39,760 would equal 2007's
No. 125 earnings of $785,180) and receive Major Medical
Extension status for the remainder of the 2008 campaign.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2006: Returned to the PGA TOUR for the first time since
1997 and finished in the top 125 for the first time in his
three seasons on TOUR...Six top-25s were three more than
he had in his first two seasons on TOUR (1996-97)...Posted
his career-low round on TOUR in his first event of the season,
with a third-round 63 at the Sony Open in
Shane Bertsch (BIRCH)
EXEMPT STATUS: Major Medical Extension
FULL NAME: Shane Thomas Bertsch
HEIGHT: 6-2
WEIGHT: 185
BIRTHDATE: March 30, 1970
BIRTHPLACE: Denver, CO
RESIDENCE: Denver, CO; plays out of Glenmoore CC
(Englewood, CO)
PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-0
Events Cuts FedExCup Pts/ Earnings/
Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Rank Rank
1993 1 1 2,548/300
1996 28 8 1 1 65,517/188
1997 30 11 2 73,480/182
1998 2
2002 1
2006 34 19 1 6 697,059/123
2007 4 2 39,760/233
Total 100 41 2 9 878,363
NATIONWIDE TOUR
Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings/Rank
1992 1
1993 3
1994 2 1 1 2,323/176
1995 24 10 3 4 26,099/72
1996 1
1997 1 1 1 1 8,833/129
1998 3 1 1,140/234
1999 27 13 3 19,724/97
2000 28 18 1 1 3 6 148,940/24
2001 24 11 2 6 60,900/68
2002 20 12 1 2 37,354/96
2003 26 16 2 8 85,558/56
2004 28 17 1 2 4 13 189,046/25
2005 26 16 1 2 5 8 263,373/8
Total 214 116 2 3 3 21 52 843,290
* Majors and World Golf Championships are considered official on multiple tours*
Hawaii...Recorded the second top-10 of his career and only
one of the season, a T7 at the BellSouth Classic, in April.
2005: Finished eighth on the 2005 Nationwide Tour money
list to return to the TOUR for the first time since 1997.
Moved up the Nationwide Tour money list each of last four
years from 96th in 2002 to 56th in 2003 to 25th in 2004 and
eighth in 2005...Picked up first victory in almost five years at
the BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs. Combined with his
win at the same tournament in 2000 is one of just four players
on Tour to win the same tournament twice. Collected a
career-best $112,500 after rolling in an 18-footer for a birdie
on the last hole to cap off a six-stroke comeback with a
final-round, 7-under 65...Lost playoff to Joe Daley at the
Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open. 2004: Lost playoff
to Hunter Haas at the Knoxville Open. 2003: Missed the
season-ending, 55-member Nationwide Tour Championship
by $18 to Michael Allen. 2000: Captured his first victory at
the Upstate Classic. Was six strokes back of leader Vaughn
Taylor after 36 holes. Moved into contention on Saturday
with then-career-best round, an 8-under 64. Overcame twostroke
deficit to win by four. 1998: Winner of the Colorado
Open. 1996: Closed 68-66 for T5 at Greater Vancouver Open,
his first career TOUR top-10 finish. 1994: First tournament
win was the Southwest Kansas Pro-Am.
FAMILY: Wife, Monica; Brianna Dakota, Stella Rose
EDUCATION: New Mexico Junior College, Texas A&M
University (1994, Parks and Recreation)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Fly fishing, skiing
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1994
Q SCHOOL: 1995, 1996
Nationwide Tour Graduate (2005)
PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARY
PERSONAL:
A promising junior tennis player, he gave up the game to
concentrate on golf after losing a big match to future No. 1ranked
Andre Agassi...One of biggest thrills in golf was first
tournament win in 1994, the Southwest Kansas Pro-Am.
PLAYER STATISTICS
2007 PGA TOUR STATISTICS
Scoring Average ..........................................71.19 (N/A)
Driving Distance ..........................................283.7 (N/A)
Driving Accuracy Percentage ......................55.09% (N/A)
Greens in Regulation Pct. ............................65.28% (N/A)
Putting Average............................................1.816 (N/A)
MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS
2007 Low Round/Round: 66–Sony Open in Hawaii/1
Career Low Round/Round: 63–2006 Sony Open in
Hawaii/3
Largest Career Paycheck/Finish: $165,183–2006
BellSouth Classic/T7
Career High Official World Rank: After 2006 Masters
Tournament/285
Year 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
U.S. Open CUT
THE PLAYERS CUT
PGA TOUR 2008 Guide
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