Brandel Chamblee
Professional golfer

Brandel Chamblee

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2 July 1962(St. Louis)
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Brandel Eugene Chamblee (born July 2, 1962) is an American professional golfer, commentator and writer.
Chamblee was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in Speech Communication and was a first-team All-American in his junior year and twice a second-team All-American. He has a home in Phoenix, Arizona and has three children: sons Brandel Jr., Brennen, and a daughter, Bergen. A memorial playground was set up at the Phoenix Children's Hospital for a son, Braeden, who died as an infant.
Chamblee turned professional in 1985 and has one PGA Tour victory. He shared a first round lead at the Masters Tournament in 1999 and for six straight years was among the top-100 for money earnings on the Tour.
Chamblee lost his PGA Tour card in 2003, and since then has worked as the lead studio analyst for the Golf Channel, Golf Central and for its "Live From" coverage of major championships.

Amateur wins

  • 1983 Rice Planters Amateur

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner-up
1 Aug 30, 1998 Greater Vancouver Open −19 (67-64-68-66=275) 3 strokes United States Payne Stewart

PGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1996 BellSouth Classic United States Paul Stankowski Lost to Stankowski with par on first hole
2 2001 Nissan Open Australia Robert Allenby, Japan Toshi Izawa,
United States Dennis Paulson, United States Jeff Sluman,
United States Bob Tway
Lost to Allenby with birdie on first extra hole

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner-up
1 Jul 5, 1990 Ben Hogan New England Classic −1 (68-78-69=215) 1 stroke United States Jeff Maggert

Other wins (2)

  • 1986 TPA Tucson Open
  • 1994 Abierto International Open (Chile)

Results in major championships

Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T18 DNP DNP
U.S. Open CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT T46 T61 T44
The Open Championship T66 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T62
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT CUT CUT DNP CUT DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied