children prowins year birth_date residence usopen extour nwidewins spouse college name fullname pga birth_place pgawins height award masters open tour weight yearpro article_title otherwins
ashleigh , lauren 5 1999 2006 2006 29 january 1969 palm city , florida t23 : 2007 nationwide tour canadian tour 2 michelle henderson state university ken duke kenneth wootson duke t13 : 2008 hope , arkansas 1 6 1 canadian money winner nationwide tour player of the year tour order of merit winner nationwide tour leading t35 : 2009 t23 : 2007 pga tour 205 lb kg st on 1994 ken duke
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kenneth wootson duke -lrb- born january 29 , 1969 -rrb- is an american professional golfer who plays on the pga tour .
duke was born in hope , arkansas , the son of ray and bettie duke .
as a seventh grader in arkadelphia , arkansas , he was diagnosed with scoliosis ; it was determined that his spine had a curvature of over 26 percent , and he wore a back brace 23 hours a day .
duke had surgery two years later after it was determined that his spine had a 51 percent curvature .
at arkansas children 's hospital in little rock , on february 25 , 1985 , the day of the surgery , duke 's spine was at 72 degrees and worsening .
once a 16-inch metal rod was attached to his spine , the curve of duke 's back was set at 38 degrees , within the range of normal , and that 's where it has stayed ever since .
months later , back playing for arkadelphia high school , he won medalist honors in a high school district tournament while wearing a back brace .
in 1987 , he was the arkansas high school medalist at pleasant valley country club in little rock .
duke played his college golf at division ii henderson state university .
duke led the reddies to four straight arkansas intercollegiate conference titles and was a four-time aic golfer of the year .
in 1992 , he earned naia all-american honors after turning professional in 1994 , duke bounced around the world playing mini-tours and on the asian tour , south american tour , and the canadian tour .
in 1999 , he won twice on the canadian tour and led their order of merit .
duke first played on what was then the nike tour in 1995 and qualified for the pga tour in 2004 , but failed to keep his card and returned to the nationwide tour .
in 2006 he finished at the top of the nationwide tour money list and won the bmw charity pro-am at the cliffs , which regained his playing rights on the pga tour for 2007 .
after a slow start to the 2007 season , duke hit a run of good form in the spring , with four consecutive top 10 finishes , elevating duke into the top 100 of the official world golf rankings .
at the 2011 nationwide tour championship , duke secured his pga tour card with a win .
he jumped from 36th on the tour 's money list to seventh .
on june 23 , 2013 , in his 187th start and after three runner-up finishes in his career , duke broke through to win his maiden event on the pga tour at the travelers championship .
he beat chris stroud with a birdie on the second extra hole of a sudden-death playoff .
he entered the final round two shots back of the leaders , but shot a final round 66 to take the lead in the clubhouse before stroud chipped in on the final green to force a playoff .
in the playoff , after both players made par on the first extra hole , duke played his approach to within three feet .
stroud , who was about 30 feet away , could not make a birdie , leaving duke to convert from three feet for his first pga tour victory .
