Chris Baryla

{{short description|Canadian professional golfer}} {{use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Chris Baryla | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = Christopher Baryla | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|10|24}} | birth_place = Calgary, Alberta, Canada | death_date =  | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}} | weight = {{convert|180|lb|kg st|abbr=on}} | nationality = {{CAN}} | residence = El Paso, Texas, U.S. | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = UTEP | yearpro = 2004 | tour = | extour = Web.com Tour PGA Tour | prowins = 1 | pgawins =  | eurowins =  | japwins =  | asiawins =  | sunwins =  | auswins =  | nwidewins = 1 | chalwins =  | champwins =  | seneurowins =  | otherwins =  | majorwins =  | masters = DNP | usopen = CUT: 2003 | open = DNP | pga = DNP | wghofid =  | wghofyear =  | award1 = | year1 = | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection =  }} '''Christopher Baryla''' (born October 24, 1982) is a Canadian professional golfer who has played on the Web.com Tour and the PGA Tour.

== Early life and amateur career == Baryla was born in Calgary. He graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso, and turned pro in 2004.

== Professional career == Baryla won his first Nationwide Tour event and first professional event at the 2009 Chattanooga Classic, winning in dramatic fashion. He led by two strokes going into the final round, and started bogey, bogey. But he rallied, making seven birdies after the poor start, and ended up with a one stroke victory over Troy Kelly. He finished 19th on the money list to earn his 2010 PGA Tour card. Before this win, his best finish on the Nationwide Tour was a runner-up finish, in the 2007 Henrico County Open.

Baryla's 2010 season ended after just seven events (two cuts) due to hip problems and surgery on a torn labrum. He was to begin 2011 on a medical exemption which will give him fifteen events to keep his PGA Tour card by earning the equivalent of Troy Merritt's winnings, the golfer who finished 125th on the Tour's money list in 2010. His status increased after he finished inside the Top 25 during the Tour's Qualifying School and secured a Tour Card, where he only made one cut in 20 attempts.

==Professional wins (1)== ===Nationwide Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of victory !Runner-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|Oct 11, 2009 |Chattanooga Classic |−19 (66-68-65-70=269) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|USA}} Troy Kelly |}

'''Nationwide Tour playoff record (0–1)''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponents!!Result |-style="background:#F2C1D1;" |align=center|1 |align=center|2007 |Henrico County Open |{{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Flanagan, {{flagicon|CAN}} Bryn Parry, {{flagicon|USA}} Roland Thatcher |Flanagan won with birdie on third extra hole Thatcher eliminated by par on second hole Parry eliminated by birdie on first hole |}

==Results in major championships== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" ! Tournament !! 2003 |- |U.S. Open |align="center"|CUT |} CUT = missed the halfway cut ''Note: Baryla only played in the U.S. Open.''

==External links== *{{PGATour player|27124}} *{{OWGR|7577}}

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