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American professional golfer (born 1976)

D. A. Points
Points at the 2010 PGA Championship
Personal information
Full name	Darren Andrew Points
Born	(1976-12-01) December 1, 1976 (age 48) Pekin, Illinois
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg; 13.9 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Residence	Windermere, Florida
Spouse	Lori Points
Career
College	University of Illinois
Turned professional	1999
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour (past champion status)
Former tour(s)	Web.com Tour
Professional wins	7
Highest ranking	45 (May 19, 2013)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	3
Korn Ferry Tour	4
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T38: 2013
PGA Championship	T10: 2011
U.S. Open	T58: 2015
The Open Championship	T32: 2014

Darren Andrew "D.A." Points (born December 1, 1976) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.

Early years and amateur career

Born and raised in Pekin, Illinois, Points attended Pekin High School, and the University of Illinois, where he was a third team All-American. Points won the Illinois State Amateur Championship in 1995, 1998, and 1999. He lost to Tiger Woods in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur in 1996. Points turned professional in 1999.

Professional career

Points played on the Buy.com Tour (later Web.com Tour) from 2001 to 2004 and won three events: the 2001 Buy.com Inland Empire Open, the 2004 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic and the 2004 Pete Dye West Virginia Classic. He earned his PGA Tour card by finishing second on the Nationwide Tour money list in 2004. He played on the PGA Tour in 2005 and 2006, but dropped back to the Nationwide Tour for 2007 and 2008. At the Miccosukee Championship in 2008, he holed his second shot from the fairway on the last hole on Sunday with a wedge and ended up winning in a playoff over Matt Bettencourt for his fourth career win. He finished 16th on the money list to earn his PGA Tour card for 2009.

Points had his first successful year on the PGA Tour in 2009. He recorded four top-10 finishes, including a third-place finish at the HP Byron Nelson Championship en route to a 66th-place finish on the money list.

In February 2011, Points won his first PGA Tour title at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. He finished two strokes ahead of American Hunter Mahan, aided by an approach shot on the par-five 14th, which he holed for an eagle. He also won the pro-am portion with amateur partner Bill Murray. The victory helped him finish 37th on the money list, his best career finish to date. Points led the 2012 Wells Fargo Championship by one stroke over Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler going into the final hole of the tournament. He bogeyed the hole and they went to a sudden death playoff. Fowler won the playoff on the first extra hole with a birdie.

He won his second title on the PGA Tour in 2013 at the Shell Houston Open, sinking a 13-foot (4 m) putt on the 72nd hole to save par and win by a stroke. Points won again in 2017 at the Puerto Rico Open starting the last round with five straight birdies and shooting a final round 66 to take his third PGA Tour title.

Points has been featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

Amateur wins

1992 Junior PGA Championship
1995 Illinois Amateur
1998 Illinois Amateur, Legends of Indiana Intercollegiate
1999 Illinois Amateur

Professional wins (7)

PGA Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Feb 13, 2011	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	63-70-71-67=271	−15	2 strokes	Hunter Mahan
2	Mar 31, 2013	Shell Houston Open	64-71-71-66=272	−16	1 stroke	Billy Horschel, Henrik Stenson
3	Mar 26, 2017	Puerto Rico Open	64-69-69-66=268	−20	2 strokes	Bryson DeChambeau, Retief Goosen, Bill Lunde

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2012	Wells Fargo Championship	Rickie Fowler, Rory McIlroy	Fowler won with birdie on first extra hole

Nationwide Tour wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Sep 30, 2001	Buy.com Inland Empire Open	65-66-68-68=267	−21	Playoff	Rod Pampling, Mark Wurtz
2	Jun 20, 2004	Northeast Pennsylvania Classic	67-66-71-66=270	−14	Playoff	James Driscoll
3	Jul 18, 2004	Pete Dye West Virginia Classic	65-62-68-70=265	−23	5 strokes	Nick Cassini
4	Oct 26, 2008	Miccosukee Championship	73-70-62-67=272	−12	Playoff	Matt Bettencourt

Nationwide Tour playoff record (3–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2001	Buy.com Inland Empire Open	Rod Pampling, Mark Wurtz	Won with birdie on third extra hole Wurtz eliminated by birdie on first hole
2	2004	Northeast Pennsylvania Classic	James Driscoll	Won with par on first extra hole
3	2008	Miccosukee Championship	Matt Bettencourt	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament	2008	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2017
Masters Tournament			CUT		T38	CUT
U.S. Open	T69		CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	T58
The Open Championship		CUT			CUT	T32
PGA Championship		T16	T10	CUT	T40			T54

Top 10 Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	3	1
U.S. Open	0	0	6	2
The Open Championship	0	0	3	1
PGA Championship	1	2	5	4
Totals	1	2	17	8

Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2014 Open Championship – 2017 PGA, current)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
The Players Championship	CUT	CUT		T48	CUT			CUT	CUT

Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2011	2013	2014
Match Play
Championship	T45		T62
Invitational	T19	T59
Champions	T66	T68