![]() He successfully utilized a unique putting method. In December 2008, he regained his playing card for the 2009 PGA Tour season at Q-school.īegay has been featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Rankings. At the end of 2006, he successfully earned a card for the European Tour from their qualifying school. In 2006, he played on the Nationwide Tour. In 2005, he played under a "Major Medical Exemption" with little success. Since then, he was plagued by back trouble which put his future as a professional golfer in doubt. From late September 1999 to early July 2000, a period of just over nine months, Begay recorded four PGA Tour wins, with the third and fourth wins coming in successive weeks. He placed 10th on the Nike Tour money list that year, earning a place on the PGA Tour for 1999.īegay had a pair of wins in each of his first two seasons on the Tour. In 1998, Begay shot a 59 in the second round of the Nike Tour Dominion Open, to join the few golfers to ever shoot a 59 in a professional tournament. After graduation, Begay turned professional in 1995. He was a member of Stanford's 1994 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship team. He attended Stanford University, where he was a three-time All-American and a teammate of Tiger Woods. Amateur career īegay was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and graduated from a private high school, Albuquerque Academy. Since 2013, Begay has served as an analyst with the Golf Channel and NBC Sports. He is one of the only Native American golfers to have played in the PGA Tour. Notah Ryan Begay III (born September 14, 1972) is a Native American professional golfer. Native American professional golfer Notah Begay III
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