fullname extour birth_place weight sunwins height nwidewins article_title prowins birth_date yearpro residence college name tour
ronald whittaker sunshine tour pga tour raleigh , north carolina 175 lb kg st on 1 5 11 1 ron whittaker
 2 12 august 1971 1995 little rock , arkansas wake forest university ron whittaker nationwide tour
ron whittaker

ronald whittaker -lrb- born august 12 , 1971 -rrb- is an american professional golfer .
whittaker was born in raleigh , north carolina .
he was a semi-finalist in the 1988 u.s. junior amateur .
he played college golf at wake forest university where he won once .
he turned professional in 1995 .
whittaker played on the sunshine tour in 1995 , winning the fnb players championship and finishing 11th on the order of merit .
he played on the pga tour and nationwide tour from 1996 to 1998 and again from 2006 to 2012 .
on the pga tour -lrb- 1996 , 2006 , 2008 -rrb- , his best finish was t-9 at the 2006 frys.com open .
on the nationwide tour -lrb- 1997 -- 98 , 2007 , 2009 -- 12 -rrb- , he won the 2007 chattanooga classic .
he played on mini-tours , including the gateway tour and tight lies tour between his stints on the pga/nationwide tours , winning several events .
whittaker is the nephew of pga tour golfer lanny wadkins .
