winner of the 2009 British Open at Turnberry.
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Four-year player who was a regular in the Tech lineup as a freshman, but was in and out each of his last three years ... Recorded a couple of top-10 finishes in important events, but has had trouble establishing consistency ... Played in only two events the last years and a half.
2005-06: Played in only one event, as an individual at the United States Collegiate Championship, where he finished 68th.
2004-05: Played in three fall events, posting a stroke average of 74.44 with three par rounds out of nine ... Counted for the team in five of nine rounds played ... Best finish came in Tech's first event, tying for 27th in the Golfweek Preview (9-over 219), and event in which he tied for third the year before ... Tied for 50th at the Jerry Pate National (5-over 218) and tied for 47th at the Isleworth Collegiate (17-over 233) ... Missed making the team in qualifying for Tech's final stroke play event, but did compete in the Hooters Match Play Collegiate, dropping his only match ... Did not play in the spring.
2003-04: Played in all five fall events and posted a stroke average of 74.57 in 11 rounds ... Best finish was a tie for third at the PING/Golfweek Preview, in which he shot 71-69 for a total of even-par 140 ... Was not able to put together two rounds of that caliber back-to-back in any other event, except the Gary Koch/Cleveland Golf Intercollegiate ... Shot 72-74-73 there for a 3-over-par 219, counting twice and helping Tech to the team title ... Played in just one spring event, tying for 70th at the Puerto Rico Classic (16-over-par 232) ... His stroke average for the year was 75.06, and the Preview was his only top-20 finish ... Counted for Tech in 10 of 17 rounds played ... Showed flashes, with four rounds of par or better and two rounds in the 60s ... His low round of the year was a 67 at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate, sandwiched in between a 78 and a 76 ... Ranked No. 334 in the nation according to the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index.
2002-03: Made an immediate impact as a rookie for the Yellow Jackets in 2003, playing in 11 tournaments and recording two top-20 finishes and a top-10 placement on the year ... Steadily improved throughout the year, while playing one of the nation's toughest individual schedules according to the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index ... Saved his best outing for the ACC Championship, as he tied for fifth with an even-par score of 76-69-71--216 ... The second-round score of 69 at the ACCs was a season-best ... First top-20 finish of the year came at the Nelson Invitational, as he tied for 19th with a 1-over-par score of 72-70-72--213, helping lead Tech to a season-best team finish of third ... Was fourth on the team with having 70 percent of his rounds count toward Tech's team score ... Ranked fourth on the team with a 74.97 stroke average and carded eight rounds of par or better on the year, which was tied for the fourth-most on the team.
NCAA experience: Tied for 76th place at the 2003 East Regional in Auburn, Ala. (24-over-par 234) ... Tied for 63rd at the 2003 NCAA Championship in Stillwater, Okla. (10-over-par 226).
Amateur 2002: Recorded a seventh-place finish at the World Com Junior Classic ... Ranked among the top-20 junior players in the nation for three months in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index ... 2001: Picked up a victory on the Future Collegians World Tour ... Garnering medalist honors at the Kiawah Island Classic ... 2000: Finished fifth at the AJGA Tampa Bay Classic.
High School: Lettered for four year under coach Terry Tuley at Glynn Academy in Bruswick, Ga. ... Played in the No. 1 position in the lineup throughout high school, serving as team captain during his senior year ... Helped lead Glynn Academy to a pair of Georgia state AAAAA golf championships in 2000 and 2001 ... Earned team MVP honors as both a junior and a senior ... Was a member of a pair of Hardaway Invitational Championship teams in high school, during the 2001 and 2002 seasons, along with helping lead Glynn to a win at the Jimmy Self Invitational in 2001 ... A solid student, Jordan was a member of both the National Honor Society and the Beta Club.
Personal: Full name is Thomas Grant Jordan ... Born February 6, 1984 ... Parents are Randall and Elizabeth Jordan of Sea Island, Ga. ... Dean's List student majoring in Management ... Is an accomplished pianist, having studied for 12 years ... Also enjoys playing the guitar in his spare time.
Collegiate Tournament Results
Low Round: 67 (-4), Jerry Pate National Collegiate, 2003
 
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