Roland Thatcher

He finished tied for 22nd and earned $92,604.

Things looked good for Thatcher at this point as he was leading the Tour in the important stat of "Greens in Regulation".

He then finished in a tie for 25th place at the 84 Lumber Classic and tied for 27th at the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro.

Because of his rough start, Thatcher finished out of the top-125 on the PGA Tour money list and therefore had to go back to Q-School.

After another missed cut, he then had another three top-25 finishes, including a tie for 3rd at the LaSalle Bank Open in Chicago earning him another $43,500.

At the Bell Canadian Open at Glen Abbey Golf Course in Oakville, Ontario, he finished tied for 26th but had one of the best final rounds.

Roland Churchill Thatcher IV (born April 11, 1977) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour.

Thatcher was born in Hampton, Virginia, but has lived off the fifth hole at TPC at The Woodlands in The Woodlands, Texas since age 2.

He played at Auburn University where he earned All-SEC honors all four years of his career.

He then shot a final round five-over par 77 to finish tied for 6th and took home $109,000.

In 1997 and 1998, the Tigers finished 16th and 10th respectively in the NCAA championships.

Thatcher shined in his senior year by winning the SEC Individual Championship and leading Auburn to a second-place finish in the SEC. In 2000 the Tigers won three regular season tournaments and ultimately placed 14th at the NCAA championship.

Thatcher earned first team All-SEC and second-team All-American honors.

Thatcher turned pro in 2000 and played on the Golden Bear Tour.

He joined the Buy.com Tour (formerly Nationwide Tour now known as the Korn Ferry Tour) in 2002 after finishing 47th at the PGA Tour Qualifying School.

In April he recorded his first top-10 finish at the Louisiana Open.

In October at the Bank of America Monterey Peninsula Classic he won with a final round of 74 for his first Nationwide Tour victory.

He took home $81,000 and a 2-year Nationwide Tour exemption.

He had to withdraw from the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament in December and therefore remained on the Nationwide Tour.

In 2003 Thatcher had four top-10finishes on the Nationwide Tour including a tie for 2nd at the Price Cutter Charity Championship where he earned $48,200.

He finished off the year making 11 consecutive cuts.

He continued his good play with a tie for 28th at the PGA Qualifying Tournament which earned him fully exempt status on the PGA Tour in 2004.

As a rookie on the PGA Tour, Thatcher started off the first half of 2004 with little success but things improved in the second half of the year.

At the Reno-Tahoe Open at Montreaux Golf Club he shot 66-68-68 in the first three rounds to hold the third-round lead.

He played very well at the PGA Qualifying Tournament finishing in the top-10 and retained his card for 2005.

In 2005 Thatcher finished tied for 8th at the FedEx St. Jude Classic where he fired a final round 69 and took home the largest paycheck of his career at $142,100.

Thatcher was therefore back on the Nationwide Tour in 2006.

He started the year off well with a top-10 finish at the Jacob's Creek Open Championship in Adelaide, Australia.

He ended up in 55th on the final 2006 Nationwide Tour money list.

At the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament he failed to earn his PGA Tour card for 2007.

On the Nationwide Tour in 2007, Thatcher got off to a slow start missing the cut three times in his first four tournaments.

Things then improved tremendously as he had five top-25 finishes in a row, including a playoff loss to Nick Flanagan at the Henrico County Open where he earned $33,600.

On July 1, he won the 2007 Peek'n Peak Classic and set a new tournament record at 15-under-par.

His victory was worth $108,000 and moved him from 10th into 4th place on the Nationwide Tour money list.

He was also awarded the Nationwide Tour Player of the Month for June.

At the Buick Open in Grand Blanc, Michigan one of his best moments was being the closest to the pin in the final round at the infamous par-3 17th which is surrounded by some of the rowdiest fans on Tour.

However he had a poor finish to the year and ended up 173rd on the money list and therefore had to go back to Q-School.

He failed to keep his card finishing outside the top-30.

He received a sponsor's exemption to the PGA Tour's Shell Houston Open and did well finishing 19th and receiving a $74,000 paycheck.

Back on the Nationwide Tour, Thatcher also had top-10 finishes at the Xerox Classic and the PalmettoPride Classic.