Danny Willett
(WILL-ut)
Height: 5'11" (1.8 m)
Weight: 170 (77 kg)
Age: 35 (October 03, 1987)
Birthplace: Sheffield, England
Residence: Sheffield, England
Family:
Wife, Nicole; Zachariah James, Noah James
Special Interests:
Football, music, pool
Turned Professional:
2008
City plays from:
Sheffield, England
Exempt Status
PGA TOURTop 125 in 2021-22 FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List (thru 2022-23)
Career Victories
PGA TOUR Victories (1):
2016 (1) Masters Tournament.International Victories (7):
Player Statistics
Career Low Round:
62 - 2016 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions (Round 4)Career High FedExCup Rank:
#2 : 2023 Fortinet ChampionshipCareer High Official World Golf Rank:
#9 : 2017 CIMB ClassicCareer Largest Paycheck:
$1,800,000 : 2016 Masters Tournament (Finished 1)2022-23 Season Highlights
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One of six players to enter the season competing out of the Top 125 in FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List category despite missing the 2022 FedExCup Playoffs because he moved up to No. 124 on the list after the TOUR Championship.
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PGA TOUR
Fortinet Championship - Finished solo-second at the Fortinet Championship, his first career runner-up on TOUR. Had a 3-foot, 7-inch birdie attempt at the 72nd hole to win the tournament, but went on to 3-putt and lose by one stroke.
National Team Selections
Career Records
| PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 0 - 0) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Events | Rounds | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10 | Top 25 | Cuts Made | Cuts Missed | WD | FedExCup Rank | Earnings | |
| Total: | 135 | 404 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 79 | 50 | 6 | $8,096,486 | ||
| 2023 | 22 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 85 | $1,791,651 | |||
| 2022 | 21 | 62 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 141 | $914,293 | |||||
| 2021 | 16 | 47 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 152 | $618,364 | ||||
| 2020 | 13 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 146 | $621,028 | |||||
| 2019 | 19 | 63 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 85 | $1,286,737 | |||||
| 2018 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | $84,000 | ||||||
| 2017 | 11 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 224 | $217,975 | ||||||
| 2016 | 9 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 93 | $1,938,132 | |||
| 2015 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | $408,435 | |||||
| 2014 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | $92,828 | ||||||||
| 2013 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | $123,043 | ||||||||
| 2012 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| (A) - Amateur | |||||||||||||
Top Tournaments |
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| PGA TOUR | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE PLAYERS Championship | Masters Tournament | PGA Championship | U.S. Open | The Open Championship | WGC-HSBC Champions | WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv | WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession | |
| 2023 | T27 | CUT | CUT | T68 | |||||
| 2022 | T12 | T53 | |||||||
| 2021 | T25 | T64 | CUT | T33 | |||||
| 2020 | CNL | CUT | T73 | T69 | T42 | ||||
| 2019 | CUT | CUT | T41 | T12 | T6 | T48 | T27 | ||
| 2018 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | T24 | ||||
| 2017 | W/D | CUT | CUT | W/D | 76 | 75 | T39 | 76 | 69 |
| 2016 | CUT | 1 | T79 | T37 | T53 | T3 | T28 | T3 | |
| 2015 | CUT | T38 | T54 | CUT | T6 | 3 | T17 | T12 | |
| 2014 | T30 | T45 | CUT | ||||||
| 2013 | T40 | T15 | |||||||
| 2012 | T62 | T50 | |||||||
| 2011 | CUT | ||||||||
| 2010 | CUT | T67 | |||||||
| FedExCup Playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FedEx St. Jude Championship | Dell Technologies Championship | BMW Championship | TOUR Championship | |
| 2019 | T24 | |||
Personal
- Son of a Church of England vicar (father) and math teacher (mother).
- Used to practice golf in a sheep pasture.
- Played two seasons at Jacksonville State University.
- Supports the Premier League club Liverpool.
- Won the 2016 Masters days after wife Nicole gave birth to the couple's first child, Zachariah.