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Roger Sloan

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Roger Sloan
Personal information
Full nameRoger Brandon Sloan
Born (1987-05-15) May 15, 1987 (age 37)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationality Canada
Career
CollegeUniversity of Texas at El Paso
Turned professional2009
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
Canadian Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2022, 2023
The Open ChampionshipDNP

Roger Brandon Sloan (born May 15, 1987) is a Canadian professional golfer.

Early life and amateur career

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Sloan was born in Calgary, Alberta and grew up in Merritt, British Columbia. He played college golf at the University of Texas at El Paso.[1] Sloan graduated with a degree in finance.

Professional career

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Sloan played on the Canadian Tour shortly after turning professional. He won once in 2011. He played on the Web.com Tour in 2013 and 2014 and won his first title in July 2014 at the Nova Scotia Open.[2] He finished 24th on the regular-season money list to earn his PGA Tour card for the 2014–15 season.

Sloan recorded his best finish on the PGA Tour at the 2021 Wyndham Championship. He lost in a six-man playoff after Kevin Kisner made a birdie putt on the second playoff hole.[3]

Professional wins (3)

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Korn Ferry Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 Jul 6, 2014 Nova Scotia Open 67-65-71-70=273 −11 Playoff United States Derek Fathauer
2 Aug 6, 2023 Utah Championship 66-65-63-66=260 −24 1 stroke United States Chris Petefish

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2014 Nova Scotia Open United States Derek Fathauer Won with par on first extra hole

Canadian Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 Jun 12, 2011 Western Championship 64-70-65-66=265 −23 3 strokes Canada Stuart Anderson

Playoff record

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PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2021 Wyndham Championship South Africa Branden Grace, South Korea Kim Si-woo,
United States Kevin Kisner, United States Kevin Na,
Australia Adam Scott
Kisner won with birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

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Tournament 2022 2023
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT CUT
The Open Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament 2022
The Players Championship CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2008–09 UTEP Men's Golf Yearbook" (PDF). UTEP Miners. p. 9.
  2. ^ "Sloan tops Fathauer in playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. July 6, 2014.
  3. ^ Kelly, Todd (August 15, 2021). "Kevin Kisner wins Wyndham Championship after six-way playoff". MSN.
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