Omar Uresti

{{short description|American professional golfer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Omar Uresti | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = Omar David Uresti | nickname = O-man | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|8|3}} | birth_place = [[Austin, Texas]], U.S. | death_date =  | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}} | weight = {{convert|175|lb|kg st|abbr=on}} | nationality = {{USA}} | residence = Austin, Texas, U.S. | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = [[University of Texas]] | yearpro = 1991 | retired =  | tour = | extour = [[PGA Tour]] [[Nationwide Tour]] | prowins = 9 | pgawins = | eurowins =  | japwins =  | asiawins =  | sunwins = 1 | auswins =  | nwidewins = 2 | chalwins =  | champwins =  | seneurowins =  | otherwins = 6 | majorwins =  | masters = DNP | usopen = T45: 1995 | open = DNP | pga = T73: 2017 | wghofid =  | wghofyear =  | award1 = | year1 = | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection =  }} '''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 Nationwide Tour|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.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.golfdigest.com/story/omar-uresti-understands-criticism-from-win-in-club-pro-championship-but-is-dissappointed-by-it |title=Omar Uresti understands criticism from win in club pro championship, but is disappointed by it |magazine=Golf Digest |first=John |last=Strege |date=June 26, 2017}}</ref>

==Professional wins (9)== ===Sunshine Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of victory !Runner-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|Feb 6, [[1993–94 Southern Africa Tour|1994]] |[[Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic]] |−14 (65-73-68-68=274) |2 strokes |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Andrew Pitts]] |}

===Nationwide Tour wins (2)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of victory !Runner(s)-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|Apr 24, [[1994 Nike Tour|1994]] |[[Nike Shreveport Open]] |−18 (65-71-63-71=270) |Playoff |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Pat Bates]] |- |align=center|2 |align=right|Apr 1, [[2007 Nationwide Tour|2007]] |[[Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship]] |E (69-69-74-76=288) |2 strokes |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Skip Kendall]], {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Aron Price]] |}

'''Nationwide Tour playoff record (1–0)''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result |-style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=center|1 |[[1994 Nike Tour|1994]] |[[Nike Shreveport Open]] |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Pat Bates]] |Won with birdie on sixth extra hole |}

===Canadian Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of victory !Runners-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|Mar 20, [[2005 Canadian Tour|2005]] |[[Barton Creek Austin Challenge]] |−16 (63-73-63-65=264) |5 strokes |{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Derek Gillespie]], {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Rob McMillan]] |}

===Other wins (4)=== *2015 [[Southern Texas PGA Championship]] *2017 [[PGA Professional Championship]] *2018 [[Southern Texas PGA Championship]] *2021 [[PGA Professional Championship]]

===Senior wins (1)=== *2020 Senior PGA Professional Championship

==Results in major championships== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !1995 !1996 !1997 !1998 !1999 |- |align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] |T45 |T101 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |align="center"|CUT |CUT |- |align=left|[[PGA Championship]] |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !2000 !2001 !2002 !2003 !2004 !2005 !2006 !2007 !2008 !2009 |- |align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |T75 |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;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !2010 !2011 !2012 !2013 !2014 !2015 !2016 !2017 !2018 |- |align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |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;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |CUT |T73 |CUT |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !2019!!2020!!2021 |- |align=left|[[PGA Championship]] |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |- |align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |} {{legend|#eeeeee|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== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament!!2019!!2020!!2021!!2022!!2023!!2024!!2025!!2026 |- |align=left|[[Senior PGA Championship]] |T72 |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |CUT |T50 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |T51 |- |align=left|[[The Tradition]] |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|[[U.S. Senior Open]] |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T55 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T42 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| | |- |align=left|[[Senior Players Championship]] |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| | |- |align=left|[[Senior British Open Championship]] |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| | |} {{legend|#eeeeee|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== *[[1994 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates]] *[[1995 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates]] *[[2003 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates]] *[[2004 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates]] *[[2007 Nationwide Tour graduates]] *[[2009 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates]] *[[List of male golfers]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{official website|http://www.omaruresti.com}} *{{PGATour player|08385}} *{{OWGR|5183}}

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