Brad Faxon

  • DOB : August 1, 1961 (1961-08-01) (age 47)Oceanport, New Jersey
  • Height : 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
  • Weight : 180 lb (82 kg; 13 st)
  • Nationality :  United States
  • Residence : Barrington, Rhode Island
  • Career : College : Furman University
  • Turned professional : 1983
  • Current tour(s) : PGA Tour
  • Professional wins : 19

About

  • Number of wins by tour : PGA Tour : 8
  • Best results in Major Championships : The Masters : T9: 1993
  • U.S. Open : T33: 1989, 1994
  • Open Championship : 7th: 1994
  • PGA Championship : 5th: 1995
  • Achievements and awards : Payne Stewart Award : 2005


Bradford John Faxon, Jr. (born August 1, 1961) is an American golfer.Faxon was born in Oceanport, New Jersey. He attended Furman University and turned professional in 1983. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour and played on two Ryder Cup teams. While admittedly not a great driver of the golf ball or a great ball-striker, Faxon has built a reputation as one of the best pure putters in golf history. He led the PGA Tour in Putting Average in 1996, 1999, and 2000 (when he set the single-season record with only 1.704 putts/greens in regulation), and finished 13th in 2005 at the age of 44. Faxon explains his success on the greens thus: "My only secret is confidence... I just try to hit every putt as if I've just made a million in a row."Faxon had been one of the most successful players on the PGA Tour throughout the 1990s, a mainstay in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings, but a knee injury began to hamper his effectiveness in 2003, causing him to suffer through his worst season in 14 years in 2004. Faxon bounced back in 2005, though, winning his first tournament in four years and finishing 45th on the PGA Tour Money List. On September 19, 2005, Faxon underwent surgery to repair torn ligaments in his right knee. Faxon returned to competition for the 2006 season, in which he earned over $500,000.Faxon currently resides in Barrington, Rhode Island with his wife, Dory, and their four daughters. In addition to being one of the PGA Tour's top players over the past 15 years, Faxon is one of the game's most generous figures. In 1991, Brad, along with fellow Tour pro Billy Andrade, formed Billy Andrade/Brad Faxon Charities for Children, Inc., a non-profit organization that (as of 2005) has donated over $3 million to needy children in Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts. For their charity work, Faxon and Andrade were awarded the 1999 Golf Writers Association of America's Charlie Bartlett Award, given to professional golfers for unselfish contributions to society. Since 1999, Andrade and Faxon have also served as hosts of the CVS Charity Classic, a golf tournament held at the Rhode Island Country Club each June, whose proceeds benefit the two players' charity. Faxon also runs his own junior golf foundation.