Eric Axley

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Professional golfer

Gender:

Male

Places:

United States of America

Is:

Athlete Golfer

Work field:

Sports

Birth:

22 April 1974(Athens)

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Introduction

Eric Allen Axley (born April 22, 1974) is an American professional golfer.
Axley was born in Athens, Tennessee. He turned professional in 1997. He is one of the few natural left-handers to win on the Web.com Tour and PGA Tour.
In 2006, Axley won the Valero Texas Open, claiming his first PGA Tour win. After a poor 2009 season, Axley lost his PGA Tour playing rights. Axley divided his time among the NGA Hooters Tour, eGolf Professional Tour, Web.com Tour, and PGA Tour.
In 2014, Axley tried to play his way back to the PGA Tour through Monday qualifying and past champion status. Axley made seven cuts in ten events and finished 184th in the FedEx Cup standings, good enough for a trip to the Web.com Tour Finals. Axley finished 50th, the last position to earn a PGA Tour card and his first in five years, by just $31.66. After barely gaining a PGA Tour card, he barely missed getting it back for the 2015-16 season, just $101 behind Rob Oppenheim.

Professional wins (2)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	Sep 24, 2006	Valero Texas Open	−15 (68-63-63-71=265)	3 strokes	Anthony Kim, Justin Rose, Dean Wilson

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	May 8, 2005	Rex Hospital Open	−14 (69-67-67-67=270)	2 strokes	Troy Matteson

NGA Hooters Tour wins (2)

2002 Northwest Arkansas Classic
2003 Capitol City Open

Results in major championships

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	T9	CUT	T63
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.