{{short description|American golfer (born 1990)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Cody Gribble | image = | image_size = <!-- e.g. 250px (default is 200px) --> | caption = | fullname = William Cody Gribble | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|9|20}} | birth_place = [[Dallas]], Texas, U.S. | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1990|9|20}} --> | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}} | weight = {{convert|165|lb|kg st|abbr=on}} | nationality = {{USA}} | residence = | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = [[University of Texas]] | yearpro = 2013 | retired = <!-- Year retired --> | tour = [[PGA Tour]]<br>(past champion status)<br>[[Korn Ferry Tour]] | extour = [[PGA Tour Latinoamérica]] | prowins = 1 | pgawins = 1 | eurowins = <!-- Number of European Tour wins --> | japwins = <!-- Number of Japan Golf Tour wins --> | asiawins = <!-- Number of Asian Tour wins --> | sunwins = <!-- Number of Sunshine Tour wins --> | auswins = <!-- Number of PGA Tour of Australasia wins --> | nwidewins = | chalwins = <!-- Number of Challenge Tour wins --> | champwins = <!-- Number of Champions Tour wins --> | seneurowins = <!-- Number of European Seniors Tour wins --> | otherwins = <!-- Number of Other wins --> | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | masters = DNP | usopen = T21: 2014 | open = DNP | pga = T63: 2017 | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = <!-- Achievement or award details --> | year1 = <!-- Year(s) of achievement or award --> | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''William Cody Gribble''' (born September 20, 1990) is an American [[professional golfer]] who currently plays on the [[PGA Tour]] and the [[Korn Ferry Tour]].
==Early years== Gribble was born in [[Dallas]], Texas. He played college golf at the [[University of Texas]] and won the [[2012 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship|2012 NCAA Championship]] with teammates [[Dylan Frittelli]] and [[Jordan Spieth]]. Gribble is a left-handed golfer.
==Professional career== In 2014, Gribble finished T8 at [[qualifying school]] to earn his Web.com Tour card, he finished 27th on the money list in 2015 failing to earn a [[PGA Tour]] card by $2,035, but retained his Web.com Tour card for another year. At the 2016 [[United Leasing & Finance Championship]], Gribble was leading by one shot with two holes to play, but after a bogey-bogey finish, he ended the tournament T2, one shot behind eventual winner [[Séamus Power (golfer)|Séamus Power]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf-central-blog/watch-gribble-loses-webcom-event-painful-fashion/ |title=Watch: Gribble loses Web.com event in painful fashion |work=Golf Channel |date=May 1, 2016 |access-date=May 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505045015/http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golf-central-blog/watch-gribble-loses-webcom-event-painful-fashion/ |archive-date=May 5, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In October 2016, Gribble won his first [[PGA Tour]] title at the [[Sanderson Farms Championship]], an alternate event on the PGA Tour. He shot a seven-under final round 65 to win by 4 strokes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-golf-pga/rookie-gribble-wins-sanderson-farms-championship-idUSKBN12U103 |title=Rookie Gribble wins Sanderson Farms Championship |work=Reuters |date=October 30, 2016 |first=Andrew |last=Both}}</ref> Gribble became the 13th left-handed golfer to win a PGA Tour event and the first since [[Greg Chalmers]] won the 2016 [[Barracuda Championship]].{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
Gribble gained media attention at the 2017 [[Arnold Palmer Invitational]] at [[Bay Hill, Florida|Bay Hill]] when he tapped an alligator on the tail that was sunning itself on the 6th fairway during the first round of tournament play. The alligator quickly scampered unharmed into a nearby pond.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/golf/2017/03/17/pga-golfer-casually-removes-alligator-bay-hill-course/|title=PGA golfer casually removes alligator from Bay Hill course|last=Davis|first=Callum|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=March 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.golf.com/extra-spin/2017/03/16/watch-cody-gribble-casually-grabs-alligators-tail-bay-hill|title=WATCH: Cody Gribble casually grabs alligator's tail at Bay Hill|last=Cunningham|first=Kevin|publisher=Golf Magazine|date=March 16, 2017}}</ref>
==Amateur wins== *2007 [[Western Junior]]
==Professional wins (1)== ===PGA Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" |- !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !To par !Margin of<br>victory !Runners-up |- |align=center|1 |Oct 30, [[2016–17 PGA Tour|2016]] |[[Sanderson Farms Championship]] |73-63-67-65=268 |align=center|−20 |4 strokes |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Kirk]], {{flagicon|USA}} [[Luke List (golfer)|Luke List]],<br/>{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Greg Owen (golfer)|Greg Owen]] |}
==Results in major championships == {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !2014 !2015 !2016 !2017 !2018 |- |align=left|[[Masters Tournament]] |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] |T21 |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|[[The Open Championship]] |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|[[PGA Championship]] |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T63 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !2019 |- |align=left|[[Masters Tournament]] |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|[[PGA Championship]] |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] |CUT |- |align=left|[[The Open Championship]] |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |} <!-- {{legend|yellow|Top 10}} --> {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> "T" = tied for place
==See also== *[[2016 Web.com Tour Finals graduates]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{PGATour player|39954}} *{{OWGR|17508}}
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