Kirk Triplett

Born in Moses Lake, Washington, Triplett grew up on the Palouse in Pullman and graduated from Pullman High School in 1980.^[2][3] He accepted a golf scholarship to the University of Nevada in Reno,^[3] and earned a degree in civil engineering.

Triplett became a golf professional in 1985 and played on tours in Australia, Asia, and Canada.^[4][5][6] He qualified for the U.S. Open in 1986 and 1987, but missed the cuts.^[7]

In his fourth attempt, Triplett earned his PGA Tour card in December 1989 at the qualifying tournament near Houston,^[4][8] and was a rookie in 1990.^[5][9] He won three events during his career: the Nissan Open in 2000,^[6][10] the Reno-Tahoe Open in 2003,^[11] and the Chrysler Classic of Tucson in 2006.^[12] He was also a runner-up five times: Houston Open (1992), Buick Invitational (1995), John Deere Classic (2000), Michelob Championship at Kingsmill (2001), and Bay Hill Invitational (2003).

A member of the Presidents Cup team in 2000, Triplett claimed three wins and halved in singles as the U.S. won 21½–10½.^[13] His career best Official World Golf Ranking was 25th in June 2000.

Triplett's best result in a major championship was a tie for sixth at the Masters, in 2001 and 2004. The latter included a hole in one, late in the fourth round at the par-3 16th (Redbud); in the preceding pairing ten minutes earlier, Pádraig Harrington had also aced it.^[14]

In 2009, Triplett finished outside the top 150 on the money list and lost his PGA Tour playing card. On the Nationwide Tour in 2011, he won the News Sentinel Open at age 49 to become that tour's oldest winner ever.^[15]

Eligible to play on the Champions Tour in 2012 after March 29, Triplett won in his eighth attempt on July 9, at the Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach. He entered the final round four strokes behind, but shot a final round 66 to surge through the pack and prevail by two strokes over Mark McNulty.^[16] The win made him the sixth player to win on all the PGA Tour sponsored tours (PGA Tour, Web.com Tour, and Champions Tour).^[17] He successfully defended the title in 2013 for his second Champions Tour win.

Triplett shot a tournament record 9-under-par at the Principal Charity Classic at West Glen Oaks Country Club in Des Moines, Iowa. Through December 2018, he has six wins on the PGA Tour Champions.

Triplett is also part owner of a hole in one insurance company called Hole In One International in conjunction with President/CEO Mark Gilmartin.^[18]

In March 2019, Triplett won the Hoag Classic in Newport Beach, California in a playoff over Woody Austin. Playing the par-5 18th hole at Newport Beach Country Club for the third time on the final day of the tournament, Triplett holed an 18-foot eagle putt for his seventh PGA Tour Champions victory.^[19]

In September 2019, Triplett won the PURE Insurance Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links in a playoff over Billy Andrade.

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Feb 20, 2000	Nissan Open	67-70-68-67=272	−12	1 stroke	Jesper Parnevik
2	Aug 24, 2003	Reno–Tahoe Open	67-68-73-63=271	−17	3 strokes	Tim Herron
3	Feb 26, 2006	Chrysler Classic of Tucson	68-71-64-63=266	−22	1 stroke	Jerry Kelly

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2000	John Deere Classic	Michael Clark II	Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Aug 28, 2011	News Sentinel Open	67-64-68-68=267	−21	2 strokes	Marco Dawson

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Jun 26, 1988	Alberta Open	66-68-64-71=279	−1	Playoff	Vic Wilk
2	Jul 1, 1988	Fort McMurray Rotary Charity Classic	65-69-70=204	−12	3 strokes	Wayne Bradley

• 1988 Sierra Nevada Open
• 1991 California State Open
• 1996 Merrill Lynch Pebble Beach Invitational

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jul 8, 2012	Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach	70-70-66=206	−10	2 strokes	Mark McNulty
2	Sep 29, 2013	Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach (2)	67-70-68=205	−11	2 strokes	Dan Forsman, Doug Garwood
3	Feb 16, 2014	ACE Group Classic	67-67-66=200	−16	1 stroke	Olin Browne, Bernhard Langer, Duffy Waldorf
4	Oct 12, 2014	SAS Championship	70-63-69=202	−14	3 strokes	Tom Lehman
5	Jun 26, 2016	American Family Insurance Championship	68-66-65=199	−17	2 strokes	Bart Bryant, Mike Goodes
6	Apr 22, 2018	Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf (with Paul Broadhurst)	65-48-33-48=194	−24	Playoff	Bernhard Langer and Tom Lehman
7	Mar 10, 2019	Hoag Classic	70-65-68=203	−10	Playoff	Woody Austin
8	Sep 29, 2019	PURE Insurance Championship (3)	70-69-67=206	−9	Playoff	Billy Andrade

PGA Tour Champions playoff record (3–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2018	Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf (with Paul Broadhurst)	Bernhard Langer and Tom Lehman	Won with birdie on first extra hole
2	2019	Hoag Classic	Woody Austin	Won with eagle on second extra hole
3	2019	PURE Insurance Championship	Billy Andrade	Won with birdie on first extra hole
4	2022	Principal Charity Classic	Jerry Kelly	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

• Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2000 U.S. Open – 2001 PGA)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2001 Masters – 2001 PGA)

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

¹Cancelled due to 9/11

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
DQ = disqualified
NT = No tournament

Results not in chronological order.

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Professional

• Presidents Cup: 2000 (winners)