Troy Merritt

Troy Merritt

Height: 6'0" (1.83 m)
Weight: 160 (73 kg)
Age: 38 (October 25, 1985)
Birthplace: Osage, Iowa
Residence: Meridian, Idaho
Family: Wife, Courtney; Scout Brian, Dodge Timothy

Education: Boise State University
Special Interests: Spending time with family and friends
Turned Professional: 2008
City plays from: Eagle, ID, United States


Exempt Status


PGA TOURTop 125 in 2021-22 FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List (thru 2022-23)

Career Victories


PGA TOUR Victories (2):
2015 (1) Quicken Loans National. 2018 (1) Barbasol Championship.
Korn Ferry Tour Victories (1):
2009 (1) Mexico Open Presented by Corona Light.

Player Statistics


Career Low Round:

61 - 2015 Quicken Loans National (Round 3)

Career High FedExCup Rank:

#4 : 2019 Safeway Open

Career High Official World Golf Rank:

#82 : 2016 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard

Career Largest Paycheck:

$1,206,000 : 2015 Quicken Loans National (Finished 1)

2022-23 Season Highlights


PGA TOUR
World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba - Carded four scores in the 60s to finish T3 at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, his best result on TOUR since losing in a playoff at the 2021 Rocket Mortgage Classic.

Career Records


PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 0 - 1)
Season Events Rounds 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Cuts Made Cuts Missed WD FedExCup Rank Earnings
Total: 318 950 2 4 4 25 58 171 147 $14,338,931
2023 34 92 1 3 6 15 19 133 $1,302,362
2022 26 91 2 7 20 6 62 $1,906,304
2021 33 98 1 4 5 19 14 78 $1,827,790
2020 22 68 1 2 5 14 8 74 $1,037,971
2019 21 61 1 4 9 14 7 58 $1,531,143
2018 27 85 1 3 5 17 10 91 $1,326,989
2017 28 76 1 5 12 16 151 $569,682
2016 26 77 1 1 6 12 14 121 $922,707
2015 29 91 1 1 3 3 16 13 56 $2,092,669
2014 20 62 1 1 3 10 10 101 $882,864
2011 23 63 8 15 187 $151,475
2010 29 86 1 1 4 14 15 138 $786,977
(A) - Amateur

Top Tournaments


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 CUT
2022 T46 T41 CUT
2021 CUT 58 CUT
2020 CNL CUT
2019 CUT CUT
2018 CUT
2017 CUT CUT
2016 CUT T42 CUT
2015 72 T54 77
2011 T61
2010 68
FedExCup Playoffs
FedEx St. Jude Championship Dell Technologies Championship BMW Championship TOUR Championship
2022 T28 T58
2021 CUT
2020 T29
2019 T12 T43
2018 CUT CUT
2016 CUT
2015 T53 T39 T62
2014 T46

Personal


  • Biggest thrill outside golf was the births of his two sons.
  • Helped his high school basketball team reach the state tournament for the first time in school history.
  • Superstitions include tying his shoes in a certain way.
  • Dream foursome includes his wife, Courtney, and sons, Scout and Dodge.
  • Two brothers also competed in college athletics. Older brother, Ben, played Division III football at Wartburg College in Iowa. Younger brother, Tim, was a Division III basketball player at Luther College in Iowa. Father is a member of the Wartburg Hall of Fame after playing both baseball and basketball for the school.
  • On the Friday before the 2018 PGA Championship, was diagnosed with 12-inch blood clot that ran from the area above his elbow into his chest. Underwent a thrombectomy the same day. Two days later, flew to St. Louis to play in the PGA Championship (MC).
  • In January 2019, was diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome, where blood vessels or nerves in the area between the collarbone and the first rib are compressed, leading to surgery that month to have the top rib on his left side removed. After a two-month absence, returned to the PGA TOUR at THE PLAYERS Championship (MC).